Tag Archives: Tom Petty
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1994
It is a testament to how deeply my love of 1960s/70s rock runs that, until recently, I considered any album released during my lifetime to be “modern.” And yet 1994 was fully 20 years ago – the same span elapsed … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1991
When my tastes were being molded during my teenage years, I had a number of friends who were deeply into Nirvana. Suffice it to say, I didn’t understand the attraction. But the fact that so many of the people I … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1989
I wrote yesterday that many of my recent “classic rock” selections for these lists have been at least partially motivated out of relative unfamiliarity with much of what was being made in the 1980s. But after many giants of the Golden … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1988
A friend recently remarked that, with many of my Top 5’s for the 1980s, I had been relying largely on artists to whom I already felt a connection in order to fill out my lists. He was spot-on: because I … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1979
I suspect I have some readers who are deeply disappointed by my almost complete shutout of punk in these lists. For whatever reason, I’ve never been able to get into punk. Perhaps I spent too much of my childhood listening … Continue reading
Revolutions Per Minute 