The one hundred twenty-seventh album: #127 The Band - Music From Big Pink

The songs list does ess with my head a bit when it comes to what I've heard before - this is the first appearance of The Band (excluding any Bob Dylan collaborations), but it feels like I've been through their background before. This album in a way worked better for me musically than Dylan - while the lyrics gain less focus (although some are still Dylan penned and brilliant in that sense), the vocals end up a bit more pleasant and the sound of a well rehearsed band makes this sound good even without the meaning behind the songs.

There are some good known songs on here, The Weight and This Wheel's On Fire especially standing out (although the latter is probably more famous in a cover version). It's a nice, gentle rock album with some good songs and lyrics to go with them and the album comes out well because of that.