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33 1/3 Detroit albums lists

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:58 pm
by EmilienDelRey
I don't know if the location criteria concerns all the Michigan artists or only those who are coming from Detroit. So, just in order to share, here are the lists I found:

Metro Detroit (US): 33 1/3 essential albums from metro Detroit
2015

> http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/33-1- ... toryPage=1

1) John Lee Hooker's Detroit: Vintage Recordings 1948-1952 compilation, John Lee Hooker, (UA, 1973)
2) Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit compilation, Various, (10, 1988)
3) Stooges, Stooges (Elektra, 1969)
4) Donuts, Dilla (Stones Throw, 2006)
5) Maggot Brain, Funkadelic (Westbound, 1971)
6) Songs of Light compilation, Shirley Ann Lee (Numerophon, 2012)
7) Sky's the Limit, Temptations (Gordy, 1971)
8) Index, The Index (DC, 1967)
9) Kins, Griot Galaxy (B+W, 1981)
10) Greatest Hits compilation, Martha & the Vandellas (Gordy, 1966)
11) Saturday Night Special, Lyman Woodard Organization (Strata, 1975)
12) Fortune of Hits Vol. 1 compilation, Nolan Strong & the Diablos (Fortune, 1961)
13) The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest, Rev C.L. Franklin (Chess, 1953)
14) Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83°, Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1969)
15) Enter, Cybotron (Fantasy, 1983)
16) Detroit Blues: The Early 1950s compilation, Various (Blues Classics, 1966)
17) Going to a Go-Go, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (Tamla, 1965)
18) Houserockin', The Gories (Wanghead, 1989)
19) The Quest compilation, Drexciya (Submerge, 1997)
20) Afro Harping, Dorothy Ashby (Cadet, 1968)
21) Greatest Hits compilation, Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (Federal, 1956)
22) Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth, His Name Is Alive (4AD, 2001)
23) Cold Fact , Rodriguez (A&M, 1971)
24)Tied Down, Negative Approach (Touch & Go, 1983)
25) Signed, Sealed & Delivered, Stevie Wonder (Tamla, 1970)
26) Elephant, White Stripes (V2, 2003)
27) Old, Danny Brown (Fool's Gold, 2013)
28) Faces & Phases compilation, Kevin Saunderson (6x6, 1996)
29) Kick Out the Jams, MC5 (Elektra, 1969)
30) Judgment Day, Esham (Reel Life, 1992)
31) Ted Lucas, Ted Lucas (Om, 1975)
32) Ultraglide in Black, Dirtbombs (In the Red, 2001)
33) What's Going On, Marvin Gaye (Tamla, 1971)
BONUS: "Sharevari," A Number of Names (Capriccio, 1981)

MLive (US): "33 1/3 definitive albums in Detroit music history"
2016

> http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/inde ... ums.html#2

John Lee Hooker, 'Original Folk Blues' (1964)
The Supremes, 'Where Did Our Love Go' (1964)
Martha & the Vandellas, 'Dance Party' (1965)
Smokey Robison & the Miracles, 'Going to a Go-Go' (1965)
Four Tops, 'Reach Out' (1967)
Aretha Franklin, 'Lady Soul' (1968)
The Stooges, 'The Stooges' (1969)
MC5, 'Kick Out the Jams' (1969)
Rodriguez, 'Cold Fact' (1970)
Alice Coltrane, 'Universal Consciousness' (1971)
Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On' (1971)
The Temptations, 'Sky's the Limit' (1971)
Alice Cooper, 'Billion Dollar Babies' (1973)
Suzi Quatro, 'Suzi Quatro' (1973)
Parliament, 'Mothership Connection' (1975)
Bog Seger, 'Night Moves' (1976)
Stevie Wonder, 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976)
Ted Nugent, 'Cat Scratch Fever' (1977)
Cybotron, 'Enter' (1983)
The Romantics, 'In Heat' (1983)
Madonna, 'Like a Virgin' (1984)
The Gories, 'House Rockin'' (1989)
Negative Approach, 'Tied Down' (1991)
Kid Rock, 'Devil Without a Cause' (1998)
Eminem, 'The Marshall Mathers LP' (2000)
Slum Village, 'Fantastic Vol. 2' (2000)
Aaliyah, 'Aaliyah' (2001)
The Dirtbombs, 'Dangerous Magical Noise' (2003)
Sufjan Stevens, 'Michigan' (2003)
The White Stripes, 'Elephant' (2003)
J Dilla, 'Donuts' (2006)
Death, '...For the World to See' (2009)