This is supposed to be a very influential album in blues history, but listening to it today doesn't seem like it would be as transcendentally beautiful as it was back then. King's voice sounds like he's asleep, and while his guitar is often scaling heights not previously found on this list, with an electricity and liveliness that can only come from deep inside the gut of a blues man, there isn't much of a distinction between songs.
Many of the album's themes can be summed up by this line from the album's opener and title track: "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." It's a typical statement for a blues musician, almost crossing the line into wallowing.
1. "Tapestry" (1971) by Carole King
2. "Tea for the Tillerman" (1970) by Cat Stevens
3. "Car Wheels On a Gravel Road" (1998) by Lucinda Williams
4. "Bookends" (1968) by Simon and Garfunkel
5. "The Bends" (1995) by Radiohead
6. "Stop Making Sense" (1984) by The Talking Heads
7. "Honky Chateau" (1972) by Elton John
8. "Burnin'" (1973) by The Wailers
9. "The Rolling Stones Now!" (1965) by The Rolling Stones
10. "Born Under A Bad Sign" (1967) by Albert King
11. "The Slim Shady LP" (1999) by Eminem
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