In 1962, Patsy Cline released Sentimentally Yours. The last album she would release. It became a touchstone every female country singer who came after.
In 1966, the 13th Floor Elevators released The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators. The first album to put the word psychedelic on its cover and one of the few that actually earned it.
In 2018, Hailu Mergia released Lala Belu. His first new recording in over thirty years, made by a man who had spent two decades practising keyboard in the back of a taxi.
In 2005, The Hold Steady released Separation Sunday. The record that proved a concept album about drugs, Catholicism and Minneapolis could also be the most fun you'd have all year.
