The Top 500 of The Top 40
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500 of the best and most historically relevant albums to make the top 40 album charts from 1955 to the present - chosen by Tom Ryan and presented chronologically.
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The Marshall Tucker Band: A New Life
Album #230 - February 1974
Let’s be straight about Southern Rock, particularly regarding its most obvious weaknesses. It never could ‘swing’ with natural grace, and subtlety certainly was not a virtue.