Changing all the Time by Smokie
This is the second studio album by the British Rock band Smokie, released in 1975, which became the first studio album for Smokie that entered the UK Albums Chart, reaching number 18. It spent totally five weeks there and eventually was certified Silver on December 1, 1975.
In Germany, the album fared even better, peaking at number 16 and staying in the charts for twenty weeks. Changing All the Time spawned such hit singles as “If You Think You Know How to Love Me” and “Don’t Play Your Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me” which rose up in the UK Singles Chart to number 3 and number 8 respectively. The acoustic guitar riff in “Don’t Play Your Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me” is believed to be adopted from the Elvis Presley hit “His Latest Flame.”
Room for Squares by John Mayer
This is the debut studio album of American musician John Mayer, released in 2001. The album peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and upon its release; Room for Squares received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Mayer a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the single “Your Body Is a Wonderland.” It remains as his best-selling album to date, with sales of over 4,308,000 copies in the U.S. as of July 2009.
All songs from the album are written by Mayer; three songs, “No Such Thing,” “Neon,” and “Love Song for No One” were co-written with Clay Cook. The album was relatively unknown at its time of release, but it became more well-known through word of mouth and John’s touring.
Crash by Dave Matthews Band
This is the second studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on 1996. Crash pairs soothing sounds (flute, acoustic guitar, and six-string bass) with a dark emotional undercurrent. The album has songs like “Two Step,” and “Crash into Me,” to name a few, which has fascinating lyrics and music. The album swings from the twangy and upbeat “So Much To Say” opening to the slow, pondering unwind of the closing “Proudest Monkey,” with lots of Groove-Rock, Funk, Jazz, and intensity thrown in between.
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