Friday, March 13, 2009

List With Unreasonably Specific Criteria, Leaving the Nest Edition

Solo albums by famous band members that everybody should own:

Dig it:

- Brian Wilson - Smile

- Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue

- George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

- John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

- Paul McCartney - Ram

- David Byrne - The Catherine Wheel

- Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood OST

- Jeremy Enigk - Return of the Frog Queen

- Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby

- John Cale - Paris 1919

- Nico - Desertshore

- Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs

- Paul Simon - Graceland (that mostly counts, right?)

Artists not included on account of being far more famous as a solo act than as part of their former band: Bjork, Elliott Smith, Ryan Adams, Robyn Hitchcock

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