Arrival is an amazing album.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The 2024 selections for the National Recording Registry, announced Tuesday morning, celebrate the sheer breadth of musical culture — from pop-culture favorites like ABBA, Green Day and The Notorious B.I.G.
The 2024 list spans folk, jazz, classical, hip-hop, Latin, pop, country, rock and punk.
Some choices are more rarified, including one of the “ethnic music” recordings that major labels like Victor and Columbia were making in the 1920s, featuring artists from new and recently arrived immigrant communities in the U.S. (This year’s selection: 1928’s “Kauhavan Polkka” recorded by Victor, featuring Finnish-American musicians Viola Turpeinen and John Rosendahl.)
Hip-hop’s legacy is marked by a 1985 classic by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, “La-Di-Da-Di” — a track that went on to be one of the most sampled and referenced sound recordings of all time—and The Notorious B.I.G.
• “Clarinet Marmalade” – Lt. James Reese Europe’s 369th U.S. Infantry Band (1919)• “Kauhavan Polkka” – Viola Turpeinen and John Rosendahl (1928)• Wisconsin Folksong Collection (1937-1946)• “Rose Room” – Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian (1939)• “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – Gene Autry (1949)• “Tennessee Waltz” – Patti Page (1950)• “Rocket ‘88’” – Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (1951)• “Catch a Falling Star” / “Magic Moments” – Perry Como (1957)• “Chances Are” – Johnny Mathis (1957)• The Sidewinder – Lee Morgan (1964)• Surrealistic Pillow – Jefferson Airplane (1967)• “Ain’t No Sunshine” – Bill Withers (1971)• This is a Recording – Lily Tomlin (1971)• J.D.
Crowe & the New South (1975)• Arrival – ABBA (1976)• “El Cantante” – Héctor Lavoe (1978)• The Cars – The Cars (1978)• Parallel Lines – Blondie (1978)• “La-Di-Da-Di” – Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick (MC Ricky D) (1985)• “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – Bobby McFerrin (1988)• “Amor Eterno” – Juan Gabriel (1990)• Pieces of Africa – Kronos Quartet (1992)• Dookie – Green Day (1994)• Ready to Die – The Notorious B.I.G.
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