10 Biggest Love/Hate Albums In Rock Music History

We travel all the way back to 1968 for this next entry, for the debut album by New York-born Herbert Butros Khaury, who recorded as Tiny Tim. God Bless Tiny Tim is one of those records for which it's hard to discern the intended audience. The songs are, for the most part, obscure, although Sonny Bono's I Got You Babe and Irving Berlin's Stay Down Here Where You Belong are included.

What divides this album into two camps, however, is Tiny Tim's vocal delivery. For some tracks, he drops down to an impressive baritone. Across most of the record, though, the singer performs in a strange, warbling falsetto. Despite, or perhaps because, of this, the record is widely considered a cult classic.

God Bless Tiny Tim does come with some degree of authenticity, with production by Richard Perry, who had previously worked on Captain Beefheart's, Safe As Milk, and would go on to collaborate with Harry Nilsson. The arrangements were provided by respected session man Artie Butler, who enjoyed a long and distinguished career. The album even spawned a minor hit, Tiptoe Through The Tulips, which Tiny Tim performed lived on Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In.