Ry Cooder’s ‘Chávez Ravine’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

June 5, 2025 Terry Nelson

A history lesson disguised as a Chicano/Tex-Mex/Latin jazz concept album, Cooder’s twelfth studio affair was, at the time, his most ambitious project since 1997’s ‘Buena Vista Social Club.’

Ry Cooder’s ‘I, Flathead’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary

June 17, 2023 Jesse Ducker

With ‘I, Flathead,’ Cooder balances the absurdity and tragedy that life can present to you in a way few others have, and does so while immersing himself in cultures unknown to many.

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Her New World Of Funk: 30 Years On, Aaliyah’s ‘One In A Million’ Is Still Hot Like Fire

A masterwork of its era, ‘One In A Million’ was a beam supporting the bridge between the joyful excesses of early ‘90s R&B and the burgeoning cool of neo soul.

Pearl Jam’s Debut Album ‘Ten’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

Most records are missing one of these elements: technical virtuosity, raw emotion, and balanced structure. Pearl Jam’s dynamic debut LP impressively possesses all three in droves.

Blur’s Debut Album ‘Leisure’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

For those of you who were champions of Blur from the very beginning with their underappreciated debut LP, you have been rewarded handsomely in the decades since.

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