The title of Low’s debut album embodies the band’s aesthetic, especially in their early years—understated, pure and beautiful.
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The duo’s dynamic debut soundtracked countless parties and inspired plenty of fond memories during the mid ‘90s, cementing its place as one of the decade’s quintessential albums.
Read morePavement’s ‘Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Stephen Malkmus and crew’s second studio album captures the youthful ennui of grunge, while offering a glimpse into the slacker culture to come in the following years.
Read moreRyan Leslie’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Ryan Leslie’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
Leslie’s debut album proves that he performs just as well on the main stage as he does behind the curtain, where his career first took off.
Read moreEmma Bunton’s ‘Free Me’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
Across Bunton’s second album, the heroines and heroes of the “Swinging Sixties” popular music epoch act as her aural touchstones and pair well with her own established musical persona.
Read moreSimple Minds’ ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Whereas previous albums cast Simple Minds as a band looking for a voice, ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ had them finding it.
Read moreBee Gees’ ‘Spirits Having Flown’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
Complex and ambitious, ‘Spirits Having Flown’ embodies the realized dreams of three brothers who dedicated themselves guilelessly both to their craft and to their millions of fans.
Read moreBuilt to Spill’s ‘Keep It Like a Secret’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
While definitions, interpretations and implications of the “indie” qualifier run the gamut, Built to Spill’s fourth studio affair is most simply put, a solid and seminal, indie rock album.
Read moreKwamé’s Debut Album ‘Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
When Kwamé represented hip-hop’s late 1980s youth movement with his debut album, he showed that the genre’s future was bright.
Read moreCasual’s Debut Album ‘Fear Itself’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
The raw essence of Casual’s skills is preserved for eternity on ‘Fear Itself,’ the inaugural long player that formally launched one of the most impressive careers in Bay Area hip-hop history.
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