Despite bearing the name ‘The Cure,’ the band’s twelfth studio affair sounds the least like them among any of their LPs, offering proof that the wrong producer can really damage an album.
Read moreJames Brown’s ‘Hell’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
With fewer marathon jams than its precursor (1973’s ‘The Payback’), ‘Hell’ possesses a strong sense of cohesion throughout, even as Brown leads the album in many different musical directions.
Read moreBig Mike’s Debut Album ‘Somethin’ Serious’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Big Mike’s debut solo album ‘Somethin’ Serious’ makes for a seriously good listen and remains a key recording in the evolution of Houston-based rap and more broadly, southern hip-hop.
Read moreThe B-52s’ ‘Cosmic Thing’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
This album meant so much to so many at the time of its release, an ushering in of a welcome frivolity that had been absent in music for so long.
Read morePrince and The Revolution’s ‘Purple Rain’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Prince’s ascendancy into the stratosphere of pop and funk royalty seemed pre-destined prior to the arrival of ‘Purple Rain,’ but its brilliance solidified what all of us had rightfully expected.
Read morePrince’s ‘Batman’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
‘Batman’ is still the oddity in the Prince canon, which is a shame, as so many of its songs should have had a bigger life outside of the confines of the Batcave.
Read moreLimp Bizkit’s ‘Significant Other’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Inquisitively experimental, unapologetically rock, and unflinchingly hip-hop, Limp Bizkit’s second studio affair stands as one of the definitive nu metal albums.
Read moreAnxious Bouts of Nervous: The Mars Volta’s ‘Octahedron’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
‘Octahedron’ is a Mars Volta record that yields a more refined enjoyment. Whilst it offers adventurism, it also offers restraint.
Read moreWilco’s ‘A Ghost Is Born’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
‘A Ghost Is Born’ is a tremendous outpouring of pain and a reminder that you are never alone. You always have Wilco.
Read moreNatalie Cole’s ‘Snowfall On The Sahara’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
Cole used her seventeenth album as an ambitious staging ground for all of her assorted musical interests to unite.
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