With its revolutionary departure from the traditional format of the genre, Hayes’ second studio LP stands as a defining moment in soul music.
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There aren’t many album narratives that shift from dealing with crippling depression to musing about his love for Spider-Man comics and have it flow as naturally as it does here.
Read moreDepeche Mode’s ‘Some Great Reward’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
Depeche Mode’s fourth studio affair is a testament to their fearless evolution. It’s an album where the band found their voice—one unafraid to grapple with uncomfortable truths.
Read moreJanet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
As Jackson had previously done with ‘Control’ (1986), she decided to make the album she wanted rather than a carbon copy of what had worked before.
Read moreTori Amos’ ‘To Venus And Back’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
A fitting and fetching end to a hyper-productive first decade of recording, the two-disc, 24-track ‘To Venus And Back’ was a generous gift to Amos’ loyal legion of devotees.
Read moreGreen Day’s ‘American Idiot’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
Green Day’s seventh studio album proves that music and art are great places to grow a political conscience, inspiring bigger movements and educative means that can have an impact.
Read moreYolanda Adams’ ‘Mountain High… Valley Low’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
With its intergenre diversity, Adams’ sixth studio album had a unifying effect that communicated tacitly that all of this was gospel music.
Read moreFunkadelic’s ‘Uncle Jam Wants You’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
Funkadelic’s eleventh studio affair is a heady mix of funk, soul, and rock set against a militant sensibility with drum corps rhythms and call-and-response chants.
Read moreCraig Mack’s Debut Album ‘Project: Funk Da World’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Although Mack had no interest in following Puff Daddy’s roadmap to mainstream success, his debut album went Gold and is still fondly remembered as one of the great albums of 1994.
Read moreBig Daddy Kane’s ‘It’s A Big Daddy Thing’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Accurately regarded as one of hip-hop’s greatest albums, Big Daddy Kane’s sophomore album succeeds because he was so effective in switching lyrical and thematic gears throughout the affair.
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