On their fourth studio affair, Duran Duran enacted an urbane blend of R&B and art-rock that was progressive, but airplay ready.
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The duo’s terrific third album represents a bygone era, before hip-hop artists got too caught up in the glitzy slickness that mainstream had to offer.
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Jett’s second album shifted units on the strength of its title track, but it contains other standout moments like “Crimson and Clover,” “(I'm Gonna) Run Away,” and “Love Is Pain.”
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Though the Tonies’ excellent fourth studio album revealed a band at a crossroads, it reinforced their standing as R&B’s ambitious gatekeepers nevertheless.
Read morePrince’s Triple-Album ‘Emancipation’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective
Full of idiosyncrasies and a mix of hits & misses, the Purple One’s expansive 3-disc mega-album still reminds us of its creator’s pure genius.
Read moreStevie Wonder’s ‘Down To Earth’ Turns 55 | Anniversary Retrospective
With his voice maturing in exciting ways at the time, Wonder’s sixth studio album showcases arrangements more freshly and tastefully crafted than those heard on his preceding albums.
Read moreThe Jacksons’ Eponymous 1976 Album ‘The Jacksons’ Turns 45 | Anniversary Retrospective
‘The Jacksons’ solidified the brothers' excursion into Philly soul as sophisticated, adult R&B stylists, setting off the second golden phase of their artistic rise.
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As the successor to her breakthrough debut LP “Left of the Middle,’ Imbruglia’s second studio affair found the singer-songwriter afforded more creative freedom amidst weightier expectations.
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The band’s fifth LP is a striking example of a pathfinder taking a road, both musically and personally, that tests every relationship to the brink and beyond.
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The sounds executed on Spears’ third album are richer and fuller than its two predecessors, and she finally had more dimensional material to sink her teeth into as a singer.
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