Audio Two and their production partners’ subtle yet expert manipulation of the SP-1200 and other drum machines is a huge part of the album’s artistic success.
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The group’s third studio album may have gone relatively under the radar at the time of its release, but its stature has only grown over the years.
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Rather than condensing into as little space as possible, Fleet Foxes fill every corner of their inaugural LP and ask you to rummage through all of the drawers.
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Springsteen’s fourth LP finds a man fighting his demons, resulting in a record that rips apart the scrawny, boardwalk kid image of the early years and finds its creator a brooding, revved up fighter.
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While Jewel has continued to produce accomplished LPs in an array of styles, arguably none have been as defiantly bold as her fifth studio album.
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The solidity of Estefan’s eighth solo album lies in its awareness that dance music is fluid, its imagination determined solely by that of its wielder.
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Having kept pace with changing styles and tastes on her past efforts, Wilde curated her sixth album to be a perfect pop panoply of all her various tastes.
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The subject matter behind the lyrics is still difficult to decipher, but the music is about as close to mainstream as they had ever approached at that point.
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Boogie Down Productions’ second studio affair is a revolutionary album, and not necessarily because of its political content.
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A monument to an artist finding his voice, ‘Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk’ demonstrates Buckley's willingness to push boundaries and experiment with different musical styles.
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