Wilde’s third studio affair affirmed Wilde’s commitment to employ whatever aural tools necessary to bring her musical vision into reality, naysayers and critics be damned.
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Most teens’ coming-of-age moments are unfledged, a little shaky at first, and largely inelegant. But not Tevin Campbell—he was ready.
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The Oakland hip-hop legend’s eighth studio album signaled either the end of the second act of his career or the beginning of the third chapter, replete with a new sonic direction.
Read moreBikini Kill's Debut Album 'Pussy Whipped' Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
The album is an unmistakable call for revolution, a razor-sharp dissection of gender politics, and an honest look at the complicated relationship Riot Grrrl had to the media and the world at large.
Read moreThe Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
The band’s sixth studio album is only a masterpiece because of the collaboration that defines it. Every band member is operating at the absolute height of their powers.
Read moreMandy Moore’s ‘Coverage’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
Clearly pulling from a place inside of herself, Moore’s reinterpretations across her third studio album are believable and draw listeners in.
Read moreAmel Larrieux’s ‘Ice Cream Everyday’ Turns 10 | Album Anniversary
Larrieux’s fifth studio affair is a tumbling, alternative R&B paean to emotional fearlessness, mastery of self, and the clash of the spiritual with the mundane.
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Pierre Marchand’s melodic, multi-layered arrangements coupled with McLachlan’s crystalline vocals and emotive lyrics lend her third album heightened intimacy and emotional resonance.
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Because of Strummer’s untimely death 10 months prior to the album’s release, many of the tracks are first takes that give ‘Streetcore’ a richness and sincerity that emanate throughout.
Read moreHi-Tension’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Hi-Tension’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
While the album is wholly convincing, it represents the birth of a movement created by young, inexperienced artists with a world of cynicism and a racist industry designed to thwart them at every turn.
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