For all of the album’s power-pop classics, the album’s true strength lies in recognizing that it is David Fenton’s romanticism that makes songs like “News At Ten” and “Cold War” so powerful.
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A history lesson disguised as a Chicano/Tex-Mex/Latin jazz concept album, Cooder’s twelfth studio affair was, at the time, his most ambitious project since 1997’s ‘Buena Vista Social Club.’
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By the time the group’s thirteenth studio affair materialized, the group was a musical juggernaut, churning out a winning combination of massive funk grooves and seductive slow jams.
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The duo knew that their music was best to be enjoyed under the blue skies and increasingly hotter and longer days, and their sophomore album captures this vibe in a unique manner.
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With their third studio affair, Coldplay delivered a flawed but fascinating masterwork that continues to resonate two decades later.
Read moreQueens of the Stone Age’s ‘Rated R’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
The band’s raw and innovative second studio album is a captivating blend of genres, with a gritty, hard-hitting sound that is both energetic and experimental.
Read moreNina Simone’s ‘I Put A Spell On You’ Turns 60 | Album Anniversary
Beyond its three bona fide classics, there is ample evidence on the album that the combination of Nina Simone’s artistry and Hal Mooney’s arrangements is golden.
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The band’s fourth studio affair is a perfect summer album because it is so open; there is not a single wasted note. The resulting album is a light, mellow, breezy, mythical Californian sound.
Read moreBryan Ferry’s ‘Boys And Girls’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
‘Boys And Girls’ is definitely not a continuation of Roxy Music’s final LP ‘Avalon,’ but a sweeping seductive work of art that is sophisticated but not pandering to a more commercial audience.
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It’s a shame that hip-hop heads never got more music from this Oakland duo, but at least we’re still able to enjoy this near-perfect artistic statement with the pair’s first and only album.
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