This misunderstood pop-soul touchstone strikes an impossible balance of experimentation, spirituality, and commercial sensibility.
Read moreNeil Young & Crazy Horse’s ‘Ragged Glory’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
‘Ragged Glory’’s place is secure in the Crazy Horse canon alongside the classics ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ (1969), ‘Zuma’ (1975), and ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ (1979).
Read moreCasual’s ‘Smash Rockwell’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
Casual deploys a wide range of his ample skills over a varied soundscape, produced by both local affiliates and friends, as well as some heat-makers from across the country.
Read moreBette Midler’s ‘Some People’s Lives’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
An album of both jazz and pop interpretations, Midler’s seventh studio affair remains her most commercially fruitful album to date.
Read moreJames Brown’s ‘Sex Machine’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
‘Sex Machine’ is a testimony to the huge impact that Brown had on music and offers an intriguing look at what many would say was his peak—it is, quite literally, the definition of funk.
Read moreCurtis Mayfield’s Debut Solo Album ‘Curtis’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
As his debut solo album showcases, Curtis Mayfield is indelibly and rightly part and parcel of America’s struggle to rid itself of systemic racism and gross inequality.
Read moreGeorge Michael’s ‘Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Michael’s second studio affair remains an honest appraisal of the tradeoffs inherent within fame, and the sadness and isolation it can spawn.
Read moreBob Dylan’s ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ Turns 60 | Album Anniversary
Many Dylan devotees and critics alike still consider ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ to be his most towering achievement across his prolific recording career.
Read moreSheila E.’s ‘Romance 1600’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
One of the most intriguing and rewarding albums ever to come out of the purple ecosystem, Sheila E.’s second studio LP stands as a time capsule of the mid-80s Minneapolis sound at its most potent.
Read moreLiving Colour’s ‘Time’s Up’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
With their second studio affair, Living Colour delivered a monster of an album bursting with social resonance, eliciting warning calls and wake-up calls for the new decade of the ‘90s.
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