Elbow Soar to Stirring, Sanguine Heights on Exultant ‘Flying Dream 1’ | Album Review

November 20, 2021 Justin Chadwick

Elbow’s ninth studio album captures the quartet arguably in a less troubled, more grateful state of mind, taking stock of the brighter sides of life in 2021.

Elbow Craft Soliloquies for Our Troubled Times on Revelatory ‘Giants Of All Sizes’ | Album Review

November 7, 2019 Justin Chadwick

The nine songs contained therein give much-needed voice and validation to the wide spectra of emotions that currently keep our world—and our lives—spinning.

Elbow's ‘Little Fictions’ is a Triumph of Hope and the Human Spirit | Album Review

February 6, 2017 Justin Chadwick

The band’s seventh studio album reinforces the redemptive power of love & romance, with a valiant optimism, defiance, and sense of renewal throughout.

Her New World Of Funk: 30 Years On, Aaliyah’s ‘One In A Million’ Is Still Hot Like Fire

A masterwork of its era, ‘One In A Million’ was a beam supporting the bridge between the joyful excesses of early ‘90s R&B and the burgeoning cool of neo soul.

Pearl Jam’s Debut Album ‘Ten’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

Most records are missing one of these elements: technical virtuosity, raw emotion, and balanced structure. Pearl Jam’s dynamic debut LP impressively possesses all three in droves.

Blur’s Debut Album ‘Leisure’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

For those of you who were champions of Blur from the very beginning with their underappreciated debut LP, you have been rewarded handsomely in the decades since.