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Why PET SOUNDS Means So Much To Me
For the past few years I’ve wanted to write an epic, all-encompassing essay about The Beach Boys’ classic album PET SOUNDS. I’ve sat down on at least two occasions and actually started, only to give...
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Classic Albums Revisited: MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
I feel bad, but I’m afraid there is no way to discuss The Byrds–especially early Byrds–without talking about Bob Dylan. I just don’t think it can be done. So, before I get into the Dylan-ness of this...
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Classic Albums Revisited: SOLO IN SOHO
A lot of people have the wrong impression of Thin Lizzy. They weren’t the dunder-headed hard rockers that people think they were. Thin Lizzy were rockers with heart. And that heart came from...
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Classic Albums Revisited: IT’S HARD
The second album following the death of drummer Keith Moon, and the last until 2006′s ENDLESS WIRE, The Who’s album IT’S HARD isn’t as highly regarded as the group’s late 60′s and 70′s output. Released...
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Classic Albums Revisited: DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
The second album that AC/DC recorded, DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP has an unusual release history. In this modern age of iTUNES and instantaneous/simultaneous global releases it sometimes shocks people...
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Classic Albums Revisited: JESUS OF COOL
Snarky, sarcastic, New Wave-Brit: Elvis Costello. Right? Well that description could also apply to a one Mr. Nick Lowe. During the mid-1970′s Lowe produced the first five Costello records,...
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Classic Albums Revisited: The Greatest Living Englishman
I’m sure 99.999% have never heard of Martin Newell and The Cleaners From Venus. They’re not household names. Newell formed The Cleaners in 1980 and put out a couple of really fantastic, old-school...
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My Top 10 Albums of 2012
Why have end of year lists have grown in popularity over the past 10 years? What does it say about us as a species that we clamor for and around arbitrary lists created by people we don’t know? My own...
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Classic Albums Revisited: GORILLAZ
The brainchild of Brit-pop wunderkind Damon Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz appeared to be a side-project wrapped in a marketing gimmick. A fake band of anime monkey-kids, are you...
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Classic Albums Revisited: REVOLVER
REVOLVER, The Beatles seventh studio album, just celebrated an impressive 50th anniversary earlier this month. Last night I sat down with my son and listened to in its entirety for the first time in...
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