“For once, almost was good enough” and “so much closer than love”: timeless messages by two essential records of the early-20th century
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Everclear's breakthrough album is raw, painful, and brutally honest in a way that few albums are-- and that their own work never reached again
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The debut album of Scotland's great power-pop trio is every bit as good now as it was in 1991
Intrusive Thoughts
1991 was a powerful year for me and for music, and they coincided strongly.
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In their penultimate studio album, The Police take a look at the darkness and try to find the light.
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The Big Star songwriter died in 1978; nearly fifteen years after his death, Rykodisc gave his only solo album a proper release
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R.E.M.'s classic fifth album serves as the turning point in their career from college-rock progenitors to global stars
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The song is much more than the mystery.
Inelegantly wasted: an unforgettable dive into downer rock.
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One of the all-time great guitar-rock albums and defining albums of post-punk still sounds just as fresh and fiery after nearly 45 years
"Drink scotch whiskey all night long / And die behind the wheel"