Music Countdown
Ten years after the decade ended, the author looks back at his favorite music from a formative period, how it shaped him, and how his tastes have-- or haven't-- changed since
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The 1994 Carpenters tribute album is a worthy set of cover versions as well as a fascinating cross-section of alternative rock of the time
Who are you, and are you a friend?
Let's answer a ridiculous question seriously.
Does he have to speak for God in that scratchy voice?
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Isaac Brock and company's third album is their most existential and transcendent
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Eminem's best album features him at the peak of not only his rapping skills but his sense of play
Nightmares, hopes, and I'm half-asleep.
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While not as popular or acclaimed as some of their peers, Buzzcocks' work is just as vital, and this hits collection is the best representation of it
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Talking Heads' third album is where the band's synthesis of influences bloomed into something new, unique, and artist-defining