Records we have scored.
Pink Floyd's 1987 record, made without its former chief writer, depends on guitar and mood. A track by track look at what still works.
A record split in two: quiet old songs on one side, quick country songs on the other. Nine tracks, thirty minutes, no true settling.
A forceful record: Neil Young and Crazy Horse chase noise and repetition on Re·ac·tor, a small, rough turn in a long career.
A weighing of Jackson's Thriller, note by note, shadow and rhythm together, told in a manner Poe himself might set to paper.
A band stares down ruin and turns fury into song: London Calling stands as fire that will not be tamed by time.
The Bouncing Souls' tenth record, a short album of quiet ambition and old fire, weighed song by song against its own long shadow.
A private 1983 recording of Prince working through songs before they became Purple Rain, rough and revealing to the curious listener.
A record born of absence: tribute to a lost friend, and bitter word against the machine that fed upon him.
A review of Neil Young's American Stars 'n Bars, a mixture of country tunes and wandering guitar pieces that never quite agree.
A solemn record wrought of sorrow, love, and faith, wherein one artist's voice moves through rap, soul, and melody, track by track.
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