Album Reviews8/10
Zuma: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Remember How to Enjoy Themselves
A grim chronicle of Zuma, wherein Young and Crazy Horse cast off their former melancholy for a fiercer, nobler tumult of sound.
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Category: Album Reviews
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Album Reviews10/10
Highway 61 Revisited: The 1965 Record That Broke Rock Wide Open
A wild, revisited highway of rock: Dylan's electric 1965 record, dared and never forgotten, holds a lofty rank among great works.
Album Reviews6/10
Obscured by Clouds: Pink Floyd’s Working Soundtrack, Judged on Its Own Terms
A soundtrack record from Pink Floyd, sitting between two grander works, weighed song by song for what it truly gives.
Album Reviews8.9/10
Nevermind at 35: Nirvana’s Punk-Pop Landmark Still Holds Its Ground
Nevermind, that record of noise and hook, still raises the spirit after every terrible year has passed over it.
Album Reviews7.6/10
The Gaslight Anthem Return Older and Wiser on Their 2023 Album — 8/10
The Gaslight Anthem's History Books weighs memory against time passing, trading youth for a quieter, plainer sound.
Album Reviews6.2/10
Gaslight Anthem Trade Bar-Band Warmth for a Heavier Sound on Get Hurt, and Critics Split
A band tries to burn down its own reputation. Get Hurt reaches hard for change without fully landing the effect. Score: 62 out of 100.
Album Reviews10/10
Stevie Wonder’s ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ Still Earns All 104 Minutes, 50 Years On
A record wherein Stevie Wonder utters all he knows at once, of love, poverty, and joy, all within one vast sitting.
Album Reviews9/10
Before Dark Side, Pink Floyd Had to Learn to Build a Song — Meddle Is Where They Figured It Out
A look at Pink Floyd's Meddle, the record where a distant echo points toward the band's next great work.
Album Reviews6/10
Atom Heart Mother: Ambition Beyond Control, Rewards in the Middle
A 1970 record of grand titled pieces and outside voices, its reach vast, its hold in doubt, three songs the true prize within.
Album Reviews10/10
Tonight’s the Night at 51: Neil Young’s Wake Still Refuses Every Easy Fix
A grim wake of a record: Neil Young's Tonight's the Night, ten songs of uneasy grief, opened and closed by the same tune.