Album Reviews8/10
Why Neil Young Sounded So Worn Down on On the Beach — and Why the Album Still Works 52 Years Later
A grim, deliberate turn from Neil Young: a record of ruin and quiet accusation, never once eased for the listener.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
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Records we have scored.
Album Reviews7/10
16 Songs, 26 Minutes, No Wasted Seconds: The Bouncing Souls’ Self-Titled Statement
A swift, forceful record named for the band itself: many songs in mere minutes, no second wasted proving it belongs.
Album Reviews9.2/10
Pure Forward Motion: The Bouncing Souls’ ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation’ at 25
Songs done quick, thirty minutes total, nothing wasted, one band asking nothing of your mind but joy.
Album Reviews10/10
Blue at 55: Joni Mitchell’s Perfect Record Still Asks Only for Attention
Ten songs, one voice, no distance left between singer and listener — a plain, sad, perfect record.
Album Reviews7/10
Brian Fallon Strips the Hymns to Voice and Piano on Night Divine, and Restraint Does Most of the Work — 7/10
Brian Fallon quiets his voice for ten sacred songs, bare and cut in forty minutes — a solemn hour of old melodies held back.
Album Reviews9.5/10
The ’59 Sound at 18: Not a Weak Song on It — 9.5/10
A record of car radios and dead friends, twelve songs long, not one wasted upon the ear.
Album Reviews6.3/10
Pink Floyd’s 1969 Soundtrack for Barbet Schroeder’s Debut Film Caught the Band Mid-Metamorphosis, 57 Years On
A soundtrack review of Pink Floyd's 1969 record More, a fevered work caught between gentle melody and dark, driving experiment.
Album Reviews9.9/10
Neil Young Made a Perfect 10 with After the Gold Rush, and 56 Years On It Still Sounds That Way
A record of quiet guitar, piano, and fierce song, wherein a man moves through every voice within his soul, a grand and lasting work.
Album Reviews10/10
Nine Tracks, Not One Wasted Note: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 55
A record of grief, war, and the world's sad state, told in gentle song by a voice that never once raised itself in vain rage.
Album Reviews9/10
Sleepwalkers at Its Own Pace: Brian Fallon’s Steadiest Record Earns Its 9
Brian Fallon's Sleepwalkers weighs clear writing and a melancholy voice against classic rock ground he has long walked.