Album Reviews7/10
The Division Bell at 32: Real Moments, Too Much Space
A solemn review of a record whose long hours conceal but a few true treasures amid much idle drifting.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
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Album Reviews6/10
Mirror Ball: Neil Young Loud, Loose, and Halfway Home
A review of Neil Young's Mirror Ball, a loud, quickly made record where a backing band pushes his old pictures into rough, free shapes.
Album Reviews9/10
Sleeps With Angels: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Sit Inside the Loss
Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 1994 record of grief, a plain, heavy work that sits inside loss instead of explaining it.
Album Reviews10/10
Ragged Glory: Loud, Loose and Better for It
A record of steady guitar and long repetition, wild and loud, wherein a band lets each song run as long as it will.
Album Reviews6/10
Neil Young Reunites Crazy Horse on ‘Life,’ but 80s Production Muffles the Band
Neil Young brings back Crazy Horse for a record that reaches for a loud old sound but finds the studio working against it.
Album Reviews10/10
Ziggy Stardust at 54: Bowie’s Doomed Alien Still Burns Brightest
A doomed alien singer, a band of guitar spiders, eleven songs burning out before an audience — the record that made Bowie a star.
Album Reviews9/10
Aretha Franklin Takes Hold of Soul on ‘I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You’ — 9/10
A solemn regard upon Aretha Franklin's grand record of respect and sorrow, a work whose passion has not diminished with years.
Album Reviews10/10
The Velvet Underground & Nico Mapped Rock’s Darker Territory Before Anyone Else Dared
A record of noise, daring, and habits nobody else would touch — eleven tracks that still play like a warning.
Album Reviews10/10
Noise by Noise: Public Enemy’s ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ Still Takes What It Wants
A record from 1988 that takes attention and never gives it back, full of noise, fury, and voice.
Album Reviews5.8/10
Twelve Years On, The Endless River Still Sounds Like Pink Floyd Clearing Out the Attic
A farewell record of mood, not song, wherein Pink Floyd leaves much unsaid, and calls it, at last, an ending.
Album Reviews6/10
Young Bites the Sponsors’ Hand: ‘This Note’s for You’ and Its Anti-Advertising Snarl, 38 Years On
A grim tale of Neil Young's 1988 Bluenotes record, its banned title song, and the guitar that saves it from excess brass.
Album Reviews6/10
Old Ways Was the Full Country Swerve of 1985, and Only Four Songs Earn Their Keep
Neil Young turns country on Old Ways, ten plain tracks of steel guitar and sentiment, with four songs worth keeping.