Album Reviews4/10
Landing on Water: Neil Young’s Machines Cover the Writing
A look at Neil Young's 1986 Landing on Water, where heavy production covers the writing beneath its own weight.
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Album Reviews9/10
Neil Young Opens ‘Freedom’ Soft and Ends It Loud — a 9/10 Return to Form
Neil Young's Freedom opens soft and ends loud with Rockin' in the Free World, a record that holds every side of his sound together.
Album Reviews9/10
The Wall at 47: Pink Floyd’s Brick-by-Brick Masterwork Still Stands
A look back at Pink Floyd's The Wall, a sad tale of a man's solitude, wall raised stone upon stone through spirit and sound.
Album Reviews7.8/10
Feeling Through the Machine: Neil Young’s Trans
A voice made distant by machines: Neil Young's Trans weighs feeling against synthesizer and voice box, a strange record time has judged kindly.
Album Reviews9.1/10
A Short Film in 15 Tracks: ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ Remains an Instant Classic
A single day in Compton becomes a full story across fifteen tracks, a good kid moving through a mad city without losing the fire.
Album Reviews6.5/10
Volume 2: The Bouncing Souls Make Their Old Songs Quiet — And Mostly Make It Work
Volume 2 gives quiet, gentle new life to old Bouncing Souls songs — a calm look back rather than a bold new work.
Album Reviews8/10
A Decade Later, The Bouncing Souls’ ‘Simplicity’ Earns Its 8/10 by Wasting None of Its 29 Minutes
The Bouncing Souls return to quick, short songs on their new record, a swift turn back to what once made them work.
Album Reviews10/10
How OK Computer Heard the Wired Future Coming, 29 Years Early
A strange dread wrapped in melody: OK Computer, revisited track by track, ranked among the great records of its time.
Album Reviews9/10
The Final Cut at 43: Pink Floyd’s War Album Still Earns Its 9/10
A grim, deliberate record of grief and war, from its opening dream of peace to its final dread of fire — a solemn, uncommon work.
Album Reviews5.5/10
Judging the Gilmour-Led Pink Floyd on Its Own Terms, 39 Years After A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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.
Hawks & Doves Splits Neil Young Down the Middle, Acoustic Grief on One Side and Flag-Waving Bar Songs on the Other
A record split in two: quiet old songs on one side, quick country songs on the other. Nine tracks, thirty minutes, no true settling.
Album Reviews6.8/10
Re·ac·tor at 45: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Chase Noise for Its Own Sake
A forceful record: Neil Young and Crazy Horse chase noise and repetition on Re·ac·tor, a small, rough turn in a long career.