Album Reviews10/10
Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’: A Perfect 10 for a Record About Absence
A record born of absence: tribute to a lost friend, and bitter word against the machine that fed upon him.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
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Album Reviews6.8/10
Loose by Design: Neil Young’s “American Stars ‘n Bars” Still Rides on Its Best Tracks
A review of Neil Young's American Stars 'n Bars, a mixture of country tunes and wandering guitar pieces that never quite agree.
Album Reviews9.5/10
Why The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Still Sounds Like the Whole Story, 28 Years On
A solemn record wrought of sorrow, love, and faith, wherein one artist's voice moves through rap, soul, and melody, track by track.
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.
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.