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.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
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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.
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.
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.