Album Reviews8/10
Marvin Gaye’s Last Studio Album Trades Protest for Pleasure — 8/10
Marvin Gaye's Midnight Love trades protest for pleasure — a sleek, drum-machine funk record about joy, desire, and dancing, and his final studio album.
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Tag: classic albums
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
How The Clash Packed Punk, Reggae, Ska and Rockabilly Into One Double Album That Still Sounds Restless 47 Years On
A band stares down ruin and turns fury into song: London Calling stands as fire that will not be tamed by time.
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 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 Reviews8.7/10
Rumours Reviewed: Fleetwood Mac Turn Five Broken Unions Into an 8.7/10 Record
A disclosure of five suffering hearts turned to terrible beauty—a wound shaped by design, sorrow made music.