Album Reviews10/10
Why the Rolling Stones Never Bettered the Murky, Ragged Brilliance of Exile on Main St.
A raving look at Exile on Main St., the Rolling Stones' rough, forceful masterpiece of rock, country, and blues, ruled a perfect ten.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: classic rock
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.