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.
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Tag: classic rock
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 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.
Album Reviews9.9/10
Neil Young Made a Perfect 10 with After the Gold Rush, and 56 Years On It Still Sounds That Way
A record of quiet guitar, piano, and fierce song, wherein a man moves through every voice within his soul, a grand and lasting work.
Album Reviews9/10
Sleepwalkers at Its Own Pace: Brian Fallon’s Steadiest Record Earns Its 9
Brian Fallon's Sleepwalkers weighs clear writing and a melancholy voice against classic rock ground he has long walked.
Album Reviews10/10
Sixty Years On, Revolver Still Marks the Moment the Beatles Traded the Stage for the Studio
A record of many songs wherein a band ceases to merely perform and begins, with strange art, to build each tone anew.
Album Reviews10/10
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Neil Young Finds Crazy Horse and Never Looks Back
A look back at Neil Young's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, the record that gave the world Crazy Horse and songs that would not stay short.