An album that can only be listened to once the sun has dropped and the phone is off the hook, ‘Bitter’ is beautiful and cruelly barbed at the same time. A heady brew.
Read moreMiles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ Turns 65 | Album Anniversary
Music can be transformative and transportative, and ‘Kind of Blue’ accomplishes these feats like few other albums ever have or ever will.
Read moreMiles Davis’ ‘In A Silent Way’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
Widely considered to be the start of Davis’ “electric” period, ‘In A Silent Way’ was yet another example of the artist changing the course of not just jazz music, but music period.
Read morePharoah Sanders’ ‘Karma’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary
The jazz legend’s 1969 album unfurls as a spiritual listening experience, which has provided the author of this tribute peace and solace in the face of life-altering circumstances.
Read moreRufus & Chaka Khan’s ‘Rags To Rufus’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
Despite its two official singles overshadowing the remainder of the material contained therein, Rufus’ second studio LP provided ample evidence of Khan’s powerful voice and unavoidable charisma.
Read morePulp’s ‘His ‘N’ Hers’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
‘His ‘N’ Hers’ began a classic three-album arc of breakthrough–triumph–disaffection for the band that made them one of the key cultural forces of the 1990s in the UK.
Read moreVan Hunt’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘Van Hunt’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
A brilliant debut through and through, ‘Van Hunt’ contains enough light and shade within the soul/R&B genre to alternately soothe the soul and enflame desire.
Read moreSister Sledge’s ‘We Are Family’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
With the Sledge sisters’ heavenly voices and Chic’s unique sound, the Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards produced LP embodies the welcoming, inclusive and open-hearted joy that defined the disco era.
Read moreMarvin Gaye’s ‘Here, My Dear’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
In listening to ‘Here, My Dear’ 45 years later, Gaye’s sheer, unadulterated honesty cuts like a double-edged sword, alongside the odd splash of self-pity and sniveling wounded male ego.
Read moreLynden David Hall’s Debut Album ‘Medicine 4 My Pain’ Turns 26 | Album Anniversary
Whether it is for the first time or the hundredth time, you’ll find something to love in listening to the grooves and quiet magnetism of Hall’s debut LP.
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