Zevon’s fourth LP contains a triple-hit of noir novel (this time, in the south and the west), comedic storytelling, and tenderness at both the start and end of relationships.
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‘Hatful Of Hollow’ reminds Smiths devotees that they exist within contradictions; romantically inward but only seeking what is outwardly unattainable, they will crave but never surrender.
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The band’s third studio album firmly laid down the roots of what their subsequently stronger and more mature LPs needed to grow from.
Read moreSiouxsie and The Banshees’ ‘Hyæna’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
The band’s sixth studio affair deepens their lush, symphonic playland, alternately playful and atmospheric.
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For ‘80s kids, there are only a handful of good things about growing up, but chief among them is being able to truly appreciate what “Weird Al” Yankovic is singing about.
Read moreSteely Dan’s ‘Pretzel Logic’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
Becker, Fagen & crew’s third LP is not their best album, but it’s a perfect introduction, a bridge of what Steely Dan was and what they would become.
Read moreElvis Costello & The Attractions’ ‘Armed Forces’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
It’s no accident that one of Costello’s sharpest, cruelest albums ends with a call to hold onto the hope that all may be put right again.
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Courtney Love has a reputation as a feral, wild woman, alternately lovelorn and savage, Hollywood glamour and boulevard trash, and she uses all of it on ‘Celebrity Skin.’
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Though admittedly the author’s least favorite Steely Dan album, Becker & Fagen’s second studio affair still outpaces everyone else’s absolute best.
Read moreDonald Fagen’s ‘Kamakiriad’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Fagen’s second solo foray ‘Kamakiriad’ is an examination of aging, heartache, writer’s block and redemption via a sci-fi roadtrip in the steam-powered Kamakiri.
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