Across the seven weird tracks featured on Springsteen’s second studio album, he ushers you through a dream world with complete sincerity.
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The band’s sixth studio album is only a masterpiece because of the collaboration that defines it. Every band member is operating at the absolute height of their powers.
Read moreThe Who’s ‘Who Are You’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
While ‘Tommy’ (1969) spoke to the restorative power of rock & roll at the end of the ‘60s, ‘Who Are You’ speaks to the dissolution of those ideals at the end of the ‘70s and the band’s run as a four-piece.
Read moreThe Hold Steady’s ‘Stay Positive’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
The Hold Steady’s great promise is redemption. But you can’t have redemption without belief in that which promises to redeem you. ‘Stay Positive’ is an album for believers.
Read moreGuster’s ‘Keep It Together’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
While ‘Keep It Together’ feels like a giant pivot away from the apocalypse-in-waiting of ‘Lost and Gone Forever,’ it’s not a betrayal of Guster’s identity as a band.
Read moreGodspeed You! Black Emperor’s Debut Album ‘F♯ A♯ ∞’ Turns 26 | Album Anniversary
In trusting in the chaos of the band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor demonstrate that there is beauty to be found counter to the structured order of things.
Read moreFleet Foxes’ Eponymous Debut Album ‘Fleet Foxes’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
Rather than condensing into as little space as possible, Fleet Foxes fill every corner of their inaugural LP and ask you to rummage through all of the drawers.
Read moreBruce Springsteen’s ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
Springsteen’s fourth LP finds a man fighting his demons, resulting in a record that rips apart the scrawny, boardwalk kid image of the early years and finds its creator a brooding, revved up fighter.
Read moreThe Band’s ‘The Last Waltz’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
‘The Last Waltz’ captures a night of incredible musicianship, but at its core, it reflects the necessity and fragility of friendship.
Read moreLed Zeppelin’s ‘Houses of the Holy’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary
‘Houses of the Holy’ reflects the band’s penchant for stringing together parts of songs that are unexpected—but never counterintuitive—to pull you just a little bit further from the place you thought was home.
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