Guilty Pleasures

Desert Island Discs: Guilty Pleasures

Desert Island Discs: Guilty Pleasures

Here’s what we’ll be packing way in the back of our luggage – way, way in the back – before our fateful seafaring journey.

Kiss’ return-to-form Sonic Boom was anything but a guilty pleasure for me

Kiss’ return-to-form Sonic Boom was anything but a guilty pleasure for me

Kiss’ ‘Sonic Boom,’ released on Oct. 6, 2009, was packed with hooks, anthemic choruses, and a lifetime supply of innuendo. What’s not to like?

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Aw, it’s you: On 35 years of torture from Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”

Rupert Holmes’ ‘Partners in Crime’ album – home to the simply inescapable “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” – was released on October 5, 1979.

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Guilty pleasures: The Archies – Everything’s Archie (1969)

Originated in 1942 as teenage comic-strip characters, the Archies found new means of employment in the late ’60s You May Also Like: Unit 4 + 2 – Unit Four Plus Two (1969): Forgotten Series Bill Deal and the Rhondels – Vintage Rock (1969): Forgotten Series Tommy James and the ShondellsRead More

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One Track Mind: Psy, “Gentleman” (2013)

Can K-Pop juggernaut Psy catch lightning in a bottle again? Does anybody care? Actually, a lot of people care. You May Also Like: Vince Tomas, “Anything and Everything” (2018): One Track Mind Yes, That’s Stephen Stills on One of the Bee Gees’ Biggest Hit Singles

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Herb Alpert – Fandango (1982; 2013 reissue)

I tried — I really did — to shake Herb Alpert. His silky smooth trumpet musings had been my introduction to something like jazz, though, and I’ve always associated his music with a time of unvarnished musical enthusiasm. You May Also Like: Jeff Lorber: The Albums That Shaped My CareerRead More

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Genesis Songs That Sucked: Gimme Five