Articles by: Jimmy Nelson

The Pink Floyd Deep Cut That Perfectly Encapsulates 'The Wall'

The Pink Floyd Deep Cut That Perfectly Encapsulates ‘The Wall’

Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ arrived 45 years ago this week with a resonant, sharply drawn track that summed up its theme. Too bad Roger Waters kept going.

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Why Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’ Provided a Perfect Ending

Released 10 years ago this week, Pink Floyd’s determinedly uncommercial ‘The Endless River’ reminded us just how fantastically weird they once were.

The 'Wildflowers' Track That Pointed to Tom Petty's More Mature Path

The ‘Wildflowers’ Track That Pointed to Tom Petty’s More Mature Path

Released 30 years ago this week, Tom Petty’s complex and satisfying ‘Wildflowers’ is a place we still like to go from time to time.

The Five Must-Have Songs For Your Halloween Playlist

The Five Must-Have Songs For Your Halloween Playlist

Stuck for a Halloween playlist to help while away the minutes between tonight’s zombie apocalypses? Start here.

Why King Crimson's Biggest Hit LP Was 'So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual'

Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also So Unusual’

Released 55 years ago, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ offered a dark burst of seminal progressive rock that presupposed a new rock trend.

How Paul McCartney's 'Run Devil Run' Served as a New Launching Pad

How Paul McCartney’s ‘Run Devil Run’ Served as a New Launching Pad

Heartbroken over the loss of Linda, Paul McCartney began a creative resurgence 25 years ago this week with the throwback ‘Run Devil Run.’

Why Supertramp's 'Crime of the Century' Still 'Has a Wonderful Feel to It'

Why Supertramp’s ‘Crime of the Century’ Still ‘Has a Wonderful Feel to It’

Roger Hodgson joins us to discuss ‘Crime of the Century,’ the breakthrough Supertramp album released 50 years ago this month.

How 'Love is Strong' Grew Into a Stone-Cold Rolling Stones Classic

How ‘Love is Strong’ Grew Into a Stone-Cold Rolling Stones Classic

Released 30 years ago today on ‘Voodoo Lounge,’ the shoulda-been-hit “Love Is Strong” showed the Rolling Stones hadn’t lost their flair for a snarky come-on.

How Mitch Easter Helped Take Velvet Crush to a New Level

How Mitch Easter Helped Take Velvet Crush to a New Level

Velvet Crush had already made a critical splash before ‘Teenage Symphonies to God’ arrived 30 years ago today. Then something amazing happened.

'Together Through Life' Remains One of Bob Dylan's Most Low Key, Organic LPs

‘Together Through Life’ Remains One of Bob Dylan’s Most Low Key, Organic LPs

Released 15 years ago this month, Bob Dylan’s loose and approachable ‘Together Through Life’ recalled a bottle-passing night of music among old friends.