How the Beatles’ ‘Love’ Brilliantly Defied Stubborn Fan Expectations
Released 15 years ago this week, ‘Love’ remains a treasure trove for open-minded listeners in search of new details in the Beatles’ well-worn catalog.
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Why ‘Endless Wire’ Should Have Been the Who’s Final Farewell
Released 15 years ago this week, the Who’s ‘Endless Wire’ spent some well-deserved time as a more fitting finish than the somewhat-sour ‘It’s Hard.’
How Frank Zappa’s ‘Trance-Fusion’ Became Yet Another Unpredictable Gift
‘Trance-Fusion’ arrived 15 years ago today, offering no traditional structures, no choruses, and few repeated elements. It was classic Frank Zappa.
How Bob Mould Tempered His Techno Edge on ‘Body of Song’
Released 15 years ago today, ‘Body of Song’ updated the excessive, naive electronics of ‘Modulate’ with the return of Bob Mould’s razor-sharp guitar.
Pearl Jam, “Soon Forget” from ‘Binaural’ (2000): One Track Mind
Issued 20 years ago today, “Soon Forget” isn’t the only binaural recording on Pearl Jam’s ‘Binaural,’ but it’s the one that really shows off the technique.
Bill Frisell’s Timeless ‘Live’ Opened Up a New Musical World for Me
My exposure to ‘Live’ began as a simple exploration of jazz 25 years ago, but I became a Bill Frisell convert because of it.
‘Presto’ Proved That Everything I Thought About Rush, and Fate, Was Wrong
Rush’s ‘Presto’ arrived 30 years ago today, setting off a chain reaction that would change my life forever.
Elvis Costello’s ‘The Delivery Man’ Once Again Resisted the Urge to Look Back
Elvis Costello referenced past triumphs 15 years ago this week with ‘The Delivery Man,’ but he was never beholden to them.
Why Pop Will Eat Itself’s ‘Dos Dedos Mis Amigos’ Has Aged So Well
Released 25 years ago this week, ‘Dos Dedos Mis Amigos’ found Pop Will Eat Itself swerving into the then-hip industrial sound.
Why You Should Have Celebrated Tears For Fears’ ‘Everybody Loves a Happy Ending’
Released 15 years ago this week, Tears For Fears’ reunion on ‘Everybody Loves a Happy Ending’ for some reason went largely ignored.
