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Journey - Greatest Hits - The Diamond
· 2007-04-24
Bonus points: Perry's prime inspiration was Sam Cooke, which makes Steve a bona fide soul man who sings black just...
Stylus Magazine’s Top 50 Live Albums of All Time
· 2006-10-31
"Professor" Irwin Corey did that particular schtick so much better.
David Bowie: Rebel Rebel - Seconds
· 2006-02-22
His transmutation of blues tropes was even more explicit in the opening of "Moonage Daydream", when he claims "I'm...
Stylus Magazine’s Top 50 Basslines Of All Time
· 2005-09-18
What, no Bootsy? Not even of any kind, but especially the rubber dinosaur groove of "I'd Rather Be With You"?
Frank Black - Honeycomb
· 2005-08-04
“...it’s hard to accept the fact that under any other name this album would be marketed to, and enjoyed by, the...
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
· 2004-11-25
I enjoyed this review. Quite a bit. I disagreed with some of the specifics, but on the whole it very much...
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
· 2004-11-24
Edna's review is "atomic bombastic" (tm), hyperbolic, historically revisionist, and ridiculously premature. Let's...