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Reviews
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Eric Clapton’s re-invention as a COVID-skeptic and anti-vaxxer has spilled into his music.
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Garth Brooks conquered country. Then he tried to cross over into pop-rock. Kind of. It’s still really confusing — even 22 years later.
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Pearl Jam was about to be the next U2 or Led Zeppelin. But then they took a page out of Neil Young’s book.
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The Cars tried to go back-to-basics with Door to Door. Instead, they broke up for decades.
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Katy Perry was one of the most reliable hit machines in music– until Witness happened.
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Limp Bizkit were everywhere in the late 90s/early 00s. Then they fell off the face of the earth.
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Was Billy Idol ahead of his time with Cyberpunk? Of course. But that doesn’t mean the album is good or deserved to be successful.
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When done right, concept albums can be career enhancing. Or they can be disasters.
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How record label politics, changing times, deteriorating personal relationships and splitting with hitmaking songwriters and producers ended Boyz II Men’s run as chart-topping hitmakers.
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It’s hard enough to follow up a great debut album– especially if you rush out a terrible second album.
R.E.M.’s “Three-Legged Dog” Era produced some good music. It also gave us this terrible album.
Sugar Ray was, perhaps, the ultimate party band of the late 90s/early 00s. Then the party ended.
When is a hit album not a hit album? When it is Adore.
One of the few times Mike Love and not Brian Wilson helmed a Beach Boys album. Let’s just say it didn’t go well.