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At some point in their career, a band must face a crossroads that determines the way they will be perceived by all ...read more
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Bryan Ferry has always been a fairly confounding character. His youthful days with the original Roxy Music seem light ...read more
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For a while there, I got the impression that Jay Farrar was coasting a bit. Each album after Son Volt’s debut offered a ...read more
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Charted: #2 in September 1964
Because the Eddie Holland-Lamont Dozier-Brian Holland songwriting and production ...read more
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Don’t be fooled by a name. With all due respect to the additional musicians who contributed to this disk, Dashboard ...read more
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Charted: #6 in March 1964
In early 1964, the Beatles opened up a sluice across the Atlantic wide enough to fit a ...read more
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No less an expert on bad live albums than Mick Jagger once stated that David Live was one of the worst live albums he ...read more
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Despite public appearances, Crosby, Stills and Nash were never really a ‘band’. They were more like an agglomeration of ...read more
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As I write this, I wonder if the ‘demolition’ Ryan Adams speaks of is relevant to his own career. I say that because I’m ...read more
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It was bad enough when Duran Duran staged their ‘comeback’ and things only grew worse when Motley Crue did the same, but ...read more
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Diamond Dogs was Bowie’s first misstep since becoming famous, but his aura was so powerful that most people hadn’t ...read more
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Anybody expecting the atmospherics of Whitley’s first radio hit, "Big Sky Country," is in for a surprise when they first ...read more
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Charted: #9 in December 1970
Domino” is a riff-heavy and remarkably contagious example of Van Morrison’s desire to ...read more
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After all these years, it would hardly be unexpected for anyone to have given up on Burke. It’s been almost four decades ...read more
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The cover of Van Morrison’s Down the Road album shows the window of a music shop that reads “Memorabilia & Records”, ...read more
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After the Drive-By Truckers released their strange but oddly excellent rock-opera ode to Lynyrd Skynyrd around the turn ...read more
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If you wanted to know just what was missing from ‘80s rock that made it seem less vital or less fun to listen to than ...read more
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More than other styles, production was immensely important to the success of a dance hit. The long-term result is that ...read more
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As the century ended, the pop charts consisted mostly of an uncomfortable blend of Hip-Hop/R&B and Country/Mainstream, ...read more
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Oh, man. This video is a complete train wreck…and I mean that as a compliment. “Dimevision Vol 1: That’s the Fun I Have” ...read more
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Show # 1 - First Union Center
Philadelphia, PA
July 21, 2001
A lot has changed since Madonna last toured ...read more
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