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150 Best Albums of 1978
A list of the best albums of 1978 changed my life forever. I wrote about this remarkable turn of events for the Austin American-Statesman, four years ago: “The first issue of The Village Voice I ever saw was the one dated January 22, 1979. The cover headlines were ‘The Case Against Jimmy Liar’ (by Jack Newfield, with… Continue reading 150 Best Albums of 1978
150 Best Albums of 1992/’93
Clearly the over-riding aesthetic aim of the third and fourth years of the ’90s, as far as I can tell nearly three decades down the line, was filling up your entire damn compact disc. Innovations in music delivery technology can do that. So you had up-and-coming rap groups like Wu-Tang Clan and sort-of-rap groups like… Continue reading 150 Best Albums of 1992/’93
Imani Coppola, Princess Superstar and Jane Jensen review, 1998
A genre that never was, I guess. And yeah, I did the grouping-women-artists-together thing enlightened critics aren’t supposed to. I dunno, the grouping still makes sense though. One artist never had another top 40 hit; another turned “electoclash” and had two top 20s in the UK; the third appeared on a few soundtracks. Guess which… Continue reading Imani Coppola, Princess Superstar and Jane Jensen review, 1998
