Wilco – “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
GENRE: Alternative RockLABEL: NonesuchRELEASED: 2002 9.5 Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is as much defined by its backstory as it is
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Album Reviews
Oasis – “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?”
GENRE: BritpopLABEL: Creation RecordsRELEASED: 1995 9.4 By the time Oasis released (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? in 1995, the so-called
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Arctic Monkeys – “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
GENRE: Indie RockLABEL: DominoRELEASED: 2006 9.2 Few debut albums have exploded onto the scene with the same force as Whatever
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D’Angelo – “Voodoo”
GENRE: Neo-SoulLABEL: VirginRELEASED: 2000 9.4 When Voodoo arrived in early 2000, it didn’t just reaffirm D’Angelo’s talent; it redrew the
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Jack’s Mannequin – “Everything in Transit”
GENRE: Piano RockLABEL: MaverickRELEASED: 2005 8.6 When Everything in Transit first began to take shape, Andrew McMahon imagined it as
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Quicksand – “Slip”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: PolydorRELEASED: 1993 9.3 By the early 1990s, Walter Schreifels had already cemented himself as a hardcore icon through
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At the Drive-In – “Relationship of Command”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: Grand Royal/Fearless RecordsRELEASED: 2000 9.5 At the Drive-In’s Relationship of Command is a chaotic, cathartic masterpiece that redefined
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Sum 41 – “All Killer No Filler”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: IslandRELEASED: 2001 8.3 Sum 41’s All Killer No Filler was Canada’s brash, witty answer to the American
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T.I. – “Paper Trail”
GENRE: Hip-HopLABEL: Grand Hustle/AtlanticRELEASED: 2008 8.1 T.I.’s Paper Trail is an album steeped in fear, anger and guilt, written while
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Backstreet Boys – “Backstreet Boys”
GENRE: PopLABEL: JiveRELEASED: 1998 7.8 The Backstreet Boys’ self-titled American debut is one of the most confusing pop releases of
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