From M.I.A. to Four Tet, Kanye West to Joanna Newsom—and the many sides of Radiohead, too—here are the albums who defined the decade
Spoon has always had a swagger and attitude that felt one step away from dancing. OnHot Thoughts, the band makes the plunge into the funk, with a record of sharp beats, slippery bass and disco guitar. The title track is their grooviest song this side of Chic, givingGet Luckya run for...
After four albums of uplift party plans on which Sly sang, “You can make it if you try,” his sing-alongs now went: “Look at you fooling you.” Sly and his rainbow-coalition band crumbled during these recordings, leaving him and a few of his drug buddies to lay tracks to a tape...
the set on top the Billboard 200 albums chart wasBritain’s Got Talentalum Susan Boyle’sI Dreamed a Dream— in the fourth frame of its six-week run at pole position. Other No. 1 albums that year included B.o.B.’sThe Adventures of Bobby Ray, Godsmack’sThe Oracleand not one, not...
2. Spoon,They Want My Soul If Spoon’s previous albums cast them as experimentalists rooted firmly in the rock milieu,They Want My Soulis where they twist their classicist and post-punk influences into something stranger and headier. Britt Daniel strikes his “sensitive tough guy” poses, alte...
metal / band of 1991, they were also heavily involved in another — Temple of the Dog, which was augmented by Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron and featured the breakout hit “Hunger Strike.” Future grunge icons Smashing Pumpkins and Hole were also dropping their first albums. ...
” It became one of the most influential indie-rock albums ever and one of the most covered records of all time — Minor Threat and Elastica did “12XU,”R.E.M.did “Strange,” Spoon did “Lowdown,” the New Bomb Turks did “Mr. Suit,” fIREHOSE did “Mannequin” and on and on...
Watch my Best Albums of 2022 Countdown If you prefer to watch the countdown, I’ve included my YouTube Playlist containing all four videos here: #22. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges:Texas Moon My honorable mention goes toTexas Moonby Khruangbin and Leon Bridges. The only reason this gets an...
Never Let Me Go, is an elegant reflection on previous albums from Placebo, whilst simultaneously pushingand developing the band’s sound. This album could’ve been released 20 years ago, or just lastweek and its timeless beauty is something to admire. Never Let Me Go features some truly stan...
Dig Deeper The Best Bryan Adams Albums of All Time Also ranks #52 on The 250+ Best Singers Of The Last 30 Years, Ranked 38 The Police 1,273 votes The Police, an iconic English rock band, stands as one of the most influential musical groups of the late 20th century. Composed of G...