By Walden Green Promises isn’t one of those albums you put on for everyday comfort. It’s a deep plunge, like an intense old friend or grief who visits after years of dormancy. When Sanders passed away in 2022, Promises began to sound like a fitting conclusion to his career: Where he...
The greatest rock albums ever made vary wildly in era and tone. From Chuck Berry to Blink-182, these are the best.
Life After Death isn’t just a quintessential rap project; it’s the apex of double albums. Biggie soared into rarified air when he loaded the clip for his unfortunate swan song, blessing us with over 20 tracks. His affinity for greenbacks was apparent on the Jay-Z-assisted “I Love ...
Grant Green 22 votes Also ranks #4 on The Greatest Jazz Guitarists of All Time Also ranks #4 on Who Is The Most Famous Green In The World? Also ranks #8 on The Best Jazz Guitarists in the World 13 Roy Ayers 27 votes Also ranks #4 on The 35 Best Acid Jazz Artists, Ranked Also...
It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest...
1 albums mere months later, so it may not be as fresh in voters’ minds as Alligator Bites. Prediction: Doechii, Alligator Bites Never Heal Look Out For: Common & Pete Rock, The Auditorium, Vol. 1 Best Rap Song Nominees:“Asteroids” (Marlanna Evans); “Carnival” (Jordan Carter, Raul...
Grant Green 22 votes Also ranks #2 on Who Is The Most Famous Green In The World? Also ranks #4 on The Greatest Jazz Guitarists of All Time Also ranks #9 on The Best Jazz Guitarists in the World 13 Roy Ayers 27 votes 14 Maceo Parker 27 votes 15 Nat Adderley 18 votes 16 Eddie Ha...
Grant Green:Live At The Lighthouse(Blue Note, 1972) St. Louis-born guitar maestro, Green, was 36 when he recorded this double LP, his second and best in-concert recording for Blue Note (his first wasAlive, released two years earlier). Though he had begun as an adherent of the hard ...
I could pick ten albums. I could even pick ten people to kill, somewhere in the world, just by pressing a button in this here box, and in return I’ll receive ten million dollars and a subscription to The New Yorker, and I’ll magically be imbued with the ability to find the ...
From synth pop and rap to metal and funk, 100 best albums of the Eighties selected by the editors of Rolling StoneBy Rolling Stone November 16, 1989 First 10 entries here span the Clash's polyglot punk, Prince's crossover funkadelica, Afro-bop from Talking Heads and Paul Simon and hymns...