Massive Attack were not shy of the odd cover version themselves, utilizing Horace Andy on reggae standard“Man Next Door,”a John Holt composition so steeped in classic versions that it’s hard to find new expression in it. 3D and co-managed anyway, with the singular, fretting lyrics about ...
The third album from Iron Maiden is an absolute cracker. It was the first of the bands to reach to the UK top 40 and it set a huge trend for metal and rock, with its operatic singing, long guitar parts and massive energy. The themes on the album were wide ranging. From condemned pr...
On that end, their second album, World Wide Pop, is a massive leap. Whereas they've thrived in chaos in the past, their music here gains a newfound structure, revealing some pretty brilliant songwriting. They also peel back the humor just enough to reveal a sincerity that gives the ...
The German producer uses the last 20 years of electronic music as a massive sandbox from which to create textured tracks that are familiar enough to be enjoyable, yet mutate enough to constantly surprise. Album opener “Cerroverb” is built on empty space: Cosmic blips burble and then fade ...
And, of course, the massive hit “Nothing Compares 2 U,” originally written by Prince, but owned forever by Sinéad O’Connor. It’s a breakup song so devastating it would tower over everything else around it on a lesser album. Instead, it stands as just another skyscraper in a sky...
Clocking in at an hour, the album starts to drag by the second half. The energy dips, and there’s less to latch onto as the songs blur together. It’s frustrating because there are glimpses of something much better here. Cube still has the ability to bring rawness and attitude, but ...
put on a phenomenal show and technical tour de force that, while most apparent when heard alongside the pyrotechnics and massive video walls on the accompanying DVD/Blu-ray, the CD album does credit to as well. Grand and atmospheric: just what a Muse live recording promises....
Attack Attack! 627 votes This Ohio-based band was instrumental in the rise of the "crabcore" subgenre, which blended elements of screamo, metalcore, and electronic music. Their energetic live shows and genre-defying sound gained them a massive following and helped pave the way for countless ba...
The Execution:XTC leader Andy Partridge once said ofSkylarking: “The smell of that album is rotting rat mixed with lavender floor polish.” He was alluding to a rat that was rotting under a studio floorboard during the album’s recording, but that sweet and sour feeling was probably more ...
Bono brought tapes of a newly recorded number, "Silver and Gold"; too good to pass up, the song was tacked onto the completed album, although the title never made it onto the original cover credits because the artwork was already finished. "It's kind of a country-blues song," Bono ...