Alan Light
With his eighth album, Kid Rock has done something he's threatened to do for years: slipped fully into classic-rock mode.
11y
For Madonna, the quest for transcendence has always been closely linked to the ecstatic release of dancing.
11y
A Bigger Bang is just a straight-up, damn fine Rolling Stones album, with no qualifiers or apologies necessary for the first time in a few decades.
11y
Where [Time Out Of Mind] stared down heartbreak and mortality with somber melancholy, Love and Theft finds Dylan taking on those same themes loaded up with piss and vinegar.
11y
The triumph of the album is that it doesn't hide from the fears and contradictions of a lifetime spent under a spotlight.
11y
On this album, Tone Loc has managed to mature more effectively than Hammer has on Too Legit to Quit. Without apologizing for his poppiness or struggling too hard for credibility, Loc wears better because he's only as legit as he wants to be.
10y
After he conquered the world with Purple Rain, Prince made a hard left turn into bright and sweet psychedelia. But the album had more going on beneath the surface.
10y
Songs in the Key of Life was the culmination of a historic period of creativity for Stevie Wonder. Its ambition and scope were unprecedented, and he never approached its caliber or impact again.
9y
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