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Pulled from my newsletter that you can find here - https://andmorethanonce.substack.com/p/re-awarding-the-grammys-2000-2004

I’ve talked about their songwriting and a little bit about the great production on this album, but I’ve got a few more comments for one of my absolute favorite records. There’s a ton of moments that I think are actually transcendent:

The rasp in Jenny’s voice when she sings “You said ‘Hey, how could you love me this way?” in ... read more

Pulled from my newsletter that you can find here - https://andmorethanonce.substack.com/p/re-awarding-the-grammys-2000-2004

All of the nominees are incredible feats in their genres, and albums as good as Voodoo, White Pepper, and Supreme Clientele didn’t even make the cut. In a year this crowded, the representative album has to be an undeniable instant classic and Kid A is that and then some. You could make a case for slotting it in a few different genres, but ultimately I think Kid A is ... read more

Everything about the production of this song is perfect. The piano that plays underneath the intro sets the tone, as Just Blaze’s voice is recorded to sound like a soundbite from an earlier era. Blaze is on top of his game here, building the bulk of the beat around piano and organ sampled from Seed of Love by The Little Boy Blues. It’s not an overly complex beat, but it compliments and facilitates one of Jay’s best ever flows. His delivery will nest itself in your head on ... read more

This is just flat out one of the best songs that’ve ever been written. In 25 years, people should still be learning it on guitar, in 50 years it should somehow be more popular than it is now because it never stopped inspiring new artists. Wayne Coyne doesn’t go too saccharine or too dour with the lyrics here—he just points out things that are true in an obvious, objective way. But he knows it’s one thing to know something and another to realize it; to allow a fact to ... read more