May You Never: John Martyn’s Solid Air Turns 50
The Scottish troubadour fused funk, jazz and more into his tender, trippy psych-folk stew
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Tragic Magic: Traffic’s Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory at 50
Revisiting the English band’s subdued sixth album
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How Eno Altered Reality On Before And After Science
The album that bridged Art Rock and New Wave turns 45
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The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30
Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold
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You’ll Succeed At Last: The Harder They Come at 50
Jimmy Cliff’s most essential album can still be considered the best reggae has to offer even 50 years on
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Roll Over Vaughn Williams: Henry the Human Fly at 50
Consider the solo debut of Richard Thompson a vital part of his template
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Open Wide The Hymns You Hide: Pink Moon Turns 50
A half-century later, Nick Drake’s third LP continues to reveal new layers of a British folk icon gone too soon
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Why Even Jon Bon Jovi Can’t Kill “Fairytale Of New York”
Taking back a holiday classic for Shane MacGowan, turns 63 on December 25th
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Supergrass’ Debut at 25: Should We Still Coco?
Gaz and the boys are still alright after all these years
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Five Lessons from Bass Culture and Warm Leatherette
As these two Island Records essentials turn 40, let us remind you why they both remain career pinnacles for Linton Kwesi Johnson and Grace Jones
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LISTEN: A St. Patrick’s Day Salute To Gavin Friday
The Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to an unsung icon of Irish rock
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I Am She Who Stinks of Men: Tricky’s Maxinquaye at 25
Plenty of works can lay claim to the title of the Horniest Album of All-Time, but only rarified company like Prince or PJ Harvey can straddle both that shortlist and the one for Greatest Albums Ever Made
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Hell Ain’t Half Full: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love Turns 25
The third Island LP from Polly Jean and her machine remains her singular blues punk masterpiece
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Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener
In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career
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We Can’t Rewind, We’ve Gone Too Far: The Buggles’ The Age of Plastic at 40
The album that featured the song that launched MTV as we once knew it was actually prog in disguise
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