Mercury Records

Hard Rock Rock 

Bad Medicine: Bon Jovi’s New Jersey Turns 35

September 19, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1988, 35th Anniversary, Alec John Such, Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi, JBJ, Jon Bon Jovi, Lay Your Hands On Me, Mercury Records, New Jersey, Richie Sambora, Tico Torres

Fessing up to my appreciation for their famous fourth album

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Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock 

Right In Time: Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road at 25

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1998, 25th Anniversary, American Recordings, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams, Mercury Records, Rick Rubin, Roy Bittan, Steve Earle

Inside the resonant timelessness of her greatest album

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Pop 

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello: An Uncommon Bond

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 2023, Burt Bacharach, Carol Bayer Sager, Elvis Costello, Hal David, Mercury Records, Painted From Memory, Taken From Life, UMe

A new box set retraces the connection between the two pop auteurs

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Rock 

Rumbleseat: Revisiting John Mellencamp’s Scarecrow

December 5, 2022December 8, 2022 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 2022, Bruce Springsteen, Deluxe Edition, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Mellencamp, Mercury Records, R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A., Rain On The Scarecrow, Rumbleseat, Scarecrow, Small Town

With a new expanded edition in stores, the former Cougar’s classic 1985 LP remains as real as it gets

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Blues Folk Rock Zep 

Robert Plant’s Renewed Reality: Dreamland at 20

July 25, 2022August 4, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 2002, 20th Anniversary, Alison Krauss, Dreamland, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Records, Robert Plant

The former Led Zeppelin frontman’s 2002 return as a solo act found him honoring his musical heroes

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Pop 

ALBUMS: Elton John’s Colorful Chosen Family

November 8, 2021April 3, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Dua Lipa, Elton John, Gorillaz, Mercury Records, Nicki Minaj, Sawayama, The Lockdown Sessions

The Lockdown Sessions corrals the past and the present for a decades-defying chronicle of pop music

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Alternative Rock Power Pop 

It’s an International Pop…OVER-Throw!

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 David Bash 4 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow 2019, International Pop Overthrow festival, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Mercury Records

Celebrating 30 years of Material Issue’s power pop masterpiece

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