Virgin Records

Soul 

Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo’s Voodoo Turns 25

January 26, 2025January 26, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 25th Anniversary, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Method Man, Pino Palladino, Questlove, Redman, Virgin Records, Voodoo

Looking back on the soul sensation’s sophomore classic

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Records 

The ALBUM Section: April 2024

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2024, All Born Screaming, Annie Clark, Cloud Nothings, Dark Matter, Eddie Vedder, Final Summer, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Mike McCready, Monkeywrench Records, Pearl Jam, Pure Noise, Republic Records, St. Vincent, Stone Gossard, Virgin Records

Diving into the latest from St. Vincent, Pearl Jam and Cloud Nothings

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Dream Pop Electronic Hip Hop Soul 

Inertia Creeps: Massive Attack’s Mezzanine at 25

April 20, 2023April 23, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, 3D, Angel, Daddy G, Liz Fraser, Massive Attack, Mezzanine, Mushroom, Robert De Naja, Teardrop, Tricky, Virgin Records

Looking back on the Bristol greats’ darkest album

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Glittering Prize: Simple Minds’ New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) at 40

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, David Bowie, Herbie Hancock, Jim Kerr, Kenny Hyslop, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), Simple Minds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Virgin Records

Looking back at the album that broke the band in the UK

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Dylan Rock Roots 

Shy of the Moon: The Wallflowers at 30

August 24, 2022August 25, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Barrie Maguire, Jakob Dylan, Peter Yanowitz, Rami Jaffe, The Wallflowers, Tobi Miller, Virgin Records

Why the studio debut from the Jakob Dylan-led roots rockers deserves a second spin

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Rock 

Hindu Love Gods at 30

October 20, 2020October 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andrew Slater, Bill Berry, Georgia Satellites, Giant Records, Hindu Love Gods, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Prince, R.E.M., Virgin Records, Warren Zevon

Looking back at the time Warren Zevon and R.E.M. got together to cover Prince and the blues, only to be released as a Hindu Love Gods album three years later

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Alternative Rock North Americana 

Found Somewhere Between The Road And My Heart: The Geraldine Fibbers’ First Masterpiece at 25

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Nathan Carson 13 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Carla Bozulich, Geraldine Fibbers, Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home, Virgin Records

For an elite group of music fans, Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home is as essential as Nirvana’s Nevermind and Jeff Buckley’s Grace combined

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Blues 

The Healing Power of The Hook

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1989, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Los Lobos, The Healer, Virgin Records

Celebrating blues legend John Lee Hooker’s late period classic at 30

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New Wave Power Pop 

The Records’ The Records at 40

August 5, 2019August 6, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Be Stiff Tour, Joe Strummer, John Wicks, Mutt Lange, Shades in Bed, The Records, The Records' The Records, Virgin Records, Will Birch, Will Burch

They are a band whose name is impossible to Google, but well worth the extra work once you discover them and their classic first LP also known as Shades In Bed

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Alternative Rock 

Thirty Years of Workbook

July 30, 2019August 1, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Omnivore Recordings, Virgin Records, Workbook

As Bob Mould continues to enjoy his best life as a solo artist in 2019, his 1989 solo debut remains his most enigmatic

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Electronics Experimental Progressive Rock 

South of Heaven: Diving Into Tangerine Dream, Part II

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Box sets, Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream, Virgin Records, William Friedkin

A closer look into one of the year’s most exciting and essential box sets alongside an exclusive archive interview with the late Edgar Froese

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Electronics Progressive Rock 

The Bus to Beezlebub: Diving Into Tangerine Dream, Part I

July 12, 2019July 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Boston, Edgar Froese, Germany, Risky Business, Tangerine Dream, Virgin Records

The massive In Search of Hades box set covers the German electronics giants’ freewheeling 1970s era

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