Album of the Year Archives

Favorite Albums | #34: R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (1992)

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 24, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

R.E.M. legitimized alternative music, signing with a major label (Warner Bros.) following the...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 19, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Thriller was released in a perfect storm of economic conditions that made it the best-selling...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 15, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

I still remember when I first heard the White Stripes’ “Fell in Love with a Girl” on the radio in...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 13, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

This album absolutely dominated my sophomore year of college. Before that, I was just a casual fan...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 8, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Radiohead’s most famous song is 1992’s “Creep,” which has become one of the definitive alternative...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 6, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Eminem struggled for years to get noticed in his hometown of Detroit, releasing an album...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 2, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

As its cover suggests, Kid A is bizarre, icy and abstract, even by Radiohead standards. Their...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 31, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

It’s too bad that I came across Sgt. Pepper for academic reasons. Not that school had anything to...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 28, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Seattle, it turns out, was — and, it should be noted, still is — a perfect breeding ground for...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 26, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Springsteen’s most popular album, Born in the U.S.A., was recorded with the E Street Band and...