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Favorite Albums | Honorable Mention: R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)

Posted by Eric Mack | May 3, 2013 | Favorite Albums | 0

Artistically and commercially, R.E.M.’s first nine albums can be pretty cleanly divided into...

Posted by Eric Mack | Oct 30, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Over the years I have heavily criticized many prominent “best of” lists, since I...

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

For a long time, Ten was the only Pearl Jam album I cared about. I bought Vitalogy a couple years...

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

Very early in the morning of March 3, 1991, a Black man named Rodney King drunkenly sped down one...

Posted by Eric Mack | Feb 7, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

The roots of this list can probably be traced back several years, to when I heard my classic rock...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 29, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

I started to take a deeper interest in hip-hop when I got to college, since the library at the...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 24, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Rolling Stone started doing their “Greatest _____ of All Time” publicity grabs in 2003. As I’ve...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 18, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

The White Stripes achieved broader success with Elephant, specifically through its lead single...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 17, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

I’m actually kind of surprised that Back in Black has held up for me all these years, since it was...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 10, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

The fall of 1991 turned out to be one of the most fertile and explosive phases of the...