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Favorite Albums | Honorable Mention: The Verve – Urban Hymns (1997)

Posted by Eric Mack | May 8, 2014 | Favorite Albums | 0

Every once in a while, I’ll come across an album whose first track is so good it takes me days,...

Posted by Eric Mack | Nov 9, 2013 | Favorite Albums | 0

This may be a little hard to believe, but Pearl Jam — the most popular rock band of the...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jun 18, 2013 | Favorite Albums | 0

In retrospect — a word I use loosely here, since 21 was released less than two and a half...

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 | Mar 30, 2013 | Favorite Albums | 0

Green River came so close to making my 100 favorite albums list. I know I have said that about...

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 23, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

It’s not a stretch to say that Kind of Blue rivals the 1941 film Citizen Kane as the greatest...

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

You’ll have a hard time finding many better albums than this one. When I first started...

Posted by Eric Mack | Feb 18, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

I love how the heavens open up and deliver The Edge’s guitar in the beginning of...

Posted by Eric Mack | Feb 17, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Texas Flood is one of the most stunning debuts in the history of popular music; it instantly...