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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 | Dec 12, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

When I finally finished counting down my 100 favorite albums six months ago, I felt terrible. I...

Posted by Eric Mack | Feb 26, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Make Yourself, in one of the greatest coincidences on my list, was released one week before my...

Posted by Eric Mack | Feb 25, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

The ’90s were an amazing time for music, as an enormous amount of great material emerged in...

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

It took me a while to really get into Vs., but once I did, boy, did it sink its claws in me and...

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 | Jan 11, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Soul, as you may have noticed, is a bit of a weak spot for me, but in my defense, it’s not...

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 1, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Eminem burst onto the scene in early 1999 as the American Culture Wars of the ’80s and ’90s...

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...