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Favorite Albums | #30: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 28, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Pink Floyd really have six albums of note, although they have made many more than that: The Piper...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 27, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Purple Rain (1984) is, if possible, even more ’80s-sounding than Thriller (1982), and while I have...

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

Aja (1977) is frequently cited as Steely Dan’s signature work, but I consider Katy Lied to be...

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

One of the great albums in alternative rock, The Bends was Radiohead’s artistic breakthrough, and...

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 22, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

My two favorite Rolling Stones songs are “Gimme Shelter” and “Midnight Rambler,” in that order, so...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 21, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

I didn’t really take hip-hop seriously until I heard Illmatic my freshman year of college. I was a...

Posted by Eric Mack | Jan 20, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

As far as the Zeppelin catalog goes, I think their first one is the best, their fourth one is 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 18, 2012 | Favorite Albums | 0

Aerosmith burst onto the scene in 1973 with their hit single “Dream On” from their self-titled...