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With the arrival of the ‘80s the band streamlined their approach a bit by incorporating some of the sounds of the day and adding shorter, ra...

10 years removed from his 2014 passing, I thought it would be opportune to revisit the former Soda Stereo frontman’s solo catalog and rank ...

SONIC YOUTH Sister [SST] While its follow-up—the much lauded Daydream Nation [Enigma-1988]—is often cited as the band’s turning point, it’s...

STING The Dream of the Blue Turtles [A&M]   Plagued by internal discord that eventually broke up the band, Synchronicity [A&M-1983...

THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Parlophone]   It wasn’t really until the second half of the 1960s that the album bec...

AIMEE MANN Bachelor No.2 or The Last Remains of the Dodo [SuperEgo-2000]   Co-produced by the great Jon Brion , it was made with no record c...

THE CURE Disintegration [Elektra-1989] Released the year The Mopefather turned 30, the album was the result of quite a predicament: Robert S...

THE POSIES Frosting On The Beater [DGC - 1993] After signing with DGC for their critically acclaimed sophomore album Dear 23 [1990] (produc...

Here’s something I just realized that is very hard for me to acknowledge: Sammy Hagar saved Van Halen. Yup, he did. How so? Even though Van ...

PAUL McCARTNEY McCartney [Capitol - 1970] Recorded mostly at home as his first formal post-Fabs musical statement, it was the recipient of s...