Their second album and a stone-cold thriller, The Temptations Sing Smokey had a chemistry that could hardly fail. At the time of its release, on
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As the five musicians, one of whom was accompanied by his wife, arrived at A&R Studios in New York City on Monday evening March 18,
The critical and commercial success of Kendrick Lamar’s second album, 2012’s Good Kid, MAAD City, totally changed the Compton rapper’s life. He had gone from
Arguably the greatest recording of the Pierre Moerlen era, Gong’s 1978 album, Expresso II, found the collective at the peak of their powers. Following the
What constitutes a jazz record? It’s a question Robert Glasper doesn’t concern himself with too much. The classically trained jazz pianist has always straddled the
Even by prog’s rigorous standards, prolific shapeshifters Gentle Giant were almost unassailably virtuosic. Long-serving guitarist Gary Green and multi-instrumentalist sibling founder members Phil, Derek, and
By the early 1980s, the Top 20 placings that Camel achieved on the British album charts with Moon Madness and Rain Dances were something of
The Rolling Stones’ tour of North America in late 1969 was their first since the summer of 1966 and it was their first anywhere since
It was one of the most memorable quotes of any band split, with one of the most amusing outcomes. In 1980, when the Eagles split
The Police’s debut album, Outlandos D’Amour, boasts an enviable reputation. Widely regarded as one of New Wave’s key records, it’s racked up multi-platinum sales since