
Records
Deep dives on major and not-so-major albums.
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WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
February 1988

METALLICA, DEF LEPPARD, TWISTED SISTER
January 1988

PEPSI-COLA SALAD
January 1988

AND THE GODS MADE LOVE...
August 1987

AND FURTHERMORE...
February 1987

SO FINE
October 1986

RECORDS
June 1986

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF SEWERS
April 1986

LEFT OF THE DIAL
March 1986

IF A DOG ANSWERS
February 1986

CALL OF THE MILD
October 1985

ATHENS REVISITED
September 1985

PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
August 1985

RECORDS
July 1985

VINTAGE VELVETS
JUNE 1985

MY DINNER WITH MADONNA
MARCH 1985

RECORDS
January 1985

A BITTER PiL TO SWALLOW
December 1984

SIOUX YOU
November 1984

LONG AS HE CAN SEE THE LIGHT
September 1984

ELVIS’S STICKY WICKETS
September 1984

HIT EM WHERE THEY AIN’T
August 1984

RUNNING ON NEUTRAL
July 1984

ROYAL GUM-UP
June 1984

DISHPAN HYNDESIGHT
May 1984

CHEST HAIR AND SYNTHESIZERS FIRST
April 1984

MASH NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
September 1983

STAR OF STAGE, SCREEN, AND MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES
August 1983

MELTDOWN, ANYONE?
June 1983

DOOM A GO GO
May 1983

DARKNESS IN THE HEART OF TOWN
JANUARY 1983

Maybe Six IS Nine
JANUARY 1983

WHO HUM
December 1982

X’S ALL-AMERICAN ANGST
October 1982

OVERPOWERED BY MERE
September 1982

SELLER’S MARKET
August 1982

SURVEY SAID...!
July 1982

FRANTIC! EXCITING! NON-THERAPEUTIC!
June 1982

Combine One Part Pop, One Part Quirk, Stir Well
June 1982

RECORDS: VAN HALEN
May 1982

HETERO, GUN TOMORROW
May 1982

Like Archeology, Dig?
May 1982

NOT QUITE A-OKEH
May 1982

NO EXIT (BURP!)
April 1982

COLD SHOWER
February 1982

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL: A POLICE STORY
January 1982

KWINTESSENTIAL KINKS KWIRKS
December 1981

THE ROLLING STONES ALBUMS
July 1974

EXECUTING THE PERFECT SQUEEZE PLAY
August 1981

FACE DANCES AIN’T NO SOCIAL CRISIS
July 1981

BORN TO STALL
January 1981

INTERSTELLAR UNDERDRIVE
December 1980

SONS OF ONAN UNITE
July 1980

THE KNACK & HOW TO LOSE IT
May 1980

IS THERE LIFE DURING WARTIME?
April 1980

MARIANNE FAITHFULL LETS IT BLEED
March 1980

Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
February 1980

TOUCHED BY YOUR PRESENTS, DEARS
January 1980

ZEP’S NITRITE ZAP
December 1979

HEP CATS WIG OUT
October 1979

DYLAN DIGS THE DIAMOND MINE
September 1979

Ramones Go Down on the Permanent Record
August 1979

VILLAGE PEOPLE GO WEST, BUT WILL THEY STAY THERE?
July 1979

SEX PISTOLS MEDICAL REPORT: ONE DEAD, MANY WOUNDED
June 1979

Good For Everything But Listening
May 1979

Elvis Costello cordially invites you to a Trench Party
April 1979

Lou Reed Live (What, Again?): The Audience As Hostage
February 1979

Ride, Mush You Rushkies
February 1979

RAMONES GROW UP(?)
December 1978

High-Tech, Big Wreck
November 1978

TODD RUNDGREN OPENS HIS EYES
August 1978

THE BAND: GOOD NIGHT, GENTLEMEN
July 1978

LOU REED FINALLY SCORES ON THE STREET
June 1978

PUT ON A HAPPY FACE
April 1978

DON JUAN SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW YOU
February 1978

THE LAST ONE TASTES AS GOOD AS THE FIRST
January 1978

Randy Newman: HE AIN’T SHORT
January 1978

RAMONES COUNT TO TEN!! And Blast Off
January 1978

HEADED BACK TOWARDS MAIN STREET
November 1977

CALL THE EXORCIST!
September 1977

DORKS ON THE MARCH!
September 1977

Dictators Blast Into Teenage Cysthood
August 1977

This Ain’t The Summer Of Love, But The BEACH BOYS Love You Just The Same
July 1977

TELEVISION PROVES IT
May 1977

IGGY K.O.’S AUDIENCE
May 1977

PAUL MCCARTNEY IS PARDONED
March 1977

SUBMARINER DON’T HAVE NO IDENTITY NEITHER
February 1977

“A Certified Pood ’un, Y’Know?”
January 1977

LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Does Their Conscience Bother THEM?
December 1976

Advice To The Linda Column
November 1976

YES We Have No Bananas
November 1976

Rod Brings It All Back Home
September 1976

The True Inside Story of the Steely Dan Review
August 1976

State of the Art: Bland on Bland
July 1976

EVERY MAN GOES GOLD
July 1976

5 DEAD IN AIR DISASTER!
June 1976

HEAVY METAL: Brontosaurus M.O.R
May 1976

CHICKENHEAD COMES HOME TO ROOST
April 1976

NEARER MY ENO TO THEE
April 1976

Drifting In And Out Of An American Dream
March 1976

IF YOU CHOOSE CHOOSE TO GO
March 1976

A Critic’s Perspectives: THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER MADE Just In Case You Ever Wondered
March 1976

APPOMATTOX REDUX
January 1976

Pete Townshend’s LAST DETAIL
December 1975

Elegy For The Living
December 1975

ELTON: The Horse’s Pajamas
December 1975

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Hot Rod Rumble In The Promised Land
November 1975

THE ULTIMATE UNDERGROUND RECORD SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY
October 1975

PETE FILLS A SCRIPTURE
October 1975

ELTAUPIN AT THE PINNACLE
August 1975

BARRY WHITE’S MAKEOUT TIPS
August 1975

Bad Company’s Golden Plod
July 1975

Slouching Toward Number One
July 1975

DIAMOND WOG
June 1975

HEAVY METAL WILL STAND
June 1975

RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AMNESIAC
June 1975

Dreck In The Grooves
April 1975

Van Morrison Slugs It Out With Himself
February 1975

Getting To The Heart Of The Cracker
January 1975

The Inmates Have Taken Over
December 1974

Stevie’s Formula Avant-Boogaloo
November 1974

Eric Clapton: Sensuous Theology of the Blues
September 1974

David Bowie: Swan Dive into the Mung
August 1974

ROXY MUSIC: Catch the Next Sensation
July 1974

Mott the Hoople: Theatre Like A Horse Stampede
June 1974

Todd Rundgren: You Feel Just Like He’s Jesus’ Son
May 1974

Depletion Behind A Positive Mask
April 1974

J. Geils: A Six Pack That'll Make Any Party
March 1974

John Lennon: All the Dignity of Eric Burdon
February 1974

Everybody’s Favorite Dunce
February 1974

David Bowie Flashes His Roots
January 1974

Triumph of the Wretch
January 1974

As Good as the Bible (Or a Ton of Quaaludes)
January 1974

Lou Reed: Brilliance You’d Hate To Get Trapped With
December 1973

Dylan Album of the Decade
December 1973

NEW YORK DOLLS: L.U.V ’em or Leave ’em
November 1973

Sly Today: Caring, Confident, Contradictions
September 1973

A Strong Breeze Could Blow It Away
August 1973

HI! We’re John, George, Paul & Ringo: Remember Those Fabulous 60s?
July 1973

Led Zep: Getting By On Blood & Iron
June 1973

Billion Dollar Babies: Alice Spends Himself All Over The Place
May 1973

Iggy in Exile: Love in the Fire Zone
March 1973

Bette Midler: Vaudevillian WooWoos And Omnipresent HooHahs
February 1973

Low Yo-Yo Stuff: Getting Closer to the Captain
January 1973

Nuggets: Psychedelic Punkitude Lives!!
December 1972

Listen To The Lion
October 1972

We Got No Principles!!!
October 1972

LONDON SESSIONS: CHUCK BERRY
September 1972

EXILE ON MAIN STREET: THE ROLLING STONES
August 1972

He walks it like he talks it (usually)
July 1972

You can be my Partner in Crime
July 1972

Creedence Clearwater Revised
June 1972

Aretha and the Ladies’ Soul
May 1972

THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON
April 1972

That's the Way God Planned It
March 1972

Meanwhile, back in the suburbs...
March 1972

Ono, Raitt,Taylor and a pair of Lauras: Sisterhood is Powerful
March 1972

Sly Stone: A Reassessment
March 1972

RECORDS
December 1971

Sticky Fingers
October 1971

The Wolf In London
October 1971

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October 1971

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September 1971

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June 1971

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May 1971

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March 1971

RECORDS
December 1970

RECORDS
November 1970

Records
December 1969

Records
November 1969

RECORDS
October 1969