Tag: albums

Christmas 2019

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The Beach Boys and Kacey Musgraves both produced quintessential Christmas albums – they just happened to be generations and decades apart. The similarities are striking: both albums are a mix of well-known holiday standards plus original compositions – and all are true to the artists’ unique sounds. Both albums make you excited for all of the “Ribbons and Bows” of the season and the coming of “Little Saint Nick.”

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You can buy or stream A Very Kacy Christmas online at iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

 

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Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks

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It’s the quintessential breakup album, full of heartache and remorse, remembrance and longing. “Blood on the Tracks” is quintessential Bob Dylan at his most poetic — and beautiful.

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You can buy or stream Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan online at iTunes,  Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

 

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Green Day – Dookie

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Green Day’s “Dookie” brought punk rock to the masses in the mid-90s — yet resulted in the band being ostracized from the punk community due to its mainstream success. It transcends punk rock, and 25 years later this album is still full of fist-pumping hits like “When I Come Around,” “Longview,” “Welcome to Paradise” and more.

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You can buy or stream Dookie by Green Day online at iTunes,  Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

 

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Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City

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Geographic name-dropping, songs about Saabs and golf courses, and of course questions of love and faith. Vampire Weekend’s third album, “Modern Vampires of the City” showcased the band’s songwriting and song content growth – and was considered by many as the best album of 2013. But don’t fret: there’s still plenty of catchy hooks, popped collars and high-fallutin’ themes – the things we all tend to love Vampire Weekend for anyway.

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You can buy or stream Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend online at iTunes,  Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.

 

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INXS – Kick

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It was an album that record execs and studio heads initially rejected. But “Kick” by INXS would go on to produce a slew of top 10 hits worldwide, turning the band – led by charismatic frontman Michael Hutchence – from Australian heroes to the people’s choice in rock and roll, putting them on par with U2 and R.E.M.

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You can buy or stream Kick by INXS online at Spotify, iTunes,  YouTube, and Amazon .

 

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The National – Alligator

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For some, “The Boxer” is The National’s greatest album. However, in this epipod of Finest Worksongs, we take a look at what be their most quintessential album, “Alligator.” It’s an album of both confidence and introspection, of colorful characters and average Joes. All sung with a sound unique to The National.

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You can buy or stream Alligator by The National online at Spotify, iTunes,  YouTube, and Amazon .

 

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Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

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It’s a tale as old as time: Man reads Ann Frank’s “The Diary is a Young Girl.” Man weeps for three days straight. Man dreams of building a time machine to go back and save her. Man writes arguably one of the greatest Indy rock albums of all time. Can you say “cliche?”

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You can buy or stream In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel online at Spotify, iTunes,  YouTube, and Amazon .

 

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Dave Matthews Band – Under the Table and Dreaming

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If you were anywhere near a college campus in the mid-1990s, you were probably going to hear the Dave Matthews Band – either coming out of a dorm stereo or being played by a guy with an acoustic guitar. Before too long, though, the DMB was everywhere. The mix of guitar, horns, violin, and impeccable drumming – along with Matthews’ unique vocals – was a revolutionary sound in mainstream rock music. But is it still?

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You can buy or stream Under the Table and Dreaming by Dave Matthews Band online at Spotify, iTunes,  YouTube, and Amazon .

 

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Michael Jackson – Thriller

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The red leather jacket. The single white glove. The “Moonwalk.” The “Thriller”Dance. Of the 9 songs on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” 7 would be Top 10 hits. The album would go on to sell 66 million copies worldwide — and counting. And music would never be the same again.

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You can buy or stream Thriller by Michael Jackson online at Spotify, iTunes,  YouTube, and Amazon .

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Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream

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For our second epipod we dive into Smashing Pumpkins’ second album, Siamese Dream. This is Billy Corgan’s masterpiece – an album so over-budget and so mind-boggling perfect that it led to drug abuse, infighting and innuendo – and arguably one of the most successful albums of the 1990s.

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