James Brown – ‘Live’ at the Apollo
Some live albums capture a great performance. Others redefine what a live album can be. James Brown’s Live at the Apollo belongs firmly in…
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Booker T. & The M.G.’s – Green Onions
Sometimes a single song is so iconic that it overshadows the album it came from. That’s certainly true of Green Onions. The title track…
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Adele – 21
Heartbreak has inspired countless great albums, but few have captured its emotional highs and devastating lows as completely as Adele’s 21. Released in 2011,…
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Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Every so often, an album arrives that feels completely out of step with its era in the best possible way. In the mid-2000s, mainstream…
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Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
Every generation has a handful of albums that transcend the boundaries of genre and become cultural landmarks. Songs in the Key of Life is…
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Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
Movie soundtracks often exist to support the story on screen, but every once in a while an album becomes larger than the film it…
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Ray Charles – The Genius of Ray Charles
By 1959, Ray Charles had already transformed rhythm and blues with a string of groundbreaking hits that blended gospel, blues, jazz, and country into…
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