leader of the punk band Social Distortion. Concept albums share much in common with rock operas, and the terms are often used interchangeably. Reasonable people will disagree about what ...

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but I’m looking for curves,” the band sings on lead single and “Soft Rock Band,” the album’s grand eight-minute epic finale that’s about becoming by way of unbecoming in the spirit of ...

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It has been almost 13 years since a 24 year old Compton native dropped his first album, Section.80 and turned the entire narrative of the Hip-Hop genre on its head. Now, several studio albums, Grammy ...

This wide-ranging list shows the breadth of our presenters’ tastes across the network and Albums of the Year is our moment to celebrate those records and give these picks even more prominence.

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