Tag: Albums

  • 50 Years Ago: Best Albums of 1974

    We’ve gone back to 1984, 1994, and 2004 in previous posts this year. Let’s do one more of these decade anniversaries. 1974. High school junior year for me. An impressive and broad-ranging year of music. Hard rock, soft rock, country rock, prog rock, glam rock, and combinations of these styles. Reggae, too. Nostalgia weighs heavily…

  • 1993: The Best Albums Through a 30-Year Lense

    Let’s keep the decade anniversaries going by harking back 30 years. Here are some music headlines from 1993: There were some good albums in 1993, but were there some great ones? I’m not sure. Several of my favorite bands put out excellent songs in ’93, but the albums as a whole fell short of their…