eMusic Archives: June 2009
Six Degrees of Off the Wall…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Icon: Harry Nilsson
Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in Los Angeles, Harry Edward Nelson I… more »
Icon: Leonard Cohen
The mantle of poet is too often bestowed on any musician with a flair for… more »
Six Degrees of Person Pitch…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Six Degrees of London Calling…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Six Degrees of Illmatic…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Six Degrees of Coat of Many Co…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Icon: Elvis Presley
In the Big Bang of rock 'n 'roll, not to mention popular music of the twe… more »
Icon: Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan didn't get to be the greatest living songwriter by repeating hi… more »
Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Sings N…
This is a gorgeous album, a testament to Nilsson doing not what might be … more »
Bruce Springsteen, The River…
This record has a deck-clearing swagger that's entirely appropriate t… more »
Laura Nyro, Eli And The Thirte…
What kind of music did Laura Nyro make? Listening to the strange keys and… more »
Simon & Garfunkel, Wednes…
The title of Simon and Garfunkel's debut is also a convenient summary… more »
Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (…
When Black Codes (from the Underground) was recorded, Wynton Marsalis was… more »
R. Kelly, Happy People/U Saved…
Ignore, if you can, what you know, or think you know, about R. Kelly, and… more »
Bill Withers, Bill Withers Liv…
"I appreciate you coming out in this rain!" Bill Withers says, … more »
Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison…
Forty-one years after it was first released, this rambunctious performanc… more »
Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael…
One of the true revolutionary moments in music history, the 1976 debut of… more »
Social Distortion, Social Dist…
Like the similar "I Just Want To Give You The Creeps" on their … more »
Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series,…
Shortly before the release of Desire, Dylan went out on a legendary tour … more »
Michael Jackson, Thriller…
Buoyed by the mega-success of Off The Wall, Jackson and producer Jones so… more »
Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell…
"There's an opera out on the turnpike/There's a ballet being… more »
Leonard Cohen, The Future/Ten …
The highlight of Cohen's latter-day output, The Future casts a cold e… more »
Eugene Ormandy, Rachmaninoff: …
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra were one of the pillars of … more »