Madonna’s most focused effort in decades, the album earns its nostalgia by prioritizing it.
Apparently getting kissed by a rose transports you to Dullsville.
Keys isn’t quite a superwoman come to save R&B from itself, but the timeless quality of As I Am is right on time.
Steve Earle racks up more wins than losses on Washington Square Serenade.
Even when he’s trying to raise consciousness, Jay-Z doesn’t really have any valid solutions.
Taking Chances is the album Clive Davis probably wishes Kelly Clarkson had made.
There’s still nothing very “exclusive” about Exclusive at all.
Carrie Underwood can take consolation in being all but certain to win Female Vocalist of the Year for the second year in a row.
Hip-hop is most certainly not dead and nowhere near dying, and, as Getback shows, neither is Little Brother.
Fulfilling a contractual obligation is hardly the most boast-worthy of accomplishments.
It became apparent pretty quickly that Lennox is a bit mad—in the best possible way, of course.
Bat for Lashes’s music feels like some lost specter that’s fortuitously wandered into your home and can’t help but haunt you.
Graduation is Kanye’s third and most underwhelming album for reasons that would generally be considered virtues.
What? you may be asking. A symphony—especially one that runs nearly 90 minutes long? And why Mahler?
The album is another strong effort from one of country’s greatest and under-appreciated talents.
Shooter Jennings’s The Wolf is derivative as hell and a long way from good.
Willis has four kids at home, and with Translated from Love, she was ready to put on her dancing shoes and have a little fun.
On a hit-to-miss scale, Blackout scores well, and its hotness quotient is remarkably high.
Juvenile’s first single to garner major attention outside New Orleans and its accompanying music video are minor works of devastating magic.
Throughout, Young seems to be questioning the same rock ‘n’ roll tropes that he fondly reminisced about on Harvest Moon.
Kenna Zemedkun is a pop artist with something to prove.