The album sees the singer-songwriter moving in a different direction.
“Do you know the history of this building?” Nelly Furtado asked her not-quite-sold-out New York audience at Midtown Manhattan’s the Town Hall.
The album is a musical gumbo made by a group of club kids and intended as a gift to the people of the world.
Seriously, who needs college when you can simply follow in West’s lead and become a multi-platinum powerhouse?
Odelay is very much a revolt of principle, and its songs’ messages are never clearer than in the melodies themselves.
Much of Trampin’ finds Smith calling for peace.
On the album, it doesn’t sound like Prince is really trying to reach for the self-inflated magnitude the label requires.
Throughout, the direct segues between songs turn Summer’s career into a luscious DJ set.
For all the band knew, these tunes could’ve been beamed into Brian’s brain from another planet.
Perhaps one recording experience like Rumours, as sweet as the end result was, is all we should wish upon anyone.
U2’s Pop found Bono turning his usual political protest rock toward God, as well as his own personal demons.
Listening to the album is akin to searching for a diamond in the rough.
Snow Patrol has brushed off the softness of their Belle and Sebastian-style past for Final Straw, their major label debut.
Vanessa Daou and Erica Jong: a match made in a labyrinthine vagina that’s as juicy and welcoming as it is intimidating and demanding.
If the rapturous radio response to the album’s first single “C’mon, C’mon” is any indication, bulging bags of cash may be in the cards.
The newly restructured Arista Records is being ushered in with a bang.
The album features a slew of the gooey, structureless sex ballads that have become Janet’s staple.
Fly or Die is pretty damn grounded.
If there was ever a time for George Michael to get his groove back, it’s now.
Eamon manages to salvage a mess with some sort of politically incorrect, tongue-partly-in-cheek charisma.
Finally Woken is a mix of silky pop-friendly hooks, cinematic string samples, and sturdy hip-hop beats.