ESSAYS ON ALBUMS

Writers, Musicians, and Music fans on one album that changed them.

1990: Heaven or Las Vegas, The Cocteau Twins

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1990: Heaven or Las Vegas, The Cocteau Twins

By Steph Straub

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1975: Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

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1975: Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

By Annaka Saari

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2002: Justified, Justin Timberlake

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2002: Justified, Justin Timberlake

By Nichols Russell

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2003: Fallen, Evanescence

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2003: Fallen, Evanescence

By Carl Lewandowski

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1979: The B-52’s, The B-52’s

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1979: The B-52’s, The B-52’s

By Sydney Bernthold

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1992: Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, TLC

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1992: Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, TLC

By Acamea Deadwiler

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1995: Natural Wonder, Stevie Wonder

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1995: Natural Wonder, Stevie Wonder

By Alex Lewis

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1999: E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

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1999: E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

By Eli Day

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1992: Love Deluxe, Sade

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1992: Love Deluxe, Sade

By Demetrius ‘Meech’ Buckley

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1984: Salon de Musique, Su Tissue

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1984: Salon de Musique, Su Tissue

By Imogen Bergin

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1992: Diva, Annie Lennox

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1992: Diva, Annie Lennox

By Babette Cieskowski

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1986: Rapture, Anita Baker

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1986: Rapture, Anita Baker

By DeAsia Paige

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1979: Volume 3: When I’m Gone, Elizabeth Cotten

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1979: Volume 3: When I’m Gone, Elizabeth Cotten

By Laura Dzubay

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1982: One Two, Sister Nancy

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1982: One Two, Sister Nancy

By Frederica Solomon

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1991: Boyz II Men, Cooleyhighharmony

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1991: Boyz II Men, Cooleyhighharmony

By Olatunde Osinaike

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1995: Mary Lou Lord, Self-Titled EP

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1995: Mary Lou Lord, Self-Titled EP

By Jennifer Whiteford

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1982: Avalon, Roxy Music

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1982: Avalon, Roxy Music

By Vivian Manning-Schaffel

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1998: Version 2.0, Garbage

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1998: Version 2.0, Garbage

By Masooma Hussain

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1999: The Captain, Kasey Chambers

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1999: The Captain, Kasey Chambers

By Owen Elphick

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1975: Blood On the Tracks, Bob Dylan

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1975: Blood On the Tracks, Bob Dylan

By Annaka Saari

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