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CriticClash: The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique
This morning I’ll be sending you guys over to one of my favorite sites, Popdose, to check out my review of The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, one of the best albums in any genre of the past 20 years.
This review turned out to be quite timely because it arrived on the same week that the 20th Anniversary edition of Paul’s Boutique hit shelves. Despite the fact that it doesn’t have the extra bells and whistles […]
CriticClash: The Crying Light by Antony & the Johnsons
A big box discount retailer is the last place I might have gone looking for the latest album by Antony and the Johnsons. But sure enough, on a recent trip to Target for a new pair of shoes, I stopped by the music section to make sure I wasn’t missing out on any “Target exclusives”, expecting to be completely disappointed in their selection, and had to do a double take.  It turns out that Target has […]
CriticClash: Seal’s Soul
Covers albums are a tricky concept. Not too many folks have gotten it right. While I’d imagine it’s fun and maybe even challenging to tackle music made popular by someone else, a lot of times those songs are so identifiable with the original artist(s) that your album winds up sounding more like well-produced karaoke than anything else.
This is the problem that plagues British singer Seal on his sixth studio effort, entitled “Soul”. While the album […]