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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1990
1990 is a big year for me. As in, it’s the year I was born. It’s also a year whose Top 5 reveals another major galaxy in my musical universe: power pop. Now, I love experimental music, progressive epics, synthesizers … Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Theatre, Bellybutton, Dear 23, Enlightenment, Goodbye Jumbo, Jeff Lynne, Jellyfish, Karl Wallinger, Posies, power pop, Top 5 Albums of 1990, Van Morrison, World Party
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Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1989
I wrote yesterday that many of my recent “classic rock” selections for these lists have been at least partially motivated out of relative unfamiliarity with much of what was being made in the 1980s. But after many giants of the Golden … Continue reading
Tom’s Top 5’s: Albums of 1988
A friend recently remarked that, with many of my Top 5’s for the 1980s, I had been relying largely on artists to whom I already felt a connection in order to fill out my lists. He was spot-on: because I … Continue reading
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