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See the album pictured below? The one called Atlantic Crossing? It isn’t here because of its worthiness. To the contrary, it’s here because, to borrow a phrase, it may well represent the “start of the rot” in Rod Stewart’s career. It’s this week’s Music Moment because on Dec. 19, 1975, the album was certified gold […] When Hotel California was released on December 8, 1976, I didn’t run out and buy it. In fact, I don’t think the copy we now have on CD is one I bought but something my wife bought. Granted, part of the reason I didn’t buy it at the time was that, as a college student, […] Despite his extraordinary talent and lengthy career, Frank Zappa doesn’t have a song on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. He does, however, deserve some credit, so to speak, for the song that came in at No. 426, “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple. Propelled by a rudimentary guitar […] Truly, I’m not on a Beatles kick. The fact three of the first four Midweek Music Moments have dealt with Beatles-related releases is a coincidence of dates. And a couple things justify this week’s selection. First, as far as I am concerned, All Things Must Pass, released on Nov. 27, 1970, is the best post-Beatles […] So is it the quality of the songs or the fact John Lennon was murdered three weeks after Double Fantasy was released that makes it special? There’s a lot of good things to say about Double Fantasy. But there’s an equal amount of bad, with bad spelled Y-o-k-o O-n-o. While you don’t criticize a friend […] |
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