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Album Review: The Last One To Know

The Last One To Know, by Reba McEntire Having listened now to a few Reba McEntire albums (this is the fourth album of hers in the 1980s I have listened to at this point), there are at least a few … Continue reading

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Album Review: Unlimited

Unlimited, by Reba McEntire One thing that one can appreciate about the albums of the 1980s in country is that they did not waste your time. As I somewhat dread listening to a certain hour and a half long album … Continue reading

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Album Review: Blue Rev

Blue Rev, by Alvvays Recently I had the misfortune of ranking down the top 100 songs from Rank Your Media from 2022. It is not as if the 100 songs were exactly bad, but most of them were inessential and … Continue reading

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Album Review: Subject To Change

Subject To Change, by Kelsea Ballerini Kelsea Ballerini is an artist who has found some success in country music and has a crowd of people who wish that she was able to obtain more success, and more crossover success, than … Continue reading

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Album Review: Raising The Bar

Raising The Bar, by Terri Clark We have previously seen Terri Clark’s attitude to classics, a reverential attitude for the great songs that inspired her and encouraged her as an artist. When we look at late-career Terri Clark, though, such … Continue reading

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Album Review: Classic (Terri Clark)

Classic, by Terri Clark One of the aspects of musicians, and artists in general, is that they enjoy giving credit to those who have inspired them. When it comes to musicians, at a certain point in their career there is … Continue reading

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Album Review: Sometimes

Sometimes, by Jamie O’Neal Jamie O’Neal was, at least for a little while, a moderately popular country singer with hits like “There Is No Arizona” and “When I Think About Angels.” But if her music was certainly decent, she didn’t … Continue reading

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Album Review: Rockin’ With The Rhythm

Rockin’ With The Rhythm, by the Judds As the second full album I have listened to by the Judds, I have to say that the 1980s are a strange era of country music. Despite growing up in the country, this … Continue reading

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Album Review: Master Of Puppets

Master Of Puppets, by Metallica By the time they were beginning work on their third album, Metallica had moved from the minor leagues to a larger label, and their earlier albums had slowly grown into popular albums that demonstrated that … Continue reading

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Album Review: Look Into The Future

Look Into The Future, by Journey Only one year after their debut, Journey recorded eight songs for their follow-up album. It is unclear if the band itself was aiming for pop success, but at least in terms of the runtime … Continue reading

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