A Sweet, Tender Album. This Sultry Blue-Eyed Soul Album hits a nice niche. Rolling Stone’s Ranking: #89/100 My Rating: If I were to describe this album
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Top 100 Album Review: #56 – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Stevie’s Magnus Opus While a bit self-indulgent, this double-LP contains so much good material it’s impossible to listen to it all in one sitting. Rolling
Top 100 Album Review: #65 – Moondance, Van Morrison (1970)
Brass Folk Morrison mixes folksy guitar work with some brass backing to make a unique sound. Rolling Stone’s Ranking: #65/100 My Rating: I put on this
Top 100 Album Review: #72 – Purple Rain, Prince (1984)
Weird at Times But fantastically so, with the hits far outweighing the strange. Rolling Stone’s Ranking: #72/100 My Rating: I’m a Prince fan, but I know
Top 100 Album Review: #83 – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love you, Aretha Franklin (1967)
It Took a Few Listens But I finally came to appreciate the down-tempo album and majestic voice of Arethra Franklin. Rolling Stone’s Ranking: #83/100 My Rating:
Top 100 Album Review: #67 – The Stranger, Billy Joel (1977)
The Piano Man’s Reigning Achievement. One of those rare albums where almost every track is a triumph of song writing perfection. Rolling Stone’s Ranking: #67/100 Grammy: Song
