ESSAYS ON ALBUMS

Writers, Musicians, and Music fans on one album that changed them.

2002: Justified, Justin Timberlake

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2002: Justified, Justin Timberlake

By Nichols Russell

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2003: Fallen, Evanescence

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2003: Fallen, Evanescence

By Carl Lewandowski

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2001: Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes, Propagandhi

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2001: Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes, Propagandhi

By Kirbie Bennett

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2004: Destiny’s Child, Destiny Fulfilled

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2004: Destiny’s Child, Destiny Fulfilled

By Julia Mallory

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2004: Destiny’s Child, Destiny Fulfilled

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2004: Destiny’s Child, Destiny Fulfilled

By Maya Coleman

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2005: LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem

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2005: LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem

By Shelley Gaske

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2004: My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

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2004: My Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

By Mandy Shunnarah

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2001: Music from the Motion Picture Josie & the Pussycats

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2001: Music from the Motion Picture Josie & the Pussycats

By Maddy Court

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2001: Destiny’s Child, Suvivor

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2001: Destiny’s Child, Suvivor

By Chris Shields

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2001: Björk, Vespertine

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2001: Björk, Vespertine

By Leslie Jenike

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2004: Garden State, Music from the Major Motion Picture

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2004: Garden State, Music from the Major Motion Picture

By Imogen Bergin

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2004: Tegan & Sara, So Jealous

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2004: Tegan & Sara, So Jealous

By Michelle Imari

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2001: System of a Down, Toxicity

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2001: System of a Down, Toxicity

By Michael Lee

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2001: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham Soundtrack

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2001: Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham Soundtrack

By Zeahaa Rehman

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2003: Guster, Keep It Together

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2003: Guster, Keep It Together

By Ben Purkert

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2004: Jay-Z & Linkin Park, Collision Course

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2004: Jay-Z & Linkin Park, Collision Course

By Mariah Stovall

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2000: Coldplay, Parachutes

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2000: Coldplay, Parachutes

By Stuti Sharma

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2004: Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans

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2004: Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans

By Imogen Bergin

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2005: Jack’s Mannequin, Everything in Transit

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2005: Jack’s Mannequin, Everything in Transit

By J. David

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2005: Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi

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2005: Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi

By adrienne maree brown

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