ESSAYS ON ALBUMS

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

1979: Que Suerte La Mia, Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte

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1979: Que Suerte La Mia, Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte

By Tatiana Hernandez

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1975: Another Green World, Brian Eno

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1975: Another Green World, Brian Eno

By A.C. Howard

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1975: Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

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1975: Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

By Annaka Saari

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1979: The B-52’s, The B-52’s

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1979: The B-52’s, The B-52’s

By Sydney Bernthold

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1979: Volume 3: When I’m Gone, Elizabeth Cotten

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1979: Volume 3: When I’m Gone, Elizabeth Cotten

By Laura Dzubay

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1975: Blood On the Tracks, Bob Dylan

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1975: Blood On the Tracks, Bob Dylan

By Annaka Saari

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1971: Judee Sill, Judee Sill

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1971: Judee Sill, Judee Sill

By Thomas Bedenbaugh

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1974: Gil Scott Heron / BrIan Jackson, Winter in America

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1974: Gil Scott Heron / BrIan Jackson, Winter in America

By Sama’an Ashrawi

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1972: Caetano Veloso, Transa

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1972: Caetano Veloso, Transa

By Francisco Martins Fontes

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1975: Neil Young, Tonight’s The Night

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1975: Neil Young, Tonight’s The Night

By Matt Mitchell

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1977: Fleetwood Mac, rumours

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1977: Fleetwood Mac, rumours

By Mayari S. Ong

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1970: Nina Simone, Black Gold

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1970: Nina Simone, Black Gold

By Sharon Udoh

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1972: Sonny Rollins, Next Album

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1972: Sonny Rollins, Next Album

By Bismallah Earnest Harachandh

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1969: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II

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1969: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II

By Raye Hendrix

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1970: Black Sabbath, Paranoid

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1970: Black Sabbath, Paranoid

By Patrick Blagrave

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1970: Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water

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1970: Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water

By Lam Thuy Vo

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1967: The Who Sell Out

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1967: The Who Sell Out

By Ed Plunkett

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1979: Gang of Four, Entertainment!

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1979: Gang of Four, Entertainment!

By Sara Jaffe

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1969: Cass Elliot, Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama

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1969: Cass Elliot, Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama

By Susannah Clark

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1971: Funkadelic, Maggot Brain

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1971: Funkadelic, Maggot Brain

By Twinkle Fiza Duniyawala

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