The depressive pop superstar's ninth album finds her returning to the level of songwriting and atmosphere cultivation she achieved on her best work before it.
The singer imbues the folktale of a half-serpent maiden with layered meaning and blends French chanson, jazz, Baroque music, and Afro-Latin traditions.
This 50th Anniversary Edition contains live recordings from Wembley Empire Pool in 1974 alongside a new remaster of Dark Side presented on CD, vinyl and Blu-ray.
With deep, insightful lyrics layered with intricate guitar plucking, sawing fiddle, and skipping banjo, Tyler Childers' Purgatory is everything one looks for in moving, authentic country music. The album cover is a picture of Lawrence County, Kentucky where the artist grew up, and the album discusses his experience with growing up in that area. A highlight of the album is "Lady May", which should (in my opinion) be hailed as one of the best love songs of the century.
Maybe Keane was ahead of the curve on 2007's leftfield synth-pop switcheroo. Jumping from earnest, wide-eyed Coldplay/U2 worship to something akin to the Killers fronting a Bowie cover band, this effort is bright, often fun, and about ten years too early for its fans and the indie-rock sphere. While they dialed it way back for their proper full-length follow-up, this stands as their boldest, most fully-realized pure pop statement to date.