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Kesha
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Kesha Records
Pop/Rock
The singer's first album on her own Kesha Records is a giddy, cathartic declaration of creative and personal freedom.
- Matt Collar
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Kae Tempest
Self Titled
Island
Rap
The London rapper's mid-career sea change finds solid ground on his intimate fifth album.
- Timothy Monger
Landscape From Memory
Rival Consoles
Landscape From Memory
Erased Tapes Records
Electronic, Pop/Rock
For his ninth album, electronic musician Ryan Lee West finds new inspiration by creating outside of his usual studio environment.
- Paul Simpson
The Past Is a Garden I Never Fed
The Reds, Pinks & Purples
The Past Is a Garden I Never Fed
Fire Records
Pop/Rock
Various online-only singles and stand-alone tracks from this fuzzy indie project are collected into a nicely flowing album format.
- Fred Thomas
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka / Maria Nowak / Yuya Okamoto / Krystian Zimerman
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
Deutsche Grammophon
Classical
Piano-led Brahms quartets catch the personalities of the lesser-heard Second and Third.
- James Manheim
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Aaron Pilsan
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Alpha
Classical
A bold new pianistic approach to the well-trodden Well-Tempered Clavier.
- James Manheim
Beethoven & Lentz
Arabella Steinbacher / Gustavo Gimeno / Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Beethoven & Lentz
PentaTone Classics
Classical
Beethoven's violin concerto paired with a unique work by an Outback-inspired composer.
- James Manheim
Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
György Vashegyi
Édouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
Palazzetto Bru Zane
Classical
A fresh recording of Lalo's underrated opera brings fine singers and energy throughout.
- James Manheim

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March 8, 1974
Album Rock
Even though Queen arrived almost fully formed on their endearing 1973 debut, it was their sequel album that put the pieces together. It's also their heaviest, showcasing the lean hard rock band lurking underneath their more florid tendencies. The mighty "Ogre Battle" remains one of Queen's most underrated and hard-edged cuts.
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