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Karla Clifton Reviews Rolling Stone Magazine’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”

There are a few reasons that I’ve begun this maniacal project that nobody asked for, but the main one is this: Last December, I suddenly had to take two 25 hour solo road trips. It’s not important why I took these road trips; just suffice it to say that 2020…

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Review #394: Diana, Diana Ross

Review #394: Diana, Diana Ross Diana & the Supremes appeared on the Temptations’ Anthology. This album was released ten years after she left the girl group, and her career was already a major success — her debut had the hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” Plus, she was a film…

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Review #394: Diana, Diana Ross
Review #394: Diana, Diana Ross
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1 day ago

Review #393: 1989, Taylor Swift

#393: 1989, Taylor Swift It’s been nearly two years since I reviewed Red. Since then, Swift released Midnights and went on an Internet-breaking, legislation-making tour. (My sister is seeing her in July — I’m too busy reviewing albums, I guess.) She’s even got herself a little controversy. But let’s go…

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Review #393: 1989, Taylor Swift
Review #393: 1989, Taylor Swift
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4 days ago

Review #392: Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner, Ike & Tina Turner

#392: Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner, Ike & Tina Turner This is the second album I’ve reviewed shortly after the artist’s death. I kind of feel weird about it. Anna Mae Bullock started her career by asking if she could join Ike Turner’s band, where he…

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Review #392: Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner, Ike & Tina Turner
Review #392: Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner, Ike & Tina Turner
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6 days ago

Review #391: Kaleidoscope, Kelis

#391: Kaleidoscope, Kelis I didn’t recognize Kelis until I realized that she had arguably the biggest sleeper hit of 2003, “Milkshake.” You know, My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard! A cultural icon? I think so. But according to Kelis, she didn’t earn a penny from the sales…

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Review #391: Kaleidoscope, Kelis
Review #391: Kaleidoscope, Kelis
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May 22

Review #390: Surfer Rosa, Pixies

#390: Surfer Rosa, Pixies The Pixies studio debut was produced by Steve Albini, former frontman of Big Black and one of the most influential producers of the Nineties. Albini worked on a plethora of records I love — PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, Nirvana’s In Utero, and (perhaps his best…

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Review #390: Surfer Rosa, Pixies
Review #390: Surfer Rosa, Pixies
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May 20

Review #389: The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey

#389: The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey I love that we get a one-two punch of Aretha-Mariah. Give me women that can blow over buildings with their vocal chords. This 2005 album was kind of Mariah’s comeback, her first hit record after the release of her 2001 movie Glitter. (Which…

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Review #389: The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey
Review #389: The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey
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May 18

Review #388: Young, Gifted and Black, Aretha Franklin

#388: Young, Gifted and Black, Aretha Franklin It’s a little bit sad to encounter some “last” albums on the RS 500 list — we’ve hit our last Radiohead album, our last Lil Wayne album, and now our last Aretha Franklin album. In some ways it’s exciting, because we’re coming up…

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Review #388: Young, Gifted and Black, Aretha Franklin
Review #388: Young, Gifted and Black, Aretha Franklin
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May 16

Review #387: In Rainbows, Radiohead

#387: In Rainbows, Radiohead What a Radiohead album to end on. All of their records that we’ve reviewed so far came before In Rainbows. Then, in 2004, their contract with EMI expired, and they were under no obligation to release any other records. So for a while they just didn’t…

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Review #387: In Rainbows, Radiohead
Review #387: In Rainbows, Radiohead
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May 13

Review #386: Donuts, J Dilla

#386: Donuts, J Dilla J Dilla’s production CV is kind of legit. He helped produce songs for De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Raekwon, MF DOOM, Janet Jackson, Erykah Badu, and Ghostface Killah. …

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Review #386: Donuts, J Dilla
Review #386: Donuts, J Dilla
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Karla Clifton

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