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Recommendations

Ear Candy Update

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Musings On Music

On Repeat Records

On Repeat Records

Kevin Alexander

MusicInfluence.com

MusicInfluence.com

Music Influence

Deep Dive

#176: Laundry Service (or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Pop Music)

Ranking The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far (2025)

Oct 8, 2025 • Garry Drake

#491... pt 2: Harry's House

Revisiting Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2023)

Feb 12, 2025 • Garry Drake

Against Compilations

Rolling Stone has a soft spot for non-album albums, or, as they're called in the 21st century, playlists.

Feb 1, 2025 • Garry Drake

Lists

Rolling Stone's 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far

Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2023)

Karla Clifton's 500 Reviews

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