From the Record Crate

From the Record Crate is about looking back. It’s about reaching into your music collection and pulling out an old favorite, or looking through dollar bins for older CDs you’ve never heard. It’s as much about obscure albums you’ve never heard as it is about albums that are constantly ranked among the all-time greatest.

From the Record Crate: Eminem – “The Marshall Mathers LP” (2000)

Eminem’s follow-up to his 1999 debut The Slim Shady LP was where he proved, definitively, that he was not just a potty-mouthed provocateur, sent here …

From the Record Crate: Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins – “Rabbit Fur Coat” (2006)

Jenny Lewis, the red-haired icon of style and sly, heartbreaking lyrics is appropriately the child of two Las Vegas musicians. This entry into the wor…

From the Record Crate: Talking Heads – “Talking Heads: 77” (1977)

Combining the raw energy of the CBGB scene with a sound that is entirely extraterrestrial, Talking Heads: 77 provided an opulent mouthpiece for the so…

From the Record Crate: The Kinks – “Something Else by The Kinks” (1967)

For their fifth studio album, The Kinks chose to gravitate away from the broad rock and roll sound they had fostered during their early years, trading…

From the Record Crate: Kanye West – “Graduation” (2007)

Time and time again, I’ve brought up the point of how hard it is to stay consistently relevant for so many years within the music industry. Rea…

From the Record Crate: Pet Shop Boys – “Actually” (1987)

The Pet Shop Boys had a hard act to follow. The group’s debut album, Please, has sold around three million copies worldwide and spawned four hit singl…