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: Blur – “Blur”

In the Disney film Mulan, the Emperor of China says, “The flower that blooms in…

From The Record Crate: Joni Mitchell – “Hejira” (1976)

In the winter months that followed an exhaustive tour in support of her 1975 experimental album,…

From the Record Crate: Britney Spears – “Britney” (2001)

Britney Spears’s self-titled third album, Britney, launched a new era in her career. Released three…

From the Record Crate: The Spice Girls – “Spice” (1996)

20 years ago today, the world was blessed with Spice, the debut album by the…

From the Record Crate: Amy Winehouse – “Back to Black” (2006)

  The tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black is tinged with sadness and…

From the Record Crate: My Chemical Romance – “The Black Parade” (2006)

The mid-2000’s was the last true golden age of popular rock music; a brief, ridiculously…

From The Record Crate: Taylor Swift – “Taylor Swift”

In a matter of just 10 years, Taylor Swift has become one of the biggest…