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Classic Albums. Hosted by Stevie Nix
Not all albums stand the test of time, but plenty do and Australian music critic Stevie Nix will bring one to you each week. He'll cover all eras and most genres and tell you why each record is so revered and, equally, why it deserves to be. And he only uses six songs to do it.
Classic Albums. Hosted by Stevie Nix
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When The Pawn... by Fiona Apple
Part of what makes When The Pawn so enduring is how it captures a specific moment in Apple's artistic development. After the raw, sometimes unpolished brilliance of Tidal, but before the more experimental sounds of Extraor...
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
What elevates The Queen Is Dead to classic status is its synthesis of seemingly contradictory elements. The juxtaposition of Morrissey's mordant, often devastating lyrics against Marr's shimmering, melodic guitar creates a tension that...
Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Catch A Fire captures Marley at a crucial moment in his artistic development—already a great songwriter and performer, but still hungry and relatively unknown outside Jamaica. There's an urgency and raw energy to these recordings...
A Night At The Opera by Queen
By the mid-1970s, the idea of "rock opera" had already been explored by bands such as The Who, but Queen's approach was distinctly different. Rather than telling a single narrative across an album, they created a kind of musical theatre where e...
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions by Bruce Springsteen
What elevates the album beyond mere tribute is how Springsteen connects these traditional songs to his own artistic identity. The political dimensions of the album cannot be overlooked either. Springsteen had become increasingly outspoken in hi...
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