Welcome to Millennial Masterpieces, where I’ll look back at a great album released within the past 17 years and see what its legacy is. Twelfth in the series is the boldly diverse final release from indie wunderkind Conor Oberst under the name Bright Eyes, The People’s Key.
Released: February 15, 2011
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One of Depeche Mode‘s biggest songs is their worldwide debut single “Just Can’t Get Enough”, a slice of bubblegum pop that wholly embodies the carefree, neon hued ideal of 80s new wave. It’s also one of the biggest red herrings in music history, and sounds completely incongruous in a playlist with the rest of their catalogue. Over the course of the 1980s the band grew darker and darker, both in terms of thematic content and the sound of the music itself. By the time 1990 rolled around they fully reinvented themselves as a rock band, a successful move that helped them survive while their new wave peers faded away. Here are their ten best songs.
Welcome to the Weekly Fiver, where I’ll pick five recently released songs of varying degrees of quality and thoroughly break them down for you. No two songs will be on the same tier, and they’ll be listed from best to worst. The top song will be an excellent must-hear tune, while the bottom song will be one you ought to stay away from or else you will make your ears sad. It’s all very scientific.
Welcome to Millennial Masterpieces, where I’ll look back at a great album released within the past 17 years and see what its legacy is. Eleventh in the series is the single best piece of Canadian post-hardcore ever recorded, Alexisonfire‘s Watch Out!.
Released: June 8, 2004
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