Spice Girls – Spice
The beginning of an epicness that not many people were quite ready for… or have really gotten over.
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Jeff Buckley – Grace
There’s never been an album that touched me quite the way Jeff Buckley’s first and only full-length studio album did.
Michael Jackson – HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I
Even the ‘King of Pop’ has an underrated album, and this was one of them. A personal and introspective look at the man’s life, a peek into pain and joy we never truly knew the depths of.
DLG – Swing On
Way before Ricky Martin went on to sing Livin’ La Vida Loca or was ‘shakin’ his bon-bon’ for worldwide audiences and the Latin Boom exploded, a small group of Latinos in the United States had gathered to make people in Latin America dance.
TVXQ! – Catch Me
After a year, the Godfathers of Kpop come back with their sixth Korean album (second as a duo), an effort that’s not exactly unique, but still stands alone as work only the group could release.
Toro y Moi – Anything in Return
Though there seems to be an arrogant overabundance of experimentation underlying many of the tracks on Toro y Moi’s latest release, the fact remains Chaz Bundick is a truly gifted artist.
Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
A surprisingly brazen and mature debut from a teenager who seems to be on a completely different plane than his peers.
Jaejoong Kim – I
Kim Jaejoong’s debut mini-album is definitely a gamble for someone not exactly schooled in the genre. But, man, does he ever deliver some brilliant music.
Kimbra – Vows
I’m actually almost at a loss for words. This woman’s voice and her ability to fuse the expected with the experimental makes this debut as brilliant as any I’ve heard from some of my favorite artists.
JYJ – The Beginning
The Beginning is an album that’s an interesting mixture of lackluster, commendable, and well-composed tracks — a promising, albeit risky, debut that probably needs a few close listens to truly appreciate.
