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Popdose Flashback ’90: Brian Eno and John Cale, “Wrong Way Up”
There was an odd cultural moment about twenty years ago when veterans of the 1970s rock avant-garde started showing up in an unexpected place — the pop charts. That old fuso-muso whorehorse Jan Hammer
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Louie Louie, “The State I’m In”
Louie Louie's "Sittin' in the Lap of Luxury" was one of the best singles of 1990, but what about the rest of his debut album
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: An Emotional Fish, “An Emotional Fish”
My seven-years-older brother went through a heavy Jethro Tull phase during his teens. (I know, I know — this is supposed to be a piece about An Emotional Fish. Stick with me; I’m getting’
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Traveling Wilburys, “Vol. 3″
The second (and seemingly final) Traveling Wilburys album turns 20 this week — and for Dw. Dunphy, the disappointment still stings a little
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Suzanne Vega, “Days of Open Hand”
I like third albums. They’ve got a certain revelatory character about them. They’re not always the best records of an artist’s career (although they often are), but from them you can begin to see
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: George Michael, “Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1″
Jason Hare reflects on the 20th anniversary of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 -- the beginning of the end for George Michael's US career
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Madonna, “I’m Breathless”
Robin Monica Alexander and Kelly Stitzel revisit I'm Breathless, Madonna's 1990 soundtrack tie-in to Warren Beatty's comic-strip blockbuster Dick TracyRead More »
Popdose Flashback ’90: The Vaughan Brothers, “Family Style”
On the 20th anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan's death, Michael Fortes revisits the Texas guitar master's swan song: a collaboration with brother Jimmie Vaughan
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Duran Duran, “Liberty”
Duran Duran's "Liberty" turns 20 this year; David Medsker takes a look back at the group's decline
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: Deee-Lite, “World Clique”
Kelly Stitzel brings us back to Christmas 1990 to celebrate the release of Deee-Lite's debut, "World Clique."
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