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When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Jackson Browne, “Late for the Sky”
Jackson Browne, who is known in rock circles as the dashing, sensitive, and politically-oriented sage (or sex-god) of the Laurel Canyon music scene, is also known for a troubled history with women
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When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: John Fogerty, “Centerfield”
John Fogerty was responsible for some of the best rock music of the '60s -- and, as Matthew Bolin discovers in his latest column, he was also a bit of a vengeful prick
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: R. Kelly, “R. Kelly” (1995)
Break out your umbrellas, ladies -- Matthew Bolin is back with a new column, and he's brought R. Kelly with him
Read More »Popdose Flashback, or When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Don Henley, “The End of the Innocence”
This week's Popdose Flashback doubles as the return of a much-missed series -- Matthew Bolin's When Good Albums Happen to Bad People -- and offers begrudging respect for the best solo release from notorious
Read More »A Note From Producer Tom Werman
[Note: Back in April, as part of Matthew Bolin's ongoing series, When Good Albums Happen to Bad People, Popdose ran a post that focused on Mötley Crüe's Girls, Girls, Girls. In this post, a
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Prince, “Batman”
Normally, this series takes on an artist who’s a bad person and whose “badness” has tempered his or her ability to make quality albums with consistency — in other words, those who have more
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Glenn Danzig, “Danzig II: Lucifuge”
Many artists put on emotional masks, and there are a multiplicity of reasons they do so. Some simply wish to distance the “real them” from the audience, in order to allow some semblance of
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Ted Nugent, “Cat Scratch Fever”
At least in the mind of the man himself, Cat Scratch Fever is the work of the baddest mofo alive. A dude who will take your little ones crossbow hunting for bison in the
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Robbie Robertson, “Robbie Robertson”
Robbie Robertson’s recorded output with his legendary band — that is, The Band — and his solo career would seem like different beasts on the surface. While The Band was known for its exploration
Read More »When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Roger Waters, “Amused to Death”
You probably won’t be surprised when I tell you that this has been the hardest post for me to write since Popdose started. I mean, it’s been a damn month: what’s the holdup? Well,
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