Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Lord Sutch | Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends

Go find 10 lists of the worst classic rock albums of all time and I'll bet you this is on more than half of them. But I'm here to...

Classic Album Review: Death By Stereo | Into The Valley Of Death

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Almost every punk band...

Classic Album Review: Muggs | Dust

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   If anybody ever wanted...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | The American Song-Poem Anthology

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You’ve seen those ads...

Classic Album Review: The Minus 5 | Down With Wilco

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Don’t let the title...

Classic Album Review: Train | My Private Nation

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   You could say —...

Classic Album Review: John Mellencamp | Trouble No More

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   John Mellencamp can’t lay...

Classic Album Review: Various Artists | 2 Fast 2 Furious Soundtrack

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   Expect to hear this...

Classic Album Review: Sugar Ray | In The Pursuit Of Leisure

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   For a band that...

Classic Album Review: Jewel | 0304

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I know artists love...

Classic Album Review: Live | The Birds of Pray

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   I will say this...

Classic Album Review: Radiohead | Hail To The Thief

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   After you’ve reinvented the...

Classic Album Review: Metallica | St. Anger

This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   “Metallica is dead to...

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