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The 90 Greatest Albums of the ’90s
This article originally appeared in the September 1999 issue of SPIN. “You must be high.” We heard that a lot during the time we spent preparing this issue. Which is understandable. Pronouncing the 90 greatest albums of the ’90s is a somewhat presumptuous thing to do. When you’re measuring the music this decade is offering to history—the sounds we partied with, copulated to, fought about, and wept over—everyone has an opinion. That ours should be more valid than yours is debatable. But hey—it’s our magazine. What, then, you ask, constitutes “greatest”? Don’t even start. Suffice it to say that, after much heated discussion and countless veiled insults, it came down to the factors of both remarkable artistry and cultural shock value. Sometimes a record’s knock-you-off-your-Skechers impa...
My Bloody Valentine’s Classic EPs Hit Streaming Services in North America for the First Time
Shoegaze icons My Bloody Valentine have released the classic EPs You Made Me Realise and Feed Me With Your Kiss to streaming services in North America for the first time. Physical reissues were also released by Domino today. Both EPs were originally released in 1988. Additionally, the rarities portion of ep’s 1988-1991 and rare tracks is also available on streaming services. Subsequent to their recent signing to Domino, they made their entire discography available digitally for the first time. In March the band dropped the comeback album m b v, which joined the classic full-lengths Isn’t Anything and Loveless and the Glider and Tremolo LPs. Back in March, My Bloody Valentine teased two new albums that were initially slated to arrive in...
My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields Says Band Has Two New Records in the Works for 2021
Following almost eight years of relative silence, influential Irish shoegaze band my bloody valentine plans to drop two new albums, initially slated for release in 2020. Singer Kevin Shields told the New York Times that “our original plan was we would record both the albums back-to-back and then go tour on that. And that would have been this year, you know, but everything really did slow down.” The forthcoming albums have not yet been recorded due to the pandemic, however. Shields shared with The Times that the first album will be “warm and melodic,” while the second will be more experimental, saying, “I don’t want to give too much away because I could lay it out verbally, and then someone’s going to go, ‘That’s a really good idea.’” As for a release date for the pair of LPs? “They’ll...
The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s
Why now? Because — and there’s no reason to ignore the elephant in the room: SPIN stewardship has changed hands many, many times since we made the online jump — we got our chance. Because plenty of our favorite albums of the last 10 years could still use a boost. Because some of the already unanimously beloved music on this list still merits further praise. Because we relish excuses to sound off on the music that’s affected us the most and to enlist some of our favorite writers to do so. Because the works of art below serve as a reminder that the 2010s weren’t all bad. Because lord knows we need the distraction. Because it’s fun. There’s a lot of music that isn’t on this list. Which, duh, but plenty of artists whose work defined the decade for many, many people, including many of us, ...
