Donald Fagen – Maxine
Oldies Songs A Romantic and Haunting Musical Reverie, a Poignant Fantasy of Eternal Love and Escape from a Confining Past. The year 1982 marked a seismic shift in the career of Donald…
Jackson Browne – Here Come Those Tears Again
A Raw and Profound Confession of Shared Grief, a Heartbreaking Look at the Cyclical, Unpredictable Nature of Loss. The autumn of 1976 delivered a defining, devastating album from the singer-songwriter…
Jackson Browne – The Barricades of Heaven
A Heartfelt, Bittersweet Return to the Dawn of Youthful Dreams, Mourning the Elusive Innocence of the Past. By 1996, Jackson Browne was already a living legend, the quintessential California singer-songwriter…
The Who – Baba O’Riley
A Prophetic Anthem of Lost Idealism, a Powerful Elegy for the Dreams of a Generation. The year 1971 found one of the world’s greatest rock bands, The Who, at a…
Steely Dan – Night By Night
The Uneasy Glamour of Desire and Deception Unfolds in Night By Night Steely Dan’s “Night By Night”, released in 1974 as part of their critically acclaimed album Pretzel Logic, occupies…
Donald Fagen – Morph The Cat
A Surreal and Humorous Meditation on Mortality, a Cinematic Fable of Anxiety, Aging, and the Approach of Final Change. By 2006, Donald Fagen had cemented his place in the pantheon…
David Essex – High, Flying Adored
A Cynical, Devastating Aria That Strips Away a Myth, Questioning the Price of Power and the Frailty of a Fictional Saint. By 1978, the cultural air was thick with the…
Jackson Browne – Tender Is the Night
A Beautifully Bittersweet Anthem, a Search for Fragile Intimacy in the Shadow of Modern Disillusionment. By 1983, Jackson Browne had long held the unofficial title of poet laureate for a…
Walter Becker- Book of Liars
A Raw, Confessional Monologue of Self-Deception and Painful Honesty, marking a Mastermind’s Return from the Shadows. In the mid-1990s, after nearly two decades of bitter silence and musical estrangement, the…
Elton John – Crocodile Rock
A Wild, Joyful Homage to Rock’s Golden Age, Underpinned by a Deeply Bittersweet Elegy for Lost Youth and Fading Innocence. In 1972, the creative partnership of Elton John and Bernie…