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John Stewart – “Lost Her In The Sun”
“Lost Her In The Sun” brought an end to a remarkable commercial blip in an equally remarkable career.
Richard Challen
May 29, 20208 min read
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5 comments
Commodores – “Wonderland”
“Wonderland” eventually redeems itself with a great, loose, freewheeling funk jam in the closing moments, but it’s too little, too late.
Richard Challen
May 25, 20205 min read
565 views
5 comments
The Spinners – “Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl”
Working My Way Back To You” is a rare example of a modern remake eclipsing the original in popularity and cultural recognition.
Richard Challen
May 22, 202010 min read
829 views
9 comments
Donna Summer – “On The Radio”
“On The Radio” is a goodbye, but it’s also a love letter to the genre, a final example of how intoxicating disco when done right.
Richard Challen
May 18, 20208 min read
1,216 views
15 comments
Rufus & Chaka – “Do You Love What You Feel”
Sadly, the world never got a true Thriller-style match-up between Chaka and Quincy. But we did get “Do You Love What You Feel.”
Richard Challen
May 15, 20208 min read
586 views
3 comments
Neil Diamond – “September Morn’”
Diamond treats “September Morn’” like a talented actor approaching a bad soap opera script.
Richard Challen
May 11, 20205 min read
1,072 views
9 comments
Cheap Trick – “Voices”
“Voices” winds up being pretty but vacant, an oddly faceless turn portending further facelessness to come.
Richard Challen
May 6, 20209 min read
1,005 views
4 comments
Santana – “You Know That I Love You”
How do you go from “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen” to a song as faceless as “You Know That I Love You” in less than a decade?
Richard Challen
May 4, 20205 min read
596 views
6 comments
Dan Fogelberg – “Longer”
“Longer” unravels like a strand of gossamer, almost too delicate to actually touch.
Richard Challen
May 1, 20205 min read
1,434 views
17 comments
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