Author: Terry Nelson

Specials’ Eponymous Debut Album ‘The Specials’ Turns 40 | Anniversary Retrospective

Originally appeared at Albumism October 16, 2019 Happy 40th Anniversary to The Specials’ eponymous debut album The Specials, originally released October 19, 1979. The 2 Tone era was one of the more influential and important movements in music during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Originating in Coventry, a city in the West Midlands of…

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The @tenelson65 Playlist Vol. 3

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Loves of His Life: Albumism’s Terry Nelson Selects the 10 Albums He Can’t Live Without

Originally published by Albumism on February 15, 2018 In February, Albumism\’s editor-in-chief Justin Chadwick asked the writing staff to lists of their 10 favorite albums. Many of us lobbied to extend the list to 20, but we failed to sway our editor-in-chief. Anyway, here are my 10 favorites. David Bowie | Station to Station |…

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TRIBUTE: Celebrating 50 Years of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s ‘Are You Experienced’

Happy 50th Anniversary to the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s debut album Are You Experienced. Article originally appeared at Albumism May 12, 2017 The Jimi Hendrix Experience burst onto the scene with the release of their debut album Are You Experienced in May 1967, just a little less than a month before The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely…

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TRIBUTE: Celebrating 52 Years of The Who’s ‘Who’s Next’

The following article was originally published via Albumism here. “I sit looking ’round / I look at my face in the mirror / I know I’m worth nothing without you / And like one and one don’t make two / One and one make one / And I’m looking for that free ride to me / I’m looking for you.” It doesn’t get much more real than…

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TRIBUTE: Celebrating 20 Years of Meshell Ndegeocello’s ‘Peace Beyond Passion’

The following article was originally published via Albumism here. Peace Beyond Passion is Meshell Ndegeocello‘s follow-up to her 1993 debut LP Plantation Lullabies, which was a funky and intelligent blend of R&B, hip-hop, and jazz that helped usher in a new era of neo-soul. Ndegeocello’s sophomore album does not necessarily pick up where the first album left off. Instead,…

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