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MARK J. MARRACCINI

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Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' Turns 40

Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' Turns 40

Albumism — Madonna's breakthrough second studio album is an incredible timestamp of a period in her career when so much was on the line and global superstardom beckoned.
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Taylor Swift's '1989' Turns 10 | Album Anniversary

Taylor Swift's '1989' Turns 10 | Album Anniversary

Albumism — Swift's rock-solid commitment to her artistry and confidence in maneuvering her sound into a new direction with '1989' that set in motion an incredible ten years of global pop domination.
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The Loves of His Life: Albumism's Mark J. Marraccini Selects the 25 Albums He Can't Live Without

The Loves of His Life: Albumism's Mark J. Marraccini Selects the 25 Albums He Can't Live Without

Albumism — Selecting our 25 favorite albums proved an agonizing exercise for the Albumism crew.
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Everything But The Girl's 'Amplified Heart' Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

Everything But The Girl's 'Amplified Heart' Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

Albumism — Following upheaval of both the personal and professional variety, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt had a reason again to write from the heart, and amplify it for the world to hear.
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Pet Shop Boys Reexamine the Human Condition on Evocative, Elegantly Crafted 'Nonetheless' | Album...

Pet Shop Boys Reexamine the Human Condition on Evocative, Elegantly Crafted 'Nonetheless' | Album...

Albumism — The duo's fifteenth studio affair is a wise, wistful and sometimes witty collection of songs that often keeps its eyes on the past and its feet on the dance floor.
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Everything But The Girl 'Fuse' | Album Review

Everything But The Girl 'Fuse' | Album Review

Albumism — Skillfully constructed, carefully crafted, familiar and fresh all at the same time, 'Fuse' finds the duo more in sync, connected, and inspired by each other than ever before.
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Britney Spears 'Blackout' (2007) | Anniversary

Britney Spears 'Blackout' (2007) | Anniversary

Albumism — Spears' fifth studio affair is the outlier. The wild child. The truth teller. It stands out in the center of her discography for a trio of reasons.
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LÉON 'Circles' | Album Review

LÉON 'Circles' | Album Review

Albumism — The gifted singer-songwriter's elegant mix of uptempo and balladic love songs float in their own time and space, unbeholden to today's confining parameters of what constitutes a pop song for the charts.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Pet Shop Boys' Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Pet Shop Boys' Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Cher's Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Cher's Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Alanis Morissette's Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Alanis Morissette's Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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Mariah Carey 'Glitter' (2001) | Anniversary

Mariah Carey 'Glitter' (2001) | Anniversary

Albumism — Instead of the disproportionate attention paid to the commercial performance of 'Glitter,' the focus should actually rest on Carey's continued desire to marry pop, R&B, and hip-hop genres for the masses.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Dolly Parton's Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Dolly Parton's Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Everything But The Girl's Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Everything But The Girl's Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Barbra Streisand's Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Barbra Streisand's Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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Patty Griffin 'Living With Ghosts' (1996) | Anniversary

Patty Griffin 'Living With Ghosts' (1996) | Anniversary

Albumism — Griffin's dynamic debut album reinforces the virtues of sticking to your guns and demanding that your art is only sent out into the world once it meets your high standards.
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Album Artistry: Celebrating Madonna's Dynamic Discography

Album Artistry: Celebrating Madonna's Dynamic Discography

Albumism — In this recurring series, Albumism writers examine the most dynamic discographies of all time and select their three favorite albums in the respective artist's recorded repertoire.
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LÉON ‘Apart’ | Album Review

LÉON ‘Apart’ | Album Review

Albumism — Pivoting between folky chamber pop, wistful piano balladry and low impact synth pop, ‘Apart’ finds LÉON looking back through a twilight hue at a relationship from which she chose to walk away.
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The Ambition of an Accidental Pop Hero: A Conversation with Shamir | Interview

The Ambition of an Accidental Pop Hero: A Conversation with Shamir | Interview

Albumism — Shamir's pop-rock skewing yet genre-fluid self-titled album 'Shamir' is easily his most confident, buoyant and repeatable album yet.
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NEW MUSIC WE LOVE: Shamir's "Other Side"

NEW MUSIC WE LOVE: Shamir's "Other Side"

Albumism — "Other Side" is the latest offering from Shamir's forthcoming eponymous album 'Shamir,' due in stores October 2nd.
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Alanis Morissette 'Such Pretty Forks In The Road' | Album Review

Alanis Morissette 'Such Pretty Forks In The Road' | Album Review

Albumism — A heady mixture of stories and sonics to tangle with, Morissette's first album since 2012's 'Havoc And Bright Lights' is her most inward-looking and outwardly forthright effort in years.
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Whitney Houston 'Whitney Houston' (1985) | Anniversary

Whitney Houston 'Whitney Houston' (1985) | Anniversary

Albumism — Houston's breakthrough first album proved to the world that she was not your ordinary vocalist-she was a bionic belter with the power to shape and stretch her vocals as if they were liquid glass.
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Riding Out the Storm: A Conversation with Ben Watt | Interview

Riding Out the Storm: A Conversation with Ben Watt | Interview

Albumism — "There is always love, there is always something at the end that you reach for," Watt reflects. "And it's just waiting for that light to start burning again, you know?"
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NEW MUSIC WE LOVE: Alanis Morissette's "Reasons I Drink"

NEW MUSIC WE LOVE: Alanis Morissette's "Reasons I Drink"

Albumism — "Reasons I Drink" is the lead single from Morissette's forthcoming album 'Such Pretty Forks In The Road,' which arrives in May 1st.
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