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In a retrospective review of the album, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior editor for Allmusic, gave " Dare " a 5-star rating.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior editor for Allmusic, described specifically Culture Club as a new wave band and generically as the most successful pop / rock group in America and England during the 1980s, adding that, " By 1986, the group had broken up, leaving behind several singles that rank as classics of the new wave era ".
A few popular music artists have used elements of the Merry England story as recurring themes ; The Kinks and their leader Ray Davies crafted The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society as a homage to English country life and culture: it was described by Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine as an album " lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions "; Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) also contains similar elements.
Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Village Green as a " concept album lamenting the passing of old-fashioned English traditions.
Allmusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine concurred, citing it as " possibly the most beautiful song of the rock and roll era ".
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior editor of Allmusic, called the album a " highly crafted piece of dance-pop " and a " relative comeback " for Carey, despite its not being as smooth as it should be.

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Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine attributes The Beatles ' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-1960s to Bob Dylan's influence at the time.
According to Allmusic editor Steve Huey, the success of his 1994 debut album Ready to Die " reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age " and " turned the Notorious B. I. G.
" Allmusic editor Mark Deming dubbed the album " superb material brilliantly executed " and cited it as Newman's " first great album, and ... still one of his finest moments on record.
In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor John Bush gave the album four-and-a-half out of five stars and complimented its songs ' " freewheeling arrangements ".
" Allmusic editor Jason Ankeny viewed the album as the band's artistic breakthrough and " ticket to the big leagues ", calling it " an incendiary and insidious set which bridges the gap between the noisy aggression of the band's early releases and the soulful swagger of their later work.
In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album five out of five stars and stated, " remains the pinnacle of the Allmans and Southern rock at its most elastic, bluesy, and jazzy ".
Allmusic editor Leo Stanley wrote that by the release of Tony!
Allmusic editor Steve Huey comments that " the majority of his lyrics concern his own skills and his Islamic faith.
Allmusic editor Ned Raggett noted that the album " showed the band in fierce and fine fettle once more ", describing Cave's lyrics as " a series of striking, compelling lyrics again exploring love, lust and death " and said the songs " showcase the Seeds ' peerless abilities at fusing older styles with noisy aggression and tension.
In a retrospective review of the album, Allmusic editor Steve Huey gave the album five out of five stars and viewed it as an improvement over Paid in Full, commending Rakim's " agile, up-tempo lyrical showcases ".
Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the song as " unabashed catchy " due to its " skittish, rhythmic guitar riff, looped beats ", backing vocals, and " funny " rhymes.
In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited the album as " the beginning of David Bowie's classic period " and complimented its " tight, twisted heavy guitar rock that appears simple on the surface but sounds more gnarled upon each listen ".
It featured three songs by the Wu-Tang Clan and nine songs by old school hip hop artists, including The Cold Crush Brothers, Whodini, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five .< ref name =" Witt "> Allmusic editor Chris Witt gave the soundtrack album four-and-a-half out of five stars and noted its old school tracks as the highlights, writing that " The contrast between the life and color of the old school tracks and the unrelenting gloom of the Wu-Tang cuts, produced over ten years later, suggests that hip-hop may have lost something in the intervening years.
Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that " I Want You " is the most notable among the three new tracks on Something to Remember.
Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album five out of five stars and praised the quintet's compositions as " memorable, yet open-ended and nervy, setting ( and creating ) standards for modern bop that were emulated well into the new century ".
In a retrospective review of the album, Allmusic editor Thom Jurek complimented its " funky, dirty rock & roll jazz " and " chilling, overall high-energy rockist stance ", stating " Jack Johnson is the purest electric jazz record ever made because of the feeling of spontaneity and freedom it evokes in the listener, for the stellar and inspiring solos by McLaughlin and Davis that blur all edges between the two musics, and for the tireless perfection of the studio assemblage by Miles and producer Macero ".
In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Steve Huey viewed the album as OutKast's " most focused work " and commented that " In addition to the striking musical leap forward, Dre and Big Boi continue to grow as rappers ; their flows are getting more tongue-twistingly complex, and their lyrics more free-associative ".
Although he found " occasional dull and mediocre spots ", Allmusic editor Stanton Swihart called the album " an extremely strong showing " and praised the duo's " inventive sense of rhyme flow " and " mixture of lyrical acuity, goofball humor, Southern drawl, funky timing, and legitimate offbeat personalities.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic describes Parsons as " enormously influential " for both country and rock, " blending the two genres to the point that they became indistinguishable from each other.
Allmusic. com's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that "... More than any other hip-hop group, Run-D. M. C.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic paid attention to the attempts of Simon in embracing his classic folk sound with Eno's electronic textures, and wrote that " Simon doesn't achieve his comeback by reconnecting with the sound and spirit of his classic work ; he has achieved it by being as restless and ambitious as he was at his popular and creative peak, which makes Surprise all the more remarkable.
Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said, " It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles ," leading to the inclusion of several cover versions after the all-original A Hard Day's Night ; the band's visible weariness on the album's cover is noted by narrator Malcolm McDowell during The Compleat Beatles.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review for Allmusic contends that:
" In a review of the band's 2003 greatest hits collection Thank You, Allmusic critic Stephen Erlewine wrote that " STP made music that sounded great at the time and even better now ," and that " this music has stood the test of the time ," calling Thank You " nearly perfect.
Reviewing American Psycho, Stephen Erlewine of Allmusic called the new incarnation " a kitschy goth-punk outfit that relies more on metal than hardcore ", while Rolling Stone remarked that the band's new style blended " some old-style punk, a little metal and an occasional all-out thrasher.
Never Say Never eventually became Norwood ’ s biggest-selling album, selling over sixteen million copies worldwide ; and critics rated the album highly, with Allmusic ` s Stephen Thomas Erlewine praising Norwood and her team for wisely finding " a middle ground between Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige — it's adult contemporary with a slight streetwise edge ".
" Crystallizing the counterculture movement at its most volatile and threatening ", according to Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, the MC5's far left political ties and anti-establishment lyrics and music positioned them as emerging innovators of the punk movement in the United States.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album a negative review, remarking that " If you do happen to enjoy their ridiculously stupid jokes, Oi to the World is nearly as fun as anything else in their catalog, even though you might admit their fast, goofy, and essentially tuneless songs are beginning to wear a bit thin.
" Allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Slash's contributions " quite amazing ", though criticised the song-writing, stating " it's too bad that nobody in the band bothered to write any songs.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated that " there's little argument that Slash is a great guitarist " who is " capable of making rock and blues clichés sound fresh ".
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated: " It's novelty punk.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic summarized Survivor as " a determined, bullheaded record, intent on proving Destiny's Child has artistic merit largely because the group survived internal strife.
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album 2. 5 stars and states: " Ixnay on the Hombre sounds like a competent hard rock band trying to hitch themselves to the post-grunge bandwagon.
Critical reaction was extremely positive ; Pitchfork awarded the album a 9. 7 out of 10, and Allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that it was " arguably Yo La Tengo's finest and most coherent album to date.
The album received positive reviews, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described the album as having " classic moments of revivalist punk ".
In a review of the album for Allmusic, contributor Stephen Thomas Erlewine summed the initial reaction to Paul's Boutique and praised the density that the album contains:
Stephen Erlewine of Allmusic declared it as, " a fine, sophisticated American debut.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. com gave the album three of out five stars, stating, " The worst you can say about the record is that there are no surprises, but the audience for this record doesn't want surprises ; they want comfort, whether it arrives in polished music or artsy photos of newborns, and Miracle provides both, which makes it appealing for those expectant or new mothers in Dion's audience.

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