Permanent Records

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  Permanent Records Luna: Penthouse

  Revisiting the band that helped define cool '90s remove.

  July 10, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Gene Clark: White Light

  What if one of the founders of folk-rock released a great album and nobody was listening?

  July 3, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records The Beach Boys: Love You

  More than a decade after Pet Sounds came a cracked classic.

  June 19, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Rickie Lee Jones: Rickie Lee Jones

  How a jazz-inflected bohemian singer-songwriter got it right from the start.

  June 5, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records The Damned: Strawberries

  Here's what happens when punk godfathers zig instead of zag.

  May 31, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Al Green: I'm Still In Love With You

  If anyone can make fidelity sound sexy, this man can.

  May 22, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records The Who: Quadrophenia

  This is why making a concept album about your fans isn't as bad an idea as it sounds.

  May 1, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Bruce Springsteen: Tunnel Of Love

  How do you follow a blockbuster? Why not a difficult album about failing marriages?

  April 24, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Lync: These Are Not Fall Colors

  Sometimes a single album is enough to leave a lasting impression.

  April 17, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream Of Trains

  After making the worst album of his career, a great singer-songwriter took a step back and got quiet and contemplative.

  April 10, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Aretha Franklin: Live At Fillmore

  The Queen Of Soul meets a bunch of hippies and emerges with an unforgettable album.

  April 3, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (a.k.a. III/Melt)

  Three albums into a solo career, a singer found his own voice.

  March 26, 2007 | 11:38pm -

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  Permanent Records Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique

  This sophomore album began life as a flop then had a second life as an influential classic.

  March 20, 2007 | 2:12am -

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  Permanent Records Fleetwood Mac: Tusk

  Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was a commercial mega-hit. This ambitious follow-up swerved in the opposite direction.

  March 13, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records The Everly Brothers: Roots

  A beloved '50s act reached out to a new generation with this '60s album.

  March 6, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Government Issue: You

  This stellar example of D.C. hardcore at its most creative has long been undeservedly overshadowed.

  February 27, 2007 | 12:25am -

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  Permanent Records Chris Bell: I Am The Cosmos

  Chris Bell's early death makes his ambition even more poignant.

  February 20, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Lilys: The 3 Way

  An unforgettable '90s album explores the common ground between The Kinks and My Bloody Valentine.

  February 13, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Dwight Yoakam: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.

  Who says there was no great country music in the '80s?

  February 6, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Suddenly, Tammy!: (We Get There When We Do.)

  We blow the dust off a forgotten '90s should-have-been.

  January 30, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Marvin Gaye: Here, My Dear

  Marvin Gaye might as well have named this one Screw You, Lady instead.

  January 23, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Dee Dee Warwick: Foolish Fool

  Overshadowed by a famous sister, this singer should have made a name for herself with this forgotten gem.

  January 16, 2007 | 12:37am -

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  Permanent Records Elvis Costello: King Of America

  When's the proper time to grow a beard and start looking for American music?

  January 9, 2007 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Matthew Sweet: Altered Beast

  When more of the same isn't quite more of the same.

  January 2, 2007 | 3:50pm -

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  Permanent Records William Bell: The Soul Of A Bell

  From the pop charts to Vietnam and back again.

  December 19, 2006 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Pink Floyd: Animals

  Johnny Rotten hated this band. But was even he as angry as this album?

  December 5, 2006 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Jawbreaker: Bivouac

  In 1992, one band decided to avoid the sophomore slump by pushing itself on all fronts, just to see what happened.

  November 28, 2006 | 12:02am -

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  Permanent Records The Coup: Genocide & Juice

  How Marxist hip-hop got funky.

  November 20, 2006 | 11:08pm -

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  Permanent Records ABC: The Lexicon Of Love

  How did a hungry producer and a heartbroken ex- journalist help invent the sound of the '80s?

  November 14, 2006 | 12:01am -

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  Permanent Records Joni Mitchell: Hejira

  This is the sound of someone refusing to look back once and for all.

  November 7, 2006 | 12:35am -