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4/11/16

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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” marked a turning point for Guns N’ Roses

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3/30/16

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Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” embraced the eccentric in R&B

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12/29/15

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Haddaway’s “What Is Love” is the one-hit wonder that keeps hitting home

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12/2/15

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Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” helped define the MTV era

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11/4/15

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Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” propelled James Bond into the modern world

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10/20/15

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Mellon Collie foretold both glory and doom for The Smashing Pumpkins

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8/21/15

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With Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan bid an angry, ragged farewell to his wife

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8/4/15

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The Stones blended slavery, sex, and (maybe) heroin in “Brown Sugar”

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7/28/15

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New Radicals’ only hit, “You Get What You Give,” was secretly influential

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6/11/15

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The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There For You” was a golden albatross

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6/2/15

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With “West End Girls,” Pet Shop Boys set a high standard for U.K. hip-hop

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5/26/15

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“The Power Of Love” gave Huey Lewis And The News pop culture immortality

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5/5/15

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Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill was a powerful, DIY feminist statement

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4/21/15

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With “Shoop,” Salt-N-Pepa took control professionally and sexually

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4/14/15

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Michael Jackson’s “You Are Not Alone” is creepier and sadder than you think

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3/10/15

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With Nine Lives, Aerosmith managed one last gasp of greatness

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2/24/15

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After Illmatic, Nas had to return to Earth

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2/9/15

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With “Sex And Candy,” Marcy Playground turned disco gibberish into alternative gold

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1/26/15

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Encore, once considered Eminem’s worst, stands as satire within chaos

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1/13/15

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If you can do the Bartman, you’re bad like Michael Jackson

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