The Inventory

Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

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

4/11/16 12:00AM

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

3/30/16 12:00AM

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

Victor Beigelman

12/29/15 12:00AM

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

12/02/15 12:00AM

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

11/04/15 9:00AM

Mellon Collie foretold both glory and doom for The Smashing Pumpkins

10/20/15 12:00AM

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

8/21/15 12:00AM

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

8/04/15 12:00AM

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

7/28/15 12:00AM

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

6/11/15 12:00AM

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

kenneth-partridge

6/02/15 12:00AM

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

5/26/15 12:00AM

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

5/05/15 12:00AM

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

4/21/15 12:00AM

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

kenneth-partridge

4/14/15 12:00AM

With Nine Lives, Aerosmith managed one last gasp of greatness

3/10/15 12:00AM

After Illmatic, Nas had to return to Earth

2/24/15 12:00AM

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

2/09/15 12:00AM

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

1/26/15 12:00AM

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

1/13/15 12:00AM

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