I had the privilege of writing a guest post for the Required Listening series on Randy Murray’s excellent First Today, Then Tomorrow:
Though a stark deviation from the band’s other work, 1977′s Animals nonetheless stands as a definitive progressive rock album and one of the band’s strongest. Armed with a cohesive concept, powerful imagery, and masterful musicianship, it stands apart as a side of Pink Floyd that cannot be overlooked.
I’ve also written Required Listening essays on Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense and Rush’s Hemispheres.
Check them out if you’re a fan; become one if you’re not.