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Popblerd's Best of 2012: Gonzo's Top 3 Albums / Shows

Popblerd’s Best of 2012: Gonzo’s Top 3 Albums / Shows

Dr. Gonzo’s picks for best album and concert of 2012

2013 Grammy Nominations: Honoring An Ocean of New(ish) Blood

2013 Grammy Nominations: Honoring An Ocean of New(ish) Blood

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences spreads the love this year-as 6 artists head the list of nominees for the 55th Grammy Awards.

Ranking the Boss: Bruce Springsteen's Studio Albums, Part 2

Ranking the Boss: Bruce Springsteen’s Studio Albums, Part 2

Part two of our ranking of Bruce Springsteen’s studio albums.

Ranking the Boss: Bruce Springsteen's Studio Albums, Part 1

Ranking the Boss: Bruce Springsteen’s Studio Albums, Part 1

In light of Bruce Chester Alan Arthur Springsteen’s (note: not real middle name) 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, hitting stores this week, Popblerd has turned to one of its resident Springsteen enthusiasts, native New Jerseyan Andrew “Drew” Ratliff, to provide a definitive (read: entirely subjective) ranked retrospective of The Boss’ studio ouvre. Naturally, sacrifices had to be made. First of all, no compilations: this weeds out the exhaustive bonus disc on The Essential Bruce Springsteen, the four-disc-strong unreleased material compilation [...]