Album Reviews of the Week: Mariah Carey, Phantom Planet and More ...
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Island Def Jam
On her best album, Mimi gives it rough and likes it rougher
By Jody Rosen
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Phantom Planet
Raise the Dead
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Fueled by Ramen
L.A. pop-rockers get their David Koresh on.
By Jonah Weiner
>> Read the full review here.
James McMurtry
Just Us Kids
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Lightning Rod
Observant, crabby-voiced lyricist watches empires crumble from Bombay
to the Bible Belt.
By Chuck Eddy
>> Read the full review here.
M83
Saturdays=Youth
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French synth-master scores a hallucinatory John Hughes space opera.
By Ryan Dombal
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Does It Offend You, Yeah?
You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
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Almost Gold
Reading, U.K., hooligans make the case for … hipster nü-metal?
Reviewed by Jonah Weiner
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