Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Best album of past decade turns 10 years old




















the best album of the past decade came out this week in 1998.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill won a multitude of Grammys, sold millions of records and established Lauryn Hill as one of the premiere artists of all time and then she never released another studio album. I still long to hear what the last 10 years would have been like if she had chosen to continue as a recording artist.

At least she leaves us with this masterpiece, #3 on my list of Favorite/ Best Albums of My Era (after the Bends and The Joshua Tree). Rolling Stone gives us an oral history of this perfect album in its latest issue. Read here.

2 comments:

Mike Stavlund said...

I do love that album... seems like only yesterday.

I guess I need to get the Bends, then.

Eric said...

Rick,
I'm an idiot on music. I never got the Lauryn Hill thing. I've even tried it again since seeing the high ranking you give this album. Please pray for me;)
Thanks and hope all is well.
Peace,
er