Category: Guilty Album

Guilty Album | New Radicals: Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too

"Make my nipples hard, let's go!" I have no clue which back-up singer said this to Gregg Alexander while recording his only studio release Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1999), but it completely sets the tone for the entire record. I bought this CD at a K-Mart knockoff store in my hometown merely because of the one-hit wonder "You Get What You Give". And make no mistake, I firmly expected it to be a $15 single. I had no idea the riches that...

Guilty Album | Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

Star-Lord's Sony Walkman. Total nostalgia trip. When the opening bass thumps of "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone starts busting through those orange foam pads, or the "Ooga Chaka" chant of Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling", you instantly know the Awesome Mix Vol. 1 is going to be the real deal. "Guardians of the Galaxy"'s soundtrack was a pop cultural phenomenon that essentially caught traction with lots of folks not only for the nostalgia...