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Naysaying the Naysayers: The Beatles' CDs by the Numbers

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Tony Sachs

The Beatles have only put out one single-disc greatest hits CD, the aptly-titled 1. So why do the Beatles get such a bad rap for supposedly abusing their legacy?

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HuffPost Review: Pete Yorn -- Back & Fourth

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

Back & Fourth is on course as one of the best albums of 2009.

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HuffPost Exclusive: The 40th Anniversary of Carpenters / Interview with Richard Carpenter

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike Ragogna

Richard Carpenter: "So many people have said to us, 'We can understand every word to your songs,' which, with all the pop and rock records at the time, was difficult to do."

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Why Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Marks The End Of An Era

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

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Tony Sachs

Would the Sixties be the sixties without the Beatles? Would teen culture as we know it exist without Elvis? And can any record, no matter how brilliant, have a similar impact today? Somehow, I don't think so.

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