11.   Her earlier albums had a tongue-in-cheek quality.

12.   If the album has its sentimental glitches, it still coheres as a sustained meditation on time and loss.

13.   Increasingly, his albums had a self-consciously retrospective air.

14.   Maxwell, whose next album is due in November, can count on longtime loyalty because his albums have a secure place on the bedroom stereo.

15.   My album had to take priority.

16.   Now two wedding albums have pride of place in their Boston living room.

17.   Obviously, the album had no choice but to meet its destiny.

18.   Rawer than her work with Emily Saliers, the album has a punky punch and a bit of Appalachian grit.

19.   Produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads fame, the album has a raw, organic feel.

20.   Still, the album may not have the hits that the first one did.