Progressive Soul Archives

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis / Rhino Records (2025)

Curtis Mayfield – Curtis (55th Anniversary Limited Edition Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 21, 2025

While Curtis Mayfield may not have had the commercial success of other more mainstream Soul artists, such as those featured on Motown Records, there is no question that he was a massively influential musician. Previously a member of The Impressions (who had success in the ... Read More

Brandy – Afrodisiac (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockSeptember 30, 2025

It is not often that a performing artist has two top-selling, highly charted albums and nine hit singles before even turning twenty years old, but Brandy is an exception to the rule. Born Brandy Norwood (but adopting the singular stage name of Brandy), she was ... Read More

The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack / Elemental Music (2025)

The Temptations – Psychedelic Shack (Limited Edition Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockMarch 19, 2025

Throughout an artist’s career, there are turning points that serve as historic markers in their story. For The Temptations, one of those moments came in 1970 with the release of their twelfth studio album, Psychedelic Shack. Coming at a time when Soul music was becoming ... Read More

The Temptations – Puzzle People (Limited Edition Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockFebruary 17, 2025

Nearly a decade into their career, The Temptations made a bold move of altering their artistic direction in 1968 with the release of the single “Cloud Nine.” Teaming with long-time producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, the Temptations bravely ventured into a more progressive and psychedelic ... Read More

The Jackson Five – Third Album (Limited Edition Red Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 25, 2024

Here is a difficult question – what is the most successful single for Motown in what is considered the label’s ‘Detroit Era’? If you said The Supremes’ 1965 hit “Stop! In The Name of Love” or the magnificent Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrel 1967 duet “Ain’t No ... Read More

Jackson Five - Get It Together / Elemental Music (2024)

The Jackson Five – Get It Together (Limited Edition Red Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 14, 2024

Before the popularized term of Boy Band, there was The Jackson Five. A group of five brothers out of Gary, Indiana, The Jackson Five (originally consisting of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson) were overflowing with talent. Signing on with Motown, they were the ... Read More

Progressive Soul

Brandy – Afrodisiac (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl Review)

The Jackson Five – Third Album (Limited Edition Red Vinyl Review)

The Jackson Five – Get It Together (Limited Edition Red Vinyl Review)

Brandy – Afrodisiac (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl Review)

The Jackson Five – Third Album (Limited Edition Red Vinyl Review)

The Jackson Five – Get It Together (Limited Edition Red Vinyl Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

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