Detour Albums

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

Neil Young baffled fans with "Trans." Bjork growled throughout "Medulla." And Frank Sinatra tanked with "Watertown." When musical artists take a sharp left turn in their careers, the albums that result can be awful, weird -- or truly groundbreaking. Zeth Lundy, music columns and features editor for PopMatters.com, joins us for a look at "detour albums."

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