Best Reissues of 2006

By PopMatters Staff

At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 20 reissues of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow and Thursday for ongoing genre top 10s with our coverage culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday. [23 December 2006]

Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies

By Chris Conaton

Sweet has been low-profile for most of this decade, but Sunshine Lies is a great return to form for one of the best power-pop artists of the '90s. [26 August 2008]

Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend

By Andrew Gilstrap

Girlfriend sounds as vibrant and essential as it did when it hit the streets 15 years ago. [15 June 2006]

Matthew Sweet: Living Things / Kimi Ga Suki

By Seth Limmer

Perceived primarily as a purveyor of pure pop, Sweet seems to be the sonic inheritor of the plush soundscapes and taut packaging of the Beatles. [21 December 2004]

Matthew Sweet: Platinum & Gold Collection

By Stephen Haag

Matthew Sweet: To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet

By Jason Damas

Matthew Sweet

By P. Nelson Reinsch

For once, when an artist claimed to be happy to be spending the evening in D.C., the artist sounded wholly sincere, and not just because he apparently toured the White House earlier in the day. [30 March 2000]

    Matthew Sweet: Time Capsule: The Best of 90/00

By Erik Hage

Matthew Sweet: In Reverse

By P. Nelson Reinsch