Do we admit to the Ten Year Syndrome? Conventional wisdom suggests that with many singers and bands it's more often than not their earlier work that carries the most weight. Every now and then, however, a few artists spectacularly explode the theory by producing something startling and special around the ten-year mark of their careers, a sense of renewal so profound that it often results in their finest work. How else to explain Bob Dylan with 'Blood on the Tracks'. Or 'What's Going On' by Marvin Gaye. Tom Waits and 'Swordfishtrombones'.... more