Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at the alt-rock band’s 1993 acoustic set, a swan song for the sensitive bohemians—and the biggest hit they’d ever release.

The guitarist and his fellow improvisers demonstrate mind-meld rapport and roof-raising intensity on a pair of side-long cuts recorded at L.A.’s Lodge Room last summer.

Blending Persian and American folk instrumentation, the alt-pop songwriter and producer expands his signature sound on a sharply focused third solo album.

With elegant, modern takes on 1980s soft ballads and sophistipop, the former Disney Channel actor’s debut LP is as stylish as it is easygoing.