If you're after great classic rock, Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Television's Marquee Moon, and Black Sabbath's Paranoid are ...

An untold number of albums have been released since the long-playing record came into being amid the technological and cultural explosion of the 1950s. In my 30 years as a music journalist, I have ...

Selecting the biggest, the greatest, or the smashing albums can be a tricky business, but these are the 14 compilations you ...

From swampy blues to triple-guitar assaults, these 21 essential records define the soul, grit, and enduring legacy of the ...

The Beatles’ 1969 masterpiece delivers innovative production and start-to-finish magic, keeping it ranked among the 20th century’s greatest album.

The year before delivered some of the best albums not just of that year, but of all time. After a period packed with ...

The 1960s were and likely always will be the most transformative decade in music history. The Beatles, Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones are just a mere ...

There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the earliest Africans were brought to the Americas in bondage beginning in the 16th century, Black ...

The function of the album has changed drastically over the years, but these records from the 1970s remain the G.O.A.T. (or greatest of all time), even after streaming and viral hits have all but ...

Below the surface of the mainstream, music had a wonderful year—making the task of whittling down 2025’s best albums to a top-10 list maddeningly difficult—though you’d hardly know it from looking at ...

Fleetwood Mac’s shape-shifting legacy spans blues, pop and rock classics. Here’s how their eclectic albums stack up, from ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...