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- 6. Frank Zappa: Freak Out! Oct 8, 2021
- How classic albums were conceived, produced and recorded.
- 5. The Doors: Morrison Hotel Oct 1, 2021
- A look at the American rockers' fifth studio album, which saw them return to their blues-rock style.
- 4. Gil Scott Heron: Pieces of a Man Sep 24, 2021
- All about Pieces of a Man, Gil Scott-Heron's critically and commercially successful studio album.
- Arcade Fire, ‘Funeral’ Loss, love, forced coming-of-age, and fragile generational hope: Arcade Fire’s debut touched on all these themes as it defined the independent rock of the ‘00s.
- Rufus, Chaka Khan, ‘Ask Rufus’ Fronted by Chaka Khan, one of soul music’s most combustible singers, Rufus built its mid-Seventies sound on heavy-footed, guitar-slathered funk.
- Suicide, ‘Suicide’ These New York synth-punks evoke everything from the Velvet Underground to rockabilly. Martin Rev’s low-budget electronics are violent and hypnotic; Alan Vega screams as a rhythmic device.
- Various Artists, ‘The Indestructible Beat of Soweto’ The greatest album ever to be marketed under the heading “world music,” this 1985 compilation of South African pop was a huge influence on Paul Simon’s Graceland that still sounds jarringly fresh today.
- Roisin O'connor
- Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Led Zeppelin. Millennials coming at this album can end up feeling like the guy who saw Hamlet and complained it was all quotations.
- The Best of the Shangri-Las (1996), The Shangri-Las. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no no, no one ever did teen heartbreak quite like the Shangri-Las. Long before the Spice Girls packaged attitude for popular consumption, songwriter Ellie Greenwich was having trouble with a group of teenagers who had grown up in a tough part of Queens – “with their gestures, and language, and chewing the gum and the stockings ripped up their legs”.
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), David Bowie. Pictorial proof that Ziggy did indeed play guitar ( (Rex) Flamboyance, excess, eccentricity – this is the breakthrough album that asserted Bowie as glam rock’s new icon.
- Unknown Pleasures (1979), Joy Division. In their brief career, ended by the suicide of 23-year-old singer Ian Curtis, Joy Division created two candidates for the best album by anyone ever.
- The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead 1. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead (1986). Rough Trade. What distinguishes it as the greatest ever made? For one thing, timelessness.
- The Beatles, Revolver 2. The Beatles, Revolver (1966). Parlophone. Far and away the best album of rock’s Phase One, virtually every one of these 35 minutes brought a fresh revelation, featuring more stylistic and cultural innovation in its first ten minutes than most other bands achieve in their lifespan.
- David Bowie, Hunky Dory 3. David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) RCA. If the message of ‘Changes’ was that nothing lasts forever, it’s ironic how that song has gone on to become his most enduring hit, and ‘Hunky Dory’ his most time-tested album.
- The Strokes, Is This It 4. The Strokes, Is This It (2001) Rough Trade. Albert Hammond Jnr: ”That was just the set list we had been playing, it was underneath our fingers and the feeling was one of extreme excitement.
Nirvana weren't the first indie heroes to sign a major label (the Replacements, Tim, 1985), or the first to subsequently hit Number One (R.E.M., Out of Time, 1991), but the Washington trio's ...
May 31, 2009 · Rolling Stone's original list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, based on two polls of experts, was published in 2003. See the albums ranked from 500 to 491, with brief descriptions and links to listen online.
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" The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures.
Aug 7, 2023 · A list of essential rock records from various genres and eras, with brief reviews and illustrations. Find out which albums made the cut and why, from Blink-182 to Zappa.
