Below, we explore the best albums that 1970 had to offer – from the solo triumphs ofGeorge Harrison,Paul McCartney, John Lennon, andRingo Starrto pioneering albums fromBlack Sabbath,Tangerine Dream, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. ‘Nightclubbing’: Grace Jones Pulls Up To The Bumper Jona...
The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s A decade of innovation starring Brian Eno, the Clash, Kraftwerk, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie, and more. By PitchforkJune 23, 2004 Graphic by Martine Ehrhart Shaking off the naturalism, daisy chains, and acid tabs of the 1960s was easier than...
The best albums of 1980, like the years around it, reflect wildly varied sounds in full flower. As disco began to ebb, other genres began to flow. Metal, for instance, had a crucial year, with albums by Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne,Iron Maiden, and more.Kurtis Blowmade one of the firs...
From Lauryn Hill to Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine to Janet Jackson, Nirvana to Wu-Tang Clan, and so many more, these are the albums that changed music forever.
singer in the same league, if not on the same team, as Prince, and its blockbuster status and franchise of hits gave the King of Pop a run for his money in the late ’80s. The album fuses pop and R&B with funk and jazz elements (the three-part “I Want Your Sex” alone ...
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But regardless of labels, it all comes together in one aggressive melting pot known as hard rock. So scroll through the gallery below and see which albums helped to shape rock as we know it as we explore the Best Hard Rock Album of Each Year Since 1970. ...
The 70 Best Albums of 2019From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2019 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.By PopMatters Staff / 9 December 2019 ...
70 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2020 Poppy, I Disagree — Jan. 10 Sumerian Records Poppy, 'I Disagree' — Jan. 10 With the new decade comes the new queen of experimental genre-mashing. Poppy took an unlikely path to metal stardom, beginning as a living meme on YouTube and translating ...
known in other genres (Cochemea). And some arrived well out of left-field (Paisiel). But the one thing they have in common is that they all reveal something new about a 100-year-old style. Here are the best jazz albums of 2019....