Home to the radio staple “Big Yellow Taxi,” Mitchell expanded her sonic palette on this album bringing in jazz elements and more expressive vocals that she would explore further on later albums. 09: The Who – Live at Leeds The storied British band’s first live album has taken on larger...
All eight of the band's albums have entered the UK top 10. Three of them, along with their greatest hits compilation, charted at number 1. The band débuted with "When You Gonna Learn" under Acid Jazz records, which led to Kay signing a record deal with Sony Soho2. While under this...
One of the major genres to emerge was the sometimes–abstract sounds of jazz fusion. But just as many artists embraced pop music, like George Benson and Donald Byrd. And then there was the best–selling piano recording of all–time, a solo concert by Keith Jarrett. In short, there was ...
“Atum: A Rock Opera In Three Acts” is an epic and monumental sonic journey that artfully rekindles the spirit of the Smashing Pumpkins’ iconic albums, “Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness” and “Machina/The Machines Of God” This ambitious concept album unfurls like a compelling sequel...
incantations, Davis used Bitches Brew to lay the creepy foundation for a genre that would later be watered down from cathartic to stupidly harmless—but here, at the birth of fusion, Miles Davis proved that soldering elements of rock to jazz could be a wholly transformative, bone-breaking ...
Only albums released in 2024. Latest additions: Mahashmashana, From Zero, Night Palace Most divisive: No Name Over 100 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Rock Albums Of 2024 HOW RANKINGS WORK Make some noise for the best rock albums of 2024. This list is roc...
What are the best rock albums for each year since 1970? Rock 'n' roll is a wide ranging term that has seen many different evolutions over the years, but by the time 1970 came around you could start to see acts that weren't just content with the catchy ditties that populated radio in...
space-age fusion and free-jazz freakouts with the best of them, why not doallof them on one album? – Jeff Terich Listen:Spotify PIN IT 123. Chic –C’est Chic (1978; Atlantic) The red-headed stepchild genre of the 1970s, disco’s entertainment value bumped up against creative and...
An unlikely set of ambient jazz-funk with heavy dub influence, Revelators Sound System is the in-studio collaboration between Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor and the Spacebomb house band’s Cameron Ralston. At times reminiscent of the heavy hitters of early ’70s fusion (Herbie Hancock,...
She occupies a musical terrain somewhere between pop, R&B and, at times, ‘70s jazz fusion, She brings a different style and approach to nearly every song, veering from brassy wail to folky prim (“October Sky”), from Adele-sized power (“Love Came Down”) to breathy sultriness (“...