(Geffen, 1991) In 1991, Guns N' Roses ambitiously released two 'Use Your Illusion' albums, and while not quite as successful as 'Appetite for Destruction,' the discs marked a musical evolution for GN'R. The first portion, 'Use Your Illusion I,' showed the band incorporating m...
Eight of the albums on the list were released prior to the 1991 inception of the chart. Impressively, they made the list even though activity prior to the chart’s inception doesn’t count. Here are the albums with the longest runs at No. 1 on Catalog Albums, from 1991 to the pr...
Two years prior to becoming one of the biggest bands on the planet, and giving us one of the most famous and recognizable albums in history, grunge rockers Nirvana released ‘Bleach’, their 1989 debut. While it’s noticeable that this album is much more raw and gritty than its successors...
CORPSE was a seminal Swedish death metal act formed in 1986. They released the 1987 "Black Dawn" demo before changing their name to GRAVE. (Biography written by UMUR, 17th of October 2022). Thanks toUMURfor the addition andumurfor the updates ...
In 1977, Fleetwood Mac releasedRumoursto the Soft Rock crowd, but obviously it had great mass appeal. It hit the top of the Billboard 200 and UK Albums charts and each of its four singles reached the US top 10, like "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams." The album has been inducted into...
(but not their best), Deftones’ debut record is sonically driven and instrumentally thick. Though Chino Moreno’s lyricism was still in its infancy, it honestly doesn’t matter on a record that’s far more about funk influenced grit. Under-appreciated when it was first released, ‘...
The inspirational ballad "Coming Out Of the Dark" was co-written byGloria Estefan, her husband Emilio Estefan, Jr. and singer Jon Secada. Among the voices in the backing choir are Jon Secada and R&B singer Betty Wright. This was the first single released by Gloria Estefan after suffering ...
It’s been just over four years since Pitchfork published its first-ever Top 100 feature, Pitchfork's Top 100 Favorite Albums of the 1990s, and looking back at that list a lot has changed: our perceptions of the decade are different now, our personal tastes have expanded, our knowledge of...
(Folklore, 1.612 million). Just two of those albums were released in 2023:Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)and1989 (Taylor’s Version).Midnightswas issued in late 2022, whileFolklorebowed in 2020 andLoverarrived in 2019. All of Swift’s catalog in 2023 was buoyed by he...
It’s been just over four years since Pitchfork published its first-ever Top 100 feature, Pitchfork's Top 100 Favorite Albums of the 1990s, and looking back at that list a lot has changed: our perceptions of the decade are different now, our personal tastes have expanded, our knowledge of...