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Led Zeppelin albums ranked: the rock gods' 9 LPs, from worst to best
From raw blues to epic rock grandeur, we rank every Led Zeppelin album—studio mastery, iconic riffs, and hidden gems included. Here's how the legends stack up
19 bands you just HAD to see live
These rock acts did great things in the studio - live, though, they entered a different league altogether
This might be rock's greatest year. And no, it's not 1971 or 1977
It doesn't often come up in discussions of rock's greatest years, but this '70s year saw defining statements from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and more
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Review: Harry Partch – The Wayward (Partch Ensemble)
Kate Wakeling is captivated by the Partch Ensemble’s compelling realisation of a truly original body of works
These 11 rock albums are flawless from start to finish
From Boston to the Beatles (via Steely Dan and Slayer), 11 classic rock albums that don't put a foot wrong from start to finish
Murder, brawling and threesomes: music's 15 worst-behaved composers, ranked
From Mozart to Peter Warlock, here are 15 composers who stepped out of line - socially, sexually, or just with too much motorbike-based nudity
Music has the power to save the planet. Here’s how
As he relives a memorable evening at the BBC Proms, Tom Service ponders how music might make us reconsider our relationship with the world around us
These 11 classic rock albums all flirted with the occult
Steeped in mysticism, Satanic imagery and the occult, these 11 dark classics shocked, intrigued and influenced generations of musicians
These 17 bands were just no good without each other
Iconic bands who, apart, never managed to recreate the intoxicating musical chemistry they generated together
1980s albums: the greatest LP from each '80s year
From synth-pop to stadium rock, post-punk to art pop, here are the defining albums that shaped each unforgettable year of the 1980s
The 21 greatest rock and pop videos of all time
From Beatles promos to Peter Gabriel’s stop-motion masterpiece, these 21 unforgettable rock videos revolutionized the way we watch music
Ignored on release, this might be the most influential album of all time
1973 albums: 15 unforgettable LPs from rock's strangest year
1973: rock at its most unpredictable – prog, glam, and avant-garde collide in bizarre, brilliant albums that challenge, delight, and redefine what music could be
Rock’s messiest breakups: 15 bands that ended painfully
Bands fall apart every day – but these splits were absolute carnage: betrayal, addiction, lawsuits, and wounds that still haven’t fully healed
Ranked: Queen's 25 greatest songs
From operatic epics to hard rock anthems, we rank Queen’s 25 greatest songs – celebrating their theatrical flair and timeless musical brilliance
Meet Hildur Guðnadóttir – the star composer of Joker and Chernobyl
Cellist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has forged a career spanning classical, film and electronics – but she’s always been drawn to unsettling themes, as she tells Claire Jackson
Rock's worst debuts: 15 icons who DIDN'T get it right first time
From tentative experiments to full-blown misfires, these debut albums prove even rock’s greatest heroes didn’t always start their journeys in style.
Bowie albums ranked: all 26 studio LPs, from worst to best
From glam-rock breakthroughs via chilly Berlin ambient to poignant farewells, we celebrate Bowie’s fearless reinventions and genre-defining albums
Sex mad: music's 11 most bed-hopping composers, ranked
Jeremy Pound lifts the covers off those notorious notesmiths who found the thrill of playing away simply too hard to resist
Best Neil Young album? We asked you. And you said... (not this one)
We asked you to vote for your favourite Neil Young album. Here's what you said...
Unknown prog rock albums: 21 hidden masterpieces you should hear
Discover 15 mind-blowing prog rock gems you’ve (probably) never heard: bold, beautiful, and criminally overlooked masterpieces await
What was THAT? 15 songs that sounded like nothing else on earth
From Bill Haley to Nirvana, 15 songs that blasted into the rock pantheon like so many objects from outer space
Review: Golden Age (Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee)
Morley and Brownlee are on sensational form in 19th-century arias and duets, writes George Hall
These are the 17 worst movie performances by rock stars
Rock stars on the big screen: when charisma meets a script, sometimes it’s magic… and sometimes it’s gloriously, painfully awful.