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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
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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.
The 31 classic rock albums you NEED in your collection
31 essential classic rock albums, from Zeppelin to Bowie, that shaped an era with riffs, melodies, and timeless, genre-defining innovation.
The best value bookshelf speakers for £500 or less
Pink Floyd albums: all 15 LPs ranked from worst to best
From psychedelic beginnings to stadium-filling epics, we rank all 15 Pink Floyd studio albums: icons, oddities, and everything in between
11 iconic debut albums that their creators never surpassed
Some artists peak early. These stunning debut albums set a standard so high, even their creators couldn’t top them
The 12 greatest heavy metal albums you don't know (number 12 will surprise you)
Twelve heavy metal sleeper classics that take you in way deeper than Sabbath, Metallica and Maiden
Synthpop! The 23 greatest synth albums of all time, ranked
From Associates to Yazoo, 23 of the most evocative albums to come out of the early 1980s synthpop explosion
1969 was prog rock's Year Zero. We've ranked its 15 greatest albums
1969 was prog rock’s explosive dawn. From King Crimson to Zappa, discover 15 groundbreaking albums that redefined rock with ambition, complexity, and sonic adventure
Breakup albums: rock's 15 rawest chronicles of heartbreak
From bitter confessions to tear-stained masterpieces, these 15 breakup albums prove heartbreak can hurt, heal, and still sound timeless
This cat's reaction to music is pretty adorable
Snoop, a beautiful black and white cat, gets surprisingly emotional over classical music—he even looks like he’s shedding a tear while listening to Chopin. Clearly, he's feeling all the feels.