These records serve as statements of intent and have the power to change or reshape the industry, inspire fellow musicians, ...

A list of music. This week, Apple Music unveiled a provocative ranking of the 100 best albums ever made, as determined not by streaming data, record sales or the algorithms that rule our lives ...

However, the result is usually pretty memorable. Here are some of the more notable concept albums ever made.

That was especially true in the 1970s and '80s when live-recorded albums seemed ... musical moments ever recorded. Listed in chronological order, here are some of the best.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Ayana Contreras of Denver public radio stations KUVO Jazz and The Drop to discuss today ...

The latest issue of Blender features the magazine's take on the 100 greatest indie–rock albums of all time. Albums of note include Dead Kennedys' 1980 album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables which ...

What are the best deathcore albums of the 2000s? The early aughts gave birth to deathcore. While staple elements of the genre had been present in metal before the turn of the century, it was the ...

That was the question I posed in my Jan. 13 Sunday Arts+Culture cover story: “Was 1975 the fourth-best year ever for albums? From Bob Marley to Patti Smith, how would you vote?” Nearly 20 ...

Kiss became superstars with Alive! So let’s break it down: the 75 best albums of 1975, complete with a playlist of key tracks from each LP. Some of these albums are famous classics beloved ...

For some of the best albums of the new(est ... he’s the oldest human ever to drop a debut studio album. The work in question, winter’s New Dawn, is a stately tour of a woodwind lifer ...

It was widely lauded upon its release, and landed on some critics’ lists of the best albums of that decade. It is also unmistakably an Oregon album. For “Carrie & Lowell,” Stevens drew from ...

Find the best new albums of the week below, from priority picks to honorable mentions.