Whole Lotta Red will probably be appreciated more for its boldest ideas than its overall execution.
Plastic Beach‘s music and concept have aged scarily well over the years.
Classics Week 2021 comes to a close with one of the most adventurous and hypnotic masterpieces in jazz, Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda.
One of trip hop’s foundational albums, Portishead’s Dummy remains virtually unsurpassed in the genre.
It’s a testament to Trent Reznor’s songwriting skills that his sophomore album, an abrasive and harrowing concept album about self-destruction, became a multi-platinum hit.
Between M.I.A.’s international genre fusions, off-the-wall production, and politically charged lyrics, Arular is as bold as a debut album can be.
Classics Week 2021 kicks off with Things Fall Apart, the 1999 breakthrough in The Roots’ increasingly ambitious career, and a milestone for hip hop at large.
For as stylistically cohesive and seamlessly flowing as We Will Always Love You is, it’s somehow a tale of two albums.
Taylor Swift tops off 2020 with another solid helping of indie folk—in case anyone thought folklore was a fluke.
The Chosen is Kid Cudi’s best solo project since the second Man on the Moon (and it may even have that one beat).
