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Sep. 13, 2023

Ten Classic College Radio Albums

If you walked onto a college campus in the mid-'80s, incredible bands were everywhere, blaring out of dorm windows, spinning in heavy rotation on college-radio stations at the left of the dial. Author… Read More

Aug. 10, 2023

Celebrating Fifty Years of Hip-Hop

August 11th is being celebrated as the 50th anniversary of the dawn of hip-hop. In honor of DJ Kool Herc's landmark block party, we've collected ten of the groundbreaking and influential albums that came… Read More

May. 24, 2023

Bob Dylan's 5-Star Albums

In honor of Bob Dylan's birthday (May 24th), we're highlighting all of his 5-star main albums as indicated by the AllMusic editors. Read More

May. 4, 2023

Thirteen New Wave Album Classics

Author Daniel de Visé offers a list of new wave classics, favoring recordings that had real impact, yielded at least one semi-legendary song, feature strong songwriting throughout, emanate a new-wavy… Read More

Apr. 27, 2023

Top 5 Metal Songs About Men and Women

Selected excerpts from the upcoming Kindle-only book "Greg Prato Presents…The 100 Greatest Songs of Heavy Metal." Read More

Feb. 14, 2023

100 Years Ago ⁠— The Songs of 1923

In honor of the new year, and to look back on how much the world has both changed and stayed the same, here are 10 hits from 1923 celebrating their 100th birthday. Read More

Jan. 23, 2023

Opening Your Third Eye to the New Wave of Cosmic Americana

Under-the-radar artists like SUSS, Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, and Chuck Johnson represent the vanguard of a surging underground subculture that explores the notion of "Cosmic Americana" from a variety… Read More

Jan. 19, 2023

Twelve Classic Albums of the Late British Invasion

A list of albums from artists who arrived late to the invasion, second-wave bands descended from first-wave bands, and a generation of British folkies who saw A Hard Day’s Night, bought electric guitars,… Read More

Jan. 10, 2023

The 2022 AllMusic Readers' Poll

The AllMusic users have spoken and we're happy to present the results of our 2022 Readers' Poll. Read More

Dec. 23, 2022

AllMusic Loves 2022 Reissues

As we look back through the year, our editors highlight the reissues, archival releases, boxed sets and previously-unreleased gems that each of them personally connected with in 2022. Read More