Below the surface of the mainstream, music had a wonderful year—making the task of whittling down 2025’s best albums to a top-10 list maddeningly difficult—though you’d hardly know it from looking at ...

What is the greatest rock album of the ’70s? You can help decide with UCR’s 2026 March Madness bracket. Last year we got a great response to our Best ’80s Album bracket, which ended with AC/DC’s Back ...

A year after his 1966 motorcycle accident and a brief hiatus from touring, Bob Dylan came back with John Wesley Harding. The ...

Superunknown by Soundgarden and The Downward Spiral by the Nine Inch Nails were released 32 years ago today! On March 8, 1994 ...

In 1967, Bob Dylan released John Wesley Harding, an introspective and folksy album that topped the UK charts and became a ...

Bruno Mars. Mitski. Grief and celebration from Gorillaz. Robin Hilton welcomes Raina Douris from WXPN in Philadelphia to chat ...

The record was a commercial breakthrough for the artist, who was $80,000 in debt to her previous label when the hit album was recorded.

Rock music faded in the 2000s, other genres stepped forward, and the charts took on a different look with a few surprises among the best-selling albums.

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

2025 was full of amazing releases from old favorites and rising talent. If you're looking to discover new music or a reminder of what 2025 brought to the table, you've come to the right place. The ...

Business Insider's senior pop culture writer ranked the 20 best albums of 2025. Stars like Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Rosalía, and Addison Rae all made the list. Read about the best songs of 2025 and ...