Full Moon Fever (1989) is Tom Petty’s first solo album, though it still carries the unmistakable spirit of the Heartbreakers and the sonic fingerprints of producer/collaborator Jeff Lynne. The record is bright, warm, and breezy—full of chiming guitars, stacked harmonies,…
Dry (1992) is PJ Harvey’s fierce and arresting debut album—an explosive arrival that instantly set her apart from every other voice in early ’90s alternative rock. Recorded with her original trio (Rob Ellis and Steve Vaughan), the album is raw,…
Peter Gabriel’s So is one of the most iconic art-pop albums of the 1980s, a record that blends emotional vulnerability, ambitious production, and global musical influences into something both personal and cinematic. After years of being known as the “enigmatic”…
Released in 1972, #1 Record is the debut album by Big Star, a band from Memphis, Tennessee that blended British Invasion melodies with Southern soul and jangly guitar pop. Though it wasn’t a commercial success upon release, the album became…
A bass-smashing cover. Nineteen tracks that refuse to sit still. And a city’s pulse pressed into vinyl. We spin The Clash’s London Calling and pull apart why this double album still feels urgent, generous, and wildly playable decades later. From…
Released in 1986, Skylarking stands as one of XTC’s most celebrated and cohesive works—a shimmering, pastoral pop masterpiece that marries the band’s sharp songwriting with lush, orchestral production. Produced by Todd Rundgren, the album was conceived as a conceptual song…
The Allman Brothers Band’s Eat a Peach (1972) is both a celebration of their fiery Southern rock sound and a poignant farewell to founding guitarist Duane Allman, who died in a motorcycle accident during its recording. The album is a…
Live Through This (1994) by Hole is a raw, emotionally charged album that captures the turbulent spirit of the 1990s alternative rock scene. Released just a week after the death of Kurt Cobain and only months before the tragic passing…
Scum by Napalm Death is one of the most important and influential extreme metal albums ever released. Put out in 1987 on Earache Records, it’s widely regarded as the birth point of grindcore—a genre that fused the speed and aggression…
Workingman’s Dead (1970) is one of the Grateful Dead’s most celebrated and influential albums, marking a sharp turn from their earlier, more experimental psychedelic sound toward a rootsier, song-focused approach. Recorded quickly and on a tight budget after years of…