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30 years ago today, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five released their second studio album, little realizing that it was also destined to be their final studio album. In the early ‘80s, Grandmaster Flash was one of the most iconic...

30 years ago on April 1st, Tracy Chapman released the first single from her self-titled debut album, a song which would quickly define Chapman’s career as a folk-pop singer and prove to be one of the most enduring songs of...

It remains the most popular single ever released by Van Halen, and it’s such a definitively ‘80s song that it’s used as a touchstone for the decade in Steven Spielberg’s cinematic adaptation of Ready Player One, but do you know...

The wait is over. The time is here. The new deluxe editions of The Cars’ SHAKE IT UP and HEARTBEAT CITY are available from your favorite music retailer even as we type these words. Truly, this is a good Friday!...

In 1976, David Bowie was on a commercial roll, particularly in the U.S., where in the short span of two years he had placed three studio albums and one double live record into the Top Ten (including STATION TO STATION,...

45 years ago this month, Fleetwood Mac released their seventh studio album, an LP which was the first with a new member, the first without an old member, and the only one with a member who you may not remember,...

48 years ago today, the Faces released their debut album, its title aptly describing how the LP was only just the beginning of what the band had to offer. Produced by the band and recorded between August 1969 and January...

47 years ago this week, Bread released the second single from their third album, a song that muscled its way up the Billboard Hot 100 – well, you know, inasmuch as a soft-pop single can muscle its way up anything...

35 years ago this month, ZZ Top released their eighth studio album, an LP which found the trio of Texans becoming MTV darlings and, in turn, finding themselves with the biggest-selling album of their career. Recorded at Ardent Studios in...