Debut albums are both some of the most highly praised and underrated types of albums. Highly praised, given that the artist who made them created an enormous splash in the business with their release.

The past few years have seen vinyl come back in a big way. Seemingly every new album gets pressed on a series of limited-edition colored records, and fans eagerly add them to their collection. While ...

In October 1979, US rock magazine Creem published a cover feature asking the provocative question ‘Is Heavy Metal Dead?’, and concluded that the writing was on the wall for the genre. Their judgment ...

We count down the greatest album artworks of the 1980s, where bold visual ideas matched the groundbreaking musical statements ...

What were the best live albums from rock and metal bands in the 1980s? What a decade it was to be alive, as the live chops often matched the showmanship and bravado of some of decade's biggest acts.

The 1980s might be the easiest decade to caricature. But the best ’80s albums prove that the decade wasn't just about big hair, big shoulder pads, and even bigger mobile phones—and that the era's ...

The 1980s were a paradoxical decade for the album. On one hand, the dominance of the single, the rise of MTV, and the increasing focus on image seemed to threaten the integrity of the long-form LP. On ...

Simply put, Rush were on fire as the decade turned to the 1980s. But in this week's Chuck's Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show, we want to know which you think is the better Rush album — ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Stanley is not a huge fan of the KISS album Unmasked. The legendary singer and guitarist singled out the 1980 album as his ...

We all have a special connection to the music of our youth, but what about the tunes that filled the air before our earliest memories? Take a trip back in time and explore the top Billboard albums ...

More than four decades after its release, AC/DC's Back in Black is still doing something few albums ever achieve: attracting new listeners while cementing its place as one of the biggest records in ...