Underrated classic rock albums like Strange Days by The Doors and Get Your Wings by Aerosmith deserve far more credit and ...

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Buckle up folks because we are ranking the greatest album openers in music history. A legendary opener on an album can set ...

Paste has been in existence since July 2002, but it’s taken 22 years for us to sit down and make a “Greatest Albums of All Time” list. Every reputable outlet has done this at some point or another; ...

Crank up the volume and prepare to headbang! Join us as we count down our picks for the most influential, important and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Taylor Swift's career trajectory is honestly a whirlwind of iconic moments, from her massive country ...

This week on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen Thompson listen to a grab bag of new releases out on July 19, including what's being called the last ...

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Over the last handful of weeks, we’ve been positively debut album-pilled here at Paste. From our 21st century list to our recurring Saturday series of decades from the 1960s through the 1990s, we’ve ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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