Discover Kurt Cobain's top 10 favorite albums, from Iggy and the Stooges' Raw Power to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa, and the records that influenced Nirvana.
Melissa Auf der Maur returns with her first new music in 15 years, releasing a soundtrack tied to her upcoming art exhibition featuring rare demos and photography.
From Sonic Youth to Black Flag, explore the albums ranked 20–11 on Kurt Cobain's handwritten list of his all-time favorite records.
From “Yellow Ledbetter” to “The Masterplan,” explore 13 brilliant B-sides that could have been classic A-side singles.
Think heavy metal died in the '90s? These 20 essential albums prove the genre thrived and evolved despite grunge's mainstream dominance.
David Bowie's final live performance came at a 2006 charity concert. Here's why fans only realized years later they had witnessed his last show.
Keith Richards revealed that "All About You" wasn't about Anita Pallenberg—it was aimed at Mick Jagger, exposing a hidden Rolling Stones feud.
Released in 1987, Appetite for Destruction overcame a slow start to become Guns N' Roses' breakthrough and a rock classic.
Kurt Cobain's favorite albums countdown continues with entries 30–21, featuring essential punk, post-punk, and alternative releases.
He's spent six decades fronting the Rolling Stones, but Mick Jagger's solo singles tell a different story — one built on restless reinvention and unlikely collaborators. The albums may be uneven, but these eight tracks prove he's always had something to say on his own terms.
We're back with the next chapter of Kurt Cobain's handwritten top 50, drawn from his 2002 book Journals. Entries 40 through 31 span Black Flag's hardcore fury, Daniel Johnston's lo-fi confessions, Lead Belly's haunting blues, and the Beatles' timeless hooks — next set of 10 albums that reveal just h
Sade's debut Diamond Life still sounds unlike anything else from 1984. Built on jazz cool, bossa nova lope, and soul directness, the album made silence its secret weapon at a time when pop was drowning in synthesizers. "Smooth Operator," "Your Love Is King," and company proved that restraint could o
Hit the road with Bob Dylan's timeless classics. These 12 songs blend freedom, storytelling, and summer vibes to create the perfect soundtrack for every road trip adventure.
Long before Nirvana changed rock forever, Kurt Cobain was a restless, obsessive listener with taste that defied easy categorization. Drawn from a handwritten list tucked inside his 2002 book Journals, this series counts down every album on Cobain's personal top 50 — each rated through AllMusic's len
Even the greatest artists have off days. Sometimes, entire an album's worth of them. AllMusic has flagged plenty of missteps from otherwise legendary catalogs, records that found beloved musicians chasing trends, running out of ideas, or simply losing the thread that made them great
On July 14, 1977, the BBC finally aired the Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" on Top of the Pops, ending months of effectively blacklisting the band. More than a victory over censorship, it proved that a brilliantly crafted pop song—wrapped in punk's sneer and defiance—could force even Britain's most pow
Rock and roll has splintered into a hundred dialects since its birth, but certain records never stopped speaking the language fluently. These 12 albums didn't just capture a moment — they built the vocabulary that punk, metal, grunge, and everything in between still borrows from dec
