When you want to put an album on and just let it play, what do you select? When you’re on a road trip, or you’re painting your house, or maybe you’re making an elaborate dinner—what records do you ...

Talking Heads arrived without finished songs. Their studio experiment became an all-time album.

When you think back to the music of the 1980s, there are likely two things that come to mind first. Hair metal and synth rock. But between all the glam and the keyboard-infused songs, there were other ...

Before Christopher Cross had one of the biggest debut albums in music history, a jam on a Paul McCartney & Wings song helped spark one of his signature hits. Released in 1980, “Ride Like the Wind” ...

Few songs have captured heartbreak quite like Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Released as a standalone single in ...