Classic LPs

Recorded in chunks over a six month period, Outlandos was released in November 1978 and featured at least three classic Police songs (four if you c...

Back in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, released by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records on 25 July 1980. It wa...

While there are lots of bands dealing in either danceable rock or navel-gazing pop, few bands combine the two quite like Foals. On Holy Fire, their...

Occasionally one album can be pinpointed as the turning point in a musical genre. 'Kill 'Em All' is one such album and, boy, did the heavy metal ge...

After the massive success of Pablo Honey or, more specifically, the single 'Creep' - had made them a household name, most had written Radiohead off...

Her’s, not only offer individuality, distinctiveness and originality, but an entire world brimming with fully realised characters and sounds. Where...

Rage Against the Machine was formed in 1991 and opened the gates of a new boundary-obliterating rock-rap musical alliance with the band's literate ...

There’s something to be said for a band that continues to surprise you without selling out or drastically reinventing themselves with every release...

The Downward Spiral is a visceral, haunting concept album, telling the story of a man's descent into despair and depravity, modeled on Trent Reznor...

Cocteau Twins decided to scale back the overly pretty sound on Blue Bell Knoll while experimenting with more accessibility. The Twins ended up crea...

The Colour of Spring is the third studio album by English band Talk Talk, released on 17 February 1986. Written by Mark Hollis and producer Tim F...

With 1987's Yo! Bum Rush the Show, Public Enemy introduce a new kind of bravado that's not just directed at other players and sucker MCs but is an ...

Vol. 4 is the fourth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in September 1972. It was the first album by Black Sabbath not produ...

Released in the UK on 3 July 1995, A Northern Soul, which spawned three Top 40 hit singles - 'This Is Music', 'On Your Own' and 'History' - was wel...

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut introduced the world outside New York to the beer-swilling frontwoman, who sounded like she'd eaten Pat Benatar for brea...

'Filth' was originally released in 1983 and is an exhausting exercise in the art of noise terrorism and gruesome, destructive, hate-filled bashing ...

Operation Ivy was a legendary Berkeley, California based 4-piece punk / ska band fronted by future Rancid cohorts Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman wh...

Widely considered to be one of the best albums of the 90s, 1992’s Automatic For The People features R.E.M.’s iconic hit singles "Nightswimming", "M...

Late Registration is the second album from Kanye West and is co-produced by Jon Brion - known principally as a soundtrack composer (magnolia, etern...

For most artists who are discovered behind the mixing boards, making the transfer from producer to MC proves a daunting task. Fortunately for Kanye...

Double Heavyweight vinyl reissue of Portishead’s studio album Third from 2008, their first following the group’s hiatus. Heavily influenced by the ...

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second and final studio album by the American band Neutral Milk Hotel, released on February 10, 1998, by Merge...

The deluxe edition of the group's sixth studio album arrives 40 years to the day after the original debuted in February, 1975. As with the previous...

Long-awaited vinyl reissue of the 1999 debut from Kathleen Hanna’s post-Bikini Kill project. It’s a stunning record; an album that invents day-glo ...