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I've previously written about bands that named themselves after works of literature, but some artists have chosen to boast their literary credentials in other ways. Here are eight album titles that were inspired by literary works. -
7 Albums That Are Partial-Concept Albums: Pink Floyd, The Beatles, And More
A concept album is an album that tells a complete story through its songs, or follows a single theme, such as Pink Floyd's The Wall or Nick Cave's Murder Ballads. However, there are some artists who attempted to make concept albums, but only dedicated some songs to the concept, rather than all of them. Here are seven partial-concept albums. -
6 Great Songs Originally Done In Different Styles: The Beatles, Carly Rae Jepsen, And More
Some chord progressions, lyrics, and melodies just lend themselves to a particular style of music, but sometimes an artist plays around with a few different styles before finding one that fits the song best. Here are six great songs that were originally done in different styles. -
8 Bands Where Every Member Writes Songs: Queen, Led Zeppelin, And More
A great number of bands are led by just one or two songwriters, with the rest of the members never really contributing anything compositionally. However, these eight bands moved beyond this dynamic by featuring songwriting contributions from each one of their members. -
9 Great Albums That Open With Very Brief Songs: Foo Fighters, Cat Stevens, And More
Earlier this week I wrote an article about albums that open with their longest song, such as David Bowie's Station to Station. These nine albums, however, pulled a completely different trick by easing listeners in with songs that are under two minutes long. -
Celebrity Doppelgangers: Musicians And Their Actor Look-A-Likes, Featuring Skrillex, Madonna, Kesha, Jenny Lewis, And More!
With music biopics popping up all the time, and controversies surrounding which actors will play which musicians, we decided to compile a list of musicians and their actor doppelgängers. We think their resemblances are pretty uncanny. See who looks like Bono, Skrillex, Beck, Shakira, Jenny Lewis, Dave Matthews, Alicia Keys, and more in our side-by-side photo comparisons below. -
Israel-Palestine Conflict: Rihanna, Roger Waters, Eddie Vedder, Waka Flocka Flame, And More Respond On Social Media
With the growing conflict between Israel and Palestine, many people are turning to social media to voice their opinions, frustrations, prayers, and calls for peace. Most celebrities are keeping silent on the issue to avoid a PR nightmare by choosing sides. However, there are a few outspoken ones who have openly discussed the issue online. Some of them are simply calling for peace in general while others have chosen sides. Eddie Vedder, Rihanna, and more weigh in on the issue. -
9 Albums Where Most Of The Songs Were Singles: Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, And More
The main point of releasing a single is to convince audiences to go out and purchase the entire album, but some albums end up being so successful that most of the songs end up being released as singles. Here are nine albums that were mostly made-up of singles. -
MTV VMAs 2014: 10 Categories And Nominees That Should Exist, Featuring Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, And More
Today MTV announced the nominees for this year's Video Music Awards. There are 16 categories in total, but here at Music Times, we think they could stand to add a few more. Here are some VMA categories that should exist. -
12 Initial Impressions Of The New Pornographers "War On The East Coast" [WATCH]
Today, the New Pornographers released the video for its song "War On the East Coast," the title track to its upcoming album, which will be released on August 25 through Matador Records. Here are all of my impressions of the video after watching it just one time. -
8 Artists Who Should Make Dance Albums: The Flaming Lips, Morrissey, And More
When country legend Dolly Parton announced today that she's planning on releasing an LGBT-friendly dance album, it got me thinking about what other artists I'd love to hear dance albums from. Here are eight artists who should release dance albums, too. -
8 Albums Whose Closing Tracks Were Big Singles: Adele, Kanye West, And More
As a general rule in pop music, an album's big single is usually placed towards the beginning, if not at the very top, of the tracklisting, with the album's last track reserved for something less pop friendly. However, these eight artists broke this trend by sticking huge singles at the very end of the album.
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