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Releasing a classic album is both a blessing and a curse for a musician. It may feel great to have created something that people love, but you're also faced with the massive pressure of following it up. Some artists are able to follow their classics with more classics, but most of the time these follow-ups albums are seen as disappointments. These five albums had the misfortune of being released after classics, but are much better than they're given credit for. -
6 Artists Who Have Released Album Trilogies: David Bowie, Green Day, and more
For most rock musicians, the full-length album is the highest artistic statement in the medium, the equivalent of a novel for a writer, or a feature-length film for a director. Just like novels and films, specific albums within an artist's catalogue are sometimes designed as trilogies, with certain musical and lyrical themes. Here are six artists who have released album trilogies. -
8 Classic Alt-Rock Albums and Their Original Titles: Green Day, Blur, and More
Very few things in music are presented in their original, unedited forms. Songs, as well as albums, are often re-written and re-structured over and over again before they're finished, and this is often the case with artwork and titles as well. Here are eight classic alternative rock albums that weren't released under their original names. -
9 Incredible Albums with Awful Titles: Green Day, the Beatles and more
There are some albums where everything comes together perfectly: the music, the lyrics, the cover, the title, everything. However, some of the greatest albums of all time were given titles that don't serve the music at all. Here are nine great albums that were given awful titles. -
Record Store Day reveals its best-selling vinyl exclusives from 2014
Record Store Day is a big part of promoting the rebirth of vinyl, but it's never claimed to be the savior of the recording industry. After all, part of the appeal is that just about everything released on the day is limited edition, drawing in us salivating audiophiles. Nonetheless, the organizers tracked the sales of the various titles that were available on April 19, and accordingly have released a list of the best-selling exclusive albums and singles. -
Pop Stars on Broadway: Hits and Misses with Ricky Martin, Carly Rae Jepsen, Nick Jonas, Cyndi Lauper, Sara Bareilles, Etc.
Pop stars from Ricky Martin to Carly Rae Jepsen have ventured onto Broadway and West End stages, with mixed results. -
Rolling Stone ranks best rock albums of 1994: Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young, more
Rolling Stone ranked the Top 40 rock albums of 1994, which it named "mainstream alternative's greatest year." -
Nine Artists Who Re-Recorded Their Own Songs: Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and more
Musicians love doing their own interpretations of songs written by other people, but sometimes they make the unusual choice of recording new versions of their own songs. Sometimes this is done to improve on the original, but other times they simply want to take one of their old songs and try it in a different style. Here are nine artists who did just that. -
Eight Bands That Moved Away from Punk: Beastie Boys, Green Day, and more
The world would be a much poorer place if punk rock didn't exist. It's a great place for musicians to start out, but there's only so much someone can do within the genre before they or their audience gets bored with it, which is why so many bands that started in punk eventually moved on, such as... -
Green Day will be taking a break after upcoming Australian tour dates
Green Day have announced that they will be taking a break after the upcoming Australian tour in February and March of next year. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong spoke to Jo Whiley earlier this week on her BBC Radio 2 show and shared about the decision. -
Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong record Everly Brothers cover album, 'Foreverly'
What happens when an indie-jazz singer and a pop-punk singer come together? A country album, of course. Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has enlisted Norah Jones for a cover version of the Everly Brother's 1958 record, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, which they have named, Foreverly. -
Green Day 'Dookie' Set: Billie Joe Armstrong & Rockers Perform 1994 Album In Entirety For London Show [WATCH]
Green Day stunned British fans on Wednesday night. Tne band unleashed a nice surprise (for the people over the age of 14, at least) and played the album Dookie in its entirety at London's Brixton Academy...
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