We weren’t sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did.
The album finds the singer venturing outside of country music’s boundaries but taking few risks beyond the act of reinvention itself.
The band’s sixth album is less of a revelation than a routine.
The singer spends little time dwelling on the specifics of her heartbreak or fully mapping the album’s emotional landscape.
These albums remain predominantly within the scope of the genre’s original sound and spirit.
The album is at its best when it leans into the DJ/producer’s dexterous instrumental tinkering.
The album is a diaristic account of the way in which the artistic process can help one move through emotional blocks.
The album is a welcome, if predictable, reminder of the days when the guitar-driven verse-chorus song was king.
The band’s willingness to harness the latest sonic trends is hit and (mostly) miss.
The album finds the band exploring new tones and textures without betraying their monolithic, thundering signature sound.
The maturity and control of the singer’s voice re-contexualizes the songs from the original album.
The artist scales back the divine aspirations and melodramatic tendencies, resulting in his most secular work to date.
The album stretches its songs out as long as possible in an effort to get the most out of a flickering of serenity.
The album is a compelling, if minor, chapter in the artist’s ongoing saga of fatalistic romanticism.
Imagine Dragons’s new video is a wish-fulfillment fantasy through and through.
On her debut album, the singer-songwriter blends pop and country without subjugating either.
Though the album will always be remembered for its rousing pop peaks, its best-kept secrets are some of its most indelible moments.
The album is an ambitious, dizzying jumble of genres and tones, held together on the power of the singer’s beguiling voice and charisma.
Though the band’s musicianship is in peak form, the album’s songwriting limits its impact.
In honor of the electronic duo’s nearly three-decade run, we’ve ranked all five of their albums.
The album provides a cathartic outlet with which to confront the pains of self-definition in an ever-amorphous world.