Albums

Rock Covers

There's no denying the fact that music is an essential part of our cultural lexicon and identity. We owe as much to the art that accompanied the music itself, and that's where Taschen's Rock Covers book comes in. The latest version of Rock Covers brings you more than 750 album…

20 Albums You Have to Listen to Front to Back

In an age of Spotify playlists and 99-cent downloads, owning an entire album is kinda pointless. Why buy or listen to a full album when you can just grab the highlights, right? That's sound thinking ... most of the time. There are times, however, when an album is so perfect, so…

What’s Happening Outside the Frames of Iconic Album Covers?

That Instagram post of the woman doing some insane yoga pose in an angelic field filled with daisies? Yeah, it was probably cropped so you couldn't see the chaos going on around her, the child waiting for her mom to finish taking the picture and the trashcan overflowing with McDonald's.…

To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar's latest album, To Pimp a Butterfly, came out a week ahead of schedule, which means our ears have had time to digest the tracks. Now that they have, consider us in the group calling it one of the best hip-hop albums of the last decade. The new King of Compton…