• 11 Great Albums With 11 Songs

    If you're obsessed with albums like I am, the number of songs in a tracklist has an inexplicable significance. While having 10, 12, or 15 tracks seems very neat and tidy, and having nine or less seems vaguely progressive, 11 tracks bursts with confidence, as if the artist had too many good songs for 10, but didn't want to pad it with 12. In honor of Nov. 11 (11/11!), here are the 11 best albums with 11 tracks.

  • 9 Albums That Open With Instrumentals

    Last week I wrote about albums that end on instrumental tracks, which I described as sort of epilogues to the album's narrative structure. If ending an album on an instrumental is an epilogue, opening with one must be a prologue, a way to ease the listener in. Here are nine albums that open with instrumental tracks.

  • Nick Drake's First Authorized Biography To Be Released This Year

    In honor of the 40th anniversary of his tragic death, British folk singer Nick Drake is getting his very first authorized biography, which will be released in November through John Murray Publishers. Titled Nick Drake: Remembered For A While, the book will tell the story of Drake's entire 26-year life through various interviews and essays compiled by his sister, Gabrielle Drake, as well as a number of newly commissioned pieces.

  • 15 Song Titles That Describe The Music

    Anyone who writes music can tell you that when a song is first written, it's usually given a boring descriptive title such as "Punk Song in A" or "Song With Slide Guitar" to remind the writer of how it goes. However, sometimes an actual title never comes along, and these descriptive working titles end up in the final tracklisting. Here are 15 song titles that describe the music.

  • 6 Artists Whose Final Albums Were Their Best

    You'd think that after releasing an incredible, critically acclaimed album, an artist would have more of an incentive to continue along the same path. For one reason or another, however, these six artists closed out their careers on their best album.

  • Unheard Nick Drake Tapes Going Up For Auction

    Pitchfork reports that six previously unheard tapes recorded by late folk singer Nick Drake will be going up for auction on July 31st. The tapes were recorded in 1968, a year prior to Drake's debut album Five Leaves Left, and are expected to sell for at least £250,000, or $428,000, at London's Ted Owen & Company auction house.

  • 8 Music Biopics We'd Love To See

    With the recent news of biopics about N.W.A. and Aaliyah, I started thinking about some musicians whose lives I'd like to see dramatized in a film. Here are eight musical biopics that I'd love to see.

  • 7 Album Covers That Are Homages to Other Albums

    Musicians steal from each other all the times, whether it comes to lyrics, riffs, fashion, or in this case, album covers. Here are seven album covers that are homages (or rip-offs) to other albums.

  • 6 Bands That Were Backing Bands for Other Artists

    The ideal career for most bands it to achieve success by playing their own songs, but some bands have very successfully performed as backing bands for other well-known artists. Here are six bands who did just that.

  • 7 Classic Albums That Were Recorded Extremely Quickly

    In an era where My Bloody Valentine takes 20 years to record an album, it’s easy to forget that recording a good album doesn’t need to take a very long time. In fact, some of the greatest albums of all time were recorded in no time at all. Here are seven classic albums that were recorded extremely quickly.

  • It's Time You Gave This Drake a Listen

    For this Throwback Thursday we're returning to the 70s to spotlight an artist who finished his last album during the early part of this decade. Nick Drake was caught between two more distinctive eras, and had a sound completely of his own. Listen to "Place to Be" now.
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