• 8 Great Albums That Open With Cover Songs

    For performers who write their own songs, an album's opening track is pretty tricky. There's a lot of pressure to write an excellent song that catches the listener's attention and entices them to listen further, but some artists get around this by opening their albums with cover songs instead. Here are eight great albums that open with cover songs.

  • 10 Musicians Who Have Directed Films

    Today Bruce Springsteen shared his short film/music video Hunter of Invisible Game on his website, which is his directorial debut. Springsteen is far from the first musician to direct a film, however. Here are ten more musicians who have dabbled in film directing.

  • All Star Game Week Features Idina Menzel, Imagine Dragons, Aloe Blacc and More

    Major League Baseball has assembled a solid collective of musicians to accompany the upcoming All Star Game "weekend" taking place in Minneapolis over the next seven days. Check out the full list of guest stars and note that one Minnesota native won't be making an appearance: Prince. Just playing MLB, you know we love you.

  • 5 Artists Who Became Songwriters After They Debuted

    Just because someone's an excellent performer doesn't mean they're an excellent songwriter as well. Some artists are talented enough to have debuted as both excellent performers and songwriters, such as the Beatles, but some artists were only comfortable writing their own material after they were established as performers. Here are five artists who eventually became great songwriters after they debuted.

  • 8 Song Titles That Are Homages To Other Songs

    In choosing song titles or band names, it's not uncommon for an artist to reference other works of art, such as books or films, and sometimes they even reference other songs. Here are eight song titles that are homages to other songs.

  • 6 Great Albums Named After Their Worst Song

    When an album is named after a particular track, there's an unspoken expectation that this track will be somehow exceptional, and one of the album's best. However, these six albums were named after songs that ended being their weakest.

  • 7 Pairs of Albums with the Same Title: Which Is Better?

    A while back, I wrote an article comparing songs that happen to have the same title. Though two songs sharing the same title is fairly common (I could rewrite that list many times over with new songs), two albums sharing a title doesn't happen nearly as much. Let's unfairly compare some albums whose only similarities are their titles.

  • 6 Incredible Songs That Took Lyrics from Other Songs

    There's a very fine line between homage and plagiarism, but these six artists walked that line masterfully when writing the lyrics to these songs. Here are six incredible songs that took lyrics from other songs.

  • 8 Great Punk Covers of Classic Songs

    If an artist does a cover version of a song, but doesn't really change anything about it, then there's not really a point in doing it at all (listen to Seal's version of "Let's Stay Together" and tell me why it had to be made). However, these eight bands took songs by non-punk bands and put their own noisy punk spin of them.

  • 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.

  • 6 Albums Divided Into Two Distinct Halves

    Before the invention of CDs, artists had to sequence their albums with consideration to the two sides of a record, meaning that each half of the album had to flow and feel complete on its own. This resulted in many albums where the two sides are quite different from one another. Here are six excellent albums that are divided into two distinct halves.

  • 5 Artists Whose Lyrics Are Better Than Their Music

    When talking about his songwriting, Kurt Cobain was once said “music comes first and lyrics come second.” Most songwriters and music fans place the importance of a song’s music over its lyrical content, but there are some singers whose lyrics are actually the best parts of their songs. Here are five artists whose lyrics are better than their music.
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