• 11 Great Albums That Open With Their Longest Song

    When an artist writes a lengthy song for an album, they usually place it towards the end of the album, long after the listener has already settled in. However, these artists chose to place their album's longest song not only close to the beginning, but as the album's opener.

  • 11 Band Names Taken From Movies

    Coming up with an original band name is a very difficult task, which is why so many musicians turn to cinema to find a suitable name for their band. Here are eleven band names that were taken from movies.

  • 5 Singers With Little (Or No) Experience With Instruments

    If someone wants to become a musician, the very first step most people take is learning an instrument. However, these five singers found incredible fame and success, despite the fact that they have very little experience (or in some cases, no experience at all) playing a musical instrument.

  • 8 Songs That Were Last Minute Additions To Classic Albums

    There's no way of knowing how many classic songs we'll never get to hear. Maybe the writers don't think they're good enough to release, or maybe they never received the right publicity. These eight songs came very close to never being heard, and were only included on their albums at the last minute.

  • 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.

  • 8 Albums That Open with Their Best Song

    The tracklisting for an album can make or break the listener's opinion of it. If an album doesn't open powerfully enough, the listener might not even make it through the rest of the songs. These eight albums got around this problem by placing the best song right at the top.

  • Six Lead Vocalists Who Don't Write Their Own Lyrics

    It's totally reasonable to assume that each member of a band writes his or her own parts: the guitarist writes the guitar parts, the bassist writes bass lines, and the vocalist writes the lyrics. However, there are some rare cases where someone in the band other than the vocalist writes the lyrics. Here are six examples of bands whose vocalists don't write their own lyrics.

  • 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.

  • 7 Achingly Beautiful Songs By Metal Bands

    Heavy metal is a lot of things to a lot of people: brutal, exhilarating, cathartic, but "beautiful" isn't really one of the first words to come to mind when describing a metal song. This doesn't mean that metal bands are incapable of writing beautiful songs, though. Here are seven incredibly beautiful songs written by metal bands.

  • Black Sabbath's Classic Ozzy Albums Available on iTunes

    Black Sabbath's been on a bit of a tear recently. The group is up for several Grammys when the ceremony takes place next weekend, it's announced a second leg of its tour in support of 2013's 13 album, and Converse is even releasing a sneaker that's Sabbath themed. What else could a fan ask for?
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