• Brian Eno Covers Lou Reed, Conjures the Titanic on New Album ‘The Ship’ [LISTEN]

    Brian Eno just released The Ship, his latest full-length solo album on Warp. Apparently, the LP grew out of the legendary producer's fascination with World War I and the sinking of the so-called "unsinkable" Titanic. It plays like a pastiche, conjures a collage of different stories told with the help of sea-like ambient instrumentations that conclude with a pretty straightforward cover of The Velvet Underground's "I'm Set Free," penned by Lou Reed.

  • 9 Rock Albums Whose Producers Co-Wrote The Music

    In genres such as pop and hip-hop, it's pretty much standard for a producer to have an active role in the album's songwriting, especially if they're working with a solo artist, but this is pretty uncommon when working with rock bands, who tend to write their own material. These nine albums, however, feature extensive songwriting contributions from their producers, even though they were made by rock bands.

  • Brian Eno To Reissue Four Albums Along with Unreleased, Rare Material [TRACKLIST]

    Brian Eno has announced he'll be dropping four albums worth of unreleased or rare music via All Saints Records on December 2. Nerve Net (1992), The Shutov Assembly (1992), Neroli (1993), and The Drop (1997) will all be reissued and will come with a bonus disc featuring the previously unreleased material. The project is part of a new archival campaign, which revisits ambient works from the '90s, Consequence of Sound reports.

  • 10 Albums With Their Genre In The Title

    Some artists make it pretty difficult to judge what kind of music they play based solely on their album covers or titles. However, these artists made it pretty simply to figure out by including the name of their genre in the album title.

  • 13 Albums That End With Their Title Track

    An album's title track is inevitably given more weight than the album's other songs, because it's natural to assume that the one song the entire album s named after must be something special. However, these artists chose to place even more weight on these particular songs by choosing to close out the entire album with them.

  • 9 Solo Artists Who Are Better Than Their Bands

    How many times have you been disappointed by a solo album from a member of one of your favorite bands? Sometimes they're outright bad, but even the good ones (Morrissey, Paul McCartney, etc.) simply can't compare to their old bands. However, these nine artists broke this trend, releasing solo albums that actually surpass the work of their old bands.

  • 8 Album Titles Inspired By Literature

    I've previously written about bands that named themselves after works of literature, but some artists have chosen to boast their literary credentials in other ways. Here are eight album titles that were inspired by literary works.

  • 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.

  • 12 Album Titles That Describe The Music

    A good album title should always suit or complement the music that it represents, but some artists create album titles by literally describing the music itself. Here are twelve album titles that describe the music.

  • 7 Bands That Spawned Multiple Prominent Solo Careers

    Many bands would be lucky enough to have just one immensely talented artist to carry them to success, but these seven bands had two (or sometimes more) musicians in their ranks who would go on to achieve success on their own.

  • 6 Artists From The '70s Who Did Well In The '80s

    It may have been something in the water, but for whatever reason, the '80s were not kind to many of the genius artists of the '70s. Some of them lost their edge and went pop (Genesis) while some just completely lost their minds, and not in a good way (Neil Young). However, these six artists managed to flourish in the '80s and release some of their best work.
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