‘Abbey Road’: How the Beatles Made Magic on the Verge of a Breakup
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At the height of their interpersonal strife, the band came together to create one more masterpiece
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Rolling Stone 500: How Bob Dylan Made ‘Blood on the Tracks’
Posted in: Music FeaturesIn the midst of a personal and artistic crisis, Dylan reinvented himself and created a masterpiece
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Flashback: Phil Collins Dances Into the Light
Posted in: Music NewsWeird as it may sound, Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz recently selected ‘Dance Into the Light’ as one of the best albums of all time
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Rolling Stone 500: Prince Achieves Global Takeover With ‘Purple Rain’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow Bob Seger ballads, a teenage guitarist, and a wildly ambitious film concept played into the defining statement of the artist’s career
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Rolling Stone 500: Vampire Weekend Age Gracefully on ‘Modern Vampires of the City’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFueled by post-breakup malaise and “vibe-y old skeleton art,” the once-trendy college band showed its staying power on its third LP
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Butch Vig on Why ‘Who’s Next’ ‘Didn’t Sound Like Any Other Record’
Posted in: Music Features“I was fascinated by how they put their sound together,” drummer-producer says of the Who as he reflects on their classic 1971 LP
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Rolling Stone 500: Radiohead’s Futuristic Breakthrough ‘OK Computer’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe band turned its back on Brit pop and drew inspiration from ‘Bitches Brew,’ ‘Pet Sounds,’ and more while creating its 1997 masterpiece
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Alessia Cara on Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’: ‘She Just Laid It All Out’
Posted in: Music Features“She changed everything for young women in this industry,” Cara says of Winehouse
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El-P on ‘Purple Rain’: ‘It Contains the DNA of Everything I Needed to Understand About Music’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe Run the Jewels rapper-producer discovered the Prince classic when he was nine years old, and it changed the course of his life
