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The Anthologies told the story of The Beatles, tracking their development from amateur cover-artists to bona fide musical pioneers.
Today, millions of musicians record and splice tracks from their bedrooms, closets and garages. Half a century ago, the funk pioneer revolutionized home recording.
The double album remains a crucial, albeit uncommon, part of pop music.
From Charli XCX’s global domination with Brat to Kendrick Lamar’s rap game-changing GNX, these are the best albums of 2024 according to our academic experts.
These albums are often about American music as much as they are about America.
Swift positions herself in a long history of women accused of ‘behaving badly’ while revealing the importance of revisiting our understanding of the past based on shifting evidence.
The pianist and vocalist helped Fleetwood Mac weather the changes in the music world.
Clicking ‘random’ on album tracks does the artist a disservice. It can also mean the listener is missing out, too.
With streaming, people listen to individual tracks but the Mercury Prize is all about albums, is it still relevant?
The story of the album, which was released 40 years ago, is a classic tale of how bands struggle with unchecked egos and competing visions.
Some covers are recorded as a nod to the legacy of the original, only to end up becoming the definitive version of the song.
Some of our favourite music formats might not be as environmentally friendly as we think.
Song by song streaming services may be hurting the album commercially, but its place in our cultural lexicon will be harder to shake.
The Cure’s seventh studio album was an 18-track, 70-minute plus extravagance of pure theatre and dark romance.
In Hounds of Love, Kate Bush’s extraordinary vocal performances are the musical equivalent of speaking in tongues. There are few more thrilling, literate, and ambitious works of popular music.
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
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Course Director, MA in Songwriting, University of Limerick
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Senior Lecturer, Music Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of Music Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
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Associate Professor in Music and the Creative Industries, Middlesex University
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Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Principal Lecturer, Music, University of Westminster
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Lecturer in Music and Management, University of Leeds
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PhD researcher in Gender and Popular Music, Kingston University
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Lecturer in the Anthropology of Music, King's College London
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Associate Professor of History, Brock University
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Director of Music Industry Program & Associate Professor of Musicology, Oklahoma State University