We're No. 1

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  We're No. 1 The surprisingly subversive album that changed stand-up comedy forever

  The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart opened doors, set records, and created a whole new phenomenon.

  May 14, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 In a decade where U2 got weird, Zooropa was the band’s weirdest effort

  U2 has never done anything halfway—and that includes having a mid-career crisis.

  April 9, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Bush had fame, but with Razorblade Suitcase, it wanted credibility

  After the massive success of their polished debut, the whipping boys of alternarock stripped down.

  March 19, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  We're No. 1 Jay-Z and Linkin Park’s Collision Course was at once a cash-in and a labor of love

  How two acts sold 5 million copies of a 21-minute EP.

  February 12, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Why the fatalistic Goodbye Yellow Brick Road remains Elton John’s most popular album

  A view of fame’s downside from a musician at his peak.

  January 15, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Jimmy Buffett pulled in some country-music ringers for the horribly titled License To Chill 

  And he might just be as influential as Johnny Cash.

  December 11, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Santana’s Supernatural was 1999’s most surprisingly successful album

  Is “Smooth” the Citizen Kane of pop songs, or Santana’s “Kokomo”?

  November 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Prince’s Batman soundtrack is not the embarrassment it’s reputed to be

  When is a soundtrack not really a soundtrack?

  October 9, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Boston’s blockbuster debut proved a tough act to follow on deadline

  A faceless band’s second album captures the problem with perfectionism.

  September 11, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  We're No. 1 The fake Beatles album Yesterday And Today once topped the charts 

  The space-filler American Beatles fans got between real Beatles albums is now all but erased from history.

  August 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Trent Reznor made alt-rock’s last stand with The Fragile

  Trent Reznor’s much-fussed-over follow-up to The Downward Spiral arrived after its time had passed.

  July 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Phil Collins was just your average, everyday, kind of creepy star when he made No Jacket Required 

  Phil Collins didn’t look like a pop star but the ’80s made him huge anyway. 

  June 12, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

  For a while, Lauryn Hill had it all. Or seemed to. 

  May 8, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Metallica’s St. Anger rode a wave of dysfunction to the top of the charts 

  The heavy metal album as therapy session. 

  April 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Blues Brothers' Briefcase Full of Blues

  When some funnymen played blues and soul, they weren’t really trying to be funny.

  March 13, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  We're No. 1 Bob Dylan's Modern Times

  How to top the charts by stepping out of time.

  February 14, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  We're No. 1 Quiet Riot’s Metal Health

  For one brief moment, Quiet Riot had the world at its feet.

  January 10, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  We're No. 1 MC Hammer’s Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em

  Though few may choose to remember it now, there was a time when MC Hammer ruled the charts.

  December 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun

  A classic rock band’s third album captures much of what makes it so appealing and embarrassing. 

  November 8, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  We're No. 1 The Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You 

  A 1981 album found the Stones at a crossroads. Did the band then choose the wrong path? 

  October 11, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key Of Life

  Maybe an album can be all things to all people.

  September 20, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Garth Brooks’ Ropin' The Wind

  Garth Brooks is a big star and has the numbers to back it up.

  September 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity

  Which made a journeyman rock band reach No. 1: Gifted Rolexes or the rise of divorce rock? How about a little from both columns? 

  August 23, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Kanye West’s 808s And Heartbreak 

  In the fall of 2008 the cold, sharp sounds of a man in pain topped the charts.  

  August 9, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits: 1971-75 

  Fucking hate the Eagles? Ever thought about why? 

  July 26, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Counting Crows’ Recovering The Satellites

  Who among us can relate to an album about the problems with being famous? Well…

  July 12, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Lady Gaga’s Born This Way

  Sure, Gaga’s latest sold a million copies. But what does that mean in a changing landscape where sales are an increasingly small part of the picture?

  June 28, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Pink Floyd’s The Wall

  Roger Waters hated rock stardom so much he made a blockbuster double-album with an accompanying arena-sized theatrical spectacle about it.

  June 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Michael Jackson’s Bad

  When you've conquered the world, what do you do for an encore?

  June 1, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Huey Lewis And The News’ Sports

  It was so ordinary it became extraordinary.

  May 17, 2011 | 12:00am -