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10 new albums to stream this week
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The 27 best albums of 2023
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The 25 best cover songs of all time, ranked
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The best album by every artist in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2023
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Essential Duran Duran: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked
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The 50 greatest music videos of all time, ranked
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Essential Aerosmith: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Led Zeppelin: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked
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The 40 best comedy albums of all time, ranked
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40 years of Madonna: The Queen of Pop's greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you
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John Williams' 20 greatest film scores, ranked
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The best albums of 2023 (so far)
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The Police's 30 best songs of all time, ranked
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Essential Prince: His greatest songs of all time, ranked
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The 40 greatest movie soundtracks of all time, ranked
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Tina Turner's most unforgettable tracks
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The Cure’s 30 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Metallica: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential R.E.M.: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked
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U2's 40 greatest songs, ranked
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10 tracks to remember Burt Bacharach
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Happy birthday, Elvis: 30 essential tracks from The King
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Happy birthday, David Bowie: Ranking his 20 best albums
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The 30 best albums of 2022
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Essential Elton John: Counting down the Rocket Man's 30 best songs
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Every Björk album, ranked
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The 25 best albums of 2022 (so far)
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The 20 best frontpeople in modern rock
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Every 2022 Grammys performance, ranked from worst to best
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Every Sonic Youth album, ranked worst to best
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The 20 best songs of 2021
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The best albums of 2021: The ballots
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The 20 best albums of 2021
By Alex McLevy, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Baraka Kaseko, Saloni Gajjar, Clayton Purdom, Lily Moayeri, Nina Hernandez, Max Freedman, Annie Zaleski December 23, 2021 | 6:00am
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Every Weezer song ranked, from worst to best
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The best songs of 2021 so far
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The best albums of 2021 so far
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