Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by the American pop musician Michael Jackson, released August 10, 1979 on Epic Records, after Jackson's critically well received film performance in The Wiz. While working on that project, Jackson and Quincy Jones had become friends, and Jones agreed to work with Jackson on his next studio album. Recording sessions took place between December 1978 and June 1979 at Allen Zentz Recording, Westlake Recording Studios, and Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California. Jackson collaborated with a number of other writers and performers such as Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Rod Temperton. Jackson wrote several of the songs himself, including the lead single, "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough".
The record was a departure from Jackson's previous work for Motown. Several critics observed that Off the Wall was crafted from funk, disco-pop, soul, soft rock, jazz and pop ballads. Jackson received positive reviews for his vocal performance on the record. The record gained positive reviews and won the singer his first Grammy Awards since the early 1970s. With Off the Wall, Jackson became the first solo artist to have four singles from the same album peak inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was a commercial success, to date it is certified for 7× Multi-Platinum in the US and has sold 20 million copies worldwide.
On October 16, 2001, a special edition reissue of Off the Wall was released by Sony Records. Recent reviews by Allmusic and Blender have continued to praise Off the Wall for its appeal in the 21st century. In 2003, the album was ranked number 68 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The National Association of Recording Merchandisers listed it at number 80 of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. In 2008, Off the Wall was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Straight Outta Compton wasn't quite the first gangsta rap album, but it was the first one to find a popular audience, and its sensibility virtually defined the genre from its 1988 release on. It established gangsta rap -- and, moreover, West Coast rap in general -- as a commercial force, going platinum with no airplay and crossing over with shock-hungry white teenagers. Unlike Ice-T, there's little social criticism or reflection on the gangsta lifestyle; most of the record is about raising hell -- harassing women, driving drunk, shooting it out with cops and partygoers. All of that directionless rebellion and rage produces some of the most frightening, visceral moments in all of rap, especially the amazing opening trio of songs, which threaten to dwarf everything that follows. Given the album's sheer force, the production is surprisingly spare, even a little low-budget -- mostly DJ scratches and a drum machine, plus a few sampled horn blasts and bits of funk guitar. Although they were as much a reaction against pop-friendly rap, Straight Outta Compton's insistent claims of reality ring a little hollow today, since it hardly ever depicts consequences. But despite all the romanticized invincibility, the force and detail of Ice Cube's writing makes the exaggerations resonate. Although Cube wrote some of his bandmates' raps, including nearly all of Eazy-E's, each member has a distinct delivery and character, and the energy of their individual personalities puts their generic imitators to shame. But although Straight Outta Compton has its own share of posturing, it still sounds refreshingly uncalculated because of its irreverent, gonzo sense of humor, still unfortunately rare in hardcore rap. There are several undistinguished misfires during the second half, but they aren't nearly enough to detract from the overall magnitude. It's impossible to overstate the enduring impact of Straight Outta Compton; as polarizing as its outlook may be, it remains an essential landmark, one of hip-hop's all-time greatest.

被切割的眼球、文身的乳头、美人鱼、妓女和冲向厕所的圣经人物--这就是波士顿四人组合“小妖精”第二张专辑《都立特》中的一些精彩画面。布莱克．弗朗西斯（Black Francis）的超现实品位为乐队带来了诡异的深度，但他们的音乐在今天更能引起共鸣。简单来说《都立特》继承了80年代美国地下凶狠的硬核并使之发扬光大。当柯特．科本承认《少年心气》（Smells Like Teen Spirit）中完美的动静结合是照搬“小妖精”时，他只是证实了忠实歌迷已经知道的事。如今，《都立特》听起来像一张终极的另类摇滚唱片：重吉他噪音、朋克速度、冲浪摇滚、冲天的圣歌、暗示抗争污秽与异类的歌词，以及布莱克．弗朗西斯的超自然嚎叫。意料之中，却证明了无法战胜。在接下来的两张专辑后，贝司手奇姆．迪尔（Kim Deal）创建了“饲养员”（The Breeders）。布莱克．弗朗西斯把名字换成了弗朗克．布莱克（Frank Black），生产了数张失水准的个人专辑。鼓手戴夫．洛弗（Dave Lovering）则成为了一个魔术师。

人戏两忘，入戏太深，当一个艺人如是行事，真不知是件好事还是悲剧，张国荣的纵身一跃，让无数人心颤，而Chet Baker1988年从荷兰阿姆斯特丹一家酒店窗台上坠落的那一刻，也是无数爵士乐迷同样感伤的瞬间。
Baker沙哑磁性的嗓音，在50年代完全掩盖了他出众的小号演奏，那些冷漠，臃懒，漫不经心的歌声，却打动了千万歌迷的心，加上酷似叛逆影星詹姆斯·迪恩的脸庞，Baker成为了公众喜爱的超级偶像，这个白人小伙，他的知名曲《My Funny Valentine》，是哪个时代竟相传唱的流行金曲。
可是Baker并不幸福，他总是皱着眉头，偶像的孤独的滋味他比别人要有更深的体会，而个性中的孤傲，迷惘，最终让他不得不在吸毒中找到片刻的自在和超脱，可惜这短暂的自在和超脱，换来的是终身的毒瘾与自毁。
专辑的20首歌曲，选自Baker演唱事业黄金时代，专辑有一个《让我们迷失》，真的，在这些冷冷的懒懒的歌声背后，是一颗找不到归宿的寂寞心灵。

Skid Row is the debut album from the American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on January 24, 1989. The album is certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA. The album spawned the top 10 singles "18 and Life" and "I Remember You" and the Mainstream rock hit "Youth Gone Wild". It is the band's most commercially successful album. It went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide, including 5 million in the United States alone.

与前两张专辑一样，这张The Black Parade仍是一张概念专辑，主题围绕一个即将死去的病人展开。主唱Gerard Way接受iTunes采访时说：“这张专辑讲述了一个在医院中死去的病人的故事。在即将死去的那段日子，他极力的回顾自己的一生，总结自己所犯的错误。他印象最深的是小时候爸爸带他去参加一个游行的事情。因此，死亡来临的时候以black parade的形式。”歌迷猜测这个病人死于癌症，因为专辑中有一首歌曲叫做Cancer，而且在我们前几天发布的Welcome to the Black Parade的MV中，主唱Gerard Way将头发剪短并且漂成了白色，以此来比喻一个正在接受化疗的病人。
*这张专辑必将My Chemical Romance推向最伟大的摇滚乐队行列……能够像Nirvana的Nevermind以及Green Day的American Idiot一样，成为美国历史上最伟大摇滚专辑。
——英国NME杂志
*2006年最好的mid-Seventies专辑。
——美国《滚石》杂志
美国新泽西乐队My Chemical Romance的第三张录音室专辑终于发行了，这张专辑不仅我们等的辛苦，从国外音乐论坛上的情况来看，关注率也是相当高的。无论如何，请各位都来听听，因为它实在太棒了！

Japan exclusive limited edition of 2004 album includes one bonus track, a bonus disc with eight additional tracks, & a DVD (NTSC/Region 2). * Please note you will need an All Code DVD player to view. Warner. 2005.

The album was conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aaron Dessner of The National was isolating and quarantining with his family, when Swift had approached him in late April to write some songs remotely together. 11 songs were written with Dessner over the next few months, while the others were written with Jack Antonoff, William Bowery and Bon Iver. "I thought it would take a while for song ideas to come and I had no expectations as far as what we could accomplish remotely," Dessner wrote in his tweet, "But a few hours after sharing music, my phone lit up with a voice memo from Taylor of a fully written song -- the momentum never really stopped."
The album's release was announced by Swift on her social media accounts hours before its midnight, July 24, 2020, launch. It follows her seventh studio albumLover, released almost a year prior. The album has eight deluxe CDs and vinyls that are only available for a week for the physical copies, all of which have different covers and photos.
An accompanying music videofor the lead single "Cardigan" will be released along with the album.

巴布狄伦曾经说，「我从来没有想过要当个先知或救星。」也许他不是个先知，但依然获得了举世的推崇，七座葛莱美奖、终身成就奖、还有「摇滚名人殿堂」，只不过是他毕生荣耀的冰山一角。他是当代美国民歌的宗师，堪称活生生的传奇。六十五岁的狄伦，依然活跃如昔，除了密集巡回，还出版自传，大导演马丁史柯西斯并且拍摄了他的传记影片。2006年八月底，他发表五年来首张全新创作的《摩登时代》，立即登上排行冠军宝座。
成名四十五年来，狄伦曾在60年代先後两度改变作品的风格，而这张专辑则带来第三度的改变。「摩登时代」有如一块未经雕琢的璞玉，充满粗犷的魅力，节奏与拍子也不断的变化，洋溢着几乎有如现场、很直接的感觉，歌曲有的幽默、有的神秘，有的纤柔、有的狂野。他以「杰克佛洛斯特Jack Frost」的化名，亲自担任制作，从开场第一首歌曲＜Thunder on the Mountain＞，他就毫不避讳的唱出自己对新生代创作女歌手艾莉西亚凯斯"Alicic Keys"的喜爱，在这首火热、刺耳、狂放不羁的蓝调旋律中，老先生显得烦躁不安、却又充满了激动的狂喜。在一群顶尖乐手的陪衬下，他采用流行音乐的传统，对摩登的世界提出大胆的挑衅。除了蓝调之外，透过＜Spirit on the Water＞，他也唱出爱情的神圣。在＜When the Deal Goes Down＞里面，他则刻意的模仿已故歌手平克劳斯贝那种唱腔，加上「柯波帝：冷血告白」获奥斯卡最佳导演提名的Bennett Miller使用八厘米形式拍摄由当红好莱坞女星史嘉蕾乔韩森"Scarlett Johansson"主演该曲短篇影片，造成轰动。
而＜Rollin‘ and Tumblin‘＞和＜Someday Baby＞又让人联想起穆帝华特斯。但可别以为他是在抄袭，他只是生动的采用了蓝调、摇滚、福音、以及R&B等各种不同的音乐型态，让歌曲得到最好的表现。
《摩登时代》阐述着各种情感，＜When the Deal Goes Down＞和＜Beyond the Horizon＞说的是爱情，＜The Levee‘s Gonna Break＞和＜Ain‘t Talkin’＞探讨的是死亡，而＜Workingman‘s Blues #2＞则唱出这个世界令人沮丧的现况，甚至沿着传统一路走来，在黑暗的同时，也隐约透露着一线希望的曙光，就好像卓别林那部不朽的经典，也就难怪他会用「摩登时代」来当作专辑的标题了。老而弥坚的巴布狄伦，总是不断的带给世人各种惊奇，这张专辑再度证明了这一点。