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One of the defining albums of thrash metal, Master of Puppets is arguably Metallica‘s best album

Called “the Black Album” by many (due to its monochrome cover), Metallica marks the group’s entrance into the mainstream, with shorter songs, simpler song structures, and slower tempos overall. That said, this is an excellent album, featuring some of the best songwriting Metallica has ever done. “Enter Sandman,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “God That [...]

About the Artist January 21st 2009 is not a date that Susan Boyle is ever likely to forget. ‘I will never forget it,’ she clarifies, in her unmistakeably Celtic brogue. It was the day that the shy, devout 48 year old stepped onto the stage of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow for [...]

Amazon.com essential recording Where Off the Wall was pretty much straight good times, Thriller introduced dread into Michael Jackson’s solo work. By 1995′s HIStory, this element curdled into overwhelming self-regard and out-of-touchness, but here it’s bracing. While Thriller offers its share of cute (“The Girl Is Mine,” a duet with Paul McCartney that was the [...]