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Nine Joni Mitchell albums you should listen to - and one to avoid
By Rob Hughes Published
Buying guide Arguably the most influential female singer-songwriter of our time, Joni Mitchell has recorded some of the finest albums of her era

Nine Steve Earle albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Rob Hughes Published
Buying guide With or without The Dukes, Steve Earle is a true rock’n’roll maverick, and these are his best albums

Every Dream Theater album, ranked from worst to best
By Dave Ling Published
Buying guide More than four decades after forming, prog icons Dream Theater show no sign of either slowing down or running out of ideas

Nine Van Morrison albums to listen to and one to avoid
By David Sinclair Published
Van Morrison forged a singular blend of Celtic mysticism, soul and R&B that produced some of the most revered albums of the rock era

Nine Monster Magnet albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Ken McIntyre Published
Buying guide Monster Magnet have a gift not for invention, but reinvention... and these are their best albums

Nine Kansas albums to listen to and one to avoid
By Jerry Ewing Published
Buying guide Kansas were the gods of US prog rock until Jesus came on board and they started singing from a different hymn book

Nine King Crimson albums to listen to and one to avoid
By Malcolm Dome Published
An exploration of the best albums by King Crimson, Robert Fripp's ever-rotating gang of idiosyncratic, brilliant musicians

Every Queens Of The Stone Age album ranked from worst to best
By David McLaughlin Published
Buying guide Post-Kyuss, Josh Homme embarked on a mission to create rock music “heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls”: here are QOTSA's eight albums in order of greatness

From cult psychedelic warriors to global rock superstars: Every Scorpions album ranked from worst to best
By Malcolm Dome Published
Buying guide The Scorpions' 19 studio albums, ranked from woeful to wonderful

10 essential 80s AOR albums
By Dave Ling Published
Buying guide Big voices, bigger hair and Zippo-waving ballads: from Journey to Bon Jovi, these are the 10 essential AOR albums that ruled the 1980s

Nine Steve Marriott albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Rob Hughes Published
Buying guide One of the great British singers and frontmen, Steve Marriott's catalogue with the Small Faces, Humble Pie and beyond is littered with classics

Every Bon Jovi album ranked, from worst to best
By Paul Elliott Published
Buying guide The Bon Jovi albums essential to any record collection

Nine 10cc albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Paul Lester Published
Buying guide Pop-rock geniuses don’t come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music

Nine Budgie albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Dave Ling Published
Buying guide Heroes to the NWOBHM – and covered by Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Iron Maiden – Welsh legends Budgie are the ultimate example of a band whose influence outshone their commercial impact

Nine Sepultura albums to listen to, and one to avoid
By Joe Daly Published
Buying guide Sepultura came from a country where heavy metal barely registered, but eventually they made a huge worldwide impact on the genre

Nine Todd Rundgren albums to listen to, and one to avoid
By Bill DeMain Published
Buying guide Songwriter, producer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, digital pioneer: Todd Rundgren is a restless and progressive artist with diverse, distinguished catalogue

Nine Steve Hillage albums to listen to and one to avoid
By Malcolm Dome Published
Buying guide Guitarist and producer Steve Hillage is a true progressive visionary whose albums cover a spectacular range of styles
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