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On her second album of dreamy, ’90s-indebted alt-rock, Sabrina Teitelbaum interrogates mid-20s heartache and complex family relationships with bluntness and guarded optimism.

The two singer-songwriters embrace their Southern roots for a country collaboration. Their folksy depictions of queer love are charming, but their humor and homage often land awkwardly.

The Nigerian pop superstar’s fifth album is a show of confidence, an intoxicating breath of ocean air and amor fati.

The Irish musician’s gossamer dream pop is both mythic and real, a wild and ancient landscape in which her own figure is just barely perceptible.

The raucous Oklahoma quartet mellows out its garage-rock grit for a hazy, introspective record that doesn’t abandon the band’s signature playfulness.

Pairing fluid improvised piano with mind-bendingly complex drum programming, the UK producer returns with a mercurial survey of what sound like his deepest emotions.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we look back at the unlikely, multi-platinum smash that perfected pop metal—and brought the genre to its logical endpoint.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the singer-songwriter’s inimitable 1985 album, a romantic and carnivalesque masterpiece imbued with the avant-garde sound of New York.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit a slice of 1990s Memphis rap lore: 15 gloomy, hard-hitting, massively influential tracks from the early days of Three Six Mafia.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit downtown New York in the early 1970s and the debut album by the flashy, trashy rock’n’rollers who cleared the way for punk.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit a storied piece of Beatles lore, a bootleg that captures—in glorious low fidelity—a band on the brink of changing the world.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we look at a 1984 record that rewrote the rules of punk, balancing hardcore’s jackhammer attack with dirge-like heavy metal, and helping pave the way for grunge, stoner rock, and beyond.