The album is the best invention of the past century, hands down — but the music isn’t the whole story. The album cover has been a cultural obsession as long as albums have. Ever since 12-inch vinyl ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

If you were a grungey little teen in the 1990s, you definitely had Live Through This by Hole on CD. This is such a good album with a ton of great songs, from “Miss World” to “Jennifer’s Body” to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Madonna returns to the U.K. charts as The Immaculate Collection and ...