Nevermind is the second studio album and major-label debut by American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991 by DGC Records. It was Nirvana's first release to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band's prior work. It was recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, and Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in May and June 1991, and mastered that August at the Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California. Written primarily by frontman Kurt Cobain, Nevermind is noted for channeling a range of emotions, being noted as dark, humorous, and disturbing. Its themes include alienation, frustration, anti-establishment and anti-sexist views, and troubled love inspired by Cobain's broken relationship with Bikini Kill's Tobi Vail. Contrary to the hedonistic themes popular in rock music at the time, writers have observed that Nevermind promoted the image of the sensitive artist in mainstream rock. According to Cobain, the sound of the album was influenced by bands such as Pixies, R.E.M., the Smithereens, and Melvins. Though the album is considered a cornerstone of the grunge genre, it is noted for its musical diversity, which includes acoustic ballads ("Polly" and "Something in the Way") and punk-influenced hard rock ("Territorial Pissings" and "Stay Away"). Nevermind became an unexpected critical and commercial success, reaching the top 10 on charts across the world. On January 11, 1992, it replaced Michael Jackson's Dangerous at the number one spot of the US Billboard 200 and was selling approximately 300,000 copies a week. The lead single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", reached the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and went on to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Its music video was also heavily rotated on MTV. Three other successful singles were released: "Come as You Are", "Lithium", and "In Bloom". The album was voted the best album of the year in Pazz & Jop critics' poll, while "Smells Like Teen Spirit" also topped the single-of-the-year and video-of-the-year polls. The album also garnered the band three Grammy Award nominations in total across the 34th and 35th Grammy Awards, including Best Alternative Music Album. Nevermind propelled Nirvana into worldwide superstardom, with Cobain being dubbed the "voice of his generation". It brought grunge and alternative rock to a mainstream audience while accelerating the decline of hair metal, drawing similarities to the early 1960s British Invasion of American popular music. It is also often credited with initiating a resurgence of interest in punk culture among teenagers and young adults of Generation X. It has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. In 2024, it was certified 13× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Among the most acclaimed and influential albums in the history of music, Nevermind was added by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry in 2004 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and is frequently ranked highly on lists of the greatest albums of all time, including being ranked number six on Rolling Stone's 2020 and 2023 lists of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The album has since been reissued with alternate takes and live performances.

百张史上最具革命性的专辑 033 - Ramones - 1976 - Ramones Original Release Date: 1976 Number of Discs: 1 Label: Rhino / Wea 纵使美国纽约市传奇性punk-Rock乐队Ramones的乐队生涯，亦随着其告别巡回演出之完满结束而在96年划上句号，但在这年间，我们却感觉到乐队的音乐精神仿佛仍没有离开过。闻说歌手joey Ramone正在灌录他的首张个人大碟;鼓手Marky Ramone及其乐队the Intruders刚在早前发表了他们的the Answer To Your Problems专辑。更重要的是，随着一套Ramones的anthology式双cd专辑hey Ho Let's Go!之面世，一方面是对这对乐队崩乐先驱做出崇高的致敬意义，同时也好比悄悄地燃起一次Ramones热似的。 从74年组成到96年解散，经历了二十二年的长路远征，毋庸置疑的Ramones事实上最历史悠久，最长寿的punk Rock乐队，但不要忘记，Ramones也是最早出现在乐坛上的punk Rock队伍，在这个双重意义下，才是他们最难能可贵之处。 姑且无论早年曾有过the Stooges或thewho这些获誉为proto Punk的乐队存在，但Ramones才是摇滚式上第一队开宗明义的punk Rock乐队;三个chord的简约摇滚曲式，短小精悍的平均不超过两分钟的歌曲长度，急激快板的节奏，嘈噪的吉他声，口号似的歌唱，Yobbish的态度，简单的黑白唱片封套设计，只花雕了六千二百美元的唱片制作成本，在他们与76年发表的首张同名专辑里已标志着这种punk Rock之蓝本。而他们永远是皮褛加窄身牛仔裤加冬菇式长发的打扮，亦俨如成为乐队别树一帜的标记。 Ramones的出现促使了纽约市的punk Scene的形成，被公认为纽约崩坛头号乐队的他们，那仿佛是继the Velvet Undergroud后埋藏在地下音乐圈的另一颗炸弹。早年发迹且活跃于纽约市曼克顿区bowery Street之表演场地cbgb的Ramones (他们曾是cbgb的驻场乐队)，便在当年联同television，Patti Smith Group，Blondie，The Dead Boys，Talking Heads等队缔造了这块传奇性纽约崩乐胜地。甚至笔者所收集到的一套摄制与78年的cbgb纪录片，便更实行以Ramones的成名作 blitzkrieg Bop为标题，可见他们之代表性。然而Ramones之影响力不独在于美国本土上，他们的启蒙性甚至被视为英国punk Movement之源头----乐队在76年7月首次登陆英伦，于伦敦roundhouse之演出，正式触发起英伦punk Movement衍生的历史性时刻，随即冒起的sex Pistols，The Clash，Buzzcocks等乐队身 上都不难找到源自 Ramones的熏陶。在近期于uncut杂志的访问中，Joey Ramone便不讳言的说:"Ramones触发了punk的开始，当我出道时我想我们是世上最积极的乐队，是punk Movement的蓝本，是malcolm Mclaren取材的源头，我犹记得我听闻达一个说法是sex Postole表示过:'我们希望做出犹如Ramones的声音。'即使joe Strummer也说过the Clash是听着Ramonesde唱片下学习弹奏音乐的"。Ramones影响着英国punk Scene的爆发，然后英国则令punk变成一股一发不可收拾的音乐文化革命。 Punk Rock的出现是因为一种年轻乐队认为那些是七十年代的恐龙级/大使级摇滚乐太高不可攀，从而锐意重拾回rock 'N' Roll最原始基本的音乐精神，Ramones亦是如此。本身热衷于六十年代摇滚乐的他们，Ramones的音乐风格其实是改良自早在六十年代初期的 rock 'N' Roll根源曲式，只是他们透过粗犷，吵杂，急激而不修饰的手法演奏出来。同时亦带出了犹如60's-Pop于surf-Pop般的快板节奏，Joey的主唱曲调往往是以调子流畅押韵见称，加上他们在歌词见透过虚无主义的笔触下所流露出的黑色幽默题材，Ramones的音乐所予人是绝对愉快的聆听经验，亦开启了所谓punk-Pop的门户。乐队在76年至78年间所发表的四张专辑:Ramones，Leaves Home，Rocket To Russia和road To Ruin，都是他们最典范的作品，像blitzkrieg Bop，Judy Is A Punk，Pinhead，Sheena Is A Punk Ricker，Rockaway Beach，I Wanna Be Sedated，Suzy Is A Headbanger等Ramones的"国歌"，便是这个时期的作品，到了九十年代，像green Day，Rancid，The Offapring等西岸punk Pop巨星，便显然是承袭了与仿效着Ramones的乐风而来。此外，在日本大阪市，有"女版reamones"之称的shonen Knife;在北京，也有大唱<<你是我的雷蒙斯>>的新裤子。 来自纽约市皇后区的Ramones，也由歌手 ramone(原名jeffey Hyman)，吉他手jonny Ramone(原名john Rcummings)和鼓手tommy Romone，低音吉他手dee Dee Ramone(原名douglas Colvin)作构成的阵容最为原装。其实原先他们是一队只有joey，Johhy和dee Dee三人的乐队，而tommy则是其经理人，后来经过执位后才变成这个Ramones的经典阵容。但像每一队历史悠久的乐队般，Ramones亦饱尝成员进进出出的经历，尤以鼓手的位置最不稳定。在77年的rocket To Russia后，Tommy便离队变成乐队的间歇性唱片监制，鼓手空缺由来自voidoids的marky Ramone补上;在乐队于83年发表过第七张大碟subterrnean Jungle后，Marky一度退出，鼓手位置便由richie Ramone取代;但合作了三张专辑后，Richie有为之告辞，虽然空缺曾由blondie的clem Burke取代;但最后还是由marky归队补上，而低音吉他的dee Dee亦在89年的brain Drain专辑后离队，并化名为dee Dee King作个人发展(曾出版过一张声名狼藉的rap Music唱片)，由cj Ramone(原名christopher John Ward)取代他的位置，直至最后因joey亦有意离队，乐队便做出了解散的决定。 在乐坛上屹立了二十多载，纵使Ramones仍一直把持着鲜明的punk Rock的旗帜，但却不代表他们是一队一成不变的乐队。队员的替换跟不同的唱片监制合作，仍往往令Ramones的每张专辑能出现或多或少的不同。 Marky加入后所发表的road To Ruin不但在音乐质感上有所提升，连歌曲长度也相对地增加，成为他们首张超过半小时长度的专辑;由phil Spector监制的第五张专辑end Of The Century让他们重拾回60's Pop的根源，也是他们最富装饰性的一张唱片;81年pleasant Dreams由英国乐队10cc成员graham监制下，令他们的手法倾向重型，唯独一曲we Want The Airwaves却流露了多少new Wave式倾向。83年的subterranean Jungle时的两位监制ritchie Cordell和glen Kokotkin是生产p0wer Pop的美国独立唱片品牌beserkley之创办人，故此也令他们重投punk的原始张力;在84年too Tough To Die里既可看到他们对西岸的hardcore Scene作回想(Endless Vacation)，也显示了一种post-Punk的低调趋向(I'm Not Afraid Of Life)，而碟内由eurythmics成员dave Stewart监制的howing At The Moon则是他们向电气化new Wave曲式作探讨之意图;甚至乎连前卫乐手bill Laswell，也曾为他们在brian Darain(89年)是时期为乐队监制过i Believe In Miracles这首平平无奇之作。当然，Ramones所为人津津乐道的典故还有他们在80年代带来过rock 'N' Roll High School这套b级电影，而他们另一次跟电影扯上关系，便是89年为stephen King的电影pet Sematary撰写主题曲。 Hey Ho Let's Go!(名字取自blitzkrieg Bop内的一句口号)这张anthology专辑是对roamones二十多年来的音乐历程做出的总结。八十多页厚的书册正记载了乐队的历史故事与珍贵照片，而双cd内所选辑的五十八首作品，那几乎集齐所有Ramones的代表作，然而也倒有一些漏网之鱼，像欠缺了suzy Is Headbanger和用作炮轰里根总统的bonzo Goes To Bitberg，便总有多少美中不足。 有人说过punk Rock乐队只能是昙花一现，每每总会随着青春的消逝而终结。但Ramones在二十年来却能矢志不渝的坚守着punk Rock的态度，从没有像主流妥协也没有变质，他们在乐队的告别专辑adios Amigos里重玩tom Waits的i Don't Wanna Grow Up，你会发觉是那么寓意深刻。

这是Elvis Costello的第一张个人专辑，首发于1977年。当时他还是个负责“数据输入”的小职员，业余时间参与一些酒吧的演唱和创作，也曾发行过一些单曲，但反响都不太大。这张专辑的录制基本上都是在深夜进行的，总共录制时间不超过24小时，而为他演奏的乐队成员则基本上是友情支援，由于合约关系，他们中很多人甚至连名字都没有在制作名单里出现。这张艰苦奋斗的专辑取得了不错的成绩，在英国得到了公众的注意，在美国的Billboard也排到了第32位。从此Elvis Costello开始正式进入歌坛。

Saviors (stylized as 'SAVIORS') is the upcoming fourteenth studio album by American rock band Green Day. It is set to be released on January 19, 2024, through Reprise Records. The album is the band's first since Kerplunk (1991) in which they own the copyright, although it is under exclusive license to Reprise Records. Saviors was recorded in London, England, and Los Angeles, California, and sees the band collaborating with producer Rob Cavallo for the first time since 2012.Early reports stated that their forthcoming record would be titled 1972, signifying the year all three members were born. Prior to the album's release, the band played a song titled "1981" off the upcoming album during their live performance at Festival d'été de Québec on July 16, 2023.The band announced the album with the title Saviors on October 24, 2023, and released the song "The American Dream Is Killing Me" with a zombie-themed music video along with it. Written and recorded as one of the last tracks for the album, Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that they immediately decided to release the song as the lead single after recording it. The band first performed the single and another song titled "Look Ma, No Brains!" live in Las Vegas, Nevada, when they were in Vegas for When We Were Young.The track constitutes "a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn't work for a lot of people" but hurts them instead. Green Day is set to embark on a stadium tour through North America along with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and the Linda Lindas in 2024.On the same day, the track list was leaked on Banquet Records, a UK record store before later being confirmed by Warner Music's site. A new single is scheduled to come out on November 2, 2023.