Imagine Dragons’ third effort plumbs the depths of depression but mostly manages to find a way through that emotional fog.
Lorde’s second album finds her vacillating between rage and carnal excess in the wake of a painful breakup.
Katy Perry says she wants to sing “purposeful pop” these days. Sometimes on Witness, she does. Other times, not so …
Mandisa’s latest gives us an intimate glimpse at her hard but redemptive journey through a season of grief and depression.
Linkin Park’s latest trades anger and angst for humility and maturity. (Well, mostly.)
Harry Styles’ debut is as melancholy and muted as his former band’s love songs were, at times, earnest and enthusiastic.
Paramore’s latest album wades through loss, heartbreak and bitterness … without ever really turning a hopeful corner.
Chris Stapleton’s sophomore album doesn’t focus as much on being bad as it does feeling sad.
The soundtrack for this controversial Netflix series about teen suicide may in some ways be more problematic than the show …
Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s fourth effort veers wildly between the spiritual and the carnal, the profound and the profane.
Is this surging EDM duo’s full-length debut more helpful and hopeful than it is bleak and bitter?
The latest effort from this Atlanta prog-metal band is a concept album grappling with the hard reality of death.
Voice alum RaeLynn’s country debut brims with self-respect, hard-won wisdom and only a few wild moments.
Drake’s self-described “playlist” unloads 22 tracks that meander from melancholy insight to profanity-drenched braggadocio.
British superstar Ed Sheeran’s latest features a lot of sweetness and sentimentality … when he’s not doing shots and hooking …