Sam Smith
In the Lonely Hour
Pop, R&B

Sam Smith’s debut album is titled In the Lonely Hour. But it could just have easily been called It’s a …

Lana Del Rey
Ultraviolence
Alternative, Pop, Rock

It’s safe to say that the latest effort from controversial chanteuse Lana Del Rey—which sounds like some sort of bleak …

Linkin Park
The Hunting Party
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Linkin Park’s pummeling, conflict-obsessed album The Hunting Party descends ever deeper into rage and despair.

Miranda Lambert
Platinum
Country

Have marriage and maturity slowed down country music’s resident working-class wild child?

Austin Mahone
The Secret
Pop

As Justin Bieber’s career veers erratically into Michael Jackson eccentricity and rock star debauchery, the Internet has graciously served up …

Coldplay
Ghost Stories
Alternative, Rock

Coldplay focuses on a solitary, autobiographical subject: the heart of a man struggling to come to terms with a broken …

Various/Soundtrack
The Fault in Our Stars: Music From the Motion Picture
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

The Fault in Our Stars is one of the most tragic romantic stories about love and death in recent memory. …

The Black Keys
Turn Blue
Alternative, Rock

When all the love has been drained from the atmosphere, the only thing left to do is Turn Blue.

Iggy Azalea
The New Classic
Rap/Hip-Hop

This not very New and never gonna be Classic rap debut from an audacious Australian transplant and self-proclaimed goddess is …

NEEDTOBREATHE
Rivers in the Wasteland
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Rock

A time of dryness in the desert doesn’t have to deprive us of hope if we choose to persevere together …

MercyMe
Welcome to the New
Christian/Gospel, Pop, Rock

MercyMe’s New effort brims with spiritual vitality and theological potency as it repeatedly reminds us that the Good News of …

Shakira
Shakira
Pop

Shakira’s prominent spot on The Voice’s judging panel has surely broadened her musical audience. So what kind of dance steps …

Skrillex
Recess
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno

EDM maestro Skrillex has finally added more words to his latest pulsating, rave-ready, synthesizers-gone-wild effort. Unfortunately, a lot of them …

Foster the People
Supermodel
Alternative, Pop, Rock

The guys behind 2011’s dreamily disturbing hit “Pumped Up Kicks” are back with a second album, one that’s significantly more …

Lea Michele
Louder
Pop

This Glee star’s debut solo album comes less than a year after boyfriend Cory Monteith’s tragic drug overdose.