The best ’70s albums capture a complex, tumultuous transitional moment in history, wedged between the hippie 1960s and the gleaming, new-wave ’80s, pioneering new approaches to music to survey an era ...

'Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue' remains one of the decade’s most iconic ballads.

Lex Williams is a music writer and film critic, who shares her time between North Carolina and New York City. From a young age, Lex has always had a passion for arts in all its forms, having worked in ...

It took time to become a classic; now it's celebrated ...

The year before punk broke, rock's old guard made a strong, pressing stand. But as the UCR staff-selected list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1976 shows, the music that dominated headlines at the end of ...

The ’70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles, as well ...

What is the greatest rock album of the '70s? You can help decide with UCR's 2026 March Madness bracket. The 32 contenders have been seeded into our bracket alphabetically, then paired off into 16 ...

The best-selling album of the 1970s, according to the folks at Billboard, was “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)” by the Eagles, a collection of singles. But don’t be misled. Fueled by the rise of FM ...