8th Melodrama
Artist: Lorde.
Genre: Pop.
The talented New Zealand singer Lorde worked on this album for several years – from 2013 to 2017. It proved to be complex and profound, but at the same time lively and light. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Melodrama was ranked among the best albums of the decade. Incidentally, despite the popularity Lorde already had at that time, the girl suffered from loneliness and dedicated many songs to it. If you feel lonely without company, these songs will help you realize that you are not alone in your feelings. At the same time, you can also simply dance to some of the songs on the album – alone or with friends at a Zoom party.
9th Blonde on Blonde
Artist: Bob Dylan.
Genre: Songwriter.
The album Blonde on Blonde by American blues-rock singer Bob Dylan is another legendary Rolling Stone record. It contains one of the most famous songs Just Like a Woman. Bob Dylan’s smooth voice and guitar envelop the mind – just the thing after a stressful day with a pile of work, slow wifi and shimmering video conferencing. But if you want to delve deeper into Dylan’s work, you should listen to the lyrics – there are many important social, political and artistic references. Bob Dylan’s work is a kind of counterculture and free-thinking of the time. Some of his songs became anthems of the fight for human rights or the movement against military action in Vietnam.
10 A Night At The Opera
Artist: Queen.
Genre: Hard rock.
Every Queen concert included at least a few songs from this album. The band often ended their performances with God Save the Queen, the British anthem arranged by Queen guitarist Brian May. You probably know “Bohemian Rhapsody” – an incredibly epic song that you can listen to a million times without being bothered by the variety of its patterns. But there are also other, lesser-known songs on this album. For example, “I’m in Love with My Car”, a song about which Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor argue in a movie about the band’s life.
