Big 4

Out of all 13 studios LPs, these are the essentials.

He's had so much post-Beatles success that this list doesn't include six other platinum-sellers.

Four different albums, four entirely different Dylans, one great listening experience.

It's not always easy to be a fan of the hottest band in the land.

These are the albums that best define Rush, usually by taking their music in bold new directions.

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil named who would make up the 'Big 4' bands that pioneered grunge in the Pacific Northwest during the 1980s.

As in most things with this pop-rock juggernaut of a band, Steve Perry looms large.

Here are the essentials from a brief but record-smashing run of seven studio projects.

The cream of the crop from rock's golden age.

Musicianship and technique matter, of course - but so does attitude.

The absolute essentials pulled from nearly 20 studio albums.

These bands are loud, anthemic and can electrify the masses.