Worst to Best

Was there a better run of albums in the '70s than Stevie Wonder's string of classics?

Included are albums that still feel like time-stamped baubles and others that have only grown in estimation.

Gloomy, gothy, punky, poppy — the multidimensional band's LPs are among the best of their era.

Like his high-school pal Frank Zappa, this outre artist can be an acquired taste.

Ritchie Blackmore picked up the pieces after Deep Purple, with a new band and a new outlook.

He's one of rock's most brilliant, confounding, defiant and frustrating artists.

His many studio and live albums tell only part of his story.

From British R&B contenders to symphonic art-rock pioneers, the band's history spans decades.

He's made some of the most influential music ever. He's also made some of the most reviled.

Hitmaking Canadian heartland rocker was the king of arena-sized hooks in the mid-'80s through mid-'90s.