The 1980 metal album Ozzy Osbourne thought everyone should hear: “Stand the test of time”
Ozzy Osbourne reveals one of his all-time favourite albums.
From The Vault Archives: 07/2026
The guitar riff Stevie Nicks called the greatest in her career: “The most spectacular”
The absolute peak of guitar prowess.
“Divine music”: the band Pete Townshend hailed as 150 times better than Def Leppard
“It’s as simple as that.”
The 1940 blues song that changed Bob Dylan’s life for good: “Like an explosion”
One of the 20th century’s most important musicians…
The “godfather of heavy metal”, according to James Hetfield: “He kicked the door open”
Pushing the way forward.
“Always great”: the 1978 song Mark Knopfler crowned as the height of perfect simplicity
It changed his approach to songwriting.
The singer Sammy Hagar says is out of everybody’s league: “The greatest performer in history”
“You can hear him performing”.
“It resonated”: The 1968 lyric Ray Davies wishes he had written
The Kinks frontman unearths some nostalgic lyrics.
‘Low’: The 1977 masterpiece David Bowie made in a “dreadful state”
“It was a by-product of my life.”