Some music purists poo-poo greatest hits album. These are three mandatory classic rock greatest hits albums from the 1970s.

This song choice is not out of the blue. "Out of the Blue" by George Harrison was named the greatest classical rock instrumental song. Recorded on July 2, 1970, the 11-minute tune is an improvised ...

Jeremy has more than 2300 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Using historical Billboard charts and other top song and album lists from the 1970s, Stacker spotlighted 15 of the ...

Minimalism met rock in 1972 when Pete Townshend wrote “Baba O’Riley.” The song’s cyclic, arpeggiating riff was inspired by the work of avant-garde composer Terry Riley and became the driving rhythmic ...

Lynn Anderson turned the daring tune into a defining country favorite ...

The 1970s gave us some of the most memorable hit songs in country music history. Tracks like “Take This Job and Shove It,” “Jolene,” “The Fightin’ Side of Me,” and many more topped the country charts ...

You know their best, but are you familiar with the second best songs of some of these 1970s "one-hit wonders"? These bands never set out to only have one track define their career, but in some cases ...

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody has been voted Greatest Hits Radio listeners’ favourite song of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It is the seventh year in a row the 1975 track has topped the list of 500 songs in ...

From being a writer for hire in the 1950s to his solo pop stardom and emphatic 1970s comeback, the late musician’s catalogue is stuffed with stunning, surprising songcraft ...