Warner Bros. Records

Rock 

Van Halen’s Balance Gets Reissued

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1995, 2025, Alex Van Halen, Balance, Balance (Expanded Edition), Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Rhino, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen, Warner Bros. Records

Expanded edition, out Aug. 15, features B-sides, live tracks and more

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Rock 

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is an Essential ’80s Concert Album

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Alan Clark, Alchemy: Dire Straits Live, Dire Straits, Hal Lindes, Joop de Norte, Mark Knopfler, Mel Collins, Once Upon a Time in the West, Sultans of Swing, Terry Williams, Tommy Mandel, Warner Bros. Records

Revisiting this guitar epic for its 40th anniversary

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

R.E.M. Revisit Up With New Deluxe Edition

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, At My Most Beautiful, Bill Berry, Craft Recordings, Daysleeper, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Pat McCarthy, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Up, Warner Bros. Records

25th Anniversary edition of the band’s underrated 11th LP contains bonus live album from 1999 Party of Five taping

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New Wave Punk 

Uncontrollable Urge: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! at 45

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bob Casale, Devo, Gerald V. Casale, Jocko Homo, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mongoloid, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Warner Bros. Records

Looking back on a masterwork of minimalist thought and situationist action

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Marshall Crenshaw: Field Day of Dreams

July 24, 2023July 26, 2023 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Beatlemania, Buddy Holly, Chris Donato, Field Day, Marshall Crenshaw, Robert Crenshaw, Steve Lillywhite, Warner Bros. Records, Yep Roc

A 40th Anniversary reissue revisits the New Wave great’s classic sophomore LP

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Prince 

He Wished U Heaven: Prince’s Lovesexy at 35

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Alphabet St., Glam Slam, Lovesexy, Paisley Park, Prince, Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Warner Bros. Records

The strangest seven-week religious conversion, and the music it inspired

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Rock Southern Rock 

Little Feat Announce Sailin’ Shoes and Dixie Chicken Deluxe Editions

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bill Payne, Deluxe Edition, Dixie Chicken, Little Feat, Lowell George, Rhino, Richard Hayward, Roy Estrada, Sailin' Shoes, Warner Bros. Records

Each album comes with a bonus disc of rare studio and live material

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Irish Rock 

This Is The One: Thin Lizzy’s Thunder and Lightning at 40

March 28, 2023March 30, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Brian Downey, Ireland, Irish, John Sykes, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Thunder and Lightning, Warner Bros. Records

Reflecting on the Irish greats’ final studio album

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Blues New Wave Rock 

Sharp Dressed Men: ZZ Top’s Eliminator at 40

March 23, 2023February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Eliminator, Fairlight, Frank Beard, Gimme All Your Lovin', Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, Synthesizers, Texas, Warner Bros. Records, ZZ Top

How the Texas trio learned to stop worrying and love the synthesizer

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Art Pop Pop Rock 

Half Past France: John Cale’s Paris 1919 at 50

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 David Richman 3 Comments Graham Greene, John Cale, Little Feat, Lou Reed, Lowell George, Macbeth, Paris 1919, Warner Bros. Records

Looking back on the Velvet Underground violist’s solo masterwork

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Marshall Crenshaw on Marshall Crenshaw

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1982, Gin Blossoms, John Lennon, Marshall Crenshaw, Warner Bros. Records, Yep Roc

Celebrated singer-songwriter on the 40th anniversary expanded edition of his eponymous 1982 debut

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Runnin’ With The Devil: ‘Van Halen’ at 45

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Michael Anthony, Montrose, Ted Templeman, Van Halen, Warner Bros. Records

Is the band’s ferocious debut LP ground zero for hair metal?

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Classical Pop 

This Sad Burlesque: Elvis Costello’s The Juliet Letters at 30

January 19, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Elvis Costello, Ian Belton, Jaqueline Thomas, Michael Thomas, Paul Cassidy, The Brodsky Quartet, The Juliet Letters, Warner Bros. Records

The New Wave icon entered 1993 with strings attached

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Dead Psychedelics Rock 

Ramble On Rose: The Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 at 50

November 5, 2022November 5, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 3 Comments 1972, Belgium, Bob Weir, Donna Jean Godchaux, Europe, Europe '72, Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead, Warner Bros. Records

Looking back at one of rock’s greatest live albums

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Music Journalism Records Remembrance 

Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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