Miscellaneous

Charts and Playlists

Neil Young - OndaTop – The 30 Best Neil Young Songs

In our new annotated playlist, an "impossible" selection of our 30 favorite songs by the Canadian singer-songwriter

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U2 – OndaTop: U2's 10 Best B-Sides

The other side of the Irish band's worldwide success, gathered in 10 gems mysteriously left off the LP tracklists and relegated to B-sides

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Just Like Heaven – From the Cure to Cocteau Twins, a Heavenly Compilation

A "celestial" playlist to lighten up the August heat: 60 tracks by a wide range of artists that all contain the word "heaven" in their title. Plus two bonus tracks. Something for everyone

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Sophisti-Pop – Digging Your Scene: The Sophisti-Pop Gems of the '80s

From noble forefathers Bryan Ferry and Donald Fagen to the new cool of Sade and Style Council, all the way to the delights of Prefab Sprout, China Crisis and Lloyd Cole & C., a dive into the most sophisticated pop of the '80s

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Progressive Gothic – Where Two Worlds Meet

However far apart in imagery and fanbase, goth and prog share more common ground than either camp likes to admit — so much so that neither might exist, as we know it today, without the other.

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In The Name Of Women - One Hundred Songs with a Woman's Name in the Title

We celebrate the arrival of March 8th our way, with an all-female playlist: 100 tracks with a woman's name in the title

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Sound Check - February on OndaRock's playlists: new releases recommended by our staff

Our first selection of 2026, picking out the best new releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian and dark music

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Unmissable Picks - 2025 - Beyond the Charts: 20 Albums of 2025 Chosen by Our Staff

Beyond the charts: twenty records from 2025 chosen by our writers, plus a playlist to discover them

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The Best Songs of 2025 - Listen to Our Playlists of the Year

After our special feature with the year-end charts, here are our staff's playlists featuring the best tracks of 2025

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Sound Check - Our playlists for December, with new releases recommended by our staff

Our last selection of 2025, picking out the best new releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian, jazz and dark music

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Edoardo Bennato - The Underground Edo: Ten Songs Worth Rediscovering

We dug up ten gems that deserved better luck from the extraordinary songbook of the Neapolitan singer-songwriter

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Sound Check - Our playlists for November, with new releases recommended by our staff

November's selection, picking out the best new releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian, jazz and dark music

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Other Outlets' Rankings - The 50 best post-punk albums of all time according to PopMatters

The new installment of our focus on international media rankings is dedicated to post-punk, with PopMatters' "all time" top 50

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Other Outlets' Rankings - The 75 best metal albums of all time according to Consequence magazine

A focus on the most interesting rankings published over the years by international magazines. We start with metal, with Consequence's all-time top 75

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OndaTop - The ten best songs written by Rick Davies for Supertramp

A playlist of ten tracks in memory of the founder, keyboardist and singer of Supertramp, who passed away last September 5th

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Sound Check - Our playlists for the month of September, with the new releases recommended by our editorial staff

September's appointment with our monthly selections, to discover the best releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian, jazz and dark music

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Playlists - When Metallica play the songs of the world

Starting in 2017, the world's most celebrated metal band began paying tribute to the most diverse musical scenes

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Sound Check - The best new additions to our playlists for the month of July, with the songs recommended by our editorial staff

July's appointment with our monthly selections, to discover the best releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian, jazz and dark music

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Lucio Dalla - Lucio, where are you going? Thirty songs to rediscover

From "Pezzo zero" to "Carmen Colon", from "Interview con l'Avvocato" to "Il cucciolo Alfredo", from "Tango" to "Meri Luis" and "Madonna disperazione": thirty gems from the Bolognese singer-songwriter to rediscover

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Brian Wilson - The 50 best songs between Beach Boys and solo career

We pay tribute to Brian Wilson with a 50-track playlist, for an impossible "best of" spanning the Beach Boys and his solo career

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Sound Check - This month's best new releases in our playlists, with tracks recommended by our editorial team

A new installment of our monthly selections, to discover the best releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian, jazz and dark music

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Playlists - The relentless pulse of heartland rock

There's life beyond Bruce Springsteen: ninety tracks tracing the paths of a sound that still drives the rock imagination

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OndaTop - The 30 Best U2 Songs

In our new annotated playlist, a selection of our 30 favorite tracks by the Dublin band

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Sound Check - This month's best new releases in our playlists, with tracks recommended by our editorial team

A new installment of our monthly selections, to discover the best releases in pop, rock, electronic, singer-songwriter, Italian, jazz and dark music