Founding member Jason Reece explains how the band’s tenth album came together, why it was the right time to take a break, and how to properly employ a crescendo.

You voted, we counted: check out our readers’ 10 favorite albums of the year.

​Our editors found so much to enjoy about last year’s reissues and compilations that they felt compelled to make individual lists of their favorite excursions into music’s unexplored corners, not-so-lost tracks, and masterfully-curated collections.

​Holiday-themed releases and a closer look at the 2020 Grammy nominees dominated our editors’ exploration of classical music in December.

​Also featured in this final installment are an electronic, music-themed board game, life advice from legendary musicians, and the definitive biography of Janis Joplin.

It’s time to cast your votes for the best albums of the year.

​Also featured is a book about 50 of music’s most influential women, an expanded edition of the latest Tool record, and a film set in New York’s downtown punk scene in the early ‘80s.

​Find out which albums the AllMusic editors selected as their personal favorites for 2019.

​It’s not easy to distill a full year of music into a handful of lists, but every year our editors do their best. We begin with a look at the year overall, with genre-specific lists appearing every weekday until Christmas.

​Also featured are T-shirts from two classic hip-hop labels, music-themed playing cards, and Ben Folds’ memoir.