David Fricke

Senior Editor

David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone where he writes predominately about rock music and has spanned over 30 years, including his time as the magazine’s music editor in the 1990s. His interviews with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love for Rolling Stone, prior to Cobain's death, were widely cited.

The Who's 50 Greatest Songs

From power-pop anthems to operatic epics to stadium-size rockers and beyond
- Music
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  Rolling Stone
Year in Review: The 10 Best Reissues of 2020

From Prince's peak opus to a revelatory jazz show at a California high school
- Music
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  David Fricke and Jon Dolan
20 Essential Grateful Dead Shows

Sublime solos, 30-minute jams and a fierce show in a Danish cafeteria: David Fricke chooses 20 must-own gigs for every Deadhead
- Music
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  David Fricke
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Before the Landslide: Inside the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

The early Mac expanded the possibilities of British blues and set the scene for their huge success to come — battling tragedy all the way
- Music
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  David Fricke
The 50 Best Albums of 2019

From 'Lover' to 'Cuz I Love You,' 'Death Race to Love,' and beyond, here are the records that defined the year
- Music
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  Rolling Stone
Beck’s 'Hyperspace' is a Dark, Heavenly Pop Fantasy

The alt-pop icon teams up with Pharrell for a revelatory inner-space journey
- Music
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  David Fricke
Woodstock Remembered: David Fricke on Minor Epiphanies and Momentary Bummers

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair held on Max Yasgur's 600-acre farm was a spectacular accident, an improbable collision of events, energies, and expectations propelled by the promise of rock & roll
- Music
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  David Fricke
The Black Keys and Raconteurs Take Rock Back to the Future

Two great new albums remind us that rock is a living thing
- Music
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  David Fricke
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far

Including Lizzo, Vampire Weekend, Billie Eilish, Tyler the Creator and more
- Music
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  Rolling Stone
Why Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' Still Sounds Like Tomorrow

The iconic album remains one of the ultimate tests of how far you are willing to go to give yourself up to music
- Music
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  David Fricke