January 19th, 2012 | 12:19 pm | Stephen Eddins
![Einstein on the Beach](http://web.archive.org./web/20120122200858im_/http://webextras.allmusic.com/201201/238705e85cb92c2f.jpg)
Director and designer Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass, with choreographer Lucinda Childs, created the opera Einstein on the Beach in 1976. It has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary and visionary works of the late 20th century in the fields of music and theatre: "One of the truly pivotal artworks of our time," "a masterpiece," "an achievement for which the descriptor 'supreme' does not seem the least excessive," "among the most significant theatrical achievements of the entire post-World War II period."
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January 2nd, 2012 | 12:00 pm | AMG Staff
We've rounded up lists of our favorite 2011 albums by genre and style and by personal choice. Now, we present our selections for the overall favorites of 2011: the best music culled from each genre and style we've covered throughout our month-long retrospective of the year past, winnowed down to the cream of the crop. You'll find country, R&B;, rock & roll, jazz, metal, indie, and all points between on this list of records that represent the best of what 2011 had to offer.
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