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Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours has just celebrated its 40th birthday and, even though there are probably thousands of articles dedicated to how special this album is already, I think it deserves at least one more. It’s an album that is strangely omnipresent even today, and has managed to become so universally loved that it’s almost uncool […]
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A re-evaluation of Animals, in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The first time you hear Animals is one of those moments that sticks with you. You aren’t exactly sure why, but the emotional memory of it hangs around in your system, like discovering ‘the truth’ about Father Christmas or learning your first swear word. For […]
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There is no denying 2016 was the grim reaper of years for the world of rock and pop music. According to research by BBC Radio 4’s More or Less Programme, the number of obituaries for celebrity deaths showed a shocking five-fold increase compared to the statistics from 2012. The Daily Telegraph gallery of notable deaths […]
Continue ReadingI remember reading an issue of Rolling Stone a few years ago about the ‘100 Greatest Albums of All Time’, and thinking about how these countdowns might differ in different magazines – NME’s top 10 will almost certainly not be the same as Kerrang’s. Getting down to the top 10, all the usual candidates I would […]
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