
Hugh Fielder
Hugh Fielder has been writing about music for 50 years. Actually 61 if you include the essay he wrote about the Rolling Stones in exchange for taking time off school to see them at the Ipswich Gaumont in 1964. He was news editor of Sounds magazine from 1975 to 1992 and editor of Tower Records Top magazine from 1992 to 2001. Since then he has been freelance. He has interviewed the great, the good and the not so good and written books about some of them. His favourite possession is a piece of columnar basalt he brought back from Iceland.
Latest articles by Hugh Fielder

What happened when Eric Clapton got sober: the box set
By Hugh Fielder published
The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vol 1 features remastered versions of Eric Clapton’s first six solo studio albums with Reprise, plus an additional LP of rarities

Hugh Cornwell: Moments Of Madness album review
By Hugh Fielder published
Stranglers founder Hugh Cornwell plays all the instruments himself on 10th solo album Moments Of Madness

Corky Laing: still hard rockin' after 50 years
By Hugh Fielder published
The sleighride rolls on as Corky Laing calls upon Michael Monroe, Ian Hunter and more for Finnish Sessions album

A cultural artefact from Yugoslavia's communist past for the Zappa-ophiles
By Hugh Fielder published
Cunningly constructed from shows in Yugoslavia, Zappa '75: Zagreb / Ljubljana features less than pristine sound and two drum solos

Donovan: my stories of The Beatles, Marc Bolan, Jimi Hendrix and more
By Hugh Fielder published
Brian Jones got him his first big break, he meditates with David Lynch, and he mislaid Jeff Beck's guitar. He's the first star of British folk music, Donovan

Nikki Lane chronicles youthful follies on defiant Denim And Diamonds album
By Hugh Fielder published
Country music's Nikki Lane is alive, kicking and rockier than before on Josh Homme-produced fourth album Denim And Diamonds

The Roger Waters albums you should definitely own
By Hugh Fielder last updated
A guide to former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' best albums – picked from the Floyd recordings he dominated and his solo career

A tour to the Dark Side: how Pink Floyd built their biggest album on the road
By Hugh Fielder last updated
In early 1972 Pink Floyd were lacking direction. A year later they emerged from Abbey Road with an album that would overshadow everything they had done before

The 50 greatest Pink Floyd songs ever
By Fraser Lewry, Rob Hughes, Jerry Ewing, Henry Yates, Hugh Fielder, Mark Blake, Daryl Easlea, Tim Batcup, Glenn Povey last updated
From underground clubs to sold-out stadiums, Pink Floyd's path through rock has been revolutionary and stunningly successful. Here are their 50 best songs

Dark Side Of The Moon: why is it so bloody popular?
By Hugh Fielder last updated
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the best-selling albums of all time. But why? Even the band can't explain it

10 albums on the legendary Harvest label you should definitely own
By Hugh Fielder last updated
Starting out as a haven for the bands EMI didn’t know what to do with, Harvest Records soon proved that there was life beyond prog. These are the label's best albums

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd: the ultimate track-by-track guide
By Hugh Fielder last updated
A look at the musical intricacies of Pink Floyd's masterpiece The Dark Side Of The Moon

The 10 worst albums by 10 brilliant classic rock bands
By Geoff Barton, Sleazegrinder, Ian Fortnam, Fraser Lewry, Malcolm Dome, Jon Hotten, Hugh Fielder, Paul Elliott last updated
Even the best can get it wrong sometimes: here's the worst albums by 10 of rock's greatest bands

Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii: the saga of rock’s most epic home movie
By Hugh Fielder last updated
In 1972, Pink Floyd staged their most ambitious gig yet – in the ruins of Pompeii. But that was just the start of the drama…

Pink Floyd's Descent Into Madness
By Hugh Fielder last updated
After years of bitter in-fighting, Roger Waters finally left Pink Floyd in 1985. His departure caused rancour... and there was also the question mark over the ownership of their infamous pig

A beginner's guide to the thrilling, topsy-turvy world of the concept album
By Hugh Fielder, Jon Hotten, Sian Llewellyn last updated
Rock is often about more than just the music: it's about The Big Idea, and ambition manifesting itself as The Concept Album

10 Roger Waters tracks every Pink Floyd fan should own
By Hugh Fielder last updated
Roger Waters’ solo catalogue might have been eclipsed commercially by Pink Floyd’s, but you overlook it at your peril. Here are the 10 Waters solo tracks that every Floyd fan should own

How Roger Waters rebuilt The Wall
By Hugh Fielder last updated
$15 million, 424 bricks, 56 dates: How Roger Waters took Pink Floyd's The Wall and turned it into the greatest show on Earth

The story behind the iconic artwork for Pink Floyd's The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
By Hugh Fielder last updated
The cover of Pink Floyd’s debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was very much of its time. Hugh Fielder talks to sleeve photographer Vic Singh about prisms, George Harrison and not getting paid

Pink Floyd's remix of Animals is hollowed out, brittle and harrowing
By Hugh Fielder last updated
Proof that pigs can fly again, as the 2018 remix of Pink Floyd's Animals finally emerges from beneath the bickering

Jimmy Hall's voice and harp playing are still in fine shape on Ready Now
By Hugh Fielder published
Wet Willie singer and harmonica man Jimmy Hall returns under the patronage of blues superstar Joe Bonamassa

The Kinks: two albums of urban isolation, cultural paranoia and occasional whinging
By Hugh Fielder published
A 50th anniversary combined deluxe re-issue of two classic Kinks albums, Muswell Hillbillies and Everybody’s In Show-Biz

Goo Goo Dolls have not run out of stuff to sing about yet
By Hugh Fielder published
Iris hitmakers Goo Goo Dolls are still dizzying up the girl on Chaos In Bloom
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