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“The lyrics were for people on the fringes”: A song that inspired the man who killed John Lennon
1974 album was a deliberate change of approach from a pop-tinged artist known for taking left turns. No one could have predicted how one listener would take it
Nine Joe Bonamassa albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
Updated Since lighting the fuse of the blues boom, reluctant superstar Joe Bonamassa has barely stopped. Here’s a guide to his best albums
The Alan Parsons Project's Eye In The Sky sounds like punk and new wave pop rock never happened
Alan Parsons' most commercially successful album bore fruit with the sports anthem Sirius and the hits Eye In The Sky and Old And Wise
Peter Gabriel’s exit could have finished Genesis. Instead Phil Collins stepped up
The quartet attempted to continue as an instrumental group, then sorted through hundreds of audition tapes, before realising they already had their new vocalist
“Ghosts, rustling, scraping at the window… happening every full moon”: The creepy tale of Camel’s Moonmadness
Charged with matching The Snow Goose’s surprise success, Andy Latimer’s band wrote a record about themselves – disguising their vocals because they’d been told they couldn’t sing
Nine Blondie albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
With their sharp songwriting and lyrical flair, Blondie are the pop-punk disco titans who embraced rap before it went mainstream. These are their best albums
Every solo album by Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson ranked from worst to best
Even if you take The Beast out of the equation, Bruce Dickinson has had a magical career. Here are his seven albums in reverse-order of excellence.
The chaotic and confusing story of Metallica’s abandoned album
In 2001, Metallica hired an old army barracks in California to try and record album eight. The songs were scrapped when James Hetfield entered rehab, but many fans still want to hear them finished.
