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Debate: What was the best prog album of 1976?
Punk might have been on the rise but Rush, Genesis, Jon Anderson, Van der Graaf Generator, Kansas, Alan Parsons, Camel and Soft Machine released records that became all-time greats. But which one is your favourite – and why?
“The lawyer said, ‘Have we just paid $12,000 for a piano player?’” When Rick Wakeman delivered his first solo album
In 1970 they gave him Scotch in the morning, a big cash advance and a three-ton limousine. Eventually the man who’d hated the resulting album gave him a platinum disc for its sales
Radiohead, Primal Scream influencers found new singer on the street, after the last one went mad on stage
The late Holger Czukay discusses the importance of Can's groundbreaking second album Tago Mago
Inside the night James Hetfield caught fire - and Axl Rose caused a riot
A look back at one of the most chaotic gigs in the history of rock 'n' roll
Nine Rory Gallagher albums you should definitely listen to and one to avoid
Rory Gallagher left a tremendous legacy of albums studded with real gems – and these are the best of them
How Clutching At Straws broke Marillion and Fish apart
Their fourth studio album came at a point of high tension. Instead of taking the break they needed, they were sent back into the studio. It took decades to resolve the issues that blew up
Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat
“I was 100 per cent sure I was going to die”: Leprous’ Einar Solberg faced his teenage demons on solo debut 16
Abandoning attempts to dial down his own drama, he delivered a moving and multifaceted collection of collaborations in 2023. He immediately wanted to do it again
