Classic Albums
CLASSIC ALBUM: Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
Released in 1979, Marianne Faithfull’s masterpiece Broken English marked a major stylistic reinvention for Faithfull, with the album taking significant influence from the emerging post-punk and new wave scenes in...
CLASSIC ALBUM: R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Following the mainstream pop ambitions of their 1988 single Orange Crush and the crossover success of 1991’s Out of Time, R.E.M. wasted no time maintaining their place in the mainstream...
CLASSIC ALBUM: Hole - Live Through This
One of the most iconic albums of the 90s, Live Through This was released in April 1994 and while it’s release will always be intertwined with the suicide of Courtney...
CLASSIC ALBUM: Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Mazzy Star’s most celebrated album So Tonight That I Might See was released in 1993. Out of the three records that Mazzy Star released in their initial 90s incarnation, So...
CLASSIC ALBUM: The Clash - London Calling
In 1979, The Clash released theirs’ and punk’s magnum opus, London Calling, an apocalyptic, eclectic end of days odyssey. Strummer, Jones, Simonon and Headon are romantic, left-wing outlaws wielding their brand...
CLASSIC ALBUM: Wire - Pink Flag
Wire’s 1977 debut Pink Flag did to punk what punk did to rock ‘n’ roll, it tore up the rule book. If any punk album in existence personifies the musical,...
CLASSIC ALBUM: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
It's 1976 and the world is treated to an album Stevie Wonder had spent his career working towards, following up Talking Book and Innervisions with his career peak, the expressive...
CLASSIC ALBUM: The Cure - Pornography
The Cure’s fourth album, 1982’s Pornography is, along with its predecessor Faith, the grimmest album in the band’s huge discography and is possibly the album that best argues the case...