Beck Hansen has never sought to seize the commercial mainstream, but in 1994, the commercial mainstream seized him and the result was pure 'Mellow Gold'.
'War' was a loud and clear statement that U2 were ready for the world.
Queen’s 11th studio album, ‘The Works,’ was a return to rock album, though they didn’t entirely discard the grooves found on ‘The Game’ and ‘Hot Space.’
The songs chosen for 'Rock 'N' Roll' are all about John Lennon’s musical roots, dating from his pre-Beatles days.
Bono said that U2's ninth album, which included the lead hit 'Discotheque,' was about love, desire and faith in crisis.
Queen's 14th studio album is tinged with sadness as it was the last to be released during Freddie Mercury’s lifetime.
George Harrison’s first solo tour following the breakup of The Beatles began in November 1974, prior to the release of his fifth studio album, 'Dark Horse.'
'Plastic Ono Band' was recorded over at both Abbey Road and Ascot Sound Studios, the studio that John Lennon and Yoko Ono had built at Tittenhurst Park.
Queen’s operatic and torch flavoured elements once again rose to the fore with A Day At The Races, clearing another hurdle with aplomb. Groucho Marx even sent the group a handwritten note to congratulate them on...
Queen set out to match the hyper-reality of the 80s sci-fi cult classic, ‘Flash Gordon,’ and succeeded brilliantly.
George Harrison’s 'All Things Must Pass' was his third solo work but his first since The Beatles' split, and what a record it was.
When 'Midnite Vultures' made its debut in late 1999, Beck described the album as the real follow-up to his 1996 landmark ‘Odelay’.
A Night At The Opera, as we all now know, is a masterpiece. Everything from its title (borrowed from The Marx Brothers 1935 movie) to the music, the album’s artwork and the whole pomp and circumstance...
George Harrison’s seventh solo studio album was recorded at his home in Oxfordshire, Friar Park, in 1976, and much like a fine wine… it improves with age.
This was rock, but not as we had known it from U2 before. ‘Achtung Baby’ was the album that recalibrated their sound for the 90s.
