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‘Thirty Three & 1/3’: George Harrison’s Return To Form
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.
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‘Achtung Baby’: U2 Spring A Sonic Surprise On The 1990s
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.
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‘Brainwashed’: George Harrison’s Poignant Final Album
'Brainwashed,' a musically varied album full of gems, was George Harrison's 12th and final album.
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‘Jazz’: How Queen Proved They Could Do Anything They Liked
Queen were aware that topping the anthems on News Of The World would take some doing, so decided on a more eclectic approach. The result was the Jazz album.
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‘Green’: The Album That Thrust R.E.M. Into The Eye Of The Storm
R.E.M. released ‘Green’ to coincide with the US presidential election. Michael Stipe said they intended the album to be a gesture of hope and encouragement.
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‘Made In Heaven’: The Aptly Named Album That Drew The Curtain On Queen
Queen's fifteenth studio album, Made In Heaven, came out on 6 November 1995 and was a set of thirteen tracks painstakingly put together from a period spanning 1980 to 1995.
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‘Gone Troppo’: When George Harrison Let Loose
George Harrison’s Gone Troppo is an album that has improved with age; put it on and cast your mind back to a time when the world was a very different place.
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‘Mutations’: Chilled-out Beck Records Joyful 1998 Set In Two Weeks
The sonic shift in the album revealed an even deeper, joyfully melodious exploration of Beck’s individuality.
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‘Cloud Nine’: George Harrison’s Triumphant Return To Pop
George Harrison’s ‘Cloud Nine’, co-produced with ELO’s Jeff Lynne and a serious return to form, also included his third US No.1 ‘Got My Mind Set On You’.
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George Harrison – Wonderwall Music
The first solo album by a member of the Beatles, George Harrison's Wonderwall Music was heavily influenced by Ravi Shankar and The Byrds.
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‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’: U2’s Beautiful Days In A New Millennium
There was a whole lot happening in U2’s world in 2000, but most of all there was 'All That You Can't Leave Behind,' described by Rolling Stone as their third masterpiece.
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‘Live At The Olympia’: R.E.M.’s Gift To Its Loyal Fans
R.E.M. booked a five-night stand at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre, lasting from 30 June to 5 July 2007, with advance billing referring to the shows as “public rehearsals”.
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‘Boy’: U2 Begin Their Epic Album Adventures
The 1980 album laid the exciting ground rules for what U2 could be.
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U2’s ‘October’: We Don’t Sound Like Any Other Group, Says Bono
The band's second album included anthems such as 'Gloria' and 'Fire,' as their reputation grew ever more powerful.
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‘Rattle And Hum’: U2 Reverberate From Studio To Silver Screen
'Rattle and Hum' gave the band the opportunity to create something different again from 'The Joshua Tree,' a record of what they had just achieved and a signpost to where they were heading next.
