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Marc Almond, ‘The Days of Pearly Spencer’: The war against boring guitar guys
Marc Almond takes a stand for thrilling pop music.
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SL2 ‘On A Ragga Tip’: From Windrush to the charts
Britain’s history of immigration played a vital role in the development of rave culture.
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Def Leppard: ‘Let’s Get Rocked’: The internet was a mistake
1992 was a big time for VR, thanks to James Cameron and Def Leppard.
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U2’s ‘One’: A testament to teamwork
U2 overcome their internal differences to write a masterpiece.
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Opus III, ‘It’s A Fine Day’: The Wonderful of Edward Barton
The oddball genius behind a 90s club classic–and several other songs.
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Ride, ‘Leave Them All Behind’: The death of indie music
Ride, J&MC and Primal Scream, but Creation Records still faced a crisis.
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Shakespears Sister, ‘Stay’: B-Movies hit the Top 40
How 1953’s Cat Women On The Moon became 1992’s biggest hit.
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Kylie Minogue, ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’: Who owns Kylie?
Kylie’s emancipation from the shackles of Stock, Aiken & Waterman.
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The Beautiful South, ‘Old Red Eyes Is Back’: Write about what you know
Art imitates life as Paul Heaton writes a pop classic about alcoholism.
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The Sugarcubes, ‘Hit’: Bjork escapes from the island
Before she went solo, Bjork had one last hit with her band, The Sugarcubes.