The Police – Walking on the Moon
The Police’s Walking on the Moon (1979): Munich rewrite, spare bass, Summers gaps, UK No. 1.
Nevermind – Nirvana
Nevermind, recorded with Butch Vig and released in 1991, put a pop chorus on top of Seattle volume and moved the charts.
Kavinsky – Nightcall
Kavinsky’s Nightcall (Record Makers, 2010), with Lovefoxxx, became a global night-drive cue after Drive (2011).
Lenny Kravitz – Groove and seduction in human form
Lenny Kravitz, from 1989's Let Love Rule to 2024's Blue Electric Light: multi-instrumentalist rock-soul built on analog warmth and 60s/70s DNA.
The Commodores – Sail On
The Commodores’ 1979 Motown single Sail On from Midnight Magic: Lionel Richie, country-tinged ballad, Billboard Hot 100 No. 4.
Black Sabbath – The first bruise
Black Sabbath's 1970 debut out of Birmingham used a tritone riff and factory weight to sketch heavy metal's first outline.
Prince – Lady Cab Driver
On 7 July 1982, at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Prince tracked Lady Cab Driver in a single day.
Afterlife Interview with Elvis Presley
Riffs and Beats finds Elvis Presley at the Graceland gates at dusk, white jumpsuit on, pink Cadillac waiting like a prop that still runs.
Random Access Memories – Live musicians, Nile Rodgers, Album of the Year
In May 2013, Daft Punk released Random Access Memories on Columbia, a live-musician disco record built as if the internet had never existed.
Rhodes Electric Piano – Electromechanical tine piano
Harold Rhodes built early teaching pianos for wounded airmen in the Second World War from available materials. After the war he continued developing an electric piano. In 1959 he partnered with Leo Fender; the Piano Bass (thirty-two keys of electric low end) reached players first.