Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Souvenir
Souvenir started as tape.
The Rainbow Children – Jehovah’s Witness concept after the rebirth
On 20 November 2001 NPG Records and Redline Entertainment released The Rainbow Children, Prince's first major retail album under his own name again after the Love Symbol years.
Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
In 2015, Mike Posner released I Took A Pill In Ibiza as an acoustic confession; Seeb's remix then turned it into a global tropical-house hit.
Interview of Thom Yorke (1997)
In 1997, MTV's Inside Radiohead follows Thom Yorke through the OK Computer year: Parlophone release, arena dates, and a singer already talking about alienation, touring burnout, and songs built from guitar, laptop, and dread.
Paul McCartney – Melody that outlived the Fab Four
Liverpool, then the world: Paul McCartney learned melody the hard way, writing with John Lennon in small rooms before stadiums existed for them.
Stromae – Alors on danse
On 26 September 2009, Paul Van Haver released "Alors on danse" in Belgium, a four-on-the-floor track about going out because the week will not fix itself.
Radiohead – Anxiety that kept rewriting the band
In Oxfordshire in the early 1990s, five musicians left On a Friday behind and renamed themselves Radiohead before "Creep" made the rooms too small.
P!nk – Who Knew
Who Knew is the second single from P!nk’s 2006 album I’m Not Dead: written with Max Martin and Dr. Luke at Conway in Hollywood, released 8 May 2006 on LaFace, and later a US Hot 100 Top 10 after its 2007 re-push.
The Gold Experience – Gold, unpronounceable name, first full NPG studio set
On 26 September 1995 NPG and Warner Bros. released The Gold Experience, the first full studio album credited to the Love Symbol after years of public conflict with the label.
Liam Gallagher & John Squire – Mars To Liverpool
On 26 January 2024, Warner Records released Mars To Liverpool, the second single from Liam Gallagher and John Squire's collaborative album. John Squire wrote the song. Greg Kurstin…