Parklife – Maison Rouge, four UK hits, Essex widescreen
On 25 April 1994, Blur released Parklife on Food Records: Stephen Street at Maison Rouge, four UK hit singles, and a No.1 album that stayed on the chart for 90 weeks.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Do the Damage
In November 2014, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds put Do the Damage out as the B-side of In the Heat of the Moment, after a year in which it had been lined up to open the next a…
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Life on Other Planets – Tony Hoffer, planets, less hurry
In September 2002, Supergrass released Life on Other Planets on Parlophone with Tony Hoffer producing and Rob Coombes finally credited as a full member.
The Cure – Close To Me
On 13 September 1985 Fiction released Close to Me, the second single from The Head on the Door, with a brass line the album version does not have.
The Police – Three-piece tension built for radio
Stewart Copeland, Sting, and Andy Summers built five albums in five years by mixing reggae off-beats, jazz-trained chord work, and new-wave energy into a trio format that radio could not ignore.
Afterlife Interview with Keith Moon
Riffs and Beats finds Keith Moon in a hotel corridor finally calm, sticks in hand, champagne flutes abandoned like unfinished fills.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
RHCP’s Under the Bridge, from Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991): Kiedis, Frusciante, Rick Rubin, Billboard Hot 100 No. 2.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – Starman who charted from Trident
In June 1972, David Bowie released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on RCA, cut at Trident with Ken Scott and Mick Ronson.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax (Come Fighting)
Trevor Horn signed Liverpool's Frankie Goes To Hollywood to ZTT after The Tube; the 1983 Relax single hit UK No. 1 for five weeks after a BBC ban.