James Blunt – Same Mistake
Same Mistake is the fourth track on James Blunt's All the Lost Souls (September 2007, Atlantic/Custard). Blunt wrote it. Tom Rothrock co-produced.
George Michael – Praying for Time
In August 1990 George Michael led Listen Without Prejudice with Praying for Time. The single hit US No. 1. The video showed only scrolling lyrics.
Let Love Rule – One-man debut against the big 80s sound
On 6 September 1989, Lenny Kravitz released Let Love Rule on Virgin, a debut cut mostly at Waterfront Studios in Hoboken with vintage gear and almost no outside players.
Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy (London, May 1984) put an openly gay leaving-home story on daytime radio over Mike Thorne’s synth-pop pulse.
Off the Wall – Michael Jackson
Off the Wall, released in 1979 with Quincy Jones, is Michael Jackson's first finished adult pop album on Epic.
Phoenix – 1901
1901 landed on 23 February 2009 as the lead single from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and later topped Billboard Alternative after a 31-week climb.
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Rumours was cut while Fleetwood Mac were breaking up in pairs, and the songs still give both sides of each split.
Music rankings and Top lists: useful guides or bad judges?
Countdowns help discovery, and flatten taste into scores.
Thriller – Nine tracks that ate the charts
On 30 November 1982, Michael Jackson released Thriller on Epic, with Quincy Jones producing again after Off the Wall.
George Michael – Freedom! ’90
In 1990 Freedom! '90 broke George Michael from his Faith image. Fincher's supermodel video smashed the props. The chorus stayed easy to sing back.