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Admirably Crude: The Manics’ Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On

Looking back on the twentieth anniversary of the Manic Street Preachers' debut album, Emily Mackay celebrates its "uncomfortable mix of braggadocio, melancholy, anger and ludicrousness"

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A Watershed Moment: XTC’s Andy Partridge On English Settlement

'Hail to the provinces!' says Jim Keoghan while talking to Andy Partridge of XTC, 30 years after the release of English Settlement

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Private School – Public Image: What PiL’s Album Means To Me

Wyndham Wallace recalls how Public Image Ltd.’s most commercially successful release, Album, helped him survive life at a red brick boarding school

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Thirty Years On: Nice & Smooth’s Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed Revisited

Angus Batey celebrates the anniversary of Nice & Smooth's Ain't A Damn Thing Changed

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Twenty Years On: Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque Revisited

Jim Keoghan says forget Nirvana, the Fannies were the real heroes of 1991...

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20 Years On: Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black Revisited

PE's fourth album is often overlooked but it's a true killer, says Angus Batey

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4AD Founder Ivo Watts-Russell On Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares

Thirty-five years on from 4AD's reissue of the first volume of recordings of Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, label founder Ivo Watts-Russell describes the epiphany that led to his tracking down the mysterious voices of the Bulgarian folk singers to release their music on his label. Interview by Richie Troughton

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20 Years On: The Lemonheads’ Its A Shame About Ray Revisited

As Evan Dando and company prepare to tour their much-loved fifth album, John Freeman looks back at how parental divorce and an Ecstasy-fuelled trip to Australia created The Lemonheads’ finest moment

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30 Years On: OMD’s Architecture & Morality Remembered

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark released one of the Quietus' favourite albums in 1981. John Doran reflects on the warmth of Architecture & Morality and talks to Andy McCluskey

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20 Years On: Ice-T’s O.G. Original Gangster Revisited

With his plain speaking, crisp production and fearsome focus, Ice-T was hugely influential two decades ago, says Angus Batey

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Slayer’s Reign In Blood Revisited

Hibernian fisherman extraordinaire and gentleman Alpinist Mark Eglinton celebrates the anniversary of Reign In Blood, with some help from Phil Anselmo

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30 Years On: The Wipers’ Youth Of America Revisited

The Wipers' Youth of America is 30 years old. John Calvert explains why it means so much to him

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20 Years On: Ice Cube’s Death Certificate Revisited

Angus Batey looks at the 360-degree attack of one of the most creatively independent yet offensive hip hop albums ever made

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My Own Private Nirvana: Revisiting Nevermind 30 Years On

Three decades on from Nevermind, John Calvert explores Nirvana's smash record in comparison to Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho

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Revisiting Blur’s Leisure, Two Decades On

Leisure was released 20 years ago tomorrow, and Jim Keoghan argues that in its marrying the sounds of northern and southern indie of the time, Blur's debut is an underrated LP

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Who Needs Love Like That?: Erasure’s Wonderland Revisited

John Freeman looks back at an underrated album which catalysed the enduring chemistry between Andy Bell and Vince Clarke.

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Beyond The Pleasuredome: Frankie’s Liverpool 25 Years On

Wyndham Wallace follows last year’s celebration of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s landmark album, Welcome To The Pleasuredome, with a look at its neglected follow-up, Liverpool, 25 years after its release

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The Final Warning: Three Decades After This Heat’s Deceit

Thirty years after the release of This Heat's Deceit, John Calvert re-examines a record that embraced the Cold War terror of ultimate destruction - and made something far more complex, humane and moral than mere hatred

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A Lot Of Opportunities: Pet Shop Boys’ Please Revisited

John Freeman looks back at the album which provided Pet Shop Boys with the perfect launch-pad for 35 years of creative adventure.

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30 Years On: The Curiously Ignored Lyricism In Slint’s Spiderland

Three decades after the release of Spiderland, Joe Kennedy argues that those who waffle endlessly about post rock have made a mistake in ignoring "a lyrical blueprint which places Gothic imagery at the service of modernist ambiguity"

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The Story Of This Is The Sea: An Interview With Mike Scott Of The Waterboys

Wyndham Wallace talks to Mike Scott of The Waterboys about his classic album This Is The Sea, 25 years on from its release…

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C86 And All That: The 25th Anniversary

Jim Keoghan explains why the C86 cassette compilation has a far more important legacy in independent music than just giving rise to jangly indie-pop

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35 Years On: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels By Dexys Revisited

An old review in Creem magazine first got Valerie Siebert interested in the Dexys Midnight Runners' classic debut. And here it is again, 35 years after its first release

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40 Years On: The Jam’s Sound Affects Revisited

The Jam released Sound Affects four decades ago. Val Siebert assesses how it has weathered the intervening years

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40 Years On: The Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Jack Davies looks back at the Dead Kennedys first proto hardcore statement...

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Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

John Freeman is not a fan of post-Witness rebirth Prince. Here he recalls happier days with Dirty Mind

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Peter Gabriel 3: Melt 40 Years On By Chris Roberts

This was the exact moment Peter Gabriel showed us what he was capable of, says Chris Roberts

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Looking For Water: JJ72’s Debut Revisited 20 Years On

Dean Sobers charts the history of Irish rock band JJ72, while Matt Kaufman speaks to Mark Greaney on the anniversary of their debut

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The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

More influential than _Reign In Blood_? Mark Eglinton talks to Slayer's Tom Araya about the legacy of their brutal and nasty second album _Hell Awaits_. All live photos courtesy of Shot2Bits.net

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The Power Of Propaganda: A Secret Wish 35 Years On…

Celebrating 35 years since its release, Wyndham Wallace confronts the Sturm und Drang of Propaganda’s _A Secret Wish_

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35 Years On: Remembering The Colourfield’s Virgins & Philistines

Terry Hall's reunion with The Specials may have hogged the limelight for the last year or two, but – argues Wyndham Wallace – the debut album from his short-lived project The Colourfield is equally worth revisiting

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Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy 40 Years On

Ben Graham confesses his love for early U2, and implores us to remember them before they became the biggest band in the world.

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Admirably Crude: The Manics’ Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On

A Watershed Moment: XTC’s Andy Partridge On English Settlement

Private School – Public Image: What PiL’s Album Means To Me

Thirty Years On: Nice & Smooth’s Ain’t A Damn Thing Changed Revisited

Twenty Years On: Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque Revisited

20 Years On: Public Enemy’s Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black Revisited

4AD Founder Ivo Watts-Russell On Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares

20 Years On: The Lemonheads’ Its A Shame About Ray Revisited

30 Years On: OMD’s Architecture & Morality Remembered

20 Years On: Ice-T’s O.G. Original Gangster Revisited

Slayer’s Reign In Blood Revisited

30 Years On: The Wipers’ Youth Of America Revisited

20 Years On: Ice Cube’s Death Certificate Revisited

My Own Private Nirvana: Revisiting Nevermind 30 Years On

Revisiting Blur’s Leisure, Two Decades On

Who Needs Love Like That?: Erasure’s Wonderland Revisited

Beyond The Pleasuredome: Frankie’s Liverpool 25 Years On

The Final Warning: Three Decades After This Heat’s Deceit

A Lot Of Opportunities: Pet Shop Boys’ Please Revisited

30 Years On: The Curiously Ignored Lyricism In Slint’s Spiderland

The Story Of This Is The Sea: An Interview With Mike Scott Of The Waterboys

C86 And All That: The 25th Anniversary

35 Years On: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels By Dexys Revisited

40 Years On: The Jam’s Sound Affects Revisited

40 Years On: The Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

Peter Gabriel 3: Melt 40 Years On By Chris Roberts

Looking For Water: JJ72’s Debut Revisited 20 Years On

The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

The Power Of Propaganda: A Secret Wish 35 Years On…

35 Years On: Remembering The Colourfield’s Virgins & Philistines

Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy 40 Years On

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