Corgan re-recorded most of the bass himself and regretted the cost forever; Wretzky played it live a thousand nights. The honest answer to alt-rock’s most awkward credit question.
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Recorded in secret during chemotherapy with a downtown jazz band, released on his 69th birthday, decoded two days later – Blackstar as the most deliberate farewell in music.
A 1993 ‘soundtrack’ with one song in the actual programme, buried by its own label – and the record Bowie kept calling his favourite. The case for his least-heard album.
Built to capture the E Street live roar, The River became Springsteen’s split-personality classic: barroom blasts, bruised ballads, and “Hungry Heart.”
Bad Company recorded at Led Zeppelin’s Headley Grange and hit #1 in the US. Here’s how the debut became a hard-rock blueprint.
Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman turned teen tragedy, Broadway bombast, and hard rock into one immortal blockbuster. Here’s why it still hits hard.
Released in Feb 1972, Harvest turned Neil Young into a reluctant superstar. Here’s how Nashville, a barn, and one perfect single did it.
From a near-career wipeout to a technicolor takeover, here’s how She’s So Unusual was made, why it hit so hard, and what it changed forever.
Released in the US years late, Dirty Deeds still stormed the charts. Here’s why Bon Scott’s sleaziest classic became a blockbuster.
In 1975 the Eagles jumped from country-rock hopefuls to stadium kings. Inside One of These Nights, the brutal tour, and the beer that ended the original band.