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With smooth guitar riffs and a huskily laidback drawl, the best Chris Rea songs put him on a road to glory as a bittersweet blues-rock hero.

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A ‘meditation on the state of our oceans’, Gorillaz’s ‘Plastic Beach’ album pulled out all the pop stops while warning of environmental ruin.

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From epic stadium anthems to intimate expressions of humanity, the best Coldplay songs continue to endure and inspire…

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Danny Kirwan’s final album with Fleetwood Mac, ‘Bare Trees’ hints at an unrealised future for the band, while standing tall in its own right.

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From intimate portraits to outrageous statements of intent, the best Prince album covers created a world that was entirely his own.

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Perfecting her raw, autobiographical songwriting style, Ironic defined an era and made Alanis Morissette a post-grunge icon.

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Unfairly overlooked, ‘Pogue Mahone’ saw the Celtic folk-punk rebels kiss our arses goodbye with a life-affirming final album.

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‘Knowing what’s happening today,’ Lalah Hathaway tells Dig!, the socio-political soul music of the 70s ‘could have been written last week’.

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Written by Solomon Burke, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love was claimed by Wilson Pickett, and is an anthem whose message still rings true.

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Formidable and lavishly-attired, the wide-ranging ‘Physical Graffiti’ album captured Led Zeppelin at the peak of their powers.