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Featuring 12 diverse songs, the ‘Nightlife’ album signposted Pet Shop Boys’ 21st-century incarnation, as this track-by-track guide shows.

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The ten songs on the ‘hours…’ album find David Bowie as elder statesman, voicing his generation’s concerns in the face of a new millennium.

A mid-80s classic, ‘Too Tough To Die’ was a hard-hitting album that found punk pioneers Ramones fighting for their legacy.

In Depth

Bizarrely eclectic and grotesquely absurd, ‘Chocolate And Cheese’ saw Ween go from lo-fi oddballs to a roly-poly professional studio band.

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An album that found Prince contemplating his place in the world, ‘ART OFFICIAL AGE’ is a late-period highlight from The Purple One.

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Recorded with a new, all-female group, 3rdEyeGirl, ‘PLECTRUMELECTRUM’ was the sound of Prince plugging in to no-fuss rock music.

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A classy collection of accomplished pop, David Bowie’s ‘Tonight’ album deserves to step out from the shadows.

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Recorded on tour with a band of crack jazz musicians, the ‘Shadows And Light’ album found Joni Mitchell pushing her artistry to new heights.

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Keen to throw off punk’s straitjacket, Green Day made ‘American Idiot’ an epic concept album. It’s arguably the best record of their career.

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Featuring Tori Amos’ most experimental songs, ‘To Venus And Back’ surprised both fans and artist alike, as this track-by-track guide reveals.

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