Jason Draper

Articles by Jason Draper

In Depth

Synth-pop on the surface, but with more going on below, Talk Talk’s debut album, ‘The Party’s Over’, was just the beginning for Mark Hollis.

In Depth

The song most associated with Prince, Purple Rain is an epic power ballad that embodied its creator’s search for transcendence through music.

In Depth

With an earworm melody and an unforgettable TV performance, Starman became the song that brought David Bowie’s fame.

In Depth

The final part of his ‘Berlin Trilogy’, David Bowie’s ‘Lodger’ album was a postcard from an artist always on the move.

In Depth

The song that brought Prince to the world’s stage, When Doves Cry marked an epochal moment in pop-culture history.

In Depth

The surprise follow-up to ‘Purple Rain’, Prince’s ‘Around The World In A Day’ album proved he was ‘the great Prince he wanted to be’.

List & Guides

A mere portion of his body of work, the best Prince albums present a multi-faceted discography in all its world-changing glory.

In Depth

Recorded when he was still a teenager, ‘For You’ introduced Prince as a precocious young artist who was already ‘streets into the future’.

In Depth

Originally sketched as an acoustic blues and given to another band, Prince eventually released Kiss as his own slice of future-shaping funk.

In Depth

Blur ‘found a sound to match their name’ with ‘13’, an album that took an expansive journey across precarious emotional terrain.

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