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A masterful reinvention, the ‘Bedtime Stories’ album saw Madonna reposition herself as an R&B-pop act across 11 unforgettable songs…

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Rich, rowdy and thoroughly rewarding, The Pogues’ debut album, ‘Red Roses For Me’, remains a landmark work of folk-punk fury.

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Though not a fully-fledged Led Zeppelin project, the MTV-sponsored ‘UnLedded’ event brokered one of rock’s most seismic reunions.

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Conceived in a fit of wild abandon, The Flaming Lips’ freakish double album, ‘Embryonic’, emerged at a time of change for the group.

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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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