Features tagged with classic album

Following our recap on Velvet Underground & Nico earlier in the week, Angel Aguilar takes up the tale of perhaps the best-loved solo work from the Velvets alumnus himself.

As the world readies itself for a Super Deluxe edition of the seminal album, Alan Shulman takes a look at the history and legacy of a very special record celebrating its 45th birthday.

Have you ever heard of Stackridge?  Don't worry, you're not alone.

Do you ever get frustrated that the greatest albums of all are sometimes the ones no-one else seems to have heard of? When bands go unnoticed while their inferior peers receive critical adulation? We feel your pain.

In the mid-80s, a collection of previously unreleased Velvet Underground tracks was discovered, including alternate versions of classic songs. Angel Aguilar thinks this compilation is fit to stand against the group's much-loved studio albums.

Co-writing credits for Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, backing vocals from The Drifters - just why wasn't Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes' This Time It's For Real a colossal hit?

How did one of history's greatest soul singers throw it all away, only to find redemption when it seemed impossible? Find out the detail behind the story, which fuelled Al Green's career highlight, The Belle Album, in the latest from our Overlooked Album series

Angel Aguilar takes up the tale of Le Chat Bleu - an album so inventive, daring and different, a record company wouldn't even release it.

Angel Aguilar takes a look at the long and varied career of Sparks, starting with the album where it all began: Kimono My House.

Angel Aguilar takes us back to 1973 and the heady world of New York Dolls; a riotous party that seemed as if it would never end.