The UK got a cut-down 1999 because WEA thought a double album was too muchMusic linernotes album music
The Sight Below is Rafael Anton Irisarri's ambient techno project from SeattleMusic linernotes album music
The Sight Below built songs from layered processed guitars and live improvisationMusic linernotes album music
The Immortal Otis Redding produced four posthumous singles — including 'Hard to Handle'Music linernotes album music
The 1959 recording of 'Naima' used the Miles Davis Quintet's rhythm section.Music linernotes album music
Soul Man hit No. 2 on the Hot 100 and topped the R&B chart for seven weeksMusic linernotes album music
Prince's Around the World in a Day gave us 'Raspberry Beret' and launched Paisley ParkMusic linernotes album music
Prince's 1999 rebrand was made for MTV, and Little Red Corvette became his first top 10Music linernotes album music
Prince traded Purple Rain's stadium rock for psychedelic pop on Around the World in a DayMusic linernotes album music
Prince released Around the World in a Day just two weeks after the Purple Rain tourMusic linernotes album music
Pitchfork called Burial's Untrue the most important electronic album of the centuryMusic linernotes album music
Philip Garris designed Toto's debut cover, inspired by the Sword of DamoclesMusic linernotes album music
Naima was recorded with Miles Davis's rhythm section, not Coltrane's usual bandMusic linernotes album music
Mylo Xyloto debuted at No. 1 — Coldplay's fifth consecutive UK number-one albumMusic linernotes album music
Markus Dravs, Daniel Green, and Rik Simpson produced Mylo Xyloto, with Brian Eno on 'enoxification'Music linernotes album music
Kramer produced Galaxie 500's On Fire — and sang backing vocals and wrote the liner notesMusic linernotes album music
Duran Duran used vibraphone, marimba, and a lit cigarette as instruments on RioMusic linernotes album music
Daydream Nation was Sonic Youth's fifth album — a double LP released October 1988 on Enigma RecordsMusic linernotes album music
Burial's Untrue builds its atmosphere from pitch-shifted vocals and London field recordingsMusic linernotes album music
Autechre's Tri Repetae liner notes argue vinyl noise is part of the musicMusic linernotes album music
Around the World in a Day gave Prince a second consecutive number-one albumMusic linernotes album music
"Soul Man" is in the Library of Congress — Isaac Hayes said it was inspired by PassoverMusic linernotes album music
The Kursk submarine disaster inspired the darkest track on The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead PlaceMusic linernotes album music
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place came from a dark time of trying to hold onto beauty.Music linernotes album music
Talking Book reached No. 3 while spawning two No. 1 singles — Superstition and You Are the Sunshine of My LifeMusic linernotes album music
Stevie Wonder recorded Hotter Than July at his newly acquired Wonderland StudiosMusic linernotes album music
Stevie Wonder cut Talking Book at George Martin's AIR Studios and Electric LadyMusic linernotes album music
Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson co-produced Off the Wall after meeting on The WizMusic linernotes album music