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Release in October 1966, the duo's third album gave them proper studio time for the first time and delivered Scarborough Fair, Homeward Bound and a stark social collage that still lands six decades later.

Graham Parker's second album was one of the most critically acclaimed British rock records of 1976, finishing second in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Five decades later, Parker's own reservations about the rushed sessions, his vocals and the production of Robert John "Mutt" Lange give the album a more complicated place in his catalogue.

Released on 22 October 1976, Elton John's ambitious double album broke from the commercial formula of his biggest years, bringing together gospel, orchestral pop, jazz and dance rhythms. Fifty years later, Blue Moves remains one of the records John has singled out as a personal favourite.

Forty years after its release, the second and final Frankie Goes To Hollywood album still divides opinion and remains the record that effectively ended the band.

Released between Ascendancy and Shogun, The Crusade found Trivium deliberately stepping away from metalcore and embracing thrash, cleaner vocals and more direct songwriting.

Three quarters of Talking Heads, a remarkable cast of guest singers and a legal battle with David Byrne produced an album that was meant to become the beginning of something much bigger.

Nina Simone's 1966 album Wild Is The Wind reaches its 60th anniversary with a reputation built on interpretation, restraint and songs that continued to influence generations of artists.