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    Classics Revisited: The Clash - 'Sandinista!'
    Hal Hewlett
    • Apr 17
    • 6 min

    Classics Revisited: The Clash - 'Sandinista!'

    Hal Hewlett revisits Sandinista! by The Clash for The Mic's Classics Revisited series. Picture me, age 15, on the floor of Fresh Cuts...
    Classics Revisited: Iron Maiden - 'The Number Of The Beast'
    Jake Longhurst
    • Mar 22
    • 4 min

    Classics Revisited: Iron Maiden - 'The Number Of The Beast'

    As albums go, it’s tough to come with a much higher pedigree than that of The Number Of The Beast, according to The Mic's Jake Longhurst....
    Classics Revisited: Fleetwood Mac - 'Rumours'
    Maia Gibbs
    • Feb 28
    • 6 min

    Classics Revisited: Fleetwood Mac - 'Rumours'

    Fleetwood Mac’s album Rumours famous for many things, from pop-rock and soft-rock concoctions, introspective lyricism, but most could be...
    Classics Revisited: Mayday Parade - 'Mayday Parade'
    Gemma Cockrell
    • Jan 18
    • 2 min

    Classics Revisited: Mayday Parade - 'Mayday Parade'

    With the anniversary tour for Mayday Parade’s 2011 self-titled album scheduled for May, Gemma Cockrell looks back at why the album became...
    (Modern) Classics Revisited: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - 'End Of Suffering'
    Jake Longhurst
    • Jan 6
    • 9 min

    (Modern) Classics Revisited: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - 'End Of Suffering'

    As an album that has only just reached two years old, this is not a traditional ‘classic’ by any means, and may not be considered as such...
    Classics Revisited: George Harrison - 'Thirty Three & 1/3'
    Maia Gibbs
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: George Harrison - 'Thirty Three & 1/3'

    It’s the 45th anniversary of the George Harrison album you wish an Irish person would pronounce, Thirty Three & 1/3, so it seemed like...
    Classics Revisited: Beastie Boys - 'License To Ill'
    James Pusey
    • Nov 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: Beastie Boys - 'License To Ill'

    35 years ago, a trio of teens dropped an album on a relatively new record company with a producer whose name was relatively obscure....
    Classics Revisited: Spice Girls - 'Spice'
    Maia Gibbs
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Classics Revisited: Spice Girls - 'Spice'

    “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want” might not seem like a pioneering or innovative lyric on the surface, however when...
    Classics Revisited: Slayer - 'Reign In Blood'
    Jake Longhurst
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 7 min

    Classics Revisited: Slayer - 'Reign In Blood'

    On 7th October 1986, the metal world changed forever. Slayer, the underground thrash band, had released their third album Reign In Blood,...
    Classics Revisited: Pink Floyd - 'Meddle'
    Tom Liversidge
    • Oct 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: Pink Floyd - 'Meddle'

    On its 50th anniversary, Tom Liversidge revisits Pink Floyd's sixth studio album Meddle. Anytime I happen to listen to Meddle, or hear...
    Classics Revisited: My Chemical Romance - 'The Black Parade'
    Gemma Cockrell
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: My Chemical Romance - 'The Black Parade'

    If I told you that The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance turns 15 years old today, I doubt you’d believe me, because it feels like our...
    Classics Revisited: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'
    Alex Duke
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'

    Free from the Britpop constraints of Oasis, Noel Gallagher’s debut record with the High Flying Birds allowed the Mancunian rocker to...
    Classics Revisited: Prince - 'Controversy'
    Nieve O'Donnell
    • Oct 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Classics Revisited: Prince - 'Controversy'

    Prince’s conceptually sound 1981 album Controversy - named after the titular track - is an under-valued classic. Whilst Prince’s...
    Classics Revisited: You Me At Six - 'Sinners Never Sleep'
    Gemma Cockrell
    • Oct 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: You Me At Six - 'Sinners Never Sleep'

    You Me At Six released their third album Sinners Never Sleep on 3rd October 2011 – exactly ten years ago to the day. So, Gemma Cockrell...
    Classics Revisited: The Fray - 'How To Save A Life'
    Amrit Virdi
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Classics Revisited: The Fray - 'How To Save A Life'

    An emphatic debut album from American alternative-rock band The Fray, How To Save A Life celebrates its 16th anniversary today. Amrit...
    Classics Revisited: The Beach Boys - 'Sunflower'
    Owen White
    • Aug 30, 2021
    • 5 min

    Classics Revisited: The Beach Boys - 'Sunflower'

    With The Beach Boys' recent release of Feel Flows, a major box-set compilation centred partly around their 1970 album Sunflower, Owen...
    Classics Revisited: The Beach Boys - 'Surf's Up'
    Owen White
    • Aug 29, 2021
    • 7 min

    Classics Revisited: The Beach Boys - 'Surf's Up'

    Surf’s Up remains the darkest and most difficult artefact of The Beach Boys’ long and storied career. A year into the 70s, it was clear...
    Classics Revisited: The Strokes - 'Is This It'
    Gemma Cockrell
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Classics Revisited: The Strokes - 'Is This It'

    Concise, intense and self-confident, The Stroke's debut album pleased critics and thrilled fans. On the day of its 20th anniversary,...
    Classics Revisited: Pearl Jam – ‘Ten’
    Grace Dalaigh-Taylor
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Classics Revisited: Pearl Jam – ‘Ten’

    A sharp, incendiary album in a decade considered to be the pinnacle of the Grunge era, Pearl Jam’s Ten (1991) is no less than a testament...
    Classics Revisited: Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’
    Roisin Hickey
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 5 min

    Classics Revisited: Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’

    Driven by equal parts angelic guitar chords, heartbreak and cocaine, the story of emotional turbulence which provides its backdrop, is...
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