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“We were struggling so hard to find that song. It was a different kind of songwriting”

Is This It producer Gordon Raphael shares how he helped The Strokes revolutionise guitar music at the turn of the 21st century

Back in 2016 Frank Ocean confounded expectations and changed hip-hop’s landscape with his groundbreaking second album

When Levi revealed that the record label boss wanted a radio hit, Prince served up Cream

This Charming Man was the first indisputable evidence of Morrissey and Marr’s brilliance, combining the former's lyrical wit with the latter's superhuman guitar chops

Henson and LePage tell MusicRadar why Be Not Afraid will make you feel like a kid again – but it might freak you out

“We were trying to create dance music for the head rather than the feet"

The lush Blow Monkeys classic helped propel the band to fame, but its darker subtext was missed by many

“You don’t call Phil Collins because you need somebody to hit a snare drum. You call Phil because you want Phil Collins”

Released 30 years ago, Shed Seven’s biggest ever chart success wasn’t always the gleaming treasure that it’s now regarded as. In fact, it began life in a potato plant…