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Guitarist of choice for major artists as diverse as Del Shannon, Funkadelic and The Temptations, Coffey was a member of the original Motown ’Funk Brothers’ backing band and was key in bringing heavy wah wah guitar to soul and R&B during the late ’60s. The canon of classics featuring Coffey’s work is immense.

Arthur Russel's seminal album of twisted post-disco grooves. One of dance music's key building blocks.

In a contemporary review for Melody Maker, music critic Paul Lester called Violator the group's "most arresting work to date". Tim Nicholson of Record Mirror was enthused by the stripped-down quality of the songs and called the album a "compromise between pop music and something a little more sinister. There are no noises out of place in this perfectly formed void".

Is It Balearic? welcome the mellow charms of Chris Coco and Camillo Miranda to lay down an unusual paean to a prehistoric love with the truly breezy drifter "Dinosaur Baby."

Sounds of the Universe dispenses with the more user-friendly, pop-oriented, big-chorus songs of 2005’s Playing the Angel in favor of denser, consternating material. Though not redefining their identity or attempting anything new musically, the band continues to update past creative explorations.

Songs of Faith and Devotion is without doubt Depeche Mode's most haunting and personal piece of work to date. Songs of Faith and Devotion proved that Depeche Mode still had fresh musical ideas hidden under their sleeves as the band channelled a more focused and darker sound.

Back in the day album number ten by the synthpop heavyweights caused a lot of confusion. Almost two decades later it's time to change our opinion about it.

‘First Cuckoo’ is well worth a listen if you like some seventies instrumental jazz/funk. Think seventies Hollywood soundtrack or theme music and you won’t be far out.

Hard rockers Deftones take their heavy post-grunge ways to another level on their third album White Pony. Deftones went soft, but in an impressive way, to twist around its signature punk thrash sound.

1999 Deep Purple's legendary concert at the Royal Albert Hall!