Marc Bolan more or less invented glam-rock 50 years ago this month, unveiling an album simmering with androgynous sexual imagery that hosted one of the most electrifying rock’n’roll riffs of all time.
Wilco’s fourth album had a troubled gestation, got the band dropped by their label and saw a key member fired before being hailed as one of the greatest American guitar records of the 21st century.
Heralding the return of one of music’s most potent creative forces, The Next Day granted David Bowie’s guitarists a vast field on which to build vivid colours of powerful and serene guitar.
“The little engine that could but didn’t fuckin’ feel like it” still offered us normies a glimpse of genuine chaos in its most vibrant and thrilling form.
20 years ago, New Order overcame simmering tensions within the band to make their finest guitar album, with The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan along for the ride.
