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03/09/2026

Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)

Recognition that arrives after the artist is gone is not a happy ending. It is a measurement of how badly the first attempt failed.

Pink Moon was released in 1972 and sold very poorly Nick Drake was gone in 1974 at the age of 26 The title track featured in a 1999 television advert, driving a major sales revival

Go listen to them. Who else should we play?

02/09/2026

The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (1998)

Wanting to be known exactly as you are, and being afraid of what happens once you are.

Can you name the song? Tell us in the comments.

02/09/2026

Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It) (1997)

Being categorised by proximity rather than by sound cost them a decade of being heard on their own terms.

My Own Summer appears on Around the Fur, 1997 The band was persistently grouped with the late 1990s nu metal wave

Go listen to them. Who else should we play?

01/09/2026

Tears for Fears - Mad World (1982)

A song can be taken from its authors by nothing stronger than a better placement.

Mad World was released by Tears for Fears in 1982 A slower piano arrangement in a 2001 film became widely known

Go listen to them. Who else should we play?

31/08/2026

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (1989)

Opening a debut with that much patience was a statement about who was in charge of the record.

I Wanna Be Adored opens their 1989 self titled debut The album is widely cited as a foundation of the Madchester scene

What else from that year still holds up?

31/08/2026

The Records That Fit Nowhere Last Longest

Genre membership creates substitutes; hybrids have none, which is why they persist.

Where do you land on this?

31/08/2026

Modern Color - Smiling Face (2020)

Placing the mask in the title makes the listener do the work of noticing the contradiction.

Go listen to them. Who else should we play?

31/08/2026

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)

What looks like resilience was a rule written in advance and simply kept.

Ian Curtis was gone in May 1980 before a planned US tour The remaining members continued under a different name

Go listen to them. Who else should we play?

30/08/2026

Failure - Stuck on You (1996)

Being early is indistinguishable from failing until enough time passes. The record did not improve, the listeners caught up.

Stuck on You appears on Fantastic Planet, 1996 Failure disbanded in 1997 and reunited nearly two decades later

What else from that year still holds up?

30/08/2026

The Name Was Almost Always An Accident

Names acquire meaning retroactively from the work, not the other way round.

Where do you land on this?

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