The Long Play Essay: Did someone say rain?
Scattered thoughts about Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain (1984); well, mostly, ‘The Killing Moon’
The Long Play Project
Deep dives into rock's most ambitious albums. Essays about the albums that never f-f-fade away.
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The Long Play Project: Did Gabriel’s So answer the call, or capitulate?
Peter Gabriel - So (1986). His fifth and most successful album