5. Beck‘Loser’

This was a fresh take on acoustic pop with some strange twist of self deprecation and ironic nerdy swagger, someone wanting to be seen in a certain ’scene’ so he just decides to create it and insert himself into the middle of it all.
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

This was a fresh take on acoustic pop with some strange twist of self deprecation and ironic nerdy swagger, someone wanting to be seen in a certain ’scene’ so he just decides to create it and insert himself into the middle of it all.
Thirty years on from its release – and with the band’s popularity in question more than ever – Wyndham Wallace returns to The Unforgettable Fire, U2’s incendiary denial of expectations and their first encounter with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
In this month’s podcast, Luke Turner and John Doran sing the praises of this collection of songs both original and covers, from Grace Jones’ artistic imperial phase, recorded at Nassau's Compass Point Studios in the early 1980s