In 1982 a band released their debut which contained their pop hits Talk Talk and Today, It took a few years and then they really hit the big time with their third record The Colour of Spring that propelled them into the top ten and they became a huge selling and respected band.   Bigger sales gave the band a bigger budget and they could really explore. Ater all the hits from The Colour of Spring I would have loved to have been in the room when the executives listened to Spiri

Remember the days when Morrissey released a record and it went in at number one. Nowadays he has had to fight to get a record released (let’s hope the single Make Up Is A Lie is not the standard of this new record), cancels concerts at a drop of a hat, and has put his business interests in The Smiths up for sale. I saw him in concert last year and before we went to a pub nearby. It was full of people with Morrissey quiffs and Morrissey t-shirts; he will always have his devote

Massive Attack have been around since 1988 and have released five albums, and we have not had one for sixteen years. The Beautiful South formed the same year and released double the amount and split up twenty years ago. Not the most prolific of bands.   Mezzanine was their third record and was a UK number one and is one of those records that I go back to again and again, so what if they have only made five records when they have one as good as this in their back catalogue.