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Classics Revisited: Alice In Chains - 'Dirt'
Kerenza Hudson reviews Dirt by Alice In Chains for The Mic’s Classics Revisited series as the album approaches its 30th anniversary. With...
Kerenza Hudson
Aug 8, 20224 min read


Classics Revisited: Bon Iver - 'For Emma, Forever Ago'
The Mic’s new editor-in-chief, Caradoc Gayer, dives deep into the indie canon to locate the cryptic and ongoing importance of Bon Iver’s...
Caradoc Gayer
Aug 8, 20225 min read


Classics Revisited: Oasis – ‘Be Here Now’
Gemma Cockrell revisits Be Here Now by Oasis for Classics Revisited on its 25th anniversary. I’m going to dive into the deep end here,...
Gemma Cockrell
Aug 1, 20223 min read


Classics Revisited: Avril Lavigne – ‘Let Go’
Gemma Cockrell’s first memory of music is listening to tracks like Complicated from Avril Lavigne’s debut album Let Go as a young child....
Gemma Cockrell
Jun 3, 20223 min read


Classics Revisited: Daft Punk - 'Homework'
After a long hiatus from The Mic's Classics Revisited series, Lucy Gray starts the series off again by revisiting Homework by Daft Punk....
Lucy Gray
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Classics Revisited: The Clash - 'Sandinista!'
Hal Hewlett revisits Sandinista! by The Clash for The Mic's Classics Revisited series. Picture me, age 15, on the floor of Fresh Cuts...
Hal Hewlett
Apr 17, 20226 min read


Classics Revisited: Iron Maiden - 'The Number Of The Beast'
As albums go, it’s tough to come with a much higher pedigree than that of The Number Of The Beast, according to The Mic's Jake Longhurst....
Jake Longhurst
Mar 22, 20224 min read


Classics Revisited: Fleetwood Mac - 'Rumours'
Fleetwood Mac’s album Rumours famous for many things, from pop-rock and soft-rock concoctions, introspective lyricism, but most could be...
Maia Gibbs
Feb 28, 20226 min read


Classics Revisited: Mayday Parade - 'Mayday Parade'
With the anniversary tour for Mayday Parade’s 2011 self-titled album scheduled for May, Gemma Cockrell looks back at why the album became...
Gemma Cockrell
Jan 18, 20222 min read


(Modern) Classics Revisited: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - 'End Of Suffering'
As an album that has only just reached two years old, this is not a traditional ‘classic’ by any means, and may not be considered as such...
Jake Longhurst
Jan 6, 20229 min read


Classics Revisited: George Harrison - 'Thirty Three & 1/3'
It’s the 45th anniversary of the George Harrison album you wish an Irish person would pronounce, Thirty Three & 1/3, so it seemed like...
Maia Gibbs
Nov 19, 20213 min read


Classics Revisited: Beastie Boys - 'License To Ill'
35 years ago, a trio of teens dropped an album on a relatively new record company with a producer whose name was relatively obscure....
James Pusey
Nov 15, 20213 min read


Classics Revisited: Spice Girls - 'Spice'
“Tell me what you want, what you really, really want” might not seem like a pioneering or innovative lyric on the surface, however when...
Maia Gibbs
Nov 4, 20214 min read


Classics Revisited: Slayer - 'Reign In Blood'
On 7th October 1986, the metal world changed forever. Slayer, the underground thrash band, had released their third album Reign In Blood,...
Jake Longhurst
Nov 2, 20217 min read


Classics Revisited: Pink Floyd - 'Meddle'
On its 50th anniversary, Tom Liversidge revisits Pink Floyd's sixth studio album Meddle. Anytime I happen to listen to Meddle, or hear...
Tom Liversidge
Oct 30, 20213 min read


Classics Revisited: My Chemical Romance - 'The Black Parade'
If I told you that The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance turns 15 years old today, I doubt you’d believe me, because it feels like our...
Gemma Cockrell
Oct 23, 20213 min read


Classics Revisited: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'
Free from the Britpop constraints of Oasis, Noel Gallagher’s debut record with the High Flying Birds allowed the Mancunian rocker to...
Alex Duke
Oct 19, 20213 min read


Classics Revisited: Prince - 'Controversy'
Prince’s conceptually sound 1981 album Controversy - named after the titular track - is an under-valued classic. Whilst Prince’s...
Nieve O'Donnell
Oct 14, 20212 min read


Classics Revisited: You Me At Six - 'Sinners Never Sleep'
You Me At Six released their third album Sinners Never Sleep on 3rd October 2011 – exactly ten years ago to the day. So, Gemma Cockrell...
Gemma Cockrell
Oct 3, 20213 min read


Classics Revisited: The Fray - 'How To Save A Life'
An emphatic debut album from American alternative-rock band The Fray, How To Save A Life celebrates its 16th anniversary today. Amrit...
Amrit Virdi
Sep 13, 20212 min read
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