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Long Player with Steven Rainey Episodes

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    Enya - Watermark

    Enya takes listeners to another state of mind with her 1988 album Watermark.

  2. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder

    Horror and humour combine as The Smiths get angry on Meat Is Murder.

  3. Marillion - Brave

    Marillion go underground and defy the odds with their progressive masterpiece Brave.

  4. Blondie - Parallel Lines

    Blondie sneak disco into punk on Parallel Lines.

  5. Metallica - Metallica

    The masters of metal change direction with The Black Album.

  6. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps

    Neil Young strikes a chord with punk on Rust Never Sleeps.

  7. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

    Ahead of her Glastonbury appearance, a look at the definitive Alanis Morissette album.

  8. Amy Winehouse's Back to Black

    Amy Winehouse changes the face of British soul music with her 2nd album, Back to Black.

  9. The Beach Boys - Love You

    Pet Sounds isn't Brian Wilson's only masterpiece. This is the story of 1977's Love You.

  10. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

    Nuclear war, robots, time travel, and headaches, it can only be Black Sabbath's Paranoid.

  11. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

    In 1973, Stevie Wonder made a masterpiece. But he almost didn't live to feel its impact.

  12. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

    How did Dylan sever his ties with his own past, leaving behind the 60s forever?

  13. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

    Kate Bush tames the machines to create her masterpiece.

  14. REM - Out of Time

    Did REM bring alternative music to the mainstream?

  15. Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset

    Steven Rainey delves into Van Morrison's most enigmatic records.

  16. Tori Amos - Boys for Pele

    It divided critics, but Tori Amos's third album finds her at her most uncompromising.

  17. The Bluetones - Expecting to Fly

    A chiming, beguiling debut album sees the Blutones becoming the biggest band in Britpop.

  18. Long Player with Steven Rainey

    The lowdown on the best albums ever produced.

  19. 28/12/2025

    The lowdown on the best albums ever produced.

  20. 19/04/2026

    The lowdown on the best albums ever produced.

  21. 12/04/2026

    The lowdown on the best albums ever produced.

  22. 05/10/2025

    The lowdown on the best albums ever produced.

  23. 04/01/2026

    The lowdown on the best albums ever produced.

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