– 28 September 1976 –

Artist: STEVIE WONDER
The soul legend started his supreme
career in 1961. He’s 75 now.

Album: SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
His 12th LP, a double one.
#1 in the US, #2 in the UK.

The record was viewed as a guided tour through a wide range of musical styles and the life and feelings of the artist. It included recollections of childhood, of first love and lost love. It contained songs about faith and love among all peoples and songs about social justice for the poor and downtrodden.

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– 28 September 1987 –

Band: PIXIES
1986–1993, 2004–present

Album: COME ON PILGRIM
Their (mini) debut LP.

Spin Magazine said afterward: “The band may sound tentative, but the building
blocks are here. The soft/loud song structures that were the then-future sound of
alternative rock.”

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– 28 September 1987 –

Band: THE SMITHS
1982–1987

Album: STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME
Their 4th and final one.

AllMusic wrote: “A subtly shaded and skilled album, one boasting a fuller
production than before. It offers a summation of the group’s considerable
strengths.”

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– 28 September 1998 –

Artist: PJ HARVEY
1988-present.

Album: IS THIS DESIRE?
Her 4th one. No. 17 in the UK.

Q Magazine: “One of the most artfully truncated missives
of bleakness and pain to have emerged since the dawn of CD.”

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– 28 September 2004 –

Artist: BRIAN WILSON
The late Beach Boy virtuoso
passed away last June, aged 82.

Album: SMILE
His 5th solo one.

It features all-new recordings of music that he had originally created
for an unfinished album by The Beach Boys that he abandoned in 1967.

Rolling Stone said: “What elevates the songs into something approaching
a utopian vision is Wilson’s orchestrations: brief bridge melodies, youthful
harmonies and an enthralling profusion of instrumental colors.”

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