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Claiming other people’s hits for their own, the best The Animals songs put an indelible stamp on rock music in the mid-60s.

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Full of attitude, killer rock songs and one epic ballad, ‘Last Of The Independents’ ranks among Pretenders’ very best albums.

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Recorded while Warren Zevon was suffering from cancer, ‘My Ride’s Here’ was a typically dark-humoured meditation on life and death.

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Perceived by some to be a cash-in novelty song, Space Oddity laid out David Bowie’s longstanding themes of isolation, alienation and fame.

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Despite a depleted line-up and band tensions, 2003’s ‘Think Tank’ featured some of Blur’s most daring and beautiful music.

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A reaction to his mainstream pop success in the mid-80s, the ‘Never Let Me Down’ album saw David Bowie reconnecting with his rock roots.

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Released in 1994, Blur’s third album, ‘Parklife’, captured the zeitgeist and saved their career in the process.

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With killer riffs and ambition aplenty, the best Deep Purple songs helped lay the groundwork for heavy metal – and still pack a mighty punch.

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A creative rebirth rather than an epitaph, ‘LA Woman’ was followed by Jim Morrison’s tragic death, but is arguably the band’s greatest album.

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Establishing ZZ Top’s live credentials while giving them their true-grit hit, the ‘Fandango!’ album took the Lone Star heroes to the world.

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