Category: Song of the Week

Great B-sides: Daytime Nighttime Suffering by Wings

As much as I love The Beatles, their solo careers have always mildly disappointed me. If you put ten years … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Daytime Nighttime Suffering by Wings

The Replacements started as a bratty punk band, but as the 1980s wore on they lost their rough edges. They … Continue Reading Great B-sides: If Only You Were Lonely by The Replacements

The late Tom Petty was a brilliant singles artist – he wrote hit after hit of likeable, jangle rock. Contemporaries … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Girl on LSD by Tom Petty

The untimely passing of Talk Talk mastermind Mark Hollis this week has sent many fans back to re-examine his masterpieces. … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Pictures of Bernadette by Talk Talk

Kate Bush‘s 1982 album The Dreaming was excellent, but it wasn’t especially commercially successful. She’d previously enjoyed ground-breaking UK success; … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Under the Ivy by Kate Bush

B-sides are a relatively rare commodity for progressive rock bands. They often refused to stoop to the level of those … Continue Reading Great B-sides: Twilight Alehouse by Genesis

Remember the 1990s, when physical albums sold by the truckload? Manchester band Oasis had their second album, (What’s the Story) … Continue Reading Great B-sides: The Masterplan by Oasis

In hindsight, The Flirtations’ best known song, ‘Nothing But A Heartache’, sounds like a girl group classic from the early … Continue Reading Great B-sides: How Can You Tell Me? by The Flirtations

Last week’s great b-side was a 1980s college rock band with folk-rock inclinations covering a folkie from the previous generation … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Wall of Death by R.E.M.

Folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs often recorded covers for their b-sides; a smart move, as they showcased how cool their record … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Hello in There by 10,000 Maniacs

After Ian Curtis’ passing, Joy Division transitioned into New Order, with Bernard Sumner taking over the front-man role, and Gillian … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: 1963 by New Order

I mean, Led Zeppelin didn’t write tunes that every one liked. They left that to the Bee Gees. Wayne Campbell … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Hey, Hey, What Can I Do by Led Zeppelin

Steve Porcaro and David Paich used a Polyfusion modular synthesizer to to create most of the FM timbres on Toto … Continue Reading Waiting for Your Love by Toto

I was originally planning to feature Elton John’s Christmas themed B-side, ‘Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who’d Be A Turkey At Christmas)’, … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: This Christmas by Shoes

Despite their short career, Joy Division were one of the best known bands from the post-punk era. The Manchester quartet … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Dead Souls by Joy Division

For this b-side series, I’m only counting material that wasn’t released on studio albums. For instance, ‘Black Water’ by The … Continue Reading Great B-Sides: Rain by The Beatles