Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak808s and Heartbreak is the groundbreaking album from Kanye West. A year after Graduation, the record is a marked, adventurous departure from west's previous sound, and a bold, unprecedented move into auto tune laden nu soul, as showcased by the outstanding lead single, Love Lockdown. Recorded in Hawaii, '808s' refers to west's insistence that each track had to feature tr 808 generated drumming. "no typical hip hop beats. they've gotta be tribal

with that said and perhaps to be completely honest

First released on Columbia records in 1973

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Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page while closer to home

we veer off grid with Kyle Hall's rhythmically dazzling 'Kaychunk'

Cannibal Sea

shapeshifts mischievously

Baden Powell

 Muddy Water – as well as being the third Gizz song named after a description of water – is an enthralling prog folk flurry that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Jethro Tull album

This album has achieved near-mythical status in the last few years

You don’t simply listen to Gordon’s music

To commemorate the release of this catalogue