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Exploring what makes a great pop album, Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with guests Boy George, Grace Dent and David Hepworth.

What makes a great pop album? Danny Baker celebrates the golden age of the analogue, vinyl LP with pop star Boy George, writer Grace Dent and journalist David Hepworth. Opinionated and impassioned, Baker and his guests select their favourite pop albums and discuss how the LPs of the 60s and 70s were produced - and devoured - in quite a different way to their modern equivalents.

1 hour

Music Played

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

  • Madonna

    Like A Virgin

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • Sparks

    This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

  • George Michael

    Faith

The Golden Age of the Album

The Golden Age of the Album

Danny’s look back at some of the greatest albums is part of a season of programmes celebrating the long player across Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Four, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 2 and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 6 Music.

  • Can today’s artists The Beatles’ Please Please Me in just 12 hours?
  • 6 Music listeners reimagined classic album covers –
  • Noel Gallagher and more discussed the LP in

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Danny Baker
Participant Boy George
Participant David Hepworth
Participant Grace Dent
Executive Producer Helen Terry
Series Producer Allan Campbell

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