Feature
New Forms
Talkin’ Loud released Roni Size / Reprazent’s New Forms on 23 June 1997. It reached number 8 in Britain, stayed on the chart for 46 weeks, and won the Mercury Prize.
Vol. 10October 2026
Night Shift
The floor · The fit · The afters
Contents
Essay
- The Fat of the Land XL released The Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land on 30 June 1997. It went to number one in Britain and America. Then Liam Howlett tried to blow the popularity up with one title.
- Criminology Raekwon and Ghostface Killah put Criminology out on 26 June 1995, ahead of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, which Loud and RCA released on 1 August.
- Surrender The Chemical Brothers released Surrender on 21 June 1999, on their own Freestyle Dust. A club duo who could not sing hired people who could, one track at a time.
Review
- The Velvet Rope Virgin released Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope on 7 October 1997. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced it. She described the rope as the line around who gets let in.