Ruth and Martin's Album Club

The concept behind Ruth and Martin’s Album Club is simple: make people listen to a classic album they’ve never heard, then ask them to review it.

Compiled here are the blog’s greatest hits, as well as some new and exclusive material, each entry boasting a comprehensive introduction by all-round music geek Martin Fitzgerald:

Ian Rankin on Madonna’s Madonna. J. K. Rowling on the Violent Femmes’ Viol...