Why Island Records is like any other major label

It's time for critics to stop praising Island. Its golden age ended more than 20 years ago and its maverick spirit has departedFor the last two months we haven't been able to escape music journalists genuflecting before Chris Blackwell's marvellous label. But aside from newspaper features toasting Island's 50th birthday, what is most irksome about this dewy-eyed fawning is the misleading nature of the anniversary. Island has simply not been Island for at least the last 20 years. It has been like...

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