The Pretenders' 11th studio album, Hate for Sale, marks the band's first effort since 2016's Alone, though frontwoman Chrissie Hynde released a jazz-influenced covers solo LP last year called Valve Bone Woe.
Sinéad O'Connor is widely regarded as one of the most influential female performers of the '90s, not only for her sensational performances and raw vocal emotion but also for her outspoken confidence to express herself publicly.
R.E.M.'s third studio album, Fables of the Reconstruction, was originally released in 1985 and features classics like "Driver 8" and "Can't Get There from Here".
R.E.M.’s ninth album, Monster, was released at a time when the band were coming off the peak of their mainstream success, following Out of Time (1991) and Automatic For The People (1992).