After his homespun solo debut, Macca shot for the moon on the follow-up – a grand psychedelic ramble full of divine melodies and orchestral frippery. This box set adds B sides, artifacts and a lounge-y instrumental version of the LP. Ram sounds ahead of its time – how many indie rockers could pull off such a daffy masterpiece?

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“Karma Chameleon”

Boy George has said this song was about standing by what you believe in. However, at the time, he was involved in a secret affair with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss. "Now people can understand the songs better," he said. "They were written about my relationship with Jon, and they were also written about being a gay man in a homophobic world." The lines "If I listen to your lies, would you say/I'm a man without conviction/I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction," described his life at the time, he said. "I was selling this big lie."