It's never wise to completely count out talented musicians, even if they seem to be slumping, feuding, or suffering from the fickle winds of popular taste. Yes, the '70s prog-rock mainstays, were doing all of those things directly prior to recording "Owner of a Lonely Heart." The 1983 song not only gave the British band a reason to reunite, it turned into the biggest hit of their career and one of the most successful of the '80s as a whole. Here's how they pulled it all together for one of the best comeback stories of that decade.
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