Tender Prey is the fifth studio album by Australian post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released on 19 September 1988 on Mute Records. Produced by Flood, the album was recorded during several sessions over the course four months in West Berlin—where the band were based at the time of its release— and London … Read more
Velveteen is the second album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. The album was released in 1989, a year after their debut album Pop Art. Velveteen produced such hits as “Baby I Don’t Care” which reached number 3 in the UK and Australia. Velveteen went on to peak at #1 on the UK album charts … Read more
Key Lime Pie is a 1989 album by Camper Van Beethoven (CVB). It was the band’s final album before breaking up in 1990, although the band has reunited and released new material in recent years. It was produced by Dennis Herring, who had also produced the band’s previous album, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart.
Nothing’s Shocking is the first true studio album by the American alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. Nothing’s Shocking was well received by critics upon release and is often cited as the band’s best album. Despite this, it peaked at number 103 on the Billboard 200. The … Read more
Feeling no doubt burdened by the various claims of being the new Sex Pistols, and likely fed up with accusations that the walls of feedback were their own trick, the Reid brothers underwent a bit of a rethink with Darklands. The end result must have fallen squarely between two camps — hardly eligible for sunny … Read more
The Eight Legged Groove Machine is the debut album from The Wonder Stuff from August 1988. Maybe it was the fact that the uncle of singer Miles Hunt had played unhinged French horn on the very weird first ELO album and sax with retro rock & roll pranksters Wizzard which so inspired the irreverent humour … Read more
Freaky Styley is the second studio album by American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1985 on EMI America. The album name holds its origins in a commonly used phrase in the 80s to describe anything as being “freaky styley”. Freaky Styley marks founding guitarist Hillel Slovak’s studio album debut, … Read more
Mother’s Milk is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 16, 1989, on EMI America Records. After the death of founding guitarist Hillel Slovak and subsequent departure of drummer Jack Irons, vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea regrouped with the addition of guitarist John Frusciante and … Read more
Kicking Against the Pricks is the third album released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. First released in 1986, the album is a collection of cover versions. The title refers to a passage from the King James Version of the Bible (Acts 9:5 and 26:14), the second of which reads: “I am Jesus whom … Read more