Def, Dumb & Blonde is the third solo album by the American singer Deborah Harry. Released in October 1989 on Sire Records in the US and Chrysalis Records in the UK, the album saw Harry reverting from “Debbie” to “Deborah” as her professional name. Harry worked with a variety of producers on the album, including … Read more
Friend or Foe is the debut solo album by Adam Ant, released in July 1982 by Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 5 in the UK, Adam Ant’s highest charting solo album. Following the disbandment of the successful Adam and the Ants earlier in 1982, Adam Ant began a solo career with fellow “Ant” … Read more
Big Trash is the seventh studio album by the British pop group the Thompson Twins, released in 1989 by Warner Brothers/Red Eye. It was produced by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie, with two tracks produced by Steve Lillywhite. Big Trash yielded two singles; “Sugar Daddy” reached No. 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and … Read more
Here’s to Future Days is the fifth album by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released in September 1985 and it reached no.5 in the UK, and no.20 in the US. Following on from the band’s highly successful fourth album, Into the Gap, the writing and recording of Here’s to Future Days began … Read more
Heart Like a Sky is a studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 24 September 1989 by WEA Records. Not released in the U.S, and mostly ignored in the UK, the work, which was the group’s last album before disbanding, only achieved commercial success in Italy and the Netherlands.
“Watermark” is an album by Enya, released on September 19, 1988. Featuring her first major hit, “Orinoco Flow”, Watermark was Enya’s breakthrough album release, and is considered a seminal example of New Age music, although Enya herself does not consider her work to be of that genre! Two versions of the album were released. In … Read more
Bouncing off the Satellites is the fourth studio album by New Wave band The B-52’s, released on September 8, 1986. It was recorded in July 1985 and was produced by Tony Mansfield. Guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS during the recording. With the band too distraught to tour, the album received minimal promotion and failed … Read more
Wild Planet is the second studio album by The B-52’s, released in 1980. As with their first album, The B-52’s traveled to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to record Wild Planet. Several of the songs from the album had been concert staples since 1978. The band consciously did not record them for their first … Read more