Pleased to Meet Me is the fifth full-length album by The Replacements. It was released on June 17, 1987. The album to some degree maintains the style of the previous album, and major label debut, Tim. While the punk roots of the group were still apparent on Tim, by Pleased to Meet Me they were … Read more
Don’t Tell a Soul is an album released in 1989 by The Replacements. The album was a stylistic change from their previous albums. Where Tim and Pleased to Meet Me could be classified as alternative or punk, this album was more of a straightforward rock album. Reviewers noted the music’s more mature themes and increasing … Read more
Sur La Mer is the fourteenth album released by The Moody Blues’. It features the hit single “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” a sequel to their 1986 hit “Your Wildest Dreams.” Much of the music on this album would fit in the “synthpop” genre, though it does bear more rock and acoustic influences than … Read more
Stevie Ray Vaughan had always been a phenomenal guitarist, but prior to In Step, his songwriting was hit or miss. Even when he wrote a classic modern blues song, it was firmly within the genre’s conventions; only on Soul to Soul’s exquisite soul-blues “Life Without You” did he attempt to stretch the boundaries of the … Read more
World in Motion is the ninth album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1989. It peaked at number 45 on The Billboard 200 and was Browne’s first album to obtain neither Gold nor Platinum status. The album took three years to complete and makes statements about nuclear disarmament and the “secret” government that brought … Read more
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry is the third album by Billy Bragg, released in 1986. With production by John Porter and Kenney Jones, Talking with the Taxman About Poetry featured more musicians than Bragg’s previous works, which were generally little more than Bragg himself and a guitar. There were two singles released from the … Read more
Mirage is the 13th studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released on June 18, 1982. Following a hiatus of over a year after the completion of the worldwide Tusk tour, the band temporarily relocated to Château d’Hérouville in France to record this 12-track collection. By this time Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had each commenced a … Read more