Broadcast is the debut album the English pop/rock band Cutting Crew, released in 1986. It reached #16 on the US charts and #41 on the UK charts. The album was released in Europe with different packaging 8 months before it was released in America. For the American version, 4 tracks were remixed (“Any Colour”, “One … Read more
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash is the first studio album by the American punk rock band The Replacements. It was released on August 25, 1981. The album contained the single “I’m In Trouble” (backed with “If Only You Were Lonely”, an album outtake) which was released the same month as the album. … Read more
Hootenanny is the second studio album by The Replacements, released in April 1983 by Twin/Tone Records. It was mostly recorded from October 1982 to January 1983 at Stark/Mudge Mobile Unit warehouse, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (described in the liner notes as “a warehouse in some godawful suburb north of Mpls.”). “Run It” and “Within Your Reach” … Read more
Let It Be is the third studio album by American rock band The Replacements, released on October 2, 1984 by Twin/Tone Records. The band had grown tired of playing loud and fast exclusively by the time of their 1983 album Hootenanny and decided to write songs that were, according to vocalist Paul Westerberg, “a little … Read more
Zebop! is the eleventh studio album by Santana. The album has had several releases, and several different colour backgrounds for the cover have been produced, including pink and red. It featured one of Santana’s last significant hits until Supernatural, “Winning”.
Shangó is the twelfth studio album by Santana. The single “Hold On” from the album reached number 15 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 17 on Billboard’s Top Tracks chart. A second single from the album, “Nowhere to Run”, peaked at number 66 on the Hot 100 chart and number 13 … Read more
Beyond Appearances is the thirteenth studio album by Santana, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The album took seven months to make, and (apart from Carlos Santana himself) involved a completely different line-up from Santana’s previous album (released two and a half years earlier). It was firmly in the style of the 1980s, making … Read more
Freedom is the fourteenth studio album by Santana. By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of which had returned after being with the band in previous versions. Freedom moved away from the more poppy sound of the previous album, Beyond Appearances and back to the band’s original Latin rock. It failed, however, to revive … Read more
Lucinda Williams is Lucinda Williams’s third album. It was first released in 1988, then re-released with bonus tracks by KOCH International in 1998. Up to January 2000 it had sold close to 100,000 copies in America. In 1994, “Passionate Kisses” won a Grammy for best country song for Williams as songwriter, which had been covered … Read more