Bryan Adams was the self-titled debut solo album by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams released in February 1980 on A&M Records. While the album did not gain attention in the US, “Hidin’ From Love” reached #64 and “Give Me Your Love” reached #91 both on Canada’s RPM 100 Singles chart. In early 1978, Bryan Adams … Read more
Hold Out is the sixth album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1980. Although critically the album has not been as well received as other Browne recordings, it remains his only album to date to reach #1 on the Billboard chart.
The Bells is the ninth solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed, released in April 1979 by Arista Records. It is recorded in binaural sound. Several songs on the album are the product of a short-lived writing partnership between Reed and Nils Lofgren. Other of the team’s work appeared on Nils’ eponymous album of … Read more
Silvertone is the first album by Chris Isaak, released in 1985, and named after his three-piece backup band. The US edition includes the song “Another Idea’” (track 13), and early CD editions of the album utilized CD+G technology.
The Nature of the Beast is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1981. The album was recorded at Le Manoir Studios, in the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell, in Oxfordshire, England following the band’s 1980 European tour. This album was April Wine’s commercial peak, selling over one million copies in the … Read more
Breaking All the Rules is the seventh studio album by Peter Frampton, released in 1981. The Breaking All the Rules album had featured a raw live in the studio approach like its predecessor Rise Up, which was released to promote Frampton’s concert tour in Brazil in 1980. The album had won airplay for its anthemic … Read more
Inside Information is the sixth studio album by American rock band Foreigner, released in 1987. The album hit #15 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and was certified Platinum in the U.S. for sales exceeding one million copies. “Say You Will” was released as the album’s first single. Allmusic later noted that the single was … Read more
Flash Gordon is the ninth studio album of British rock band Queen, and is one of the two film soundtracks Queen produced, along with Highlander. It is the album to the science fiction film Flash Gordon, and features lyrics on only two tracks. The track Flash’s Theme was the only single to be released from … Read more
Daylight Again is the seventh album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, and their fourth studio album comprising original material. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, the final time the band has made the top ten to date. Three singles were released from the album, all making the Billboard Hot 100: … Read more
Club Ninja is the tenth studio album by the U.S. hard rock group Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The album was intended as a comeback for the band, whose previous album The Revölution by Night failed to attain Gold status following the success of 1981’s Fire of Unknown Origin and … Read more