All the Best! is the second official compilation album of Paul McCartney music, after 1978’s Wings Greatest, and was released in 1987. The album contains tracks from the beginning of his solo career in 1970 up to (on British and Canadian editions) the newly recorded “Once Upon a Long Ago.” The track inclusion and running … Read more
Long After Dark is the fifth album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in November 1982 on Backstreet Records. Notable for the major MTV hit “You Got Lucky”, the album was also the first to feature the late Howie Epstein on bass and harmony vocals. Epstein’s vocals are evident throughout the album, most notably … Read more
Stage Struck is the third live album by Irish singer/guitarist Rory Gallagher. Released in 1980, it documents his world tour in support of his 1979 album Top Priority. As such it features many songs from that album, but also includes songs from his two albums prior to Top Priority, Calling Card (1976) and Photo-Finish (1978). … Read more
Get Close is the fourth album by rock group The Pretenders, released in 1986. Officially, the band for this album now consisted of Chrissie Hynde (vocals, guitar), Robbie McIntosh (guitar), T.M. Stevens (bass) and Blair Cunningham (drums); however, this line-up (often augmented by session players) played on only five of the album’s eleven tracks. As … Read more
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the new wave rock band The Cars. It was released in October 1985 on Elektra Records. “Tonight She Comes,” a previously unreleased song, and a remix of “I’m Not the One” were issued as singles to support this greatest hits package. The album was a commercial success, going … Read more
Freeze-Frame is the 12th album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). This was the band’s only #1 album and their biggest seller.[citation needed] The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart in February 1982, and remained at the top for four weeks. The … Read more
Robbie Robertson is the solo debut album by Canadian rock musician Robbie Robertson, released in 1987. Though Robertson has been a professional musician since the late 1950s, notably a founder of and primary songwriter for The Band, this was his first proper solo album. Robbie Robertson won the Juno Award for “Album of the Year”, … Read more