Falco 3 is the third album by Falco, released in 1985. In the U.S. it peaked at number 3 in the Billboard 200 albums charts and at #18 in their Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Following two albums produced and co-written by Robert Ponger, this is Falco’s first album to be produced by Bolland & Bolland … Read more
To say The Age of Consent is a great album of dance-oriented synth-pop music is to sell it extremely short; this is simply a great album, period. Jimmy Somerville’s soaring tenor may take some getting used to, but the songs, many of them dealing with homophobia and alienation (none more eloquently than “Smalltown Boy”), are … Read more
Alphabet City is the fourth studio album by English pop band ABC. It was originally released in October 1987, on the labels Mercury, Phonogram and Neutron, two years after their previous album How to Be a … Zillionaire! Following a hiatus in which singer Martin Fry was being treated for Hodgkin’s disease, it was recorded … Read more
Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by the English rock band New Order, released in 1986 by Factory Records. The album contains a mixture of post-punk and electronic styles, roughly divided between the two sides. Brotherhood includes the band’s breakout single in the USA, “Bizarre Love Triangle”. It is the only track from the album … Read more
The Pacific Age is the seventh album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1986. “(Forever) Live and Die” became the group’s third hit single in the US and returned the group to the top 20 in the UK, peaking at #11, but the album sold poorly in both countries. The Pacific Age was … Read more
Actually (stylized as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released through Parlophone and EMI Manhattan Records in 1987. This album is also the group’s third best selling album with over 4 million copies sold. Actually is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear … Read more
AON hit their stride with the release of this record, while showing their colors in the choices of material — while the usual offbeat AON elements were present, so was “Peter Gunn,” with Duane Eddy guesting on guitar. Another AON hit, “Legs,” was present, as was the original version of “Paranoimia,” enhanced in its single … Read more
In No Sense? Nonsense! is the third full-length album by Art of Noise, recorded in 1987 and released in September that year. By the time of its recording, the group had been reduced to a duo, with the engineer Gary Langan leaving the previous year; Langan’s mix engineering work was taken over by Bob Kraushaar … Read more