Cultösaurus Erectus is the seventh studio album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1980. Following the experiment with a more polished sound in the album Mirrors of 1979, this recording was an attempt to return to the band’s earlier hard-rock sound. The first track “Black Blade” features lyrics by fantasy … Read more
Pete Townshend was heading toward collapse as the ’70s turned into the ’80s. He had battled a number of personal demons throughout the ’70s, but he started spiraling downward after Keith Moon’s death, questioning more than ever why he did what he did (and this is a songwriter who always asked questions). Signs of that … Read more
Emotional Rescue is the 15th British and 17th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1980. Upon release, it topped the charts in both the US and UK.
Xanadu is the soundtrack of the 1980 musical film of the same name, featuring the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the British group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The original LP release featured on side one the songs of Newton-John, and on side two the songs of ELO. Although the film was a critical and commercial … Read more
With the departure of vocalist John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon behind them, Vienna kicked off Ultravox’s second phase with former Rich Kids vocalist Midge Ure at the helm. Trading Foxx’s glam rock stance for Ure’s aristocratic delivery, Vienna recasts the band as a melodramatic synth pop chamber ensemble with most of the group doubling … Read more
21 at 33 is the fourteenth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released on 13 May 1980. It was recorded at Super Bear Studios, Nice, France, in August 1979, and Rumbo Recorders and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, California between January to March 1980. The title comes from the fact that this was John’s … Read more
Los Angeles is the debut album of the American punk rock band X, released on April 26, 1980. Produced by ex-Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek, it includes a cover of the 1967 Doors song “Soul Kitchen”.
Go to Heaven is the eleventh studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released April 28, 1980, on Arista Records. It is the band’s first album with keyboardist Brent Mydland. Go to Heaven was both the third Grateful Dead studio album in a row to use an outside producer, this time Gary Lyons, and … Read more