Journeys to Glory is the first studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 6 March 1981 by Chrysalis Records, just ten days after its recording at Trident Studios. The first editions of the vinyl version had an embossed cover. Early CD releases featured the original white cover. The album was re-released in a … Read more
A Product of… (sometimes known as A Product of… Participation) is the first studio album by the English pop group, the Thompson Twins. It was released in June 1981 on the T Records imprint, a label created by the band and distributed through the Fame/EMI label. At the time of its release, the band were … Read more
Abacab, released in 1981, is the eleventh studio album by British band Genesis. It reached the top of the UK album charts, remaining in the charts for 27 weeks. In the US, the album sold over two million copies, and thus was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
“La folie” is the sixth studio album by English new wave band The Stranglers. It was released on 9 November 1981, through record label Liberty; their first album on the label. The Stranglers had initially been the most commercially successful band of the punk/new wave period in Britain, but by 1981, their success had waned … 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
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