Point of Entry is the seventh album from the British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was released on 26 February 1981. In 1980 Judas Priest garnered some airplay with “Breaking the Law” and “Living After Midnight” from their album British Steel. As a result the band pursued a more radio friendly direction on Point … Read more
Architecture & Morality is the third album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1981. It is the group’s most commercially and critically successful album, selling over 3 million copies by 2009. Released just eighteen months after their debut album, it demonstrated both OMD’s continuing musical maturity and advancement of their style. The album … Read more
Diary of a Madman is the second solo studio album by British vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. It was recorded from the 9th of Feb to the 23 of March 1981. It was released on November 7, 1981, and re-issued on August 22, 1995. An altered version appeared in 2002 with the original bass and drum parts … Read more
Dare (released as Dare! in the U.S.) is the third studio album from British synthpop band The Human League. The album was recorded between March and September 1981 and first released in the UK on 20 October 1981, then subsequently in the U.S. in mid-1982. The style of the album is the result of the … Read more
Underneath the Colours is Australian rock group INXS’ second album. It was released in Australia in 1981. It was with this album that Michael Hutchence’s songwriting started to mature and the band started to find a unique sound. Included were political songs and their very first ballad. It was released outside Australia and New Zealand … Read more
Divided in half, with one side of catchy pop tunes and one side devoted to a 16-minute space blues workout called “Macho City,” the design of Circle of Love feels like a throwback to 1971, when people truly paid attention to the flow of an album. In 1981, it was a bit of anachronism, but … Read more
Dead Ringer is a 1981 album by Meat Loaf and is the second of his three albums written entirely by Jim Steinman. The album cover features an illustration by comic book artist and horror illustrator Bernie Wrightson. Steinman started to work on Bad for Good, the album that was supposed to be the follow-up to … Read more
Re-ac-tor is the eleventh studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, and his third with Crazy Horse, released in 1981. The album married the electric guitar crunch of the late ’70s Crazy Horse sound with early ’80s new wave rhythms. The simplistic, overdriven sound of the songs can be seen as a continuation of the … Read more
Hard Promises is the fourth album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released in May, 1981. Its original working title was Benmont’s Revenge, referring to the band’s keyboard player, Benmont Tench. The album features guest vocals from Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac on the duet “Insider.” The Heartbreakers also recorded the hit “Stop Draggin’ My … Read more