Don’t Stop is Billy Idol’s first solo record. Released in the US in 1981, it contains a version of Tommy James and the Shondells UK #1 “Mony Mony,” that would become a later hit for him as a live version in 1987. It also contains the song “Dancing with Myself”, which had previously been a … Read more
On the Way to the Sky is the fourteenth studio album by Neil Diamond, released in 1981. It contains the hit “Yesterday’s Songs”, which reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 (and number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart), title track which peaked at number 27 in the US and a third … Read more
October is the second album by Irish rock band U2, released in 1981. The album featured spiritual themes, inspired by Bono, The Edge, and Larry Mullen, Jr.’s memberships in a Christian group called the “Shalom Fellowship”, which led them to question the relationship between the Christian faith and the rock and roll lifestyle. The album … Read more
You Are What You Is is a double album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released as a two-record set in 1981 and later by Rykodisc as a 20-song CD.
Songs in the Attic is the first live album by Billy Joel, released in 1981. At the time of its release, it was unique as being the first widely available appearance of music from his first album, Cold Spring Harbor, originally released in 1971. Songs in the Attic introduced Billy Joel’s early work to fans … Read more
Tattoo You is the 16th British and 18th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. The follow-up to Emotional Rescue, the album is mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the 1970s, and contains one of the band’s most well-known songs, “Start Me Up,” which hit second place on the United States’s … Read more