Album Year: 1982
Trans
Trans is the twelfth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1982. Recorded partially and released during his Geffen era in the 1980s, Trans baffled many Neil Young fans. Some suggested that the album could be a satirical message that Young was trying to send about the direction music was headed in the … Read more
Feline
Feline is the seventh studio album by The Stranglers and was released in January 1983 (on the Epic record label in the United Kingdom). The first edition came with a free one-sided 7″ single “Aural Sculpture Manifesto”. Feline drew heavily on two of the dominant musical influences in Europe of the time, by using primarily … Read more
ExtendedancEPlay
Hard to find EP on 7″ German release on Vertigo with four songs.
Speak of the Devil
Speak of the Devil is a live album by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, released on 27 November 1982. It is a double album consisting entirely of live renditions of songs originally recorded by Osbourne’s previous band Black Sabbath. The album was entitled Talk of the Devil in the UK, that being the more … Read more
Three Lock Box
hree Lock Box is a Sammy Hagar solo album, with appearances by Loverboy’s Mike Reno, Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Mr. Mister’s Richard Page. His only top 20 solo hit, “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy”, reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.
Chaka Khan
An excellent album from Chaka Khan, mixing tingling uptempo tunes with her characteristic soaring, glorious vocals. “Got to Be There” reached number five on the R&B charts, but it actually wasn’t the album’s high point. That was the marvelous “Be Bop Medley,” which later led hardcore jazz purist Betty Carter to proclaim Khan the one … Read more