Background Dead Can Dance commented on their official website regarding the name of the band and album: To understand why we chose the name, think of the transformation of inanimacy to animacy. Think of the processes concerning life from death and death into life. So many people missed the inherent symbolic intention of the work, … Read more
Kilroy Was Here is the eleventh studio album by the rock band Styx, released on February 22, 1983. The album is named after a famous World War II graffito, “Kilroy was here.” It was the final album of original material to be released by the “classic” lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James “J.Y.” Young, … Read more
Wikipedia Mister Heartbreak is the second album by avant-garde artist, singer and composer Laurie Anderson, released in 1984. Like its predecessor, it contains reworked elements of Anderson’s United States (“Langue d’Amour”, “Kokuku”, based on musical elements from “Rising Sun”, and “Blue Lagoon”). However, Anderson also introduced new material (“Sharkey’s Day”/”Sharkey’s Night” and “Gravity’s Angel”) while … Read more
Somewhere in Afrika is the eleventh album released by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, relaesed in 1983. It is their last studio album recorded for their long time record label Bronze Records. They would record their next studio album, Criminal Tango for Virgin Records. Bassist Matt Irving joined the band, replacing Pat King for this album. … Read more
Subterranean Jungle is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released in February 1983 and peaked at position eighty-three on the Billboard album music chart. It was re-released on August 20, 2002 on CD by Rhino Records. “Time Bomb” featured Dee Dee’s first lead vocal on a Ramones … Read more
Porcupine is the third studio album by the British post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen. First released on 4 February 1983, it became the band’s highest charting release when it reached number two on the UK Albums Chart despite initially receiving poor reviews. It also reached number 137 on the American Billboard 200, number 85 … Read more