Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, It was released on March 27, 1984 (see 1984 in music). Love at First Sting became the most successful album of the band in the USA where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984 … Read more
Make It Big is the second album from British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984. The album was a critical and commercial success, hitting #1 in both the UK and the USA and spawning four singles, all topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Outside the U.S. “Careless Whisper” was credited as a … Read more
Defenders of the Faith is the ninth studio album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Three tracks were released as singles, “Freewheel Burning”, “Some Heads Are Gonna Roll” and “Love Bites”. The album is certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Condition Critical is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band, Quiet Riot, released in 1984. It was not nearly as successful as its predecessor in either fan reaction or sales. It was also given an infamous two-word review in Rolling Stone magazine: “Condition terminal.” However, it did sell over three million copies, peaking … Read more
The Yellow and Black Attack is the first release and debut studio album from the Christian metal band Stryper. It was originally released as a six-song EP, and fewer than 20,000 copies were pressed, as their label, Enigma Records, was unsure of the potential market for Christian metal. CCM Magazine was slightly critical, citing production … Read more
Some Great Reward is the fourth album by the British electronic group Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at #5 in the UK and at #51 in the US. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in “Lie to Me” when it repeats near the end. The album was supported … Read more
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) is a soundtrack album by Eurythmics, their fourth album overall, containing music recorded by the duo for director Michael Radford’s colour remake film version of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Virgin Films produced the film for release in its namesake year, and commissioned Eurythmics to write … Read more
In the Eye of the Storm is the first solo album by former Supertramp member Roger Hodgson released on October 1984. The album’s first single was the four-minute edit of “Had a Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy)”, which peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single, a four-minute edit of “In … Read more
Fistful of Metal is the debut album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. The album was released in January 1984 by Megaforce Records in the United States and by Music for Nations internationally. The album includes a cover of Alice Cooper’s I’m Eighteen. This is the band’s only album to feature Neil Turbin on vocals … Read more