Stella is the fourth studio album by the Swiss band Yello. It peaked at #1 in Switzerland, #23 in Austria, #26 in Sweden and #92 in UK. Released in 1985, the album contains the track “Oh Yeah”, which became famous after being featured in a variety of movies including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in 1986.
Centerfield is an album by musician John Fogerty, released in 1985. It was his most popular post-Creedence album, containing the hit singles “The Old Man Down the Road”, “Rock and Roll Girls” and the title track “Centerfield”. Fogerty played all the instruments on this album himself, thanks to overdubbing. The image on the cover shows … Read more
Raw to the Bone is the thirteenth album by rock band Wishbone Ash. Like its predecessor, Twin Barrels Burning, it is one of the band’s heaviest records, capitalizing on the popular New Wave of British Heavy Metal that Wishbone Ash had helped influence. It is the only Wishbone Ash album to feature Mervyn Spence on … Read more
Now That’s What I Call Music 6 or Now 6 was released in 1985 on vinyl and audio cassette. The album is the sixth edition of the Now! series in the United Kingdom. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Now 6 features four songs which reached number one on the UK … Read more
Psychocandy is the debut studio album by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. It was released in November 1985 on Blanco y Negro Records. The album is considered a landmark recording: its combination of guitar feedback with traditional pop song structures proved influential on the forthcoming shoegazing genre and alternative rock in … Read more
Rock a Little is the third solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released in late 1985 while Fleetwood Mac were still on a lengthy hiatus following their album Mirage (1982), Rock a Little hit the top 20 in its second week and ultimately peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard … Read more
Producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, as is their wont, created a shimmering pop surface for Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ second album, Easy Pieces, sweetening the tracks with string and brass countermelodies and emphasizing the chiming highs of the guitar and keyboards for an attractive sound that echoed the earnestness of British bands like … Read more