Quadrophenia is the sixth studio album by English rockers The Who, released on October 23, 1973, on Track/MCA. Quadrophenia stands as their second completed rock opera and second studio double-album, a monumental follow-up to Tommy. Building upon the ambitious, high-tech arrangements conceived for the aborted Lifehouse concept, Quadrophenia presents a tighter, more direct narrative with […]
Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by Genesis, released in the UK on September 28, 1973, on Charisma. In the US, the album appeared on October 12 on Atlantic. This was the fifth Genesis studio album, following their 1972 breakthrough Foxtrot and preceding their 1974 rock opera The Lamb Lies Down […]
Bitches Brew is the second album from the electric phase of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on March 30, 1970, on Columbia Records. The album fully realized the jazz-rock fusion direction Davis had been exploring, pushing it to its furthest, most abstract limits. It combined free-form jazz improvisation with a dense, electrified sound. The […]
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, on Capitol Records. The album redefined the possibilities of popular music through its advanced vocal layering, unorthodox orchestration, and modular studio architecture. It challenged mid-1960s production standards with intricate arrangements, wide emotional depth, and a harmonic vocabulary far beyond […]
Aja is the sixth album by Steely Dan, released on September 23, 1977, on ABC Records. The album contains seven songs from the writing team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “Peg,” “Deacon Blues,” and “Josie.” Behind them stood a 35-player support cast led by guitarist Steve Khan, drummer Bernard Purdie, […]
Tubular Bells is the debut album by English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released on May 25, 1973, on Virgin Records. The album presents a two-part instrumental suite that shifts through evolving motifs, interlocking figures, and sudden textural contrasts. It introduced Oldfield’s long-form approach and marked Virgin’s opening salvo as a label anchored in experimental, […]
Death Walks Behind You is the second album by the English rock band Atomic Rooster, released in September 1970 on B&C Records. Issued seven months after Atomic Roooster, this was their only album under the revised trio configuration of keyboardist Vincent Crane, guitarist–singer John Du Cann, and drummer Paul Hammond. Sessions occurred in August 1970 […]
Tarkus is the second studio album by the English symphonic-rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on June 4, 1971, on Island (UK) and Cotillion (US). Tarkus presents their first long-form suite, comprised of seven linked sections that span side one. On side two, they offer six shorter pieces with separate moods and forms. Keith […]
Pretzel Logic is the third album by Steely Dan, released on February 20, 1974, on ABC Records. The album contains eleven songs from the writing team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Any Major Dude Will Tell You,” and “Pretzel Logic.” Behind them stood a support […]
Zeit is the third album by the German electronic trio Tangerine Dream, released in August 1972 as a two-LP set on Ohr. This was Tangerine Dream’s third studio album, following Alpha Centauri (1971). It marked a profound shift in the band’s direction, pioneering the genre of ambient and experimental electronic music. Zeit introduced the first classic trio […]
Köhntarkösz is the fifth album by the French Zeuhl ensemble Magma, released in September 10, 1974, on A&M. The album presents a brooding, atmospheric exploration of the mystical narrative surrounding Köhntarkösz, a seer who enters the tomb of the ancient sage Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré to uncover hidden knowledge. Bandleader Christian Vander shapes the album around the title cycle, unfolding […]
Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, released in March 1975 on ABC Records. The album contains ten songs from the writing team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “Black Friday,” “Bad Sneakers,” and “Doctor Wu.” This was their first album after the pair retired from road life and […]
In a Silent Way is the first album from the electric phase of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on July 30, 1969, on Columbia Records. The album marked a dramatic change in Davis’s musical direction. Following the more acoustic, post-bop sound of his second quintet, In a Silent Way pioneered the genre of jazz […]
Kawana is the fourth album by French Zeuhl ensemble Zao, released in 1976 on RCA Victor. Kawana represents Zao at a stage where their sound has fully embraced jazz-rock fusion while retaining traces of the Zeuhl energy from earlier albums. With the addition of Didier Lockwood on violin, the ensemble expands its expressive range, weaving […]
Talking Heads: 77 is the debut album by the Talking Heads, released on September 16, 1977, on Sire. 77 is a pivotal artifact of the burgeoning New Wave and post-punk movements, showcasing the band’s minimalist yet quirky art-rock sound and David Byrne’s distinctive, often anxious, lyrical perspective. The album introduced their unique blend of intellectual […]
Highway is the fourth album by English hard-rock band Free, released in December 1970 on Island. The album centers on piano shuffles and slow material, while two hard-riff tracks cut through the quieter sequence. Andy Fraser brings more piano into the writing. Paul Rodgers places the vocal line low in the mix of feeling, then […]
Clear Light Symphony is the debut album by the French-English electronic space-rock collective Clearlight, released in early 1975 for Virgin Records. Composed and arranged by keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux, Clearlight Symphony unfolds as a continuous forty-minute instrumental suite in two extended movements. Recorded across 1973–74 with two distinct ensembles—members of Gong on the first side and […]
Heartbreaker is the sixth and final studio album by English hard-rock band Free, released in January 1973 on Island. The record followed Free at Last and brought bassist Tetsu Yamauchi and keyboardist John “Rabbit” Bundrick into the working line-up after Andy Fraser’s departure. Free recorded the album at Island Studios in London during October and November […]
Argent is the debut album by the English rock band Argent, released in January 1970 on CBS (UK) and Epic (US). The album introduced the quartet of Rod Argent, Russ Ballard, Jim Rodford, and Bob Henrit. They formed the year prior from the ashes of The Zombies, Rod’s prior band with songwriter Chris White, who […]
Fire and Water is the third album by English hard-rock band Free, released on June 26, 1970, on Island. The album propelled Free onto both the U.K. and U.S. album charts, reaching No. 2 in Britain and No. 17 in the United States. Free recorded the album between January and June 1970 at Trident Studios […]
Nexus is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Argent, released in March 1974 on Epic. This was the final studio album by the original four-piece lineup of keyboardist–singer Rod Argent, singer–guitarist Russ Ballard, bassist Jim Rodford, and drummer Bob Henrit. Rod Argent and Chris White produced Nexus, and the LP reached No. 149 […]
Ring of Hands is the second album by the English rock band Argent, released in February 1971 on Epic. Rod Argent co-produced and largely co-wrote the album with Zombies colleague Chris White. Ring of Hands retains the four-piece lineup with singer–guitarist Russ Ballard, bassist Jim Rodford, and drummer Bob Henrit. The lineup prevailed across five years […]
Circus is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Argent, released in March 1975 on Epic. This was their first album as a quintet with guitarist–singer John Verity and second guitarist John Grimaldi, who both joined after the 1974 departure of co-founder Russ Ballard. Rod Argent and Chris White produced the sessions at CBS Studios, […]
Üdü Ẁüdü is the sixth studio album by the French Zeuhl ensemble Magma, released on September 10, 1976 on RCA’s Utopia imprint. The album marks a shift toward bass-centered pulses and industrial futurism while retaining the group’s experimental roots. Worldbeat fusion and ghost-dance motifs permeate the shorter tracks, while the side-long epic develops a tense, […]
Who Are You is the eighth proper studio album by The Who, released on August 18, 1978, on Polydor and MCA. The album is the final studio appearance featuring drummer Keith Moon and showcases the band’s shift toward complex, synth-heavy arrangements. It features extended instrumental sections and polyrhythms, particularly on the lengthy title track, which […]
Atomic Roooster is the debut album by Atomic Rooster, first released in March 1970 on B & C (U.K.) and Fontana (Europe). Two versions exist of the album. The first — recorded by the original lineup of keyboardist Vincent Crane, bassist/singer Nick Graham, and drummer Carl Palmer — has no guitar. Soon after that release, […]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is the debut album by the English symphonic-rock trio of the same name, released on November 20, 1970, on the Island and Atlantic labels. The album brought together three established players: Nice keyboardist Keith Emerson, King Crimson bassist–singer Greg Lake, and Atomic Rooster drummer Carl Palmer. They recorded the album shortly […]
Barndomens Stigar is the lone album by Swedish jazz-rock/Zeuhl combo Kultivator, released in October 1981 on Bauta. Kultivator built Barndomens Stigar from guitar, Rhodes, organ, synthesizer, recorder, layered voices, bass, bass pedals, and sharply detailed drums. The album runs on hard rhythmic control, quick directional changes, and a steady exchange between airy, folk-leaning passages and […]
Weidorje is the first and only album by the French Zeuhl band Weidorje, released in March 1978 on Cobra. Formed the previous year by bassist Bernard Paganotti and keyboardist Patrick Gauthier after their tenure in Magma, the group extended that band’s cosmic jazz-rock vision into a new framework of intricate ensemble interplay and ritualistic intensity. […]
Please Don’t Touch! is the second solo album by English guitarist/composer Steve Hackett, released in April 1978 on Charisma. He first presented the title song to Genesis during sessions for their late-1976 release Wind and Wuthering, his final album with the band. This was his second solo album after his 1975 release Voyage of the […]
Arbeit Macht Frei (Il Lavoro Rende Liberi) is the debut album by Italian avant-garde/jazz-rock band Area, released in 1973 on Cramps. The album presents a volatile synthesis of free improvisation, political commentary, and regional inflection. Its six tracks balance tightly arranged instrumental sections with sudden ruptures into free-form interplay and ambient abstraction. Vocalist Demetrio Stratos […]
Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by English symphonic-rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on December 7, 1973, on Manticore. The album maximizes their studio across a subdivided album body. Side one places four distinct pieces—a hymn arrangement, a modernist concerto adaptation, a Greg Lake ballad, and a comic piano song—before the […]
Remain in Light is the fourth album by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980, on Sire. This was the final album in their trilogy with producer Brian Eno. The album represents the pinnacle of their polyrhythmic experimentation and global musical influences, particularly drawing from African funk. Diverging significantly from […]
Green Ray is the debut album by French electronic musician Zanov, released in 1976 on Polydor. The album established Zanov as an early innovator in the kosmische electronic tradition, inspired by the German Berlin School. He composed and self-recorded all three longform tracks in his Paris home studio. The album features a blend of rhythmic sequences […]
I’m Nearly Famous is the eighteenth studio album by Cliff Richard, released on May 7, 1976, on EMI Records. It features his comeback single “Devil Woman,” a strident rocker that became his first US Top 10 hit. This was his first of three secular studio albums produced by Bruce Welch, the rhythm guitarist and co-founder […]
Osiris is the second album by French progressive ensemble Zao, released in 1974 on Disjuncta/Urus. The album marks a transitional stage for the band as it begins to diverge from the heavier Zeuhl influences of their debut Z=7L toward a more jazz-fusion oriented approach. The departure of Mauricia Platon left vocal duties to Yochk’o Seffer […]
Trilogy is the third studio album by English symphonic-rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on June 23, 1972, on Island and Atlantic. Trilogy tightens their studio language through denser overdubs and cleaner sectional joints. Side one begins with “The Endless Enigma,” a three-part epic followed by the atmospheric Lake ballad “From the Beginning,” an […]
The Royal Scam is the fifth album by Steely Dan, released on May 31, 1976, on ABC. The album contains nine songs by the team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “Kid Charlemagne,” “The Fez,” and “Haitian Divorce.” Behind Fagen and Becker stood a 23-player backing cast led by guitarist Larry […]
Every Face Tells a Story is the nineteenth studio album by Cliff Richard, released on March 18, 1977, on EMI. This was his second consecutive album produced by Shadows rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch, the mastermind behind Richard’s recent comeback. The album continued the artistic direction of its predecessor, blending diverse British pop-rock arrangements with American roots […]
Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is the fourth album by the French Zeuhl ensemble Magma, on May 6, 1973, on Vertigo (France) and A&M (abroad). The previously rejected, more acoustic choral version becomes electrically amplified here, driven by dense brass voicings, sharpened percussion, and the addition of guitarist Claude Olmos and bassist Jannick Top, whose arrival replaces […]
Couleurs Naturelles is the third album by French jazz-rock combo Transit Express, released in 1977 on RCA Victor. Recorded at Château d’Hérouville, Couleurs Naturelles finds Transit Express operating as a quintet with David Rose fully integrated on violin. The ensemble—Dominique Bouvier on drums and percussion, Jean-Claude Guselli on bass, Christian Leroux on guitars, Serge Perathoner […]
1001° Centigrades — initially titled Magma 2 — is the second album by the French Zeuhl ensemble Magma, released on October 5, 1971, on Philips. The narrative from their first album continues as the Kobaïans return to Earth and share their knowledge, ultimately meeting resistance that culminates in confinement and ideological tension. Louis Toesca and […]
Les Contes du Singe Fou is the third album by French/English symphonic/space collective Clearlight, released in 1976 on Isadora. Following Forever Blowing Bubbles, keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux redefined Clearlight as a tighter ensemble centered on piano, violin, and rhythm section rather than the expansive, guest-filled orchestrations of earlier albums. Recorded in late 1976, Les Contes du […]
Alphataurus is the primary album by the Italian symphonic hard-rock band Alphataurus, released in 1973 on Magma. The album captures the band’s only complete studio statement, recorded just prior to their untimely disbandment. Integrating acoustic and electronic timbres with classical structuring and extended suite forms, the music shifts between atmospheric stillness and instrumental volatility. Lyrical […]
Atomic Rooster is the sixth album by English hard rock trio Atomic Rooster, released in September 1980 on EMI. This was the group’s first album after a six-year break and their second eponymous release after their 1970 debut, Atomic Roooster (three o’s). Vincent Crane and John Du Cann rebuilt the band for the sessions with […]
Cold Fact is the first of two studio albums by American singer/songwriter Rodriguez, released in March 1970 on Sussex Records. The record presents a raw, street-level strain of psychedelic folk-rock with protest undercurrents, balancing urban realism and countercultural reflection through vivid lyrical portraits of disaffection, addiction, and class disparity. Its tone moves between bitter social critique and […]
Headline News is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Atomic Rooster, released in June 1983 on Towerbell (UK) and Passport (US). This was the second of two ’80s-era albums that Vincent Crane made under the Atomic Rooster name. He self-produced the tracks with longtime drummer Paul Hammond and a rotation of guitarists. […]
Countdown to Ecstasy is the second album by Steely Dan, released on July 7, 1973, on ABC. The album contains eight songs from the writing team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “My Old School,” “Bodhisattva,” and “Show Biz Kids.” Steely Dan retain the lineup of their debut with guitarist Jeff […]
Magma is the debut album by the French progressive-rock band Magma, released in October 1970 on Philips. The double-album presents a sprawling concept about refugees abandoning a doomed Earth to build a society on the distant planet Kobaïa, conveyed largely in the constructed Kobaïan language. The ensemble combines jazz-rock frameworks with classical phrasing, shifting pulses, […]
A Tribute to Jack Johnson is the third studio album from the electric phase of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on February 24, 1971, on Columbia Records. The album is a fiery, muscular exploration of hard rock, funk, and jazz fusion. It was conceived as the soundtrack for the documentary film of the same […]
Moebius 256 301 is the second album by French electronic musician Zanov, released in 1977 on Polydor. Conceived and performed entirely by the composer, the album refines his command of analog synthesis into a more rhythmic and architecturally precise form. Built around the ARP 2600, EMS VCS 3, and RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, it constructs a […]
Can’t Buy a Thrill is the debut album by Steely Dan, released in November 1972 on ABC Records. The album contains ten songs from the writing team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, including the radio evergreens “Do It Again” and “Reelin’ in the Years.” Steely Dan works here as a six-piece with guitarist Jeff “Skunk” […]
Tilt – Immagini Per Un Orecchio is the 1974 debut album by the Italian jazz-rock sextet Arti & Mestieri. From the synth-walled/violin-strewn metric shuffles of “Gravità 9,81” to the guitar/vibraphone filigree of the exceedingly brisk “Positivo/Negativo,” Furio Chirico bombards the proceedings with tome/snare spray of unparalleled speed. Across the epic proportions of “Articolazioni,” the frenzied […]
Priglacit is the debut album by French jazz-rock combo Transit Express, released in 1975 on RCA Victor. The ensemble—Dominique Bouvier on drums and percussion, J.-Claude Guselli on electric bass, Christian Leroux on acoustic and electric guitars, and Serge Perathoner on keyboards and synthesizers—interweaves dense rhythmic frameworks with angular, streaking melodic lines. Across 14 concise tracks, instrumentation […]
Tristan et Iseult is a soundtrack album by French Zeuhl musician and Magma figurehead Christian Vander, released in 1974 on Barclay. The album is the score for the avant-garde French film of the same name. Recorded as a Vander-led project with core Magma members, the work would later integrate into the band’s canon as Ẁurdah Ïtah, the […]
Get Up With It is an album from the electric phase of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on November 22, 1974, on Columbia Records. The album is a sprawling, retrospective collection of previously unreleased material recorded between 1970 and 1974. It spans the entire sonic palette of Davis’s electric period, from the hard funk […]
Forever Blowing Bubbles is the second album by French electro/space-rock operative Clearlight, released in 1975 on Virgin. The album marks a shift from the extended suites of Clearlight Symphony toward shorter, self-contained compositions that retain the ensemble’s cosmic and symphonic language. Recorded at The Manor with an expanded cast of guests from the British and […]
Z=7L is the debut album by French chamber-rock/Zeuhl combo Zao, released in 1973 on Vertigo. Keyboardist François “Faton” Cahen and reedist Yochk’o Seffer formed the band after their early departure from Magma. The album integrates operatic female vocals, intricate instrumental interplay, and shifting rhythmic frameworks, producing an intricate tension between structure and improvisation. Mauricia Platon’s […]
Emerson, Lake & Powell is the singular album by the namesake English symphonic-rock trio, released on June 2, 1986, on Polydor. This was the only studio album that Keith Emerson and Greg Lake recorded with Cozy Powell. Though technically a one-off project, the album is generally included in the ELP canon. The record recasts Emerson […]
Free is the second album by the English rock band Free, released in October 1969 on Island, seven months after their debut. It features the classic quartet of vocalist Paul Rodgers, guitarist Paul Kossoff, bassist Andy Fraser, and drummer Simon Kirke. Sessions ran from January through June 1969 at Morgan Studios and Trident Studios in […]
Tons of Sobs is the debut album by the English rock band Free, released on March 14, 1969, on Island Records. It was the first document of the original quartet of vocalist Paul Rodgers, guitarist Paul Kossoff, bassist Andy Fraser, and drummer Simon Kirke. They cut the album at Morgan Studios in London from sessions […]
Taking Care of Business is an album by American jazz-funk/soulsters the Ted Coleman Band, released in 1980 on JSR Records. “Due Consideration” is marked by rising/falling 3rds within a two-chord (G/Cm) verse sequence. An octave bassline/hi-hat slide accents the chordal arc (E♭/Dm/Gm) of the bridge. The verse theme is reimagined with an enveloped guitar solo, […]
Coincide is the third headlining album by American free-jazz saxist Dewey Redman, released in 1975 on Impulse! The album was recorded on September 9–10, 1974, at N.Y.C.’s Generation Sound Studios. Violinist Leroy Jenkins and bassist Norris Jones (aka Sirone) were cohorts in the Revolutionary Ensemble. Trumpeter Ted Daniel and drummer Eddie Moore round out the combo. […]
Canyon Lady is a jazz-funk album by American saxist Joe Henderson, released in May 1975 on Milestone. Notable players on the album include keyboardist George Duke, trombonist Julian Priester, trumpeter Luis Gasca, and reedists Hadley Caliman and Ray Pizzi. The album was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, Calif., on October 1–3, 1973. “Tres Palabras” […]
Odyssey is a jazz-funk album by American keyboardist/composer Charles Earland, released in 1976 on Mercury. Notable players on the album include guitarist John Abercrombie, trumpeter Randy Brecker, drummer Norman Connors, and violinists Michał Urbaniak and John Blair. The album was the first of four on Mercury for Earland, who had just wrapped a six-year, 10-album stint […]
Artport is an album by the namesake American jazz-rock combo, self-released by the band in 1982 with the catalog number APW-0001. “Don’t Think Do” starts with a tangled mesh of acoustic plucking, interspersed with brisk strums in B. The arrangement is drum-swept into a flurry of scales that momentary crescendo in E-maj7 with harmonic bass notes. “At […]
Cut the Cake is the third album by Scottish soul-funk group the Average White Band, released in June 1975 on Atlantic. The album is their second for the label and the first to feature drummer Steve Ferrone, who stepped in following the death of founding member Robbie McIntosh. Bassist/singer Alan Gorrie and guitarist/singer Hamish Stuart […]
Aera Humanum Est is the debut album by German jazz-rock combo Aera, released in 1975 on Erlkönig. The album features six originals composed by guitarist Muck Groh. Harmonic notes and tuning twang presage “Papa Doing,” which coalesces around a sharp soprano sax riff at 2:00. The riff is intermittently overtaken by the clean leads and […]
Dai Primitivi All’Elettronica is an album by Italian avant-garde combo Futuro Antico, recorded in July 1980 and released a decade later on Casal Gajardo Records. The album crosses experimental drone music with electronic minimalism and percussive maximalism. It was recorded two months after their self-pressed eponymous cassette. “Piano Synt” starts with sparkling piano filigree on […]
Metro is the debut album by the English art-pop trio of the same name, released in 1976 on Transatlantic Records. The album would be the sole release of the trio lineup fronted by singer/songwriter Duncan Browne, who resumed his solo career the following year. Tracklist: A1. Criminal World A2. Precious A3a. Overture To Flame A3b. […]
Very Special is the first of two solo albums recorded to date by American session vocalist Debra Laws, released in 1981 on Elektra. The album features instrumental contributions from her brothers Hubert and Ronnie Laws, who served as co-producers. Sister Eloise Laws provides backing vocals on the track “Long as We’re Together.” Tracklist: A1. “On My […]
Tomorrow is the homonymous, lone longplayer by the English popsike quartet that featured vocalist Keith West and guitarist Steve Howe. Released in 1968 on Parlophone, the album contains the band’s two 1967 singles, minus the b-side “Claramount Lake.” Tracklist: A1. My White Bicycle A2. Colonel Brown A3. Real Life Permanent Dream A4. Shy Boy A5. […]
Grand Hotel is the sixth studio album by Procol Harum, released in 1973 on Chrysalis. This was their first studio album after the departure of Robin Trower, who is replaced here by ex-Cochise guitarist Mick Grabham. Tracklist: A1. “Grand Hotel” (6:10) A2. “Toujours L’Amour” (3:31) A3. “A Rum Tale” (3:20) A4. “T.V. Ceasar” (5:52) B1. […]
Weekend Rendezvous is the second album by Welsh funk-rock band Racing Cars, released in 1977 on Chrysalis. Tracklist: A1. Swampy (Down By the River) A2. Ticking Over A3. Didn’t I Tell You A4. Clever Girl A5. Weekend Rendezvous B1. Take Me From the City B2. Standing In the Rain B3. Backwater Road B4. High and […]
Crisis? What Crisis? is the fourth album by English symphonic-pop band Supertramp, released in 1975 on A&M. The release was the band’s second to feature the “classic” lineup that premiered on the prior year’s Crime of the Century LP. “Another Man’s Woman” Starts with faint classical piano filigree that slowly fades in to full volume. […]
Walk into Light is the first-ever solo album by veteran Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson. Released in 1983 amidst his embrace of hi-tech electronics, the album is a collaborative effort between the singer/flutist and Tull’s then-keyboardist Peter-John Vettese. Serving as a stylistic midway between the synth-enmeshed rusticism of The Broadsword and the Beast and the […]
Airplay is the sole album by the namesake project of producers/composers Jay Graydon and David Foster, recorded with assorted LA studio musicians. Released in 1980 on RCA, the album consists of 10 collaborative originals, two of which had recently been cut by associated acts Earth, Wind & Fire (“After the Love Is Gone”) and the […]
Rupert Holmes is the second album by the namesake American composer, released in 1975 on Epic. Tracklist: A1. Too Scared To Sing A2. Brass Knuckles A3. You Burned Yourself Out A4. Deco Lady A5. I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand B1. Rifles and Rum B2. Studio Musician B3. Everything Gets Better When You’re Drunk […]
The Beating of Wings is the debut solo album by English pianist/composer Andrew Poppy, released in 1985 on ZTT Records. Tracklist: A1. The Object Is a Hungry Wolf A2. 32 Frames for Orchestra B1. Listening In B2. Cadenza
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is the fourth album by Kiwi art-rockers Midnight Oil, released in 1982 on CBS. The album was their first to be issued in the Northern Hemisphere, where the band made initial headway with the video for “Power and the Passion” — a medium-rotation clip on […]
Aviator is the first of two albums by the namesake English supergroup, recorded in 1978 and released in 1979 on EMI’s Harvest imprint. Tracklist: A1. Your Loving Is My Home A2. Keep Your Heart Right A3. Evil Eye A4. Time Traveller A5. Silver Needles B1. Cleveland Ohio B2. Country Morning B3. Greed B4. Morning Journey […]
