Come Hell or Waters High is the singular album by English art-rock band Omaha Sheriff, produced by Tony Visconti and released in 1977 on Good Earth/RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Quiet Please” (7:25) A2. “Come Hell or Waters High” (3:12) A3. “You Give Me Love” (2:58) A4. “Me and Bob Seymour” (4:44) A5. “Miss Annie” (4:11) […]
Lodger is the twelfth studio album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1979 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “Fantastic Voyage” (2:55) A2. “African Night Flight” (2:54) A3. “Move On” (3:16) A4. “Yassassin” (4:10) A5. “Red Sails” (3:43) B1. “DJ” (3:59) B2. “Look Back in Anger” (3:08) B3. “Boys Keep Swinging” (3:17) B4. “Repetition” (2:59) B5. […]
Mary Hopkin (born May 3, 1950) is a Welsh folk-pop singer from Pontardawe, Glamorgan, who released two albums and more than 20 singles on Apple Records between 1968 and 1971. After years of limited activity, she re-emerged in soft-rockers Oasis for an album on WEA in 1984. Her third proper solo album, the operatic Spirit, […]
Young Americans is the eighth studio album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1975 on RCA. “Right” – syncopated drum pattern/percussion, snaky single-string guitar figure forming Fmaj7 tonality (dropping to Em and back) against the root-note bassline… soaring Sanborn sax cuts in at :18, billowing like smoke in a dark, neon-lit alley… Bowie enter […]
Nasty Pop is the first of two albums by the namesake Liverpudlian pop/rock band, released in 1975 on Island. Tracklist: A1. “Stage & Plays” A2. “Play It Loud / I Don’t Know” A3. “Pretty Author” A4. “The Ballad of Doodie Handstand” A5. “Ticking Fast” A6. “The Invisible Kid” B1. “Lady Sings” B2. “Lonely King” B3. […]
Indiscreet is the fifth album by American art-pop duo Sparks, released in 1975 on Island. Tracklist: A1. “Hospitality on Parade” (3:58) A2. “Happy Hunting Ground” (3:44) A3. “Without Using Hands” (3:19) A4. “Get in the Swing” (4:00) A5. “Under the Table With Her” (2:19) A6. “How Are You Getting Home?” (2:56) B1. “Pineapple” (2:42) B2. […]
Bad Reputation is the eighth album by Irish rockers Thin Lizzy, released in 1977 on Vertigo/Phonogram. Tracklist: A1. “Soldier of Fortune” (5:18) A2. “Bad Reputation” (3:09) A3. “Opium Trail” (3:58) A4. “South Bound” (4:27) B1. “Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)” (3:26) B2. “Killer Without a Cause” (3:33) B3. “Downtown Sundown” […]
Low is the tenth studio album by English musician/vocalist David Bowie, released in January 1977 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. Speed of Life (2:45) A2. Breaking Glass (1:42) A3. What in the World (2:20) A4. Sound and Vision (3:00) A5. Always Crashing in the Same Car (3:26) A6. Be My Wife (2:55) A7. A New Career […]
Heroes is the eleventh studio album by English musician/vocalist David Bowie, released in October 1977 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. Beauty and the Beast (3:32) A2. Joe the Lion (3:05) A3. “Heroes” (6:07) A4. Sons of the Silent Age (3:15) A5. Blackout (3:50) B1. V-2 Schneider (3:10) B2. Sense of Doubt (3:57) B3. Moss Garden (5:03) […]
The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock vocalist Iggy Pop, produced by David Bowie and released in March 1977 on RCA. Recorded in Berlin concurrently with the Low sessions, the two albums mine similar sonic territory. Tracklist: A1. “Sister Midnight” (4:19) A2. “Nightclubbing” (4:14) A3. “Funtime” (2:54) A4. “Baby” (3:24) A5. “China […]
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is the thirteenth studio album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1980 on RCA. Tracklist: A1. “It’s No Game (No. 1)” (4:20) A2. “Up the Hill Backwards” (3:15) A3. “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)” (5:12) A4. “Ashes to Ashes” (4:25) A5. “Fashion” (4:49) B1. “Teenage Wildlife” (6:56) B2. “Scream […]
The Man Who Sold the World is the third album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1970 on RCA. B5. “The Supermen” (3:39) Woodmansey heralds the song. Two bars in, he sets a rhythmic pattern of snare, kick drum, and booming timpani. Seven seconds in, Bowie howls upward from the distance as a root-fifth […]
Seasons is the second album by English folk-rock trio Magna Carta, released in 1970 on Vertigo. Tracklist: A. “Seasons” (22:18) — Prologue — Winter Song — Spring Poem — Spring Song — Summer Poem — Summer Song — Autumn Poem — Autumn Song — Epilogue — Winter Song (Reprise) B1. “Goin’ My Way (Road Song)” (2:56) […]
Fandangos in Space is the first of three albums by Californian flamenco/art-rock ensemble Carmen, released in 1973 on Regal Zonophone. Tracklist: A1. “Bulerias” (5:10) —i. Cante —ii. Baile —iii. Reprise A2. “Bullfight” (4:06) A3. “Stepping Stone” (3:45) A4. “Sailor Song” (4:07) A5. “Lonely House” (3:54) B1. “Por Tarantos” (1:40) B2. “Looking Outside (My Window)” (7:10) […]
