All posts tagged "80s"
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Prince: Ranking His Albums, Bottom to Top
Thirty years ago this month, in May 1984, Prince was readying the release of the first single from his upcoming album and film, Purple Rain....
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Johnny Indovina explains inspiration behind new album “Trials of the Writer”
“He sees certain sadness in the wake of yesterdays, and he writes it all down.” So begins Trials of the Writer, the first solo album...
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Classic album revisited: Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” turns 25
Twenty-five years ago this March, after months of feverish anticipation, one of the most successful pop albums of the ‘80s hit stores with a whiff...
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Classic album revisited: The Fixx “Phantoms”
The Fixx has always been a bit outside the lines. They never fit neatly into any particular genre, falling somewhere between new wave, post-punk and...
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Flashback: 5 classic albums released 30 years ago this month – January 1984
Van Halen – “1984” With the lead-off smash “Jump” and its instantly recognizable synthesizer riff (that so outraged many of their older fans) soaring to...
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Flashback: Ten 80s Classics that missed the Top 40
As we’ve seen over the years, chart position isn’t everything. There are songs that scale the upper reaches of the pop charts that don’t make...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1982
1982 was a transition year for pop music. ’70s style soft-rock artists were still hanging around on the charts, but MTV was already starting to...
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Boy George to return with “This Is What I Do”
Boy George recently announced the upcoming release of what he is billing as his first “new studio album of original material in 18 years.” Titled “This is What...
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Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (are made of this)” — 30 years later
1983's Sweet Dreams was Eurythmics' first U.S. #1
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Classic album revisited: Duran Duran’s “Notorious”
Duran Duran was one of the most successful bands to emerge from the early MTV era. They had all the ingredients for success and were...
