January 2022
Album – ANIMALS (PINK FLOYD)
Animals is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977 through Harvest and Columbia Records. The album continues the longform compositions that made up their previous works, including Wish You Were Here (1975). The album received positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful, reaching number 2 in the UK and number 3 in the USA. Animals is both a progressive rock album and a concept album, focusing on the social-political conditions…
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Album – RUMOURS (FLEETWOOD MAC) turns 45
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (released February 4, 1977) Join us in celebrating the 45th anniversary of the release of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album You’ll hear the full album, song by song, start to finish.……Tonight @ 9:00
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Album – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (PINK FLOYD)
The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. Primarily developed during live performances, the band premiered an early version of the record several months before recording began. The record was conceived as an album that focused on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and dealing with the apparent mental health problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrett,…
Find out more »Song – WATERLOO (ABBA)
On this day in 1974, ABBA released the first single from their second album and the first single to be credited to the group performing under the name ABBA. Waterloo later became the winning entry for Sweden in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and a No.1 hit in several countries. It reached the US Top 10 and went on to sell nearly six million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles in history.
Find out more »Album – GLASS HOUSES (Billy Joel)
Album released March 12, 1980 Glass Houses is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released on March 12, 1980. It features Joel's first song to peak at No. 1 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me". The album itself topped the Pop Albums chart for six weeks and was ranked No. 4 on Billboard's 1980 year-end album chart. The album is the 41st best selling album of the 1980s, with sales of…
Find out more »Album – PLEASE PLEASE ME (The Beatles)
Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom, following the success of the band's first two singles "Love Me Do", which reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Please Please Me" which reached number 1 on the NME and Melody Maker charts. The album topped Record Retailer's LP chart for 30 weeks,…
Find out more »Album – ELIMINATOR – ZZ TOP (39)
Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top. It was released on March 23, 1983, by Warner Bros. Records, and rose high on the charts in many countries. Four hit singles were released—"Gimme All Your Lovin'" which reached the American Top 40, "Sharp Dressed Man", "TV Dinners" and their most successful single, "Legs". A Diamond certified album in the United States, Eliminator is ZZ Top's most commercially successful release, with sales of 20 million worldwide. The…
Find out more »Album – BREAKFAST IN AMERICA (Supertramp)
Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released by A&M Records on 29 March 1979. It spawned four U.S. Billboard hit singles: "The Logical Song" (No. 6), "Goodbye Stranger" (No. 15), "Take the Long Way Home" (No. 10) and "Breakfast in America" (No. 62). In the UK, "The Logical Song" and the title track were both top 10 hits, the only two the group had in their native country. Breakfast in America won two Grammy Awards, including Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording,…
Find out more »April 2022
Album – TOYS IN THE ATTIC (AEROSMITH)
On this day in 1975, Aerosmith released their third studio album Toys In The Attic. The album is their most commercially successful in the US, with eight million copies sold and features the hit 'Walk This Way' which peaked at No.10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977 when re-released and was one of the songs that helped break Aerosmith into the mainstream in the seventies.
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Classic Albums Top To Bottom – HYSTERIA (DEF LEPPARD)
‘Classic Albums - Top To Bottom’ Def Leppard -Hysteria Released August 3, 1987 Tonight at 7:00 you’ll hear the full album, song by song, start to finish…. Brought to you by Maritime Vehicle Provider, on 89 9 The Wave
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