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Kick is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released October 12, 1987. As the band's most successful studio album, Kick has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. The album also spawned four US top 10 singles ("New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight", the last of which reached the top of the US Billboard singles charts). In Canada, Kick is the…

She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released in 1983. Six singles were released from the album, with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" becoming her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. "Time After Time" became her first number-one hit. The next two singles ("She Bop" and "All Through the Night") shot up the charts as well, making Lauper the first female singer to have four top five singles…

Released October 17, 1980 In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it at number 250 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, then was re-ranked at number 253 in the 2012 revised list. "Hungry Heart" was his first U.S. pop singles chart top ten hit single, reaching number five. (Springsteen had not intended the song to be for himself, having initially written it for The Ramones, but manager/producer/friend Jon Landau convinced him to keep it.) The album hit…

Released in September, Canada's Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Not Fragile" hit #1 in the US album charts on this date in 1974. A single from the LP, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", also topped the American charts.

Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf, as well as his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman and producer Todd Rundgren. The album was released on October 21, 1977 Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 43 million copies worldwide. It is certified 14x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It spent over 522 weeks in the UK Albums Chart,…

The Wall is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released 30 November 1979. It is a rock opera that explores Pink, a jaded rockstar whose "wall" represents his eventual self-imposed isolation from society. In 1982, The Wall was adapted into a feature film, for which Pink Floyd's Roger Waters wrote the screenplay and The Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof starred as Pink. The Wall is one of the best-known concept albums. With over 30 million copies sold,…

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records. Thriller became Jackson's first number one album... and stayed at number one for a record 37 weeks, from February 26, 1983 to April 14, 1984. Thriller set the record for the most top 10 singles from an album ("The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ", "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", and "Thriller"), with two of…

Band on the Run is the third studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings, released December 5, 1973. It was McCartney's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works. In 2000, Q magazine placed it at number 75 in its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever". In 2012, Band on the Run was voted 418th on Rolling Stone's revised list of "The 500…