1994 - The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
30 Years Ago - 1994 Nine Inch Nails released their second album The Downward Spiral. "March of the Pigs" was the first single making #59....
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Mar 61 min read
1974/1979 - Apostrophe (') & Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa
50 Years Ago - 1974 Frank Zappa released his sixth studio album Apostrophe (') "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" peaked at #86. This was his...
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bribriny
Mar 51 min read
1974 - Hollies - Hollies
50 Years Ago - 1974 Hollies released their fourteenth album (in the UK) again self-titled. "The Air That I Breathe" was a #6 Hot 100 and...
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bribriny
Mar 41 min read
1974 - Waterloo - ABBA
50 Years Ago - 1974 ABBA released their second album Waterloo. The album's title track won ABBA the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and...
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Mar 31 min read
1989 - 3 Feet High and Rising - De la Soul
35 Years Ago - 1989 De La Soul released their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising. Labeled a hippie group, the group disputed that....
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bribriny
Mar 21 min read
1974 - Buddha and the Chocolate Box - Cat Stevens
50 Years Ago - 1974 Cat Stevens released his eighth album Buddha and the Chocolate Box. "Oh Very Young" peaked at #10. It's said that Its...
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bribriny
Mar 11 min read
1974 - Shinin' On - Grand Funk Railroad
50 Years Ago - 1974 Grand Funk Railroad released their eighth album Shinin' On "The Loco-Motion" their remake of the Little Eva #1 also...
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bribriny
Feb 291 min read
1984 - Weird "Al" in 3-D - Weird "Al" Yankovic
40 Years Ago -1984 Weird "Al" Yankovic released his second album ..in 3-D "Eat It", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It", peaked at...
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bribriny
Feb 281 min read
1979 - Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
45 Years Ago - 1979 Rickie Lee Jones released her self-titled debut album. "Chuck E's in Love" was the first single peaking at #4 and #20...
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bribriny
Feb 271 min read
1984 - The Works - Queen
40 Years Ago - 1984 Queen released their eleventh album The Works. The album's title comes from a comment Taylor made as recording began...
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bribriny
Feb 261 min read
1989 - Oranges & Lemons - XTC
35 Years Ago - 1989 XTC released their eleventh album Oranges & Lemons. "Mayor of Simpleton" was the first single and their only US...
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bribriny
Feb 251 min read
1989 - Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
35 Years Ago - 1989 Indigo Girls released their self-titled second album. "Closer to Fine" was the first single which also recently...
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bribriny
Feb 241 min read
1979 - Force Majeure - Tangerine Dream
45 Years Ago - 1979 Tangerine Dream released their fifth charted album Force Majeure. It was originally issued on transparent vinyl...
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bribriny
Feb 221 min read
1989 - Room to Move - Animotion
35 Years Ago - 1989 Animotion released their third album Room to Move. I like to call them Animotion the second. It had an all new lineup...
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bribriny
Feb 211 min read
1989 - The Raw & the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
35 Years Ago - Fine Young Cannibals released their second album The Raw & the Cooked. (in January not sure why I missed it) Singles...
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bribriny
Feb 201 min read
1979 - George Harrison - George Harrison
45 Years Ago - 1979 George Harrison released his self titled eighth album. "Blow Away" was the first single peaking at #16 and #2 AC....
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bribriny
Feb 191 min read
1999 - FanMail - TLC
25 Years Ago - 1999 TLC released their third album FanMail. Three official singles were released. "No Scrubs" was the first single and...
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bribriny
Feb 181 min read
1984 - Into the Gap - Thompson Twins
40 Years Ago - 1984 Thompson Twins released their fourth album Into the Gap. This album became their most commercially successful. "Hold...
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bribriny
Feb 171 min read
1984 - Out of the Cellar - Ratt
40 Years Ago - 1984 Ratt released their debut album Out of the Cellar. "Round and Round" peaked at #12 and #4 Mainstream Rock. The video...
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bribriny
Feb 161 min read
1974 - Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
50 Years Ago - 1974 Steely Dan released their third album Pretzel Logic. The album featured two singles. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"...
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