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1989 - Another Place and Time - Donna Summer
35 Years Ago - 1989 Donna Summer released her fourteenth studio album Another Place and Time A few notes and you'll know this was...
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Mar 17, 20241 min read
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1979 - Breakfast in America - Supertramp
45 Years Ago - 1979 Supertramp released their sixth album Breakfast in America. A legendary album and one of my favorites. "The Logical...
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Mar 16, 20241 min read
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1979 - Fate for Breakfast - Art Garfunkle
45 Years Ago - 1979 Art Garfunkle released his fourth solo album Fate for Breakfast. The album didn't have any top-40 singles (even...
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Mar 15, 20241 min read
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1984 - Body and Soul - Joe Jackson
40 Years Ago - 1984 Joe Jackson released his seventh album Body and Soul. "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" was...
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Mar 14, 20241 min read
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1984 - Heartbeat City - The Cars
40 Years Ago - 1984 The Cars released their fifth album Heartbeat City. Mutt Lang was tapped to produce this album, and it became a...
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Mar 13, 20241 min read
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1984 - Love Life - Berlin
40 Years Ago - 1984 Berlin released their third album Love Life. Great re-listen! Two singles charted in the US. "No More Words" was...
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Mar 12, 20241 min read
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1974 - Chicago VII - Chicago
50 Years Ago - 1974 Chicago released their sixth studio album Chicago VII. The album went to #1, and had three singles. "(I've Been)...
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Mar 11, 20241 min read
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1974 - Kansas - Kansas
50 Years Ago - 1974 Kansas released their debut self-titled album. It was the merging of two Topeka musical groups Kansas and White...
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Mar 10, 20241 min read
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1984 - Human's Lib - Howard Jones
40 Years Ago - 1984 Howard Jones released his debut album Human's Lib. "New Song" peaked at #27. "What Is Love?" made #33.
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Mar 9, 20241 min read
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1984 - Love at First Sting - Scorpions
40 Years Ago - 1984 Scorpions released their ninth album Love at First Sting. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" peaked at #25 (really? again...
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Mar 8, 20241 min read
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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 7, 20241 min read
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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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Mar 6, 20241 min read
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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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Mar 5, 20241 min read
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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 4, 20241 min read
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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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Mar 3, 20241 min read
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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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Mar 2, 20241 min read
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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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Mar 1, 20241 min read
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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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Feb 29, 20241 min read
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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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Feb 28, 20241 min read
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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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Feb 27, 20241 min read
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