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1996 - Electriclarryland - Butthole Surfers
30 Years Ago - 1996 Butthole Surfers released their seventh album Electriclarryland. Original Cover Japanese and Alternative Cover "Pepper" made #26 Hot 100 Airplay, #19 Mainstream Rock, #1 Modern Rock Tracks, #38 Top 40/Mainstream.
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1996 - Crash - Dave Matthews Band
30 Years Ago - 1996 Dave Matthews Band released their second album Crash. It was a smash and still a great listen! "Too Much" made #5 Alternative Airplay and #9 Mainstream Rock. "So Much to Say" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and peaked at #48, #38 Adult Top 40, #31 Mainstream Top 40, #19 Alternative Airplay. Crash into Me" made #19 Radio Songs, #9 Adult Pop Airplay, #7 Alternative Airplay, #18 Pop Airplay.
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Apr 281 min read
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1996 - New Beginning - SWV
30 Years Ago - 1996 SWV released their second album New Beginning. "You're the One" made #5, #1 R&B/Hip Hop, #3 Rhythmic Airplay "Use Your Heart" was the first song produced by the Neptunes (Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams.) It peaked at #22, #6 R&B, #19 Rhythmic. "It's All About U" made #61, #32 R&B, #30 Rhythmic.
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Apr 201 min read
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1991 - Lean Into It - Mr. Big
35 Years Ago - 1991 Mr. Big released their second album Lean Into It. "To Be with You" was their only #1, #11 AC, #19 Mainstream Rock. The band's Billy Sheehan told in a 1992 interview, "We never intended to release 'To Be With You'. We had another single. But some guy in Lincoln, Nebraska just started playing the song, and the copies of the song started selling like crazy. It spread to Omaha and went all over the country." "Just Take My Heart" made #16 and #18 Mainstream Ro
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Apr 31 min read
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2001 - Drops of Jupiter - Train
25 Years Ago - 2001 Train released their second album Drops of Jupiter . "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" won the Grammys for Best Rock Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist. It peaked at #5, #8 AC, #1Adult Alternative Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay. #4Pop Airplay, #11 Alternative Airplay, #19 Mainstream Rock "Something More" made #20. "She's On Fire" charted #21 Adult Top 40, #40 Mainstream Rock.
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Mar 301 min read
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1981 - Face Value - Phil Collins
45 Years Ago - 1981 Phil Collins released his debut solo album Face Value. The horns on the album are The Phenix Horns from Earth, Wind, & Fire. "In the Air Tonight" with the gated drum break (that you still do) peaked at #19 and #2 Mainstream Rock. "I Missed Again" made #19 and #8 Mainstream Rock.
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Feb 171 min read
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1996 - Boys for Pele - Tori Amos
30 Years Ago - 1996 Tori Amos released her third album Boys for Pele. The biggest album of her career and self-produced. "Caught a Lite Sneeze" made #60, #3 Adult Alternative Airplay, #13 Alternative Airplay. "Talula" bubbled under at #19, and #49 Dance Singles Sales (with a BT remix) "Professional Widow" bubbled under the Hot 100 at #8, but a remix from Armand van Helden (a completely reworked song) went #1 Club. "In the Springtime of His Voodoo" made #6 Club. Here's the da
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Jan 231 min read
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1981 - The Nature of the Beast - April Wine
45 Years Ago - 1981 April Wine released their ninth album The Nature of the Beast. "Just Between You and Me" peaked at #21 and #11 Mainstream Rock. "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" made #57 and #19 Mainstream Rock. "Enough is Enough" made #50 and #9 Mainstream Rock..
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Jan 121 min read
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