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13th Dec 1975, Patti Smith released her debut studio album Horses. Produced by John Cale, Horses has since been viewed by critics as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of the American punk rock movement, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time. Horses has also been […]
24th Oct 2013, NME published their latest '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list. The top 5 read: 1. The Smiths – 'The Queen Is Dead', 2. The Beatles – 'Revolver' 3. David Bowie – 'Hunky Dory', 4. The Strokes – 'Is This It' and at 5. The Velvet Underground & Nico – 'The Velvet […]
5th Oct 1973, Elton John released his seventh studio album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Under the working titles of Vodka and Tonics and Silent Movies, Talking Pictures, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to the album in two and a half weeks, with John composing most of the music in three days while staying at the […]
29th Sept 1987, Pink Floyd's thirteenth studio album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason was on the UK chart. The shoot for the album cover involved dragging 800 hospital beds onto Saunton Sands in Devon, but rain interrupted the session and they had to repeat the exercise two weeks later. A hang glider can be seen […]
3rd August 1973, Stevie Wonder released his 16th studio album Innervisions. Wonder played all or virtually all instruments on six of the album’s nine tracks, singles from the album were, ‘Higher Ground’ and ‘Living for the City’ and ‘He’s Misstra Know-It-All’. Article source: https://www.facebook.com/19706525166/posts/10161898674645167
We all like a list and here we bring you the latest sales for the best selling rock and pop studio albums of all time. https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/50-best-selling-studio-albums/ 50 Best Selling Studio Albums We all like a list and here we bring you the latest sales for the best selling rock and pop albums of all time. […]
Elvis Presley released his self titled studio album in mono on RCA Victor. The album spent ten weeks at No.1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock and roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts, and the first million-selling album of that genre. The iconic cover […]
28th January 1977, Pink Floyd's tenth studio album Animals entered the UK charts at No.2. The sleeve concept was that of Roger Waters, who lived at the time near Clapham Common, and regularly drove past Battersea Power Station. A view of the imposing but disused former power station building was chosen for the cover image, […]
14th January 1977, David Bowie released his eleventh studio album Low, the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno termed the "Berlin Trilogy". The track 'Sound and Vision' was released as a single and used by the BBC in the UK on trailers at the time, providing much needed exposure, as Bowie opted to do […]
ICYMI: Online rumours suggest Guns N’ Roses may have recorded a track for a T-Rex and Marc Bolan tribute album… Have Guns N’ Roses been back in the studio? Link to original article here