(34) Graham Parker - The Real Macaw (1983)

Track listing

01.  "Just Like a Man"  - 2:39

02.  "You Can't Take Love for Granted"  - 4:36

03.  "Glass Jaw"  - 3:14

04.  "Passive Resistance"  - 3:19

05.  "Sounds Like Chains"  - 4:40

06.  "Life Gets Better"  - 3:11

07.  "A Miracle a Minute"  - 3:11

08.  "Beyond a Joke"  - 4:46

09.  "Last Couple on the Dance Floor"  - 3:05

10.  "Anniversary"  - 2:58

11.  "(Too Late) The Smart Bomb"  - 3:26

12.  "I Want You Back" (Bonus Track)  - 3:20

Released:  July 1983

Genre:  Pop, Rock

Length:  39:06

Label:  Arista Records

Producer:  David Kershenbaum

Personnel

Graham Parker - Lead and backing vocals, blue and hollow guitars

Brinsley Schwarz - Orange and black guitars

George Small - Keyboards

Kevin Jenkins - Bass

Gilson Lavis - Drums

Additional Musicians - Sarah Larson, Mel Collins, Morris Pert, Andy Ebsworth

(33) Berlin - Pleasure Victim (1982)

Track listing

01.  "Tell Me Why" - 5:34

02.  "Pleasure Victim" - 3:50

03.  "Sex (I'm A...)" - 5:08

04.  "Masquerade" - 4:04

05.  "The Metro"  - 4:07

06.  "World of Smiles" - 3:50

07.  "Torture" - 2:36

08.  "Sex (I'm A ...)" (Extended version)  - 8:10

Released:  January 26, 1983

Genre:  New Wave

Length:  37:17

Label:  Geffen Records

Producer:  Daniel van Ratten

Personnel

Terri Nunn - Vocal

Ric Olsen - Lead Guitar

David Diamond - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards

John Crawford - Bass, Keyboards

Rod Learned - Drums, Percussion

Chris Ruiz-Velasco - Additional Guitars

Daniel Van Patten - Drums, Acoustic & Electronic Percussion

(32) Ian Matthews - Journeys From Gospel Oak (1972)

Track listing

01.  "Knowing the Game" (Ian Matthews)  - 2:30

02.  "Polly" (Gene Clark)  - 3:56

03.  "Things You Gave Me" (Glen D. Hardin)  - 2:24

04.  "Mobile Blue" (Mickey Newbury)  - 3:18

05.  "Tribute to Hank Williams" (Tim Hardin)  - 2:38

06.  "Met Her on a Plane" (Jimmy Webb)  - 3:32

07.  "Bride 1945" (Paul Siebel)  - 3:00

08.  "Franklin Avenue (Ian Matthews)  - 2:42

09.  "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman)  - 3:32

10.  "Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard)  - 3:37

Released:  December,1972

Genre:  Country rock

Label:  Mooncrest

Length:  31:09

Producer:  Sandy Roberton

Personnel

Ian Matthews - guitar, vocals

Jerry Donahue - guitar

Andy Roberts - guitar

Pat Donaldson - bass

Timi Donald - drums

(31) Van Stephenson - China Girl (1981)

Track listing

01.  You've Got A Good Love Coming  - 2:55  

02.  Looks Like A Loser  - 3:20  

03.  Seeing Is Believing  - 3:26  

04.  China Girl  - 4:18  

05.  Weekend Warrior  - 3:52  

06.  I Would If I Could  - 3:02  

07.  Tonight The Love's On Me  - 3:44  

08.  Hotter In The Night  - 3:28  

09.  New York, Hold Her Tight  - 3:52  

10.  Lion In The Night  - 3:07 

Release:  1981

Label:  Handshake Records

Genre:  Rock

Length:  34:17

Producer:  Bob Montgomery, Jeff Silbar

Engineer:  Gene Eichelberger

Personnel

Van Stephenson -Vocals

Larry Paxton - Bass

Drums – Joe English

Kenny Mims, Wayne Perkins - Guitar

Mike Hanna - Keyboards

Shane Keister - Synthesizer 

Bob Montgomery - Wind Chimes 

(30) Toni Childs - The Woman´s Boat (1994)

Track listing

01.  "Womb"  - 4:49

02.  "Welcome to the World"  - 6:15

03.  "Predator" - 6:46

04.  "I Just Want Affection"  - 5:58

05.  "I Met a Man"  - 4:44

06.  "The Woman's Boat"  - 5:04

07.  "Wild Bride"  - 4:02

08.  "Sacrifice"  - 5:16

09.  "Lay Down Your Pain"  - 6:10

10.  "Long Time Coming"  - 4:33

11.  "Death"  - 10:27

Released:  1994

Genre:  Rock, Pop

Length:  63:51

Label:  Geffen

Producer:  Toni Childs, David Bottrill

Personnel

Toni Childs - vocals, synthesizer

Sultan Khan - sarangui

Trey Gunn - stick

Caroline Dale - cello

Robert Fripp - guitar

Lee Harris - percussion

Sabine Kabongo - voices

Peter McKinney - drums

David Rhodes - guitar

Carol Rowley - voices

Jimmy Smyth - synthesizer, bass, guitar, piano

Kate St. John - cor Anglais

Martin Tillman - cello

Dinesh - tabla, voices, Eric Flickinger

Ben Findlay - voices

Kirsty Allen - voices

Ron Reeves - didjerid

(29) Flash And The Pan - Flash And The Pan (1978)

Track listing

01.  "The African Shuffle"  - 4:27  

02.  "California"  - 4:18  

03.  "Man In The Middle"  - 3:19  

04.  "Walking In The Rain"  - 3:31  

05.  "Hey, St. Peter"  - 4:23  

06.  "Lady Killer"  - 4:17  

07.  "The Man Who Knew The Answer"  - 4:27  

08.  "Hole In The Middle"  - 4:22  

09.  "Down Among The Dead Men"  - 4:50  

10.  "First And Last"  - 6:39 

Release:  1978

Label:  CBS

Genre:  Synthpop

Length:  44:34

Producer:  Harry Vanda, George Young

Personnel

Harry Vanda - guitar, vocals

George Young - synthesizer, lead vocals

Les Karski - bass

Ray Arnott - drums

Warren Morgan - piano

(28) Billy Preston - Pressin´ On (1982)

Track listing

01.  "Pressin' On"  - 5:15

02.  "I'd Like To Go Back Home Again"  5:05

03.  "Loving You Is Easy 'Cause You're Beautiful"  4:18

04.  "Turn It Out"  - 3:46

05.  "I'm Never Gonna Say Goodbye" (Artie Butler, Molly Ann Leiken)  - 3:42

06.  "Thanks But No Thanks" (Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles, Geoffrey Leib)  - 3:55

07.  "Don't Try To Fight It" (Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles)  - 4:19

08.  "I Love You So"  - 4:13

09.  "I Come To Rest In You"  - 3:55

Released:  1982

Label:  Motown

Genre:  Soul, Funk

Length:  37:37

Producer:  Billy Preston, Galen Senogles, Ralph Benatar, Artie Butler

(27) Eddie Rabbitt - Greatest Hits Volume II (1983)



Track listing

01.  I Love A Rainy Night  - 3:08  

02.  Drivin' My Life Away  - 3:14  

03.  Step By Step  - 3:41  

04.  You And I  - 3:56  

05.  Suspicions  - 4:19  

06.  You Put The Beat In My Heart  - 4:49  

07.  Nothing Like Falling In Love  - 3:59  

08.  Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight  - 3:26  

09.  You Can't Run From Love  - 3:40  

10.  Gone Too Far  - 3:22

Release: 1983

Recorded at:  Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville

Label:  Warner Bros. Records

Genre:  Country, Rock

Lenght:  36:16

Producer:  David Malloy

Personnel

Eddie Rabbitt - Harmony Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Larry Byrom - Acoustic Guitar 

David Malloy, Even Stevens, Thom Schuyler - Backing Vocals

David Hungate - Bass

Paul Leim - Drums, Percussion 

Randy McCormick - Keyboards 

Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - Soloist [Lead Guitar]

(26) Marty Balin - Balin (1981)



Track listing

01.  Hearts   - 4:32

02.  You Left Your Mark On Me  - 4:40

03.  Lydia!  - 3:36

04.  Atlanta Lady  - 3:46

05.  Spotlight  - 3:30

06.  I Do Believe In You  - 3:23

07.  Elvis and Marilyn  - 3:05

08.  Tell Me More  - 3:48

09.  Music Is the Light  - 4:17

Released:  May 11, 1981

Recorded at:  The Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California, The Record Plant, Sausalito, California, and White Rabbit Studios, Sausalito, California

Genre:  Rock

Label:  EMI America Records

Producer:  John Hug

Personnel

Marty Balin - vocals, acoustic guitar

Johnny De Caro - guitar, background vocals

Mark Cummings - piano, synthesizer, vocorder, background vocals

Billy Lee Lewis - drums, percussion, background vocals

Richard Bassil - bass, background vocals

John Javis - piano on "Spotlight" and "I Do Believe"

Neil Larsen - electric piano, synthesizer on "Music Is the Light"

Michael Boddicker - vocoder on "You Left Your Mark On Me"

John Hug - guitar

Ken Watson - cymbals on "Hearts"

Bobbye Hall - percussion

Steve Forman - percussion

Bill Champlin - background vocals on "Hearts"

Rick Knowles - background vocals

David E Landau - background vocals

(25) Candlebox - Candlebox (1993)

Track listing

01. "Don't You"  - 3:12

02. "Change"  - 6:24

03. "You"  - 4:56

04. "No Sense"  - 4:49

05. "Far Behind"  - 4:59

06. "Blossom"  - 4:30

07. "Arrow"  - 3:13

08. "Rain"  - 6:58

09. "Mother's Dream"  - 4:31

10. "Cover Me"  - 4:46

11. "He Calls Home"  - 5:03

Released:  July 20, 1993

Recorded at:  London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington, Bob Lang Studios

Genre:  Post-Grunge, Alternative Rock

Length:  53:21

Label:  Maverick Records

Producer:  Candlebox, Kelly Gray

All Songs Written By:  Candlebox

Personnel

Kevin Martin - lead vocals

Peter Klett - lead and rhythm guitar

Bardi Martin - bass

Scott Mercado - drums

Scott Heard - backing vocals

Laurie Lewis - backing vocals

(24) Saigon Kick - The Lizard (1992)

Track listing

01.  "Cruelty"  (Jason Bieler)  - 2:40

02.  "Hostile Youth"  (Bieler, Kramer)  - 3:18

03.  "Feel The Same Way"  (Jason Bieler)  - 2:42

04.  "Freedom"  (Bieler, Kramer)  - 4:12

05.  "God Of 42nd Street"  (Jason Bieler)  - 3:59

06.  "My Dog"  (Bieler, Kramer)  - 0:51

07.  "Peppermint Tribe"  (Bieler, Kramer)  - 4:52

08.  "Love Is On The Way"  (Jason Bieler)  - 4:23

09.  "The Lizard"  (Bieler, Kramer)  - 4:02

10.  "All Alright"  (Jason Bieler)  - 3:54

11.  "Sleep"  (Jason Bieler)  - 1:00

12.  "All I Want"  (Jason Bieler)  - 3:44

13.  "Body Bags"  (Bieler, Kramer, Varone)  - 3:21

14.  "Miss Jones"  (Jason Bieler)  - 2:39

15.  "World Goes Round"  (Bieler, DeFile)  - 4:54

16.  "Chanel"  (Jason Bieler)  - 2:46

Released:  June 2, 1992

Recorded at:  Soundtrade Studios, Solna, Sweden, 1992

Genre:  Hard Rock

Length:  53:14

Label:  Third Stone / Atlantic Records

Producer:  Jason Bieler

Personnel

Matt Kramer - Lead Vocals

Jason Bieler - Guitar

Tom Defile - Bass

Phil Varone - Drums

(23) Duncan Sheik - White Limousine (2006)

 

Track listing

01.  "Hey Casanova"   - 5:12

02.  "The Dawn's Request"  - 4:25

03.  "White Limousine"  - 4:38

04.  "I Don't Believe in Ghosts"  - 3:47

05.  "Nothing Fades"  - 4:54

06.  "Fantastic Toys & Corduroys"  - 5:07

07.  "Shopping"  - 4:55

08.  "Star-Field on Red Lines"  - 3:44

09.  "I Wouldn't Mind"  - 3:30

10.  "Land"  - 5:27

11.  "So Gone"  - 3:35

12.  "Hymn"  - 6:04

Released:  January 26, 2006

Recorded at:  Allaire Studios, Shokan, NY; Angel Studios; Kyserike Station; Sneaky Studios

Label:  Zoe Records

Genre:  Rock

Length:  55:18

Producer:  Duncan Sheik

All songs written by:  Duncan Sheik

Personnel:

Duncan Sheik - vocals, guitars, hammer dulcimer, accordion, piano, organ, synthesizer, tambourine, background vocals

Gary Leonard, Gerry Leonard - electric guitar

Julian Leaper, Perry Mason, Warren Zielinski, Pete Hanson, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Rita Manning, Cathy Thompson, Gavyn Wright - violin

Rachel Bolt, Gustav Clarkson, Peter Lale, Bruce White - viola

Ben Chappell, David Daniels , Martin Loveday - cello

The London Session Orchestra - strings

Fil Krohnengold - Fender Rhodes piano, background vocals

Jeff Allen - bass synthesizer, electric bass, bass guitar

Jay Bellerose - drums, percussion

Doug Yowell - drums

David Poe - background vocals

Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (Deluxe Edition) (1981)

DELUXE EDITION : 2CD set. Digitally remastered in 2009! Debut 1981 album from the funky side-project of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads, reissued with 18 BONUS tracks. Includes all 8 tracks off their 1983 follow-up "Close To The Bone".

"Who needs to think when your feet just go?" So sings Tina Weymouth on Tom Tom Club's debut album. And rightly so this was the sunny break in the islands that the rhythm section of Talking Heads wanted, and they got it, away from the art-school intellectualism that had resulted in the classic but understandably very unsunny "Remain in Light".
This album, a collection of funky, sprightly little tunes recorded in Barbados with Weymouth's sisters, hubbie and drummer Chris Frantz, and several of the members of the Remain in Light tour group: Adrian Belew, guitar, and Steven Stanley, percussion. Ironically, hoping to toss off a fun album under the radar, the group came out with an album, the best tracks of which, "Genius of Love" and "Wordy Rappinghood," became enormously influential throughout the '80s and '90s, eventually getting ripped off wholeheartedly for Mariah Carey's "Daydream." The album also marks a point in music history when the New York alternative scene and the burgeoning hip-hop scene were influencing each other, when both parties were on to something new. It's a snapshot of a time, and still holds together fairly well.

Track listing

Disc 1

01.  Wordy Rappinghood  - 6:28              

02.  Genius Of Love  - 5:39               

03.  Tom Tom Theme  - 1:20               

04.  L´Elephant  - 4:49               

05.  As Above So Below  - 5:22              

06.  Lorelei (Album Version)  - 5:05             

07.  On On On On... (Album Version)  - 3:33              

08.  Booming And Zooming  - 4:34              

09.  Under The Boardwalk  - 5:46               

10.  On On On On... (Remix Version)  - 3:43              

11.  Lorelei (Remix Version)  - 6:15              

12.  Spooks  - 6:31              

13.  Elephant  - 5:11              

14.  (You Don't Stop) Wordy Rappinghood  - 4:08              

Disc 2

01.  Pleasure Of Love (Album Version)  - 6:26              

02.  On The Line Again  - 4:54               

03.  This Is A Foxy World  - 3:35              

04.  Bamboo Town  - 3:54              

05.  The Man With The 4-Way Hips (Album Version)  - 5:45             

06.  Measure Up  - 5:03              

07.  Never Took A Penny  - 3:32              

08.  Atsababy! (Life Is Great)  - 4:02              

09.  The Man With The 4-Way Hips (Extended Version)  - 7:17              

10.  Pleasure Of Love (Instrumental Version)  - 5:29              

11.  The Man With The 4-Way Hips (Dub Version)  - 7:12              

12.  Yella  - 6:59              

Released:  June 23, 1981

Genre:  New Wave, Post-Disco

Length:  2:12:57

Label:  Sire/Warner Bros. Records

Producer:  Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley

Personnel

Adrian Belew - Guitar

Monte Browne - Guitar

Tyrone Downie - Keyboards

Chris Frantz - Drums, Co-Producer

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - Percussion

Lani Weymouth - Vocals

Laura Weymouth - Vocals

Loric Weymouth - Vocals

Tina Weymouth - Bass, Vocals, Co-Producer

The Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds (1967)

The dozen signs of the zodiac are explored on this embarrassingly dated "concept" album, which was issued in late 1967 on the experimental indie imprint Elektra Records. The recording replete with equally absurd cover art helped usher in the so-called "Age of Aquarius." Judging by the astrological psychobabble in these grooves, it may well have been the age of excess as well. But what should one expect from an album whose caveat reads "Must Be Played in the Dark"? Cosmic Sounds narrator Cyrus Faryar's considerable musical credits include proficiencies on practically anything stringed, such as the bouzouki, bass, and guitar. His name has even shown up as a vocalist for a plethora of diverse artists including Dave Guard & the Whiskeyhill Singers and the Modern Folk Quartet, as well as guest spots on albums by Mama Cass Elliot, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, Fred Neil, and the surreal comic troupe the Firesign Theater. Faryar animates Jacques Wilson's suitably antiquated '60s hippie prose, depicting the various characteristics unique to the respective 12 zodiac insignias. Backing Faryar's narration is a loosely corralled and completely uncredited aggregate of L.A. session all-stars and Wrecking Crew regulars  Carol Kaye (bass), Hal Blaine (drums), Bud Shank (bass flute), and Emil Richards (percussion) who often perform several different instruments during the same song. Along with some heavy-handed contributions from West Coast Moog synth guru Paul Beaver, the band churns out a series of nondescript ersatz rock melodies  the likes of which might have been scored as incidental music for an episode of Dragnet or from any of the late-'60s hippie/biker flicks such as Psych-Out and Hells Angels on Wheels. The cinematic nature of the musical scores comes from Juilliard-trained pop composer, arranger, and conductorMort Garson whose other credits include collaborations with Doris Day, Glen Campbell, Rod McKuen, and Mel Tormé. Pretensions aside, Cosmic Sounds is a definitive timepiece and nostalgic relic reflecting the heavy marketability in the so-called "counterculture" youth movement of the late '60s. Taken at face value it righteously succeeds.

Track listing

01.  "Aries - The Fire-Fighter"  - 3:17

02.  "Taurus - The Voluptuary"  - 3:38

03.  "Gemini - The Cool Eye"  - 2:50

04.  "Cancer - The Moon Child"  - 3:27

05.  "Leo - The Lord Of Lights"  - 2:30

06.  "Virgo - The Perpetual Perfectionist"  - 3:05

07.  "Libra - The Flower Child"  - 3:28

08.  "Scorpio - The Passionate Hero"  - 2:51

09.  "Sagittarius - The Versatile Daredevil"  - 2:06

10.  "Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber"  - 3:30

11.  "Aquarius - The Lover Of Life"  - 3:45

12.  "Pisces - The Peace Piper"  - 3:19

Release:  1967

Label:  Elektra

Genre:  Psychedelic Rock

Length:  38:25

Produced:  Alex Hassilev

All lyrics written by:  Jacques Wilson

Music written by:  Mort Garson

Personnel

Cyrus Faryar – narration

Paul Beaver – Moog and other electronic instruments

Emil Richards – exotic percussion

Bud Shank – bass flute

Hal Blaine – drums

Carol Kaye – bass guitar

Mike Melvoin – keyboards

Blue Öyster Cult - The Revölution By Night (1983)

"The Revölution By Night" is the ninth studio album by the American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in 1983. The album was intended to capitalize on the unexpected success of "Fire of Unknown Origin" just two years prior, hence the album's blend of straight-ahead rock and pop elements.

This album is for the imaginative. The creative mind appreciates music that permeates. "Revolution By Night" will take you on a journey through your own mind, and it will clean out the cobwebs. To do the album justice, you have to contemplate it, and not just have it playing in the background. Calling Blue Oyster Cult's songs "haunting" doesn't really describe it, because they are not depressing. A better term might be "probing," because they explore areas you've never been within yourself, and it's a very worthwhile exploration. This was the first album by the band not to feature all of the band's classic members, drummer Albert Bouchard having been fired during the previous tour. "Shooting Shark" became a radio hit, and its accompanying video became one of MTV's most requested clips upon its release. The lyrics to "Shooting Shark" were based on a poem by Patti Smith. The song "Take Me Away," co-written by Eric Bloom with Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova, also received significant airplay on AOR radio. Nonetheless, the album failed to go Gold in the United States.

Track listing

01.  "Take Me Away"  (Eric Bloom, Aldo Nova)  - 4:31

02.  "Eyes on Fire"  (Gregg Winter)  - 3:56

03.  "Shooting Shark"  (Donald Roeser, Patti Smith)  - 7:09

04.  "Veins"  (Roeser, Richard Meltzer)  - 3:59

05.  "Shadow of California"  (Joe Bouchard, Neal Smith, Sandy Pearlman)  - 5:10

06.  "Feel the Thunder"  (Bloom)  - 5:48

07.  "Let Go"  (Bloom, Roeser, Ian Hunter)  - 3:28

08.  "Dragon Lady"  (Roeser, Broadway Blotto)  - 4:08

09.  "Light Years of Love"  (Bouchard, Helen Wheels)  - 4:05

Released:  November 1983

Recorded at:  Boogie Hotel Studios, Port Jefferson, New York, Kingdom Sound Studios, Long Island, New York, The Automatt - Studio C, San Francisco, California

Genre:  Hard Rock

Length:  43:14

Label:  Columbia

Producer:  Bruce Fairbairn

Personnel

Eric Bloom - guitar, lead vocals

Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser - lead guitar, keyboards, lead vocals

Allen Lanier - piano, keyboards

Joe Bouchard - bass, electric and acoustic guitars, vocoder, lead vocals

Rick Downey - drums

Larry Fast - synthesizers, programming

Aldo Nova - guitar and synthesizers

Gregg Winter - backing vocals on "Eyes on Fire"

Randy Jackson - bass

Marc Baum - saxophone