Alabama kept the hits coming on this 1985 album. Now digitally remastered, you get a new-and-improved album experience with 10 great songs including the title track, "Can’t Keep a Good Man Down,"... more
By 1984, when this album originally came out, Alabama was rollin’ on just fine with hit after hit. This CD is digitally remastered and features the hits "If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have... more
Not only did their signature smash "(Don’t Fear) The Reaper" lift Blue Öyster Cult to the stadiums, but this entire 1976 LP had "arena" written all over it. The guitar riffs, vocal hooks and... more
From the minds of Sandy Pearlman and Richard Meltzer, the frets of Buck Dharma, the vocal chords of Eric Bloom and the instruments of their bandmates, the dark energy of BÖC first rose up in 1972,... more
Buck Dharma’s slashing guitar and the band’s stomping rhythm section were once again the unrivaled kings of the BÖC sound on this 1980 return to hard-rocking form. Their first Top 40 album in four... more
The band’s second-ever pop hit, "In Thee," helped lift this 1979 album to #44. You’ll find big rocking guitars here, and also female backup singers and a bright pop gloss that caught some fans off... more
Rising to #53, this 1974 LP was Blue Öyster Cult’s first major commercial success and critical triumph. Though their two earlier albums are absolute "must-haves" for any BÖC fan, "Secret Treaties"... more
Stacks of guitars and vocal harmonies and several of the band’s most memorable singles occupy this 1977 album (a #43 LP). "Godzilla," "I Love the Night" and the Ian Hunter co-write "Goin’ Through the... more
Future Minutemen/Firehose favorite "The Red and the Black" kicks off the band’s 1973 LP, which begins with the blistering rockers of side A ("The Black") and concludes with the sludgy, bluesy cuts on... more
Soul stations in ’68 were all over this LP, wearing the grooves off of three singles from it: "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto," "Tit for Tat (Ain’t No Taking Back)" and "Let’s Unite the Whole... more
Soul Brother #1’s 1966 live album spawned the Top 10 hit title track plus the B-side "Is It Yes Or Is It No?" as well as funky versions of pop classics like "I Don’t Mind" and "Bewildered"! Also... more
"Video Killed the Radio Star" went down in history as the first video on MTV. That quintessential new-wave hit is only one of the delights on the Buggles’ 1980 debut, a visionary fusion of synths,... more
Though it only reached #24 in the U.S., this 1967 LP saw Crosby, McGuinn and Hillman emerge as fantastic songwriters even as the Byrds transfixed with a new blend of folk, country-rock and... more
After leaving the Velvet Underground and producing seminal LPs by Nico and the Stooges, Cale began his solo career in 1970. This 1972 LP merges rock with classical in an intoxicating way that was... more
Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera helped John craft this 1974 triumph, an inspired fusion of relaxed piano, rock guitars, ghostly vocal harmonies and avant-garde detours: "Ship of Fools," "Gun," "Emily,"... more
Great Cale songs are adorned with horns, strings, crunching guitars and bursts of noise on this 1975 gem featuring Brian Eno, Phil Collins and Chris Spedding. The title track and an unexpected ride... more
Brian Eno’s atmospheric synths and fantastic guitar work by Chris Spedding and Phil Manzanera helped make this 1975 LP one of Cale’s best. Not only does this feature Cale’s own "Mr. Wilson,"... more
The raspy chanteuse behind "Bette Davis Eyes" strikes a fresh new chord on 1986’s "Lighthouse." This album embraces the synth sound of the decade and features the hit "Divided Hearts." As part of... more
Kim split her 1983 LP between the soul-tinged pop of her past and the synth-powered new wave of her more recent records. Her two hits "Invisible Hands" and "You Make My Heart Beat Faster" join "Young... more
The Beat’s second and final Columbia LP (’82) sounds even more like a pop hit than their debut, and yet again, these power-pop anthems were largely left for future rediscovery. Includes "That’s What... more
The Motels’ famed front-woman continued down the road of the dark and melancholy with this 1987 solo debut that spawned the hit "Don’t Tell Me the Time" (which went Top 10 in Australia). Leading to... more
Edgar’s fourth studio LP shot to #13 in ’74, and it’s no wonder why. The easy lilt of his voice and his outstanding band produced two hits: the 6/8 blues-infused "Easy Street" and the classic ’70s... more
This former surf-rocker rode a wave to big success after signing a solo contract to Columbia in ’77. His debut for the label hit the charts in May of that year—thanks, in part, to the special... more
Egan’s biggest moment: his 1978 LP that nearly cracked the Top 40 and did crack the Top 10 with his definitive smash, "Magnet and Steel." Buckingham and Nicks again join Walter—as does Jan & Dean’s... more
With its stripped-down sound and wall-to-wall raw rockin’, this 1970 LP is the favorite of many a Flamin’ Groovies fan. They blast through "Comin’ After Me," "Second Cousin," "Gonna Rock Tonight,"... more
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