Prince – Sign O’ The Times
For me, this is the Prince album, the one where his inventive dancey funk energy met rock ’n’ roll and he just turned in maybe the best album of the ‘80s, period. There were...
Category: ’80s
Prince and the Revolution – Parade
It’s hard to believe this was really this long ago, going on 40 years that Prince was on a level where he could put out a new album every year, write and produce for...
Prince and the Revolution – Around The World In A Day
There’s no denying the incredible talent and lasting impact of Prince. There’s also no denying that in the ‘80s, I picked up a few of his albums, enjoyed them, but didn’t really become a...
The Pretenders – Get Close
Learning To Crawl was Chrissie Hynde with only Martin Chambers remaining from the original Pretenders – and two years later, Get Close was just Chrissie, three new band members and a boatload of session...
The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
As with most acts, it would seem, I came late to The Pretenders. Not that I didn’t hear their first two records, or at least the singles. I cannot for the life of me...
Buster Poindexter – Buster Poindexter
In the ’70s and ’80s, there came a time in every young man’s life when he became convinced, often by his friends, that signing up with a record “club,” such as Columbia House Records,...
1.4.5. – Pink Invasion
This one took a while to write, because in my entire record collection, there isn’t a record with a more personal connection – because this is the only record I ever designed a cover...
New Order – Blue Monday
This is just a 12″ single of another big song for New Order – which actually hit number 5 on the US dance charts, where nothing else they did previously ever made a mark....
New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
As I said last time, for some reason or other, these New Order records were a gift from my college roommate, who I believe brought them back from Italy (two of these are Italian...
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