Bananarama – The Greatest Hits Collection
This greatest hits collection came out in 1988, and it’s just what it says — the biggest hits from Banarama’s first four albums. They had big US hits with their cover of “Venus” and...
Category: ’80s
Bananarama – Wow!
I’m not gonna have a lot to say about Bananarama, a British girl group. In those cruel summers of the mid-’80s, they seemed like pure pop perfection, and I enjoyed the heck out of...
Marcia Ball – Gatorhythms
In these crazy times when we can’t really get together with friends or family, when we can’t casually go out and enjoy ourselves at will, and when my wife is subject to some rather...
Dave Ball – In Strict Tempo
Oh, god. Okay. Let’s just say as little as possible about this one and move on. Remember how many, many Marc Almond records I had? Well, Marc first came to the world’s attention as...
The Animals – Ark
In 1983, the original Animals recorded another reunion album, on I.R.S. Records, of all things (I.R.S. was well known for new wave and alternative rock, not for bands whose heyday had been almost two...
Altered Images – Happy Birthday
This is 1981’s “Happy Birthday,” by Altered Images, now described as a post-punk or new wave band from Scotland. None of their original singles appear to have been released in the US, although their...
Altered Images – Pinky Blue
Next up from Altered Images is “Pinky Blue.” This was their second album, and the second one of theirs I bought, but I didn’t get it in 1982 when it came out; my Altered...
Altered Images – Bite
I’ve been trying to do these the way my records are stored — alphabetically, then chronologically. But my grownkid, a fan of “High Fidelity” and no slouch in the cataloging department, says it only...
Marc Almond – A Lover Spurned
Well, we finally got to the end of my Marc Almond records — at least until we get to Soft Cell. One last single: “A Lover Spurned,” from 1990. This was from the album...
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