Warsaw was the planned debut album by the English post-punk band later known as Joy Division. Recorded in May 1978 it consisted of eleven tracks, however the band was disappointed by the post-production done by RCA producers and the album was scrapped. The album circulated on bootlegs bearing the same title until it was commercially
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush. It was recorded and mixed from October to November 1980 at Le Studio located in Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada, and released on February 12, 1981. Moving Pictures became the band’s biggest selling album in the US rising to #3 on the Billboard charts
Reckless is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock recording artist Bryan Adams. The album was co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, and it was one of Adams’ most successful solo albums. Released on 5 November 1984 through A&M Records, the album was a huge international hit, selling over 5 million units in the United
Monster is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1994 on Warner Bros. Records. Co-produced by the band and Scott Litt, Monster was an intentional stylistic shift from the group’s preceding albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), consisting of loud, distorted guitar tones and
Funeral is the debut album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on September 14, 2004 in North America by Merge Records and on February 28, 2005 in Europe by Rough Trade Records. It was given its title because several band members had recently lost members of their families: Régine Chassagne’s grandmother died
Kimono My House is the third album by American rock band Sparks. The album was released in May 1974 and is considered to be their commercial breakthrough album. Its title is a pun on the song “Come on-a My House,” made famous by Rosemary Clooney. In 1973, prior to the recording of the album, the
Some revisionist (they’d say “realist”) historians would, in the revealing light of our refined, modern sensibilities, have you believe that “all the Ramones songs sound (whisper now) pretty much the same,” as if that isn’t what made the Ramones famous in the first place. The Ramones made music safe for anyone who could yank two
Deceptive Bends is the fifth studio album released in 1977 by rock band 10cc. The departure of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in 1976 to form Godley & Creme almost ended 10cc. However Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman kept the group alive as a duo (with the assistance of percussionist Paul Burgess). The cover design
Amused to Death is a concept album, and the third studio album by former Pink Floyd bassist, song writer and composer Roger Waters. It was released in 1992. The album title was attached to material that Waters began working on during the Radio K.A.O.S. tour. It was several years before the album was released
Doolittle is the second studio album from the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989 on 4AD. The album’s offbeat and dark subject material, featuring references to surrealism, Biblical violence, torture and death, contrasts with the clean production sound achieved by the newly hired producer Gil Norton. Doolittle was the Pixies’ first international