Beautiful Noise is the third album by Neil Diamond on Columbia Records (tenth studio album overall), released in 1976. “Dry Your Eyes” was performed with The Band at their farewell show and is featured in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. Beautiful Noise marked a radical departure in production, style, arrangements and compositional diversity for Diamond. […]
Earthbound is the twelfth album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1975 by ABC Records. It is the last album in the group’s original line up with Billy Davis, Jr., Marilyn McCoo, Florence La Rue Gordon, Lamonte McLemore and Ron Townson. After touring with the 5th Dimension in support of this album, […]
The Seventh One is Toto‘s seventh studio album. It was released in 1988, and became the best-received Toto album since Toto IV. The Seventh One is the second and last album until 2015’s Toto XIV to feature Joseph Williams on lead vocals. The single “Pamela” reached number 22 in the Billboard charts. The title track, […]
Other Roads is an album by Boz Scaggs, released in 1988. After an eight-year hiatus from recording, Boz Scaggs returned in 1988 with the album Other Roads, a record aimed primarily at the adult contemporary market. The album reached #47 on the Billboard pop album chart, while the lead single “Heart of Mine” was a […]
Pretzel Logic is the third studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released on February 20, 1974 by ABC Records. It was written by principal band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. They recorded the album at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles with producer Gary Katz. It was the last album […]
The Best Years of Our Lives is the eighteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released by Columbia Records in 1988 and reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 chart, number 42 on the UK album chart, and number 92 on the Australian chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February […]
In the City of Angels is the fifth solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 1988. Unlike most of Anderson’s previous solo works, this album contains many additional songwriters. Consequently this is the most straight-ahead commercial pop album in his oeuvre, and sounds closer to a Toto album than his own earlier […]
Playin’ My Thang is the fourth solo album from guitarist Steve Cropper, released in 1980 on MCA Records. Tracks 1 Give ‘Em What They Want (Richard Wolf, Steve Cropper) 4:16 2 Let The Good Times Roll (Leonard Lee) 3:57 3 Playin’ My Thang (Steve Cropper) 4:42 4 Fly (Steve Cropper) 3:10 5 Sandy Beaches (Delbert […]
Sitting On Top Of My World is an album from American singer Rita Jean Bodine, released in 1974 on 20th Century Records. Tracks 1 Pacified (Rita Jean Bodine) 2:39 2 Sitting On Top Of My World (Rita Jean Bodine) 3:27 3 Wheels (Rita Jean Bodine) 3:32 4 Frying Pan Song (Rita Jean Bodine) 2:23 5 […]
Start Over is an album released by R&B artist Cheryl Lynn in 1987. This album also marks Lynn’s recording debut on Manhattan Records, though it would be her only album for this label. The album charted higher than her previous release, but still stalled at #55 on the US R&B chart. Two singles, “New Dress” […]