Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon is James Taylor’s third studio album. Released in March 1971 as the follow-up to his commercial breakthrough and critical triumph, Sweet Baby James, it almost equaled the acclaim and surpassed the success of its predecessor at the time of its release. It contains Taylor’s biggest hit single in […]
Man’s Best Friend is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor‘s sixth album, and fifth original album, released in 1980. Tracks 1 Ready Set Go (Jeff Baxter, Livingston Taylor, David Wolfert) 3:15 2 Dance With Me (John Hall, Joanna Hall) 3:19 3 First Time Love (Pat Alger, Peter Kaminsky) 2:45 4 Sunshine Girl (John Manchester, Livingston Taylor) 3:50 5 […]
“Somewhere Out There“ is a song written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, which originally appeared in the 1986 animated film An American Tail. The single was performed by singers Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram. At the 30th Grammy Awards, the song won two awards, one for Song of the Year and the […]
“Stand Back“ is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from her 1983 album The Wild Heart. It was released as the first single from the album on May 19, 1983, and went to number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart […]
Suspending Disbelief is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in September 1993 by Elektra Records. It was recorded in February and March 1993 at The Site and Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, Russian Hill Recording in San Francisco, and Johnny Yuma Recording in Los Angeles. The album was mixed at Record […]
Living Eyes is the Bee Gees‘ sixteenth original album (fourteenth internationally), released in 1981. The Bee Gees turned away from the disco sound that was prominent on their work in the mid-late 1970s with this album. However the album was not a commercial success, perhaps due to them being so strongly associated with disco. It […]
Straight Talk is the soundtrack to the 1992 film of the same name starring Dolly Parton and James Woods. Composed of ten original Parton compositions (including a rerecording of her 1976 composition “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”), the album reached #22 on the US country albums charts. Two singles were released: the title track […]
Brian Hyland is the selftitled and eleventh album from Brian Hyland, released in 1970 on UNI Records. Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s. Tracks 1 Maria-Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) 2:38 2 Lonely Teardrops (Tyran […]
Change of Heart is a 1978 album by Eric Carmen. It was his third solo LP, and reached #137 on the Billboard album chart. The album yielded two charting singles, the title track which was an international Top 20 hit, as well as Carmen’s remake of the Four Tops’ 1964 song, “Baby, I Need Your […]
The Pretender is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It peaked at #5 on Billboard’s album chart. The singles from the album were “Here Come Those Tears Again” which reached number 23 and “The Pretender” which peaked at number 58. The title track was featured in […]