What Came Next...
There are those albums that are artistic, critical and commercial milestones. They are generally agreed to be the pinnacles of an artist’s career. This is not about those albums. This is about what came next.
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Episodes
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Most of Herb Alpert's albums are thrift store mainstays, with Whipped Cream and Other Delights being the most recognizable. However, the reason there are so many is because the music, unlike a lot of easy listening at the time, was enjoyable to a wide arrange of listeners and of consistent quality from album to album. Still, 1965 seemed like one of the best years for Alpert, as his band, originally session musicians, became an actual unit. !!Going Places!!, Alpert's second release in 1965 and follow-up to Whipped Cream, is one of the best examples of his sound and managed keep those hits coming.
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Recently Kate Bush's 1985 single "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" has gained renewed attention due to the show Stranger Things. It was, in fact, her only top 40 hit in the United States, and the album it came from, Hounds of Love, was also her highest charting here as well. In the UK it spawned three other singles that made the UK top 40 as well. After a compilation album, a duet with Peter Gabriel and a song for a John Hughes film, Bush came back in 1989, this time prepared to take over the American alternative charts with The Sensual World.
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Aerosmith, in the mid-1970s, was hated by critics and loved by their loyal fans, the Blue Army. They were one of the biggest hard rock acts of the time, selling millions of records and having back-to-back platinum albums with Toys in the Attic and Rocks. Unfortunately, not only was success going to their heads, but plenty of other things were going into their veins and up their noses. As a result, Draw the Line would be a laborious recording process, and almost the end of the band.
Background music: "Organ" by Eric Fourman
Album Art: Photograph of my copy of the U.S. version of the album.
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Accept was one of the most popular heavy metal bands in Europe, and in fact the world, and they remain so today. There is one major exception: the United States. Balls to the Wall went Gold in the U.S., and with Accept pursuing a decidedly more commercial sound, 1985's Metal Heart should have pushed them over the top. Instead, despite being one of the band's favorite albums, it pushed them toward their initial breakup.
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
After weathering the death of lead vocalist Bon Scott and releasing one of the biggest selling albums at all time, AC/DC were at the top of their career. So, what came next?
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Background Music: "Organ" by Eric Fourman