80’s Wednesday’s with DJ Gary Givant in the arcade at Milk Bar

11/18/2023

On this day in 1985, the Duran Duran side project Arcadia released their only studio album “So Red the Rose” featuring singles “Election Day" "Goodbye Is Forever" "The Promise" and "The Flame"

11/17/2023

11/17/2023

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" is the 4th studio album by MIDNIGHT OIL. It was released in November 1982.

Include the songs: "Read About It" "US Forces" "Power and the Passion" and "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something".

11/16/2023

Whenever You Need Somebody is the debut studio album by English singer Rick Astley released on November 16, 1987 by RCA Records

11/15/2023

On this day in 1986, Beastie Boys released the album “Licensed To ILL”!!

11/15/2023

"The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste" is the 4th studio album by MINISTRY. It was released on November 14, 1989.

Include the singles. "Thieves" and "Burning Inside".

11/15/2023

"The Politics Of Dancing" is the first and only studio album by RE-FLEX. It was released on November 15, 1983.

Include the single: "The Politics of Dancing".

11/14/2023

"Bring On the Dancing Horses" by ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN was released as a promotional single on November 14, 1985.

11/13/2023

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Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Official Music Video

11/13/2023

On this day in 1987, The Sisters of Mercy released their second studio album “Floodland”

11/13/2023

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"I'm Still Standing" is a song by Elton John, released in July 1983 as the second single from his seventeenth studio album, "Too Low for Zero". The song is known for its upbeat and lively pop-rock sound, featuring Elton John's energetic vocals and a catchy melody.

11/11/2023

On November 11, 1983: Corey Hart released the album "First Offense"

11/11/2023

"Hold Me Now" by THOMPSON TWINS was released as a promotional single on November 11, 1983.

11/09/2023

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The elegantly crafted ‘Rapture’ remains Baker’s finest of many fine moments in her legendary career, largely due to one key element: the passion of her unforgettable voice.

11/08/2023

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Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? - Official Music Video

11/08/2023

November 1983: Real Life releases in the U.S. the single "Send Me an Angel" from their debut studio album "Heartland".

11/07/2023

ON THIS DATE (40 YEARS AGO)
November 7, 1983 – Yes: 90125 is released.
# ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4.5/5
# Allmusic 4.5/5
# Rolling Stone (see original review below)

90125 is the eleventh studio album from Yes, released on November 14, 1983. It reached #5 on the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart during its 53 weeks stay and reached #16 on the UK Albums chart. Four singles from the album reached various Billboard charts, with "Owner of a Lonely Heart" topping the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in January 1984. The tracks "Cinema" won a Grammy in 1984 for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance." The album was titled after its Atco Records catalog number (for example, 7-90125-1 for the LP).

It was the first studio album since their breakup in 1980. It is also the first album to feature Trevor Rabin and features the return of vocalist Jon Anderson, who had quit the band in 1980. It also marked the first time in twelve years that original keyboardist Tony Kaye had appeared with the group. The album's logo was created and designed by Garry Mouat at Assorted Images on an Apple IIe computer, and a variant would be used on Yes's next studio album Big Generator as well.

This new incarnation of Yes came about by circumstance rather than design. In 1980, members Jon Anderson (vocalist) and Rick Wakeman (keyboardist) had left the band, replaced by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes respectively. The new line-up was short-lived: after an album (Drama) and tour, they disbanded in December 1980. Bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White continued to work together, including on the aborted XYZ project and released a single Run with the Fox as a duo in 1981.

Guitarist Trevor Rabin had left his native South Africa in the late 1970s and had released a series of solo albums. There had been various attempts to place Rabin in a band, including a proposed quartet with Rick Wakeman, John Wetton and Carl Palmer in 1980 and a proposed trio with Keith Emerson and Jack Bruce. Rabin tried out in Asia, alongside Wetton, Palmer and former Yes members Steve Howe and Geoff Downes. However, he had also been put in touch with Squire and White and this was to be his path instead.

Squire, White and Rabin began working together in early 1982, initially considering some of the XYZ material. Trevor Horn was also associated with the nascent band from an early stage as their producer and, at one point, it was considered having him as the lead vocalist. The trio decided they needed a keyboard player to fill out their sound. Squire suggested inviting original Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye, whose sparse style he felt would suit the new band's direction. They christened themselves "Cinema" and in early 1983 began recording what they thought was their debut album, consisting mainly of original music Rabin had originally earmarked for a solo album, and produced by Horn.

Everything changed in the spring of 1983 when Jon Anderson was played some of Cinema's recordings by Squire. The song collective was essentially Rabin's musical ideas and compositions and Jon Anderson was very much impressed and so the thought formed that maybe there could be a reformation of Yes. As Anderson's professed interest was so high , it was realised that - essentially - Yes were reforming. Rabin was dubious at first, not wanting to be perceived as Steve Howe's replacement, but rather the lead guitarist for a new group. However, he quickly changed his mind once Anderson brought in some new lyrics and put his distinctive vocals on the existing music tracks.

By this time, however, the band were without a keyboard player, as Kaye had fallen out with producer Horn, resulting in much of the keyboard work on the album being played by Rabin or Horn's hand-picked production team. When the band started preparing for a tour to support the album, Eddie Jobson, who had already been considered for the job in 1974, was asked to join, which he accepted. Jobson appeared in the video for the first single, "Owner of a Lonely Heart".

Tracks like "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and "City of Love" are full of samples, splices and almost funky beats and riffs. The unusual time changes and complex riffs of tunes like "Changes" and "Cinema" leave little doubt that this is still a Yes album, but the band succeeds in giving their sound a contemporary overhaul on 90125.
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ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEW

Owner of a Lonely Heart" does not sound like the Yes of old. With its supple, understated dance beat, kaleidoscopic shifts in instrumental texture and notable lack of pseudo-classical overkill, it seems too hip, too street-smart for a band whose idea of a pop song was once something as rococo as "Round about." Yet it's obviously Jon Anderson's voice carrying the melancholy melody, and a quick check of the credits finds longtime bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White playing alongside original keyboardist Tony Kaye and new guitarist Trevor Rabin. Given the personnel, 90125 counts as a reunion album of sorts, but considering the sound, reinvention might be a more apt term.

Credit for much of the change would seem to belong to yet another Yes alumnus, producer Trevor Horn. Applying the same kind of flashy pop sensibility he showed on ABC's Lexicon of Love, Horn has rechanneled Yes' predilection for sonic excess, and the result is a sound that relies on production and arranging tricks instead of instrumental flash.

Although 90125 occasionally falls back on old tricks, as in "Cinema" and the overblown "Our Song," most of the album is surprisingly spritely and poppish. Electronics, especially the new generation of synthesizers, are heavily used, but Horn's most canny device is his manipulation of Yes' choirboy vocal harmonies. From the inspired polyphony of "Leave It" to the bit of musique concrete that prefaces "City of Love" to the persistent sweetening of each chorus, Horn manages to find an unexpected hook every time the band members open their mouths. This emphasis on melodic appeal over instrumental prowess may alienate some of Yes' longtime fans, but if it continues to result in records as listenable as this one, then this may turn out to be one reunion that tops the original. (RS 413)
~ J.D. Considine (January 19, 1984)

TRACKS:
Side One
1 Owner of a Lonely Heart (Anderson/Horn/Rabin/Squire) 4:29
2 Hold On (Anderson/Rabin/Squire) - 5:16
3 It Can Happen (Anderson/Rabin/Squire) - 5:29
4 Changes (Anderson/Rabin/White) - 6:20

Side Two
1 Cinema (Kaye/Rabin/Squire/White) - 2:08
2 Leave It (Horn/Rabin/Squire) - 4:14
3 Our Song (Anderson/Rabin/Squire/White) - 4:18
4 City of Love (Anderson/Rabin) - 4:51
5 Hearts (Anderson/Kaye/Rabin/Squire/White) - 7:39

11/06/2023

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11/05/2023

ABBA released 'Super Trouper' 43 years ago on November 3, 1980 | Visit https://album.ink/ABBApoll to listen to the album + discover where it ranks in our readers' poll

11/05/2023

Throbbing Gristle, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy: These bands brought the heat

11/05/2023

Music video by Bobby Brown performing Don’t Be Cruel. (C) 1988 Geffen Records .

11/04/2023

I used to play all of the remixes off of this album at Tracks Denver
1987
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A quintessential R&B work in the era between post-boogie and New Jack Swing, ‘Hearsay’ weaves a day-in-the-life narrative through a concept album that examines love, trust, and heartbreak.

11/04/2023

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11/03/2023

Music video by The Pointer Sisters performing Slow Hand. (C) 1981 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment …

11/03/2023

Lisa Stansfield’s official music video for ‘All Around The World’. Click to listen to Lisa Stansfield on Spotify: …

11/03/2023

There is no denying that Collins’ third solo outing is intrinsically ‘80s fare, yet in 2020, the sound still manages to resonate with new audiences.

10/31/2023

What are your memories of the Mary Jane girls??
I always had a crush on the sister with the braids for some reason lol

10/28/2023

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater - Official Music Video. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. TV80s: Greatest Hits of the Eighties.

10/28/2023

1989

Babyface's 'Tender Lover' (1989) is featured in our list of 20 New Jack Swing Era Albums That Still Sound Great Today | Visit album.ink/NewJackSwing20 to rediscover the album + explore the full list

10/27/2023

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October 26, 1984: DURAN DURAN releases the singlle "Wild Boys".