Tag: New Wave
The Sleeve: Gatefold: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: With all this hoopla going on with Richard Simmons’ being apparently held ‘hostage’ by his housekeeper, but I’m not here to discuss that. I’m here to discuss the record of Richard Simmons. So, this LP is supposed to come with a Exercise Book, I guess to... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: The cover on this one caught my eye, and the back cover just seemed to be begging to be purchased… So here we are. The album opens with “Take Me to Your Leader” which apparently was this bands biggest hit. The opening guitar riff and drum playing... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: So, Chandra Oppenheim was a 12 year old girl in the 1980’s, whose father Dennis Oppenheim – a conceptual artist, who teamed up with members of The Dance to create this girl fronted punk EP. So, the EP opens with the track “Opposite” which starts with some weird... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: So, I don’t know, I really liked the sailor hats. So, the album opens with the song “Stand By” and there has never been a record that has sounded more 80’s than this album, the instrumentals, the vocals, the lyrics, it’s all way too 80’s. It’s different,... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: This is the one Adam Ant song that got me into loving Adam Ant as much as I do, though I really don’t have as much Adam Ant in my collection as I’d like to – I do have every album digitally. So, the A-Side opens with... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: I’ve always loved INXS. As far back as I can remember I always have. I even remember the long drives where I would play INXS’s Greatest Hits on CD in the back. Memories. So, this album opens with my all time favorite INXS song, “Original Sin” and... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: Growing up I remember hearing the song “We Got the Beat” and instantly fell in love with the Go-Go’s, from there on I began to hear more and more of their stuff until I finally got one of their albums, of course, it does not have my... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: The liner notes are just the song lyrics. Personal Review: This one is an interesting one – mainly because I remember long ago, when I was a child, I recall seeing the cover (or maybe single) in a store, and back then it scared the hell out of me. When... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: “RSPCA THIS RECORD HAS BEEN RELEASED WITH THE FULL SUPPORT AD APPRECIATION OF THE RSPCA. A PET IS FOR LIFE AND NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS GARY NUMAN GARY NUMAN WILL DONATE HIS ROYALTY FOR EVERY COPY OF THIS RECORD TO THE RSPCA” Personal Review: I got this LP for two... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: So, I know of the Pretenders for basically one song – and that song is this. So, here is to broadening my Pretenders song knowledge! I, of course, naturally chose an EP to start my introduction to this band, as I’ve had bad experiences in the past.... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: I don’t know much about Paul Young, he was in Band Aid and sings that song “Why Don’t You Come Back” – that’s about it. Anyways, the album opens with the song “Bite the Hand that Feeds” which is a pretty good way to kick off the... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: So, this is one of those odd one of a kind albums, where the A-Side has one song, and the B-Side has more – yes I know it’s an EP. Seems Images in Vogue liking doing this. The A-Side opens and closes with the song “Rescue Me”... Read More »
The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review: So, this is one of my all time favorite albums of all time, and I was like so beyond excited when I finally obtained it! To start off, let me say 1979 was a good year for music, don’t believe me? We’ve got this album to prove... Read More »
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