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L.A. Guns L.A. Guns is the first official full length album of the band L.A. Guns. Following the success of the second album, Cocked & Loaded, this album reached gold status in the US....
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L.A. Guns L.A. Guns are an American glam metal band whose music is frequently associated with the L.A. glam metal scene which grew up around the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, in particular the sleaze rock subgenre. Guns N' Roses, which once featured three of the original L.A...
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| B'Sides Themselves B'Sides Themselves is a compilation of single B-sides by rock band Marillion released in January 1988. Originally only available on CD, it was also issued on vinyl in June 1988....
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MarillionMarillion are a British rock group. Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979, their recorded studio output comprises fifteen albums and is generally regarded as comprising two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988 after their first...
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History of a Time to Come History of a Time to Come is the debut full-length album by the British thrash metal band Sabbat.-Track listing:# "Intro" – 2:00# "A Cautionary Tale" – 4:15# "Hosanna in Excelsis" – 4:00# "Behind the Crooked Cross" – 6:00...
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Sabbat Sabbat is a thrash metal band from Nottingham, England.-Biography:The origins of the band started in June 1985, with vocalist Martin Walkyier and bassist Frazer Craske, who were members of a band called Hydra. Andy Sneap joined Hydra as second guitarist, but the remaining guitarist left 2 weeks...
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Blow Up Your Video Blow Up Your Video is an album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, first released on 18 January 1988. It was later released in the U.S. on February 1st 1988. The album was recorded at the Miraval Studio in Le Val, France in between August and September 1987.The album was produced by Harry Vanda...
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AC/DCAC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll".AC/DC underwent several line-up...
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So Far, So Good... So What! So Far, So Good... So What! is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released by Capitol Records in 1988. A remixed and remastered version including several bonus tracks was released in 2004...
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MegadethMegadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. Founded by Dave Mustaine following his departure from Metallica, the band has since released twelve studio albums, six live albums, two EPs, twenty six singles, thirty-two music videos, and three compilations.As...
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Skyscraper Skyscraper was the second full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1988. It was the last to feature guitarist Steve Vai as he left the group in 1989 to join Whitesnake and continue his solo career. Bassist Billy Sheehan would also leave the group before the tour to eventually form Mr. Big...
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David Lee Roth David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the original and current lead singer of Van Halen. In addition to his work with Van Halen, Roth is a successful solo artist, having released several platinum and gold solo albums...
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Ain't Misbehavin' Ain't Misbehavin' is an EP by the British hard rock band UFO, recorded in 1986 after the band's USA tour, and released early in 1988.-Track listing:#"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" — 3:37#"Another Saturday Night" — 4:39...
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UFO UFO are a British hard rock/heavy metal band formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
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Lita Lita is an album by Lita Ford, released in February, 1988 on RCA Records. The album features a duet with Ozzy Osbourne, "Close My Eyes Forever," as well as "Kiss Me Deadly," another hit for Ford...
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Lita Ford Lita Ford is a British-born, American rock musician and singer who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways and achieved popularity for her solo career during the 1980s and late 2000s.-Early life:...
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Starfish The breakthrough 1988 album by The Church, Starfish has remained the band's most commercially successful release. The first single, "Under The Milky Way", charted well into the American Top 40, peaking at #24 and #2 on Mainstream Rock Tracks leading to significant exposure of the then relatively...
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The Church The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Canberra in 1980. Initially associated with New Wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of "progressive rock," featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay.The Church's debut...
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| Nada como el sol Nada como el sol is an EP released by Sting, containing five tracks from the album ...Nothing Like the Sun performed in Spanish and Portuguese.-Track listing:# Mariposa Libre – 4:54# Frágil [Portuguese] – 3:50...
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Goin' Off Goin' Off is the debut album by Biz Markie, a US hip hop musician. The album was released by Cold Chillin' Records, and produced by Marley Marl. The album was praised for its wit and humor. Big Daddy Kane wrote the lyrics of the album's first five songs...
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Biz Markie Marcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name Biz Markie, is a rapper, DJ, and comedian, best known for the single "Just a Friend", an American top-10 hit in 1989.-Biography:...
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The Frenz Experiment The Frenz Experiment is a 1988 album by The Fall. It was released on Beggars Banquet Records, and like the group's other albums with the label, it has a different track listing across the various formats on which it was released: LP, CD and cassette. A number of the tracks are credited exclusively...
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| Now and Zen Now and Zen is an album by the former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1988 under the label Es Paranza. The album spawned two mainstream rock hits, "Heaven Knows" and "Tall Cool One" ....
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Robert PlantRobert Anthony Plant CBE , is an English rock singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist and lyricist, as well as for his successful solo career...
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Falling Up Falling Up is the thirteenth studio album by Kevin Ayers.The song "Flying Start" was first released on the Mike Oldfield album Islands in September 1987.-Track listing:# "Saturday Night"...
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Kevin AyersKevin Ayers is an English songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
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Leonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, CC, GOQ is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and complex interpersonal relationships...
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| Live+1 Live+1 is a 1988 EP from Frehley's Comet. It was meant to serve as a stop-gap until the release of the group's second studio album, Second Sighting. The first four songs were recorded live at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois on September 4, 1987...
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Frehley's CometPaul Daniel "Ace" Frehley is an American guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss. He took on the persona of "The Spaceman" when the band adopted costumes and theatrics...
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| If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em -Track listing:All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "That's the Story of Love", written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Ted Nugent
#"Can't Live With 'Em" - 4:19 #"She Drives Me Crazy" - 2:45#"If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em" - 6:10...
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Ted NugentTheodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American hard rock guitarist and vocalist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes...
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| Hard Machine Hard Machine is the second album of singer Stacey Q, released in 1988. It includes the moderate hit, "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" which peaked at #66. While the album was not very successful with mainstream audiences, it fared slightly better with electronic dance music audiences. It also...
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Stacey Q Stacey Q is a pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1986 hit single "Two of Hearts".-Childhood:Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children...
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The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
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The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
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Don't Blow Your TopThis article is about the album. For the single see Don't Blow Your Top .Don't Blow Your Top is Industrial rock group KMFDM's third album, released in 1988....
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KMFDMKMFDM is a German industrial rock band led by founding member Sascha Konietzko. They have sold over 2 million records worldwide.KMFDM was founded in Germany on February 29, 1984 as a joint effort between Konietzko and German painter/multi-media performer Udo Sturm to perform for the opening of an...
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Viva Hate Viva Hate is Morrissey's debut solo album, released on March 14, 1988. The album was considered Morrissey's very strong foray into a solo career, as he utilized his traditional lyrical style and retained the basic sound that The Smiths had developed by the time they broke up. It was listed by Q...
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Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey , known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths...
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| From Langley Park to Memphis From Langley Park to Memphis is the third album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, and was released in March 1988.The title is taken from a lyric to the song, "The Venus of the Soup Kitchen", and refers to the village of Langley Park, County Durham in England, and the city of Memphis, Tennessee in...
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Prefab Sprout Prefab Sprout are an English band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, who rose to fame during the 1980s. Eight of their albums have reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and one of their singles, "The King of Rock 'N' Roll", peaked at number seven in the UK Singles Chart. According to the...
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Green Thoughts Green Thoughts is the second album by The Smithereens. "Only a Memory" only reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100, but topped the Album Rock Tracks chart in 1988.-Track listing:All songs written by Pat DiNizio.# "Only a Memory" – 3:42...
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The Smithereens The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, United States. The group formed in 1980 with members Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken...
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Surfer RosaSurfer Rosa is the first full-length album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in March 1988 on the British independent record label 4AD...
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No Exit No Exit is the fourth album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning, released in 1988 . Lyrically, No Exit proved a radical departure from Fates Warning's last three albums, as the album focused more on society and dreamscapes than the fantasy metal embraced by albums such as The Spectre...
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Fates Warning Fates Warning is a progressive metal band, formed in 1983 by John Arch, Jim Matheos, Victor Arduini, Joe DiBiase, and Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S....
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| Up Your Alley Up Your Alley was a 1988 studio album by the American hard rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. This album contains the single "I Hate Myself for Loving You", which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and had been used as the theme song for Sunday Night Football NFL games in America during...
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| Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm is an album by Joni Mitchell, released in 1988. It was her third for Geffen Records. The album features various duets with guest artists such as Peter Gabriel on "My Secret Place", Willie Nelson on "Cool Water", Don Henley on "Snakes and Ladders", Billy Idol and Tom Petty...
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Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto...
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Out of the Silent Planet Out of the Silent Planet is the debut release from King's X. The title of the album comes from the title of a book of the same name by C.S. Lewis, an author favored by band members Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill.-Track listing:# "In the New Age" – 5:23...
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King's X King's X is an American hard rock band noted by music critics and fans for their sophisticated sound that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion pop groups...
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Bobby McFerrin Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is a jazz and a cappella vocal performer, vocal improviser and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...
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Fastway Fastway are a British heavy metal band formed by guitarist, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, formerly of Motörhead, and bassist, Pete Way, formerly of UFO.-Career:...
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| The Pictorial Jackson Review The Pictorial Jackson Review is the eighth album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1988. Unusually, the first side of the record consisted of short pop songs with the second side containing just two long keyboard instrumentals by keyboardist Martin Duffy. All song titles are by...
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Felt Felt were a 1980s British alternative rock band, named after the way Tom Verlaine enunciated the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus", and led by Lawrence...
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| Kingdom Come Kingdom Come is debut album by American hard rock band Kingdom Come.-Track listing:All songs by Lenny Wolf and Marty Wolff, except where noted#"Living Out of Touch" – 4:17#"Pushin' Hard" – 4:47#"What Love Can Be" Kingdom Come is debut album by American hard rock band Kingdom Come.-Track listing:All...
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Kingdom Come Kingdom Come is a hard rock band fronted by Hamburg-born vocalist Lenny Wolf. The group's first album, Kingdom Come was that band's only international hit. The musical style on their debut was very close to the early blues-rock style of Led Zeppelin leading to a backlash from critics and the band...
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| Heart Attack Heart Attack is Krokus' tenth studio album, and is described by the band as "The last attempt to keep the band together in a deep crisis"....
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Krokus Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland. According to music website Blabbermouth.net, they have sold over 13 million albums worldwide, including one Platinum Record and one Gold Record in the United States....
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Heart of Gold Heart of Gold, sometimes called Golden Heart is the studio album by Soviet singer-songwriter Sofia Rotaru, released in July 1988 by Melodiya. The long play album was simultaneously released for the Soviet and international market. The album includes songs performed in Russian with new rock style...
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Sofia Rotaru Sofia Myhajlivna Jevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Ukrainian pop singer of Moldavian heritage.Born to a large, impoverished family in Marshintsy, Rotaru, called Bukovinsky Solovey emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the movie Solovey iz sela Marshintsy in the Moldavian and...
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Talking HeadsTalking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
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Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman is the self-titled debut album by singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1988.-History:Tracy Chapman hit #1 on both the US & UK album charts. The album was critically acclaimed and helped to launch the 1990s female singer-songwriter movement, which included artists like Tori...
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Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Chapman was born in...
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Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley is a four time Grammy-winning Jamaican musician and leader of the band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers...
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Hairway to Steven Hairway to Steven is the fourth full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in February 1988. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, co-produced by the Surfers and , and mixed by Wallace...
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Butthole SurfersThe Butthole Surfers are an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but the core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been together since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...
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| Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band's seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US .-History:Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was the last Iron Maiden album to feature guitarist Adrian...
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Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. The band are directed by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris...
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Even Worse Even Worse is the fifth album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1988. The name and cover of the album are direct parodies of Michael Jackson's Bad....
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"Weird Al" YankovicAlfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian, and satirist. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
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| This Note's for You This Note's for You is an album originally credited to Neil Young and the Bluenotes, released in 1988. Most of the album's concept centered around the commercialism of rock and roll, and tours in particular...
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Neil YoungNeil Percival Young, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997....
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Diamond Sun Diamond Sun is the second album by Canadian band Glass Tiger. It was released by Capitol Records .- Track listing :# "Diamond Sun" – 5:22# "Far Away From Here" – 4:08...
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Glass Tiger Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
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Lap of Luxury -Overview:Although considered a comeback album for Cheap Trick, it was actually another record created in the midst of much turmoil with their label at the time, Epic Records. Before its recording, original bassist Tom Petersson rejoined the group and Epic had determined that it was going to help...
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Cheap Trick Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1974. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
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| Crossroads Crossroads is a music collection box set by Eric Clapton. The set includes his work with the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, and Derek and the Dominos, as well as his solo career...
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Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream, and as a solo performer, being the only person ever to be inducted three times...
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| The Innocents After releasing The Two Ring Circus, a remix album in 1987, The Innocents was the third proper studio release from Erasure, released in 1988...
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ErasureErasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell.Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...
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| Savage Amusement Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at #5 in the USA where it became platinum that June....
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ScorpionsThe Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and their singles "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel, "Still Loving You", and "Wind of Change"...
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Hang Time Hang Time is a 1988 album from the band Soul Asylum. Released on A&M Records, it was the band's major-label debut.Singer/guitarist Dave Pirner wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles...
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Soul Asylum Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983.The band formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with the original line-up consisting of Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner, Karl Mueller and Pat Morley. The latter was replaced by Grant Young in 1984...
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Honeymoon Suite Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band, based out of Niagara Falls, Ontario that formed in 1982. The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital.-Band history:...
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| Shadowland Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 . The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work.-Side one:#"Western Stars" –...
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k.d. lang k.d. lang OC is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials.Lang has won both Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances...
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| Guitar Guitar is a 1988 album by Frank Zappa. It is assumably the follow-up to 1981's Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar; like that album it features Zappa's guitar solos excerpted from live performances, recorded between 1979 and 1984...
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Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
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Operation: Mindcrime Operation: Mindcrime is Queensrÿche's third full-length album, which was released on May 3, 1988. It is a Rock Opera/concept album about a man becoming disillusioned with American society, and joining in a conspiratorial plot to assassinate its corrupt leaders, with spoken dialogue between songs...
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Queensrÿche Queensrÿche is an American heavy metal / progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington. The band has released ten studio albums and several EPs and DVDs and continues to tour and record....
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Al B. Sure! Albert Joseph Brown III is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B...
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Black 'N Blue Black 'n Blue is a glam metal band from Portland, Oregon. The current members are singer Jaime St. James, guitarist Shawn Sonnenschein, guitarist Jeff Warner, bassist Patrick Young, and drummer Pete Holmes...
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| Ainsi Soit Je... Ainsi Soit Je... is the second album by Mylène Farmer, released in April 1988. It contains the hit singles "Sans contrefaçon", "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" and "Sans logique"...
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Mylène Farmer Mylène Farmer born Mylène Jeanne Gautier is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. She has sold more than 25 million records and is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France...
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Hurricane Hurricane was a 1980s heavy metal / glam metal rock band originally featuring Kelly Hansen , Robert Sarzo , Tony Cavazo , and Jay Schellen...
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| Barbed Wire Kisses Barbed Wire Kisses is a compilation of singles, b-sides and rare tracks by Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain. Throughout the 1980s the band was known for their prodigious output in these formats, often in limited editions which quickly went out of print...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid...
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| Life's Too Good Life's Too Good, released in April 1988, was the first album by the Icelandic alternative rock-pop band The Sugarcubes, which brought fame to lead vocalist Björk...
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The Sugarcubes The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative rock band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. They received critical and popular acclaim internationally.-History:...
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Stay on These Roads Stay on These Roads is the third full-length album by the rock band a-ha. It was released on 1 May 1988 through Warner Bros. Records.-Recording:...
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a-haa-ha is a synthpop/-rock band from Norway, formed in 1982. The group initially rose to fame during the 1980s and has had continued success in the 1990s and 2000s.a-ha achieved its biggest success with their debut album and single in 1985...
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Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge is the self-titled debut album by singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 1988 .The album was re-released on 23 September 2003 as a 2-CD remastered edition containing a Bonus Disc of ten tracks recorded live at the Roxy in L.A...
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Melissa EtheridgeMelissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.* * Etheridge will be featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama titled 1 a Minute scheduled for release in 2010...
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Killer Dwarfs Killer Dwarfs were a heavy metal band who formed in late 1981 in Oshawa, Ontario. Though they were known for their off beat sense of humor , they were nominated for two Juno Awards....
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| The Great Adventures of Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is the debut album by hip hop performer Slick Rick, released in 1988 , three years after releasing his famous song with beatboxer Doug E. Fresh, "La Di Da Di"...
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Slick Rick Ricky Walters , better known by stage names Slick Rick, MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler, is a Grammy-nominated British-American rapper.-Career:...
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Scenes from the Southside Scenes from the Southside is the second album by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The single "The Valley Road" was Hornsby's third Top 10 U.S. hit, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and also his first number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart...
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| Vivid Vivid is Living Colour's debut album, which was released on May 3, 1988. The band was discovered by Mick Jagger while playing a show at the legendary punk club CBGB's in 1987...
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Living ColourLiving Colour is an African American funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by heavy metal, funk, hard rock, free jazz, hardcore punk and hip hop...
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| The Madness The Madness is a self-titled album by the British band The Madness. In 1988, after the breakup of the original Madness, four of the original members recreated the band, adding "The" to its name...
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| Open Up and Say...Ahh! Open Up and Say... Ahh! is the second studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1988 through the Enigma label of Capitol Records. The album, which ultimately sold eight million copies worldwide, proved to be the band's most successful release...
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PoisonPoison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They have become icons of the '80s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success. To date, the band has sold more than 60 million records worldwide, including 14.5 million in the...
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Boogie Down Productions Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group originally comprised KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded....
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| Lovesexy Lovesexy is an album by Prince, released in 1988. Lovesexy was issued as a substitute record after the release of the infamous Black Album had been suddenly canceled. The Black Album and Lovesexy almost act as companion pieces, sharing the song "When 2 R In Love", but are nearly opposite in theme...
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PrincePrince Rogers Nelson is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He performs under the mononym Prince but has also been known by various other names, most notably the unpronounceable symbol which he used as his stage name between 1993 and 2000...
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| The New Order The New Order is the second album by the thrash metal group Testament, released on May 10, 1988 . It is the album that broke Testament into the rock mainstream, with singles "Trial by Fire" and "The Preacher"...
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TestamentTestament is an American thrash metal band from Oakland, California, formed in 1983. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK. Their 2008 album entered the Top 20 in Germany at #15. The 1999 album The Gathering also entered the Top 50 in Germany...
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Stronger Than Pride Stronger Than Pride is the third studio album by the English group Sade, released in the United Kingdom on 14 May 1988 and in the United States on 4 June 1988 by Epic Records.-Track listing:...
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Sade Sade is an English group which achieved success in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The band's music features elements of soul, jazz, R&B, quiet storm, soft rock, funk, easy listening, and adult contemporary. The lead vocalist, Sade Adu, is the only woman in the band and is the only one to appear on...
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You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 is a double disc set of live tracks by Frank Zappa. It was released in 1988 under the label Rykodisc.-Disc one:#"The Florida Airport Tape" – 1:03...
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Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
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Perfect Machine Perfect Machine is the thirty-seventh album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, and the last with the Rockit Band.-About the Album:The last of the three Rockit band albums, Perfect Machine was also Hancock's final album for Columbia Records and is considered the least popular of the three Rockit band...
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Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz...
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| Ram It Down Ram It Down was the 11th studio album recorded and released by Judas Priest, which was released in 1988. Ram It Down was remastered in 2001, with two live tracks added....
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Judas Priest Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1969. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing. The band has gone through several drummers, though Scott Travis has held the position since...
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| Out of Order Out of Order is the 15th album by Rod Stewart, released in 1988. It features the hit singles "Lost In You", "Forever Young", "My Heart Can't Tell You No" and "Crazy About Her"...
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Rod StewartRoderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English lineage....
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| Battalions of Fear Battalions of Fear is the debut album by German metal band Blind Guardian. It was released in 1988 and is a straightforward metal album, greatly inspired by Helloween's works. The album is a raw and unpolished speed metal effort that touches on thrash metal. This album lacks many of the stylistic...
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Blind Guardian Blind Guardian is a German heavy metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. The band is often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres, Blind Guardian was a part of the German heavy metal scene that emerged in the...
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Out of Order Out of Order is the 15th album by Rod Stewart, released in 1988. It features the hit singles "Lost In You", "Forever Young", "My Heart Can't Tell You No" and "Crazy About Her"...
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Rod StewartRoderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English lineage....
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| Up Your Alley Up Your Alley was a 1988 studio album by the American hard rock band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. This album contains the single "I Hate Myself for Loving You", which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and had been used as the theme song for Sunday Night Football NFL games in America during...
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Joan Jett and the BlackheartsJoan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock N' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
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Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart is a 1988 album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Virgin Records. It was the band's first major-label album, and was produced by Dennis Herring, the first time the band had used an outside producer....
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Camper Van Beethoven Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group. An eclectic band even by the standards of 1980s underground music, Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop, ska, world music, punk rock, folk, country, and acid rock.-Early years :...
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| Second Sighting Second Sighting is a studio album by the American hard rock band Frehley's Comet. This is the second out of three LPs put out by Ace in the 80's, but it was the last under the band name Frehley's Comet....
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| OU812 OU812 is the eighth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1988. The album title is allegedly a joke on Van Halen's previous lead singer David Lee Roth's 1986 album Eat 'Em and Smile . However, "OU812" was also seen in the 70s sitcom Taxi written on a wall...
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Van Halen Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in , USA in 1974. They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978. As of 2007, Van Halen has sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
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Down in the Groove Down in the Groove is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 25th studio album, released by Columbia Records in May 1988.A highly collaborative effort, it was Dylan's second consecutive album to receive almost unanimous negative reviews...
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Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was, at first, an informal chronicler and then an apparently reluctant figurehead of social unrest...
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Greatest Hits Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British band, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released on the EMI label in May 1988.-Side 1:#"Mad, Mad, Moonlight" #"Mr. Soft" #"Sebastian" #"Judy Teen" #"Mr...
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| The Abbey Road E.P. The Abbey Road is an EP by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 1988 through EMI America. Out of the five tracks included on this EP, four had already been previously-released on the band's studio albums. The only new track is a cover of the song "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix, which was recorded during the...
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Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili Peppers is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members have been vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith...
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Scritti Politti Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Although there have been various changes in line-up, singer-songwriter Green Gartside was the founding member of the band and the only member to have remained throughout the group's...
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Forever Your Girl Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 62 weeks from its release to hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. The album was eventually certified seven...
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Paula AbdulPaula Julie Abdul is an American pop singer, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality....
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| Survive Survive is an album by Nuclear Assault released in 1988 on vinyl, compact disc and cassette. As of January 2007, it has yet to be reissued on CD, unlike Nuclear Assault's other albums."Good Times Bad Times" is a Led Zeppelin cover.-Track listing:...
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Nuclear Assault Nuclear Assault is an American thrash metal/crossover band formed in 1984.-History:After performing on Anthrax's debut album Fistful of Metal, bass player Dan Lilker left the band. He decided to pursue a more aggressive style of music and formed Nuclear Assault with guitarist/vocalist John Connelly...
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Ain't Complaining Ain't Complaining is an album by English Rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label in 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, reaching no higher than its entry position of No. 12...
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Status QuoStatus Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie rock....
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Outrider Outrider is an album by Jimmy Page, released by Geffen Records on 19 June 1988. It is his first genuine solo album, and the first time since 1969 he recorded with a record label other than Atlantic Records/Swan Song Records. It was recorded at The Sol, Page's personal studio...
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Jimmy PageJames Patrick Page OBE is an Englishcomposer and record producer.Page has been described as "unquestionably one of the all-time most influential, important, and versatile guitarists and songwriters in rock history". In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Page #9 in its list of the 100 Greatest...
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Don't Be Cruel Don't Be Cruel is the second album by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, released in 1988 on MCA Records. It includes the hit singles "Don't Be Cruel" and "My Prerogative", Brown's only number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Don't Be Cruel was the best-selling album in 1989, eventually going...
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Bobby Brown Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...
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| Chicago 19 Chicago 19 is the nineteenth album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1988. After recording Chicago 18 with David Foster, the band decided to expand their sound with other producers and worked primarily with Ron Nevison and Chas Sandford for this album...
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Chicago Chicago is an American pop rock/jazz fusion band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The band began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had a steady stream of hits...
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| Reg Strikes Back Reg Strikes Back is the twenty-first studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1988. It was his self-proclaimed comeback album, and his own way of fighting back against bad press. The "Reg" in Reg Strikes Back refers to Elton John's birth name, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. This...
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Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single, Candle in the Wind 1997, has sold over 37 million copies, becoming the...
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| Irish Heartbeat Irish Heartbeat is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and traditional Irish musical group The Chieftains, released in 1988...
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Van MorrisonVan Morrison is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn, idiosyncratic, and sublime...
& The ChieftainsThe Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
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| Confessions of a Pop Group Confessions of a Pop Group is an album from the band The Style Council. Released on 20 June 1988, the album received moderate success, reaching # 15 on the UK album chart.-Track listing:#"It's A Very Deep Sea"#"The Story Of Someones Shoe"...
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The Style Council The Style Council were an English musical group formed in 1983 by ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent lineup grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee...
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| Roll with It Roll with It is the fifth solo album by blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. It topped the album charts in the United States, and has sold over three million copies. The single "Roll with It" topped the pop singles and the album rock singles charts, while "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?", which...
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Steve WinwoodStephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English singer-songwriter who performs and writes rock, blues-rock, and jazz. He sings with a tenor voice and is a multi-instrumentalist who plays Hammond organ, guitar, bass, and other string instruments. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of...
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Long Live the Kane Long Live the Kane is the debut album by emcee Big Daddy Kane, released by Cold Chillin' Records in 1988. It was produced by Marley Marl and established both him and Kane as premier artists during hip hop's golden age...
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Big Daddy Kane Antonio Mortimer Hardy better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew. He is considered one of the most influential and skilled MCs in Hip Hop. Regarding the name Big Daddy Kane, he said: "The Big...
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20 Years of Jethro Tull 20 Years of Jethro Tull is a boxed set which spans the first twenty years of Jethro Tull. It was issued as five LPs: Radio Archives, Rare Tracks, Flawed Gems, Other Sides of Tull, and The Essential Tull...
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Jethro TullJethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969....
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| Outside the Gate Outside the Gate is the seventh album by English post-punk group Killing Joke and is arguably the most controversial release among their fans....
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Killing JokeKilling Joke are an English post-punk rock band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock, their early music was described by critics...
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| Riders Radio Theater Riders Radio Theater is a studio recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1988. It is available as a single CD.This contains 18 digitally recorded selections, mock "Public Service Announcements", traffic reports, and commercials...
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Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music. Grant was born in Augusta, Georgia....
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| It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on Def Jam Recordings in the United States on April 14, 1988....
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| In God We Trust In God We Trust is the fourth release, and third full-length album by Christian metal band Stryper, released in 1988 . After the hard-rocking To Hell with the Devil, Stryper decided to follow up with an album that was more pop-leaning and radio-friendly, and as a result, many critics and fans...
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Stryper Stryper is a Christian metal band from Orange County, California, USA. Formed in 1983, they are pioneers in the mainstream popularization of Christian metal music. Stryper enjoyed great success during the mid-late 1980s, with one Platinum and two Gold records, before breaking up in 1992 at a time...
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Tighten Up, Vol. 88 Tighten Up, Vol. 88 is the third album by Big Audio Dynamite, recorded, mixed and released at the Beethoven St. Studios in West London on Spring 1988 ....
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Big Audio Dynamite Big Audio Dynamite were a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of The Clash, Mick Jones. The group were noted for their effective mixture of varied musical styles, incorporating elements of punk rock, dance music, hip hop, reggae, and funk...
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The Fat Boys The Fat Boys, originally known as The Disco 3, were an American hip-hop music trio from Brooklyn, New York City, that emerged in the early 1980s.-Former Members:*Mark Morales a.k.a. "Prince Markie Dee"...
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| The House of Love The House of Love was the debut album by the British band The House of Love. Released in June 1988 by Creation Records, the album was a critical success...
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The House of Love The House of Love are an English rock band initially active between 1986 and 1993. They reformed in 2005 and released a new album, Days Run Away.-Formation and early years:...
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| Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read is the name of the 1980s synthpop band , formed by then-unknown singer and songwriter Tori Amos. The band consisted of Tori, singer-pianist Kim Bullard, and future Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, as well as long-time Amos collaborator guitarist Steve Caton and various studio...
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Y Kant Tori Read Y Kant Tori Read was a 1980s synthpop band, fronted by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. The band released one album, also called Y Kant Tori Read, which was largely unsuccessful, perhaps in part because Atlantic Records abandoned promoting the record completely after only two months of release...
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featuring Tori AmosTori Amos is a pianist and singer-songwriter of American citizenship. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
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| Dream of Life Dream of Life is an album by Patti Smith, released in June 1988 on Arista Records. It was her first album after the dissolution of The Patti Smith Group. Lead single "People Have the Power" received some album-oriented rock airplay at the time, and later was revived by Bruce Springsteen as a theme...
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Patti SmithPatricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock...
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Kylie Kylie is the debut album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on July 4, 1988, and received mixed reviews. Chris True of Allmusic describes the album's songs as "dated at best", but writes that Minogue's "cuteness makes these rather vapid tracks bearable"...
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Kylie MinogueKylie Ann Minogue, OBE is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actor on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987...
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Long Cold Winter Long Cold Winter is Cinderella's second studio album, released in 1988 through Mercury Records. It reached #10 in the US and became double-platinum for selling 2 million copies in the US by the end of the year, just as their debut album Night Songs had done earlier...
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Cinderella Cinderella is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. They were famous for being a glam metal and hard rock band, but then shifted over towards a more...
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Temple of Low Men-Album:The album's lead single, "Better Be Home Soon," hinted at a much darker tone than the debut album. Although it was critically acclaimed, the album did not sell as well in the U.S. as the debut. The album did better in Australia and New Zealand....
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Crowded HouseCrowded House is a Australian rock group formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New...
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South of HeavenSouth of Heaven is the fourth studio album by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on July 5, 1988, the album was the band's second collaboration with record producer Rick Rubin, whose production skills on Slayer's previous album Reign in Blood had helped the band's sound evolve.South of...
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SlayerSlayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame as one of the leaders of the American thrash metal movement with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, which has been called...
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Substance Substance is a 1988 Joy Division singles compilation released by Factory Records. It is a companion to New Order's Substance.The album features Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet type. However, the word on the cover reads "Substamce" rather than the intended "Substance".Substance reached #7 in the UK and...
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Joy Division Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences,...
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| Wings of Heaven Wings of Heaven is the seventh studio album by British melodic rock band Magnum, released in 1988.The original choice of producers for Wings Of Heaven was Roger Taylor and Dave Richards, who had produced Vigilante. This wasn't realised due to conflicting schedules. Albert Boekholt was suggested at...
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Magnum Magnum are a British Melodic Rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin , Bob Catley , Kex Gorin and Bob Doyle in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham...
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UB40UB40 are a British reggae fusion band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The band has placed more than 50 singles on the UK charts, and has also achieved considerable international success...
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Time Odyssey Time Odyssey is the second studio album by guitarist Vinnie Moore, released in 1988 on PolyGram Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Vinnie Moore – guitar, producer*Jordan Rudess – keyboard*Joe Franco – drums*Michael Bean – bass guitar...
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Vinnie Moore Vinnie Moore is a guitarist and a member of the English hard rock band UFO. Along with Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, and others, Moore is known as one of the most influential guitarists to emerge out of the shredder boom in the mid 1980s.-Biography:Moore began his professional career at age of...
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View from the House View from the House is a studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1988 . The album marked a return to her early country music roots....
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Kim Carnes Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and clubs.-Early career:...
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| Follow the Leader Follow the Leader is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, released July 25, 1988 on MCA-subsidiary label Uni Records. It is the follow-up to their debut album Paid in Full...
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Wide Awake in Dreamland Wide Awake in Dreamland is Pat Benatar's eighth album, released in 1988. After a string of successful albums, this was her last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound. The album's lead single "All Fired Up" reached a high of #19 on the Billboard Hot 100...
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Pat Benatar Pat Benatar is a four-time Grammy Award-winning American singer best known for her mezzo-soprano vocal range and establishing herself as one of rock's top vocalists and one of music's top-selling female artists with hit songs such as "Love Is a Battlefield", "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", and...
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| Imaginos Imaginos was a 1988 concept album by Blue Öyster Cult.The "Imaginos" concept was originally begun by producer Sandy Pearlman in 1967, before BÖC was even formed. Drummer Albert Bouchard began writing music for it following the release of the band's first album in 1972...
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Blue Öyster Cult Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2009. The group is especially well known for songs including " The Reaper", "Astronomy", "Godzilla", and "Burnin' for You". They have sold over 14 million albums worldwide, including 7 million in the U.S.A...
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| Nobody's Perfect Nobody's Perfect is a live album released in 1988 by Deep Purple. It was recorded on their The House of Blue Light tour during 1987/88. Recorded live on 6 September 1987 in Verona Italy, 22 August 1987 in Oslo Norway, 23 May 1987 in Irvine Meadows, 30 May 1987 in Phoenix and 26 February 1988 at...
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Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
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| Britny Fox Britny Fox is the debut album by the band Britny Fox.There are videos for the songs "Girlschool", "Save The Weak" and "Long Way To Love".- Track listing :# Girlschool# Long Way To Love# Kick'N'Fight# Save The Weak# Fun In Texas# Rock Revolution...
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Britny Fox Britny Fox is an American glam metal band from the Philadelphia area, initially active from 1985 to 1992 then subsequently reforming in 2001. They are best known for their music video for "Girlschool" and their hit "Long Way to Love" ....
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Little Feat Little Feat is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles....
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People People is the debut album by celtic rock group Hothouse Flowers, released in 1988. This album to date is the biggest selling debut album by an Irish artist in Ireland, reportedly selling close to 1 million copies there alone.-Track listing:...
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Hothouse Flowers The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock.-Biography:The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin began performing as street musicians, or buskers, on the streets of Dublin, Ireland as...
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| A Salt with a Deadly Pepa A Salt With A Deadly Pepa is the second album by female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, released on Next Plateau Records. The album was certified gold in America, reaching #38 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Album charts...
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Salt-n-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning American hip hop trio from Queens, New York, that came onto the music scene in 1985.The group, consisting of Cheryl James , Sandra Denton , and DJ Deidra "Dee Dee" Roper , has sold over 15 million albums and singles worldwide...
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| Greatest Hits Live Greatest Hits Live is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 15th album, second greatest-hits album and first live album, released in 1988.All the songs are live versions from a 1987 HBO special taped on Martha's Vineyard called Live From Martha's Vineyard, which was released in 1987 on VHS and in 2004 on...
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Carly Simon Carlene Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work.She is the former wife of another...
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, released in 1988, was American blues musician Robert Cray's follow-up to Strong Persuader. Fellow Californian Phillip Walker did a superior cover of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" the same year under the same producer, Dennis Walker...
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Robert Cray Robert Cray is an American blues musician, guitarist, and singer. According to the book Guinness Rockopedia, "the 1980s 'blues revival' revolved around Cray...
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| Straight Outta Compton Straight Outta Compton is the second studio album by Compton, California-based hip hop group N.W.A, released August 8, 1988, on group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records. The production developed mainly from Dr. Dre with DJ Yella giving co-production...
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N.W.A. N.W.A was a Compton, California-based hip hop group widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre. Active from 1986 to 1991, the group endured controversy due to the explicit nature of their lyrics. They were subsequently banned from many mainstream U.S...
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Danzig Danzig is the 1988 debut album of the American heavy metal band Danzig, led by Glenn Danzig who was formerly the songwriter and vocalist of The Misfits and Samhain....
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Danzig Danzig is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for singer/composer Glenn Danzig. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig's musical career, preceded by the horror punk bands The Misfits and Samhain...
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EuropeEurope is a Swedish hard rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest and guitarist John Norum. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...
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Winger Winger is the debut album of the American rock band Winger. The album was released by Atlantic Records in 1988 and it was produced by Beau Hill.The music was radio friendly, but with a progressive twist that also showcased the band's musical talent...
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Short Sharp Shocked Short Sharp Shocked is an album by Michelle Shocked. It is her second album, released in 1988 . It was remastered and reissued in 2003 as a two-CD set by Shocked's own label, Mighty Sound...
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Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances are influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style that her first major-label producer likened to troubadours such as Joni Mitchell, Spider John Koerner, and Dave Van Ronk.-History:Shocked is...
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Dangerous Age Dangerous Age is the eighth album by hard rock band Bad Company with Brian Howe in place of Paul Rodgers as lead vocalist, released in 1988...
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Bad Company Bad Company are an English hard rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of band members from Free , Mott the Hoople , and King Crimson . Bad Company was managed by Peter Grant, who had also guided Led Zeppelin to massive success...
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| Nothing's Shocking Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records...
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Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band is composed of Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly toured in 1997, reunited in 2001 and then parted ways in 2004...
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| Two Nuns and a Pack Mule Two Nuns and A Pack Mule is the first and only LP by the Chicago noise rock band Rapeman. The CD re-release contains the Budd in its entirety.-Track listing:* denotes a re-release track from the Budd EP# "Steak and Black Onions" - 2:47...
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Rapeman Rapeman was an American noise rock group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims on bass, and Rey Washam on drums.In an interview, Albini reported that 'Rapeman' is .....
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Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk...
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In Battle There Is No Law In Battle There Is No Law is the debut album of Bolt Thrower. It is recorded at Loco studios by Andrew Fryer, and mixed at Clockwork by Alan Scott. It was released on Vinyl Solution as Sol 11 in 1988 and re-released on Vinyl Solution as Sol 11 in 1992, with a different album sleeve...
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Bolt Thrower Bolt Thrower are a British death metal band from Coventry, England. They formed in 1986 and released their first album with Vinyl Solution in 1988. The band then shifted to a new record label, Earache Records, soon becoming one of the best selling bands on that label. Their current label is Metal...
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| Wild Wild West Wild Wild West is the second album by rock band The Escape Club, released in 1988. It includes their most well-known song, "Wild, Wild West".-Track listing:# "Wild, Wild West" # "Jealousy" # "Shake for the Sheik"...
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The Escape Club The Escape Club was an English rock band based in London and formed in 1983. The band consisted of lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel, guitarist John Holliday, bassist Johnnie Christo and drummer Milan Zekavica....
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16 Lovers Lane16 Lovers Lane was the sixth album by Australian indie pop group The Go-Betweens, released in 1988 by Beggars Banquet Records. Prior to the recording of the album, longtime bassist Robert Vickers left the band when the other group members decided to return to Australia after having spent several...
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The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an internationally influential indie rock band from Australia, formed by guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in Brisbane in 1977.-Biography:...
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| Greg Howe Greg Howe is the self-titled debut studio album by guitarist Greg Howe, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Greg Howe – guitar*Atma Anur – drums*Billy Sheehan – bass guitar*Mike Varney – producer...
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Greg Howe Gregory "Greg" Howe is an American guitarist and composer. As an active musician for over twenty years, he has released nine studio albums in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of artists.-Biography:...
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| Small World Small world may refer to:In novels:*Small World , a horror novel by Tabitha King*Small World , a novel by Matt Beaumont*Small World: An Academic Romance, a comic novel by David LodgeIn music:...
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Huey Lewis & The News Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 Top Ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock Charts. Their greatest success...
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| Interior Design -Release:Interior Design did little in the way to reverse the commercial fortunes of the group, and did not appear on the album charts in the US or the UK. The singles "So Important" and "Just Got Back From Heaven" did better, both of which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club...
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Sparks Sparks is an American rock and pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...
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| Chimes of Freedom Chimes of Freedom is the name of a 1988 live Bruce Springsteen EP. It was released to support the multi-artist Human Rights Now! Tour in benefit of Amnesty International. This tour was announced near the end of a first set radio broadcast during Springsteen's July 3, 1988 show in Stockholm,...
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Bruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter. He records and tours with the E Street Band...
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| Chameleon Days Chameleon Days is Yanni's fourth album, released on the Private Music label in 1988 . It peaked at #2 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart in the same year...
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Peepshow Peepshow is the ninth studio album by the English band Siouxsie & the Banshees and their first as a quintet. With the arrival of multi-instrumentalist Martin McCarrick, the band recorded one of their most musically complex albums, including the singles "Peek-a-Boo" and "The Last Beat of My...
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Siouxsie & the BansheesSiouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the only constant members....
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Hangin' Tough Hangin' Tough is the second album from teen pop act New Kids on the Block. After having failed to garner attention with their debut album, this too was released to only modest fanfare — however, the album slowly picked up steam in the closing months of 1988 and would eventually skyrocket the group...
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New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block is an American pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a boy band which went on to sell 80 million albums worldwide. Assembled in Boston in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr, the members consist of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre,...
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Suffer Suffer is the third album by American punk rock trio Bad Religion, released on the Californian independent record label Epitaph Records on September 8, 1988. It was the label's first album that was both released and distributed by the label...
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Bad ReligionBad Religion is an American punk rock band founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley , Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz and Jay Ziskrout...
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VIVIsectVI VIVIsectVI is a 1988 album by Skinny Puppy. The title of the album is a pun associating vivisection with satanism.-Track listing:# "Dogshit" – 3:55# "VX Gas Attack" – 5:36# "Harsh Stone White" – 4:29...
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Skinny PuppySkinny Puppy is a Canadian band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key while he was in the new wave band Images In Vogue, Nivek Ogre soon joined as vocalist and Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project...
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| Ancient Heart Ancient Heart is a 1988 album by Tanita Tikaram. The album had huge success and was a hit globally, launching Tanita's mainstream career. Guest musicians included Rod Argent, Mark Isham, Peter Van Hooke, Paul Brady and Brendan Croker...
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Tanita Tikaram Tanita Tikaram is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart. She is the younger sister of actor Ramon Tikaram....
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New Jersey New Jersey is Bon Jovi's fourth album, released on September 19, 1988. New Jersey was particularly notable for producing five Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles, the most top ten hits to date for a rock album. New Jersey was supported by the massive New Jersey Syndicate Tour, which ran from 1988 to...
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Bon JoviBon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 and...
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| Truth and Soul Truth and Soul is the second album by alternative rock band Fishbone, released on September 13, 1988. In 1999, it was named by Spin magazine as one of the most influential alternative rock albums of all time. It features a wide array of genres, including reggae, soul, funk, ska, folk, R&B, blues,...
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Fishbone Fishbone is an American alternative rock band that plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk metal and more. The band was formed in 1979 in South Central Los Angeles by Angelo Moore, also known as "Dr. Madd Vibe" ; Kendall Jones ; John Norwood Fisher ; Philip "Fish" Fisher ; "Dirty" Walter A...
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Jeff Healey Band Jeff Healey was a blind jazz, and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...
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| Power Power is the second album by Ice-T. Released in 1988, the album produced the single and video "I'm Your Pusher," which got Ice-T major air-play on MTV....
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Ice TTracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is a Grammy Award- and NAACP Image Award-winning American rapper, actor and author. He is credited with helping to pioneer gangsta rap, a sub-genre of hip hop music, in the late 1980s...
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| How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today is the third album by the American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released on Epic Records on September 13, 1988....
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Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash and hardcore punk band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir. The band is credited as one of the "the fathers of crossover thrash"...
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Eazy-Duz-It Eazy-Duz-It is the debut album from late rapper Eazy-E , released in 1988.The album was produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella. Eazy-Duz-It helped popularize gangsta rap along with N.W.A's debut album Straight Outta Compton. It has sold over two million copies. The album reached No. 41 on The Billboard...
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Eazy-E Eric Lynn Wright , better known by the stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper, producer, and record executive from Compton, California....
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| Tougher Than Leather Tougher Than Leather is a 1988 studio album for American rap group Run-D.M.C. and a follow-up to their hit Raising Hell. While the new record did not maintain the same popularity as its predecessor, it obtained platinum status and spawned the favorites "Run's House" and "Mary, Mary"...
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Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. was a hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is arguably one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop. They were the biggest act in...
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| Spirit of Eden Spirit of Eden is a 1988 album by the English band Talk Talk. It was written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene, and performed by numerous musicians using a diverse combination of instruments. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece...
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Talk Talk Talk Talk were a British musical group that were active from 1981 to 1991. The group had a string of international hit singles including; "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It" and "Living in Another World".-Beginnings:Talk Talk began as a...
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State of Euphoria State of Euphoria is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released in September of 1988 by Megaforce Worldwide/Island Entertainment.-Album information:...
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Anthrax Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with rap music...
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Tender Prey Tender Prey is the fifth album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1988 on Mute Records.Tender Prey contains Cave's 'signature' tune "The Mercy Seat", which he has subsequently played at almost all of his live performances since 1988, and was covered by Johnny Cash.The album is dedicated to...
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band with multinational personnel, fronted by Nick Cave.-1980s:Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was originally formed in late 1983 by two former members of the Australian band The Birthday Party: Nick Cave and Mick Harvey...
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| Blue Bell Knoll Blue Bell Knoll is the sixth album by Scottish band Cocteau Twins.This was the first LP by the Twins to receive major-label distribution in the USA, as it was originally licensed by Capitol Records from 4AD for North American release...
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Cocteau Twins The Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative music band active from 1979 to 1997, known for complex instrumentation and atmospheric, nonlyrical vocals....
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| Watermark Watermark is an album by Irish musician Enya, released in 1988. Featuring her first major hit, "Orinoco Flow", Watermark was Enya's breakthrough album release, and is considered a seminal example of New Age music, although Enya herself does not consider her work to be of that genre.Two versions of...
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EnyaEithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin , better known as Enya, is an Irish vocalist, instrumentalist and composer. Her name is sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan; Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish.She began her musical career in 1980, when...
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| Blow My Fuse Blow My Fuse is the title of the 4th album released by the glam metal band KIX, released on Atlantic Records on September 19, 1988.-Track listing:# "Red Lite, Green Lite, TNT" – 3:54...
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Kix Kix is an American hard rock band who achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Formation:Kix was started by Ronnie "10/10" Younkins and Donnie Purnell in Dec. of 1977 in Hagerstown, Maryland....
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| Staring at the Sun Staring at the Sun is the eighth studio album released by the British pop band Level 42, in 1988. Produced by Level 42, Wally Badarou and Julian Mendelsohn. Recorded at Miraval, France. Engineered and mixed by Julian Mendelsohn. Engineer's assistant - Jean Lamoot. Mastered at The Townhouse by Kevin...
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Level 42 Level 42 is an English pop rock and jazz-funk band which had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for its high-calibre musicianship — in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...
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Lincoln Lincoln is the second album by the band They Might Be Giants. It was released in 1988 . The album is named after John Linnell and John Flansburgh's boyhood home of Lincoln, Massachusetts. The two men pictured are Linnell's great-grandfather, Lewis T...
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They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants is a double Grammy Award-winning American alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller, and Danny Weinkauf. Formed in 1982, they are best known for an unconventional and experimental style...
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Boingo Alive Boingo Alive is a double album by Oingo Boingo.It serves a number of purposes, being a hybrid of a best-of album, studio album and live album...
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Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band. They are best known for their influence on other musicians, their soundtrack contributions and their high energy Halloween concerts...
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Land of Dreams Land of Dreams is a 1988 album by Randy Newman full of vignettes of his childhood in New Orleans. The most well-known song on the album is "It's Money That Matters", which rose to the top of the Mainstream Rock chart for two weeks, to become Newman's only number one hit on any U.S. chart...
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Randy Newman Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman is an American singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant pop songs and for his many film scores....
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Let's Get It Started Let's Get It Started is the second album released by pop emcee MC Hammer. The album went multi-platinum with "Pump It Up", "Let's Get It Started", "Turn This Mutha Out" and "They Put Me in the Mix" as the most popular tracks from this album....
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MC HammerStanley Kirk Burrell , best known by his stage names MC Hammer, Hammer and Hammertime, is a rapper, entertainer and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s...
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CapitolCapitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Los Angeles and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group...
re-release of 1987 debutFeel My Power is MC Hammer's debut album, produced by Felton Pilate and released in 1987. This album sold over 60,000 copies, which led to several offers from major labels.-Track listing :# "That's What I Said"# "Ring 'Em"...
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Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock was a hip-hop duo from Harlem, New York who are best known for their hit "It Takes Two." The duo consists of Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock .-Career:Their first U.S...
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| Perpetual Burn Perpetual Burn is the debut studio album by guitarist Jason Becker, released in 1988 on Shrapnel Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jason Becker – guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, producer...
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Jason Becker Jason Becker, is an American neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988...
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| Buster: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1988 British film Buster. The album is essentially a collection of oldies, tucked in between two Phil Collins songs that were recorded for the film, in which he starred...
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Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
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| Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 is the third studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1988. The album capitalized on the success of Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 and picks up where it left off. Success bloomed all over Europe, Asia and even the United States...
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Helloween Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene .- Walls of Jericho :...
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| Metal Rhythm Metal Rhythm is the 11th studio album, and 9th under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1988. It is his first album released through IRS Records.-Overview:...
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Gary NumanGary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars"...
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| Vixen Vixen is the self-titled debut by the American all-female Hard rock/Glam metal band Vixen. It was released in 1988 with greatsuccess in America and Europe, and featured the hit singles "Edge of a Broken Heart", "Cryin'" and "Love Made Me"....
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Vixen Vixen is an all-female American hard rock band which achieved some commercial success during the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the Los Angeles, California glam metal scene.-Early years:...
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| What Up, Dog? What Up, Dog? is a 1988 album by Was . It spawned the hit singles "Spy in the House of Love" and "Walk the Dinosaur" . The music video for "Walk the Dinosaur", featuring the band performing while girls in campy cavegirl costumes danced, was in heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic in 1989...
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Was (Not Was) Was is an American eclectic pop group founded by David Weiss and Don Fagenson . They gained popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s.-History:...
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Breakwater Breakwater is the debut album by Lennie Gallant, released in 1988 .-Track listing:# "Tales of the Phantom Ship"# "Island Clay"# "Raise the Dead of Wintertime"# "Back to Rustico"# "From a Distance"# "Marie and He"...
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Lennie Gallant Lennie Gallant, CM is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music crosses into the folk, Celtic, rock and country music genres.-Origins:...
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Talk Is Cheap Talk Is Cheap is the solo album debut by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, released in 1988. Recorded and released following a brief creative and personal fallout with Mick Jagger, Talk Is Cheap received glowing reviews upon its release....
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Keith RichardsKeith Richards is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he was ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of...
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BulletBoys BulletBoys is the self-titled first album from the hair metal band BulletBoys, released in 1988. It features the hit "Smooth Up In Ya" as well as a cover of The O'Jay's song "For the Love of Money"...
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BulletBoys BulletBoys is an American hard rock band that were formed by vocalist Marq Torien , guitarist Mick Sweda, and bassist Lonnie Vencent in the late 1980s after they left King Kobra. They also featured new, young rock drummer Jimmy D'Anda.-Biography:BulletBoys was formed in 1986 in Los Angeles,...
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| Silhouette Silhouette is the fifth studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1988, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 8 on the Billboard 200, and number 10 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart....
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Kenny G Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is a Grammy winning American saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986. Kenny's main instrument is the soprano saxophone, but he also on occasion plays alto and tenor saxophone and flute. He...
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| No Rest for the Wicked No Rest for the Wicked is the fifth studio album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on October 22 1988 and was re-issued / remastered on August 22 1995 and again on June 25 2002. The album was certified gold in December 1989 and has since gone double platinum. No Rest for the Wicked is the first...
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Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre...
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| Critical Beatdown Critical Beatdown is the debut full-length LP by the hip hop group known as the Ultramagnetic MCs. Released in 1988, it was the first full-length example of the influential style of the MCs: the bizarre, lyrical imagery, the unexpected and unpredictable polysyllabic rhymes and the innovative...
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Ultramagnetic MCs The Ultramagnetic MCs is a hip hop group made up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, DJ Jaycee was added as Roadmanager and backup DJ. A former member, Rooney Roon, was fired following an assault arrest. Beat-boxing legend Rahzel was...
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John LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles...
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| Barcelona Barcelona is an album recorded by Freddie Mercury, the front-man of the popular British rock band Queen, and operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé. The album was recorded in 1987 and 1988, and released in 1988....
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and Montserrat CaballéMontserrat Concepción Bibiana Caballé Folch is a Spanish Catalan operaticsoprano.One of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century, she possesses a voice of remarkable beauty and of great range...
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| Rattle and Hum Rattle and Hum is the name of both an album and a companion motion picture recorded by Irish rock band U2. Both were released in 1988.The album, which was made following the band's 1987 Joshua Tree Tour, is a mix of live recordings, covers, and new songs...
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The Land of Rape and Honey The Land of Rape and Honey is the third studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1988 through Sire Records. The image on the cover appears to be an electronically-processed version of a photo of a burned corpse in the Leipzig-Thekla sub-camp of Buchenwald.The album title comes...
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Ministry Ministry was an American industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed...
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Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an British electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals....
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Nö Sleep at All Nö Sleep at All is the second official live album by the British band Motörhead, following 1981's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. It was recorded on 2 July, 1988 at a Giants of Rock Festival performance in Hämeenlinna, Finland.-Overview:...
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Motörhead Motörhead are a British rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. The band was part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, which re-energized heavy metal in the late '70s and early '80s. Usually a power trio, Motörhead had...
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Copperhead Road Copperhead Road is an American country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle. Often referred to as Earle's "rock record", Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, while in their January 26, 1989 review of the album Rolling Stone suggested the...
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Steve Earle Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and country music as well as his political views. He is also a published writer, a political activist and has written and directed a play...
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Fisherman's BluesFisherman's Blues is the 1988 album by The Waterboys. The album marked a change in the sound of The Waterboys', abandoning their earlier grandiose rock sound for a mixture of traditional Irish music, country music and rock and roll. Critics were divided on its release with some disappointed at the...
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The WaterboysThe Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a number of...
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Giving You the Best That I Got Giving You The Best That I Got is the third album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was Baker's first and only number one album in the US, and was certified triple platinum in 1989 by the RIAA....
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Anita Baker Anita Baker is a popular American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit.-The Songstress :...
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| Everything Everything is a 1988 album by the Bangles.Everything displays The Bangles's musical growth. It is also thought by many to display the rifts between the band members, as many of the tracks appear to be one singer accompanied by "a band." More session players, playing anything from dobro to Turkish...
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The Bangles The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade.-Formation and early years :...
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| Big Thing Big Thing is the fifth album by Duran Duran, released worldwide in 1988. It reached #15 in the UK and #24 in the US.A CD reissue was released in 1994.-Background:...
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Duran DuranDuran Duran are an English rock band from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s they have placed 14 in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the...
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| Daydream Nation Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in October 1988 by Enigma Records in the United States, and by Blast First in the United Kingdom.-Recording:...
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Look Sharp! Look Sharp! is the second studio album by the Swedish pop and rock duo Roxette. It was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm between March and June 1988 and at Trident II Studios in London in June 1988. The album was released on October 19, 1988, two years after their debut Pearls of Passion, and...
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Roxette Roxette is a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle. They enjoyed worldwide success, from the late 1980s until the mid 1990s, gaining nineteen UK Top 40 hits and four US #1 singles with, "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride"...
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The Serpent's Egg The Serpent's Egg is the fourth album recorded by the Dead Can Dance duo, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. It was released in October 1988. It featured the song "The Host of Seraphim" which was later used in the films Baraka and The Mist...
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Dead Can DanceDead Can Dance is a band composed of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. Formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 and initially based there, it disbanded in 1998 but reunited temporarily for a world tour in 2005.-Career:...
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| Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 is the debut album by the supergroup Traveling Wilburys and was recorded and released in 1988 to commercial success and critical acclaim.- Background :...
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Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys were a late 1980s supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. The band recorded two albums during the two years they were together....
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You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 is a live album by Frank Zappa. Despite the subtitle "The Helsinki Concert," the album is not one complete concert, but was, in fact, assembled from two different concerts performed in Helsinki in 1974...
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Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
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| I Am Kurious Oranj I Am Kurious Oranj is a 1988 album by British rock band The Fall. The album was written as the soundtrack for the ballet "I am Curious, Orange", produced by contemporary dance group Michael Clark & Company, and themed loosely around the 300th anniversary of William of Orange's accession to the...
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| Quiet Riot Quiet Riot is an album released in 1988 by the band Quiet Riot. This is the only Quiet Riot album which features Paul Shortino on lead vocals. It is also the only Quiet Riot album which does not feature the late Kevin DuBrow on lead vocals or any other then-surviving original members...
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Quiet RiotQuiet Riot was an American heavy metal band whose 1983 US Festival appearance helped to solidify metal's image. They are best known for their hit singles "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health." They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the name Mach 1...
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| Ultramega OK Ultramega OK is the debut studio album by the American grunge band Soundgarden, released on October 31, 1988 through SST Records. Following the release of the EPs Screaming Life , and Fopp , both for the Sub Pop record label, Soundgarden signed with the independent record label SST and went to work...
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Soundgarden Soundgarden was a Grammy Award winning American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto...
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California -Track listing:All songs written by Mark Eitzel.#"Firefly" #"Somewhere" #"Laughingstock" #"Lonely" #"Pale Skinny Girl" #"Blue and Grey Shirt"...
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American Music Club American Music Club is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel.-History:Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981...
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Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 is a remix album by Boney M. released in 1988. Boney M.'s new manager at the time, Simon Napier-Bell, succeeded in persuading the four original members to briefly reunite and promote this remix album...
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| Money for Nothing Money for Nothing is a greatest hits album by Dire Straits released in 1988. It features highlights from the band's first five albums. The vinyl edition omits "Telegraph Road" and has a different running order, with "Tunnel of Love" placed between "Money for Nothing", the title track, and "Brothers...
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Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band, active between 1977 and 1995. The band was formed by Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers , and managed by Ed Bicknell...
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20 20 is an album Harry Connick, Jr. recorded in his 20th year. It is his second album from Columbia records, but his first album with vocal , from the label. As with his previous album, he dedicated it "to the memory of my loving mother, Anita Connick."- Track listing :# "Avalon" - 3:40# "Blue...
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Harry Connick, Jr.Harry Connick, Jr. is an American singer, actor, composer, and pianist. Connick has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. He is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States since 1952, by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million certified albums....
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| Shaday Shaday was a 1988 album by Ofra Haza, released after the international chart success of the single "Im Nin' Alu ." Like the follow-up "Galbi," it was originally included on the 1984 album Yemenite Songs, which consisted of traditional folk songs with lyrics coming from the poetry of 16th century...
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Ofra Haza Ofra Haza was a popular Israeli singer, actress and international recording artist.Her music, inspired by her love of her Yemenite Jewish culture, fused elements of folk, dance and pop. Combined with her being able to switch between traditional and more commercial styles, she became an instant...
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RattRatt is an American heavy metal band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is most notable for their songs "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," "Lay It Down," "You're in Love", "Way Cool Jr." and "Back For More." Though the group lost popularity in...
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R.E.M.R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry . R.E.M. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands, and gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's unclear vocals. R.E.M...
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All or Nothing All or Nothing was the debut album by the pop duo Milli Vanilli, released in Europe on the BMG label in November 1988. After 1990, a disclaimer sticker was added to explicitly show the lead vocal talents...
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Milli Vanilli Milli Vanilli was a pop/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved high sales internationally which earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990. The act became one of the most popular pop acts in...
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American Dream For the Mike Jones album, see The American Dream American Dream is the 1988 reunion album for Crosby, Stills & Nash with Neil Young....
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| Greatest Hits Greatest Hits is a 1988 compilation album by British-American band Fleetwood Mac. It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s....
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Fleetwood MacFleetwood Mac are a British/American rock band formed in 1967 in London, England.The only member present in the band from the very beginning is its namesake drummer Mick Fleetwood...
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JourneyJourney is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California with former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases, but its strongest commercial success came in the late 1970s to the early 1980s...
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Beast from the East Beast from the East is a live hard rock album / Sophie recorded in Japan in April 1988, during Dokken'sBack for the Attack album tour. Released on November 16, 1988...
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DokkenDokken is an American heavy metal and hard rock band that was formed in 1978. The group accumulated numerous charting singles and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide....
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| Smashes, Thrashes & Hits Smashes, Thrashes & Hits is a greatest hits album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was the third hits album overall but the second such album released by the band in the United States . Of the 15 songs on the album, two were new compositions and three were released after the band's...
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KissKiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972. Easily identified by its members' trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid and late-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
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| Kings of Metal Kings of Metal is the sixth album by Power metal band Manowar. Released in 1988 by Atlantic Records, it is thought by many to be among their very best releases.The album was also the last to feature guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman...
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Manowar Manowar is an American Heavy Metal band from Auburn, New York, formed in 1980. They are known for writing lyrics with an emphasis on the heavy metal genre itself, fantasy and mythological topics...
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| Goodbye Girl is the 16th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 1988.The album includes "Namida", her own rendition of a song Nakajima originally wrote for Kiyoshi Maekawa...
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Miyuki Nakajimais a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter who is often compared with Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 35 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and those sales have been...
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Hold an Old Friend's Hand Hold an Old Friend's Hand is the second regular studio album by Tiffany, released in November, 1988 . It was reasonably successful, with a platinum certification, peaking at #17 on the U.S...
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Tiffany Tiffany Renee Darwish , known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer who charted several teen pop hits during the late 1980s. Since then, she has performed in a variety of genres, from country to dance, both in America and other countries...
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Delicate Sound of Thunder Delicate Sound of Thunder is a Pink Floyd live double album from the David Gilmour-led era of the band which was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988. It was released on 22 November 1988, through...
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Pink FloydPink Floyd were an English rock band who, in the late 1960s, earned recognition for their psychedelic and space rock music, and in the 1970s, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. Pink Floyd's work is marked by philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album cover art,...
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| Beaches soundtrack Beaches is the soundtrack to the Academy Award nominated feature film of the same name starring Bette Midler, who performs most of the tracks on the album, released on the Atlantic Records label in 1988 The album features one of Midler's best known songs, the ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings" which...
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Bette MidlerBette Midler is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.-Biography:In 1945, Midler was born in...
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Ancient Dreams Ancient Dreams is the third album of Swedish doom metal band Candlemass and was released in 1988, and reissued in 2001 by Powerline Records with bonus CD.-Track listing:All songs written by Leif Edling# "Mirror Mirror" – 6:15...
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Candlemass Candlemass are a Swedish doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm.-Biography:...
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Rick AstleyRichard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1987 hit single in 16 countries, "Never Gonna Give You Up"....
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G N' R Lies Lies, aka G N' R Lies, is the second studio album by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses in 1988 . According to the RIAA, it has sold 5 million copies in the United States and about 12 million copies worldwide to date....
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Guns N' RosesGuns N' Roses is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since its formation...
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Gems Gems is a compilation album released by Aerosmith in 1988 under the label Columbia. It was the first compilation of studio material since 1980s Aerosmith's Greatest Hits...
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Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and seen by some as America's greatest rock and roll band. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues,, and has...
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| Bummed Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...
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Happy Mondays Happy Mondays are a British alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day , keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
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| The Living Years The Living Years is the second album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1988.- History :The first single taken off the album, "Nobody's Perfect," peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. The next single off the album, the title track, was a worldwide number one hit, reaching that mark on the...
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| Isn't Anything Isn't Anything is the debut studio album by My Bloody Valentine, released in November 1988 after three years of exclusively issuing extended plays and mini-LPs...
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Phil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
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A Groovy Kind of Love "A Groovy Kind of Love" is a pop song written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager for the Screen Gems music publishing company. It is heavily based on the Rondo movement of Sonatina in G major, op. 36 no. 5 by Muzio Clementi...
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UK 1 - Sep 1988, US BB 1 - Sep 1988, Holland 1 - Sep 1988, Switzerland 1 - Oct 1988, Poland 1 - Sep 1988, Éire 1 - Sep 1988, Norway 2 - Sep 1988, Italy 2 of 1988, Germany 3 - Jan 1989, Sweden 4 - Sep 1988, Austria 6 - Nov 1988, South Africa 11 of 1989, Australia 23 of 1988, US BB 26 of 1988, US CashBox 29 of 1988, POP 65 of 1988, Germany 103 of the 1980s, RYM 193 of 1988 |
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Bobby McFerrin Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is a jazz and a cappella vocal performer, vocal improviser and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...
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US BB 1 - Aug 1988, Austria 1 - Nov 1988, Germany 1 - Jan 1989, Australia 1 for 7 weeks May 1989, Grammy in 1988, UK 2 - Sep 1988, Holland 2 - Oct 1988, Switzerland 2 - Oct 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, South Africa 5 of 1989, Sweden 13 - Oct 1988, Poland 13 - Sep 1988, POP 13 of 1988, Germany 23 of the 1980s, US CashBox 28 of 1988, Scrobulate 92 of happy, RYM 94 of 1988, Italy 97 of 1989, RIAA 301 |
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Belinda CarlisleBelinda Jo Carlisle is a Grammy Award-nominated American singer. Carlisle is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the groundbreaking all-female new wave band The Go-Go's, and also a successful solo artist...
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Heaven is a Place On Earth "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of The Go-Go's. Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, and interpolating the aria "Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh'" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, it hit Number One on the Billboard...
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UK 1 - Dec 1987, US BB 1 - Oct 1987, Sweden 1 - Jan 1988, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1988, Norway 1 - Jan 1988, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1988, Germany 4 - Jan 1988, South Africa 4 of 1988, Holland 7 - Jan 1988, Austria 10 - Mar 1988, Australia 10 of 1988, Poland 15 - Nov 1987, US BB 17 of 1987, Italy 31 of 1988, RYM 53 of 1987, POP 72 of 1987, Germany 344 of the 1980s |
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U2U2 are a rock band that formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr...
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UK 1 - Oct 1988, Poland 1 - Oct 1988, Éire 1 - Sep 1988, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1988, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Apr 1989, Holland 2 - Sep 1988, US BB 3 - Oct 1988, KROQ 4 of 1988, Norway 5 - Oct 1988, Switzerland 9 - Oct 1988, Italy 10 of 1988, Germany 11 - Oct 1988, Sweden 12 - Oct 1988, Austria 23 - Nov 1988, RYM 65 of 1988, Acclaimed 2038 |
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EnyaEithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin , better known as Enya, is an Irish vocalist, instrumentalist and composer. Her name is sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan; Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish.She began her musical career in 1980, when...
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Orinoco Flow "Orinoco Flow" is a 1988 single by Enya.-Background:Released as the lead single off her second studio album Watermark in October 1988, the song became Enya's breakthrough hit, becoming a massive success worldwide, peaking at #1 in several countries including the UK, where it stayed at the top of...
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UK 1 - Oct 1988, Holland 1 - Nov 1988, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1988, Éire 1 - Oct 1988, Scrobulate 1 of new age, Poland 2 - Dec 1988, Germany 2 - Jan 1989, Sweden 3 - Nov 1988, Norway 5 - Nov 1988, Austria 8 - Dec 1988, France 9 - Oct 1988, RYM 18 of 1988, US BB 24 - Mar 1989, POP 34 of 1989, Germany 242 of the 1980s |
in the U.S. of 1988.