This is an interesting telling, with the Rotoscope/Animated interpretation, narrated by of all people, Beavis and Butt-Head's Mike Judge.
Morris Day is the center of this story, but it does tell and show some of the behind-the-scenes stuff that while I know has been talked about and shown in some documentaries, some of the details maybe have not been included that this does.
The whole thing is maybe 25 minutes long? you just click on the next video, but I linked all of them below.
Jellybean Johnson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are among those interviewed. Alexander O'Neal was not though, although his role is kind of limited I guess in the history of The Time and their relationship with Prince.
I mean I knew Prince and Morris (and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) didn't have the smoothest relationship; and the rivalry shown in Purple Rain was very similar to their real-life relationship.
What I am surprised is they didn't mention about Morris did return to work with Prince again in Graffiti Bridge
It's notable how my wife and I did get to see Morris Day and the Time at Mystic Lake Casino about a year ago. He did put on a great show.
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Showing posts with label Prince. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prince. Show all posts
Monday, December 17, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Meaningful Songs: Prince - Computer Blue
Prince - Computer Blue
Ever since picking up the anniversary/deluxe edition of Purple Rain of like a year and a half ago, and revisiting, remembering, learning about how amazing this track is.
I can say it is my favorite track now from Purple Rain, and it may be my favorite Prince song (from what I know.have heard which admittedly, isn't nearly as much as I should).
Why? I love the hook and the groove. The guitar solo almost sounds like a Satriani thing or something. It's Prince in some ways at his most technical or virtuosoic.
Or simply, it was 1 example of Prince doing prog, and yet it's on an album of pop hits oddly.
This tonight also was inspired by the 100th Episode of Black-ish homage to Prince.
But I still think this tune needs more love.
Ever since picking up the anniversary/deluxe edition of Purple Rain of like a year and a half ago, and revisiting, remembering, learning about how amazing this track is.
I can say it is my favorite track now from Purple Rain, and it may be my favorite Prince song (from what I know.have heard which admittedly, isn't nearly as much as I should).
Why? I love the hook and the groove. The guitar solo almost sounds like a Satriani thing or something. It's Prince in some ways at his most technical or virtuosoic.
Or simply, it was 1 example of Prince doing prog, and yet it's on an album of pop hits oddly.
This tonight also was inspired by the 100th Episode of Black-ish homage to Prince.
But I still think this tune needs more love.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
VIDEOS: Record Store Day 2018
Record Store Day 2018 Videos.
The 1st 3 are just short clips, the 3rd one, a bit longer taken at WHOLE Foods. I wish I would have taken more clips, but the memory in my camera low, so it probably would have required time for me to delete some stuff, etc. Even the battery I think was low (I hardly prepared for it).
The 4th video is Joyce and I showing our purchases, and telling anecdotes, and opinions.
45 or 46 MINUTES, lol. Not intended, although I knew it wasn't going to be short.
Truth be though it was a lot for Joyce, rightfully so. I showed mine and told some stories and opinions. But as I mentioned, I'll hopefully be making another video showing and talking more about the ones I bought plus a few others too of course. At the Storage Space.
Hopefully time allowing.
But I won't blame anyone for either taking time to watch the 4th video (or fast-fwding). I did list the items shown in order (I need to learn how the timestamps are put up so easily for some. I'm sure it shouldn't take all that much time, but I don't have time to try and figure it out right now, lol).
Cheapo (St.Paul): Joyce: -The Police - Roxanne '7 [RSD] -Madonna - The First Album (Picture Disc) [RSD] -Josh Rouse - Love in the Modern Age -The Bird and the Bee - Recreational Love Kyle: -Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin:e Box [Deluxe/Legacy Edition] [RSD] -Steven Wilson - How the Big Space '12 [RSD] -Snarky Puppy - Sharktank '10 [RSD]
Barely Brothers:
Joyce:
Bobby Caldwell - Bobby Caldwell
Reed Grimm - First Draft [EP] [CD] Agharta: Joyce: -Madonna - You Can Dance '12 [RSD] Kyle: -Porcupine Tree - In Absentia -Pourcpine Tree - Deadwing Solid State Records: Joyce: -Whitney Houston - Queen of the Night '12 -Breakfast Club - Right on Track '12 -Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me '12 -George Michael - Fast Love/I'm Your Man'96 '12
The 1st 3 are just short clips, the 3rd one, a bit longer taken at WHOLE Foods. I wish I would have taken more clips, but the memory in my camera low, so it probably would have required time for me to delete some stuff, etc. Even the battery I think was low (I hardly prepared for it).
The 4th video is Joyce and I showing our purchases, and telling anecdotes, and opinions.
45 or 46 MINUTES, lol. Not intended, although I knew it wasn't going to be short.
Truth be though it was a lot for Joyce, rightfully so. I showed mine and told some stories and opinions. But as I mentioned, I'll hopefully be making another video showing and talking more about the ones I bought plus a few others too of course. At the Storage Space.
Hopefully time allowing.
But I won't blame anyone for either taking time to watch the 4th video (or fast-fwding). I did list the items shown in order (I need to learn how the timestamps are put up so easily for some. I'm sure it shouldn't take all that much time, but I don't have time to try and figure it out right now, lol).
Cheapo (St.Paul): Joyce: -The Police - Roxanne '7 [RSD] -Madonna - The First Album (Picture Disc) [RSD] -Josh Rouse - Love in the Modern Age -The Bird and the Bee - Recreational Love Kyle: -Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin:e Box [Deluxe/Legacy Edition] [RSD] -Steven Wilson - How the Big Space '12 [RSD] -Snarky Puppy - Sharktank '10 [RSD]
Barely Brothers:
Joyce:
Bobby Caldwell - Bobby Caldwell
Reed Grimm - First Draft [EP] [CD] Agharta: Joyce: -Madonna - You Can Dance '12 [RSD] Kyle: -Porcupine Tree - In Absentia -Pourcpine Tree - Deadwing Solid State Records: Joyce: -Whitney Houston - Queen of the Night '12 -Breakfast Club - Right on Track '12 -Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me '12 -George Michael - Fast Love/I'm Your Man'96 '12
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Kimbra @ The Cedar Cultural Center 2/5/18
Well this was my 4th time seeing Kimbra live, 3rd headlining, and while all of the other times she had a full band with drums, last night at The Cedar, it was just her with a bunch synths, a guitarist with another keyboard or 2 and maybe an Electric Drum or 2? and a bassist also with likely more than 1 keyboard.
Kimbra for the 1st time in a long while, played some guitar on a couple select, stripped down tunes (the Prince cover during the Encore and "Past Love" which she said the album version is much different).
But let's get down to brass tax here.
1) I love Kimbra, her music, her personality at least on stage, in interviews, videos she's done, and for the most part on her email list, AMA's and Social Media. But, now seeing her live for a 4th time and trying-to and yet failing again to get to meet her after the show, tell her how much I love her music and maybe ask 1 or 2 questions, in person. Maybe get a photo or something. NO DICE again.
Which basically tells me at of all places, the Cedar Cultural Center, she doesn't come out, at least not initially.
At this point, she is in a lot of ways taking the Ian Anderson approach. Or I suppose Michael Nesmith and Neil Peart.
Seems highly like-able and cool when you're a fan in those platforms, but it doesn't seem she's all that into interacting with her fans outside of that.
I guess I respect that, many celebrities have that identical or similar mentality and approach.
But it just hit me last night, to not ever expect to meet her really.
Steven Wilson for some reason has also come across a little like that as well.
The only thing I would say is, if I didn't need to get home to sleep, so I can leave for work the next day at 6:40AM, I might have tried to wait as long as possible.
And with last night or with the other shows, I did wait, but I suppose maybe not long enough.
But the message I get is, even if I were to wait, there's a reason why she didn't come out nor come out those other times right away, or even within 20 minutes.
She doesn't want to hang out with the fans, at least in that context, at this point.
Kimbra is pretty young, so who knows if she will maintain or increase that approach like Peart or Ian Anderson. I recall James LaBrie was like that in the early days with Dream Theater, and then he opened up.
Or of course, the Michael Nesmith and even Mayer Hawthorne approach now in that she'll do a VIP and/or Meet-and-Greet, which I guess depending on the price (and if it includes SEATING) I might do. But I still wish that wouldn't necessarily be the only way.
But I'm now going to have to come to accept that.
2) From The Cedar website:
This event is all ages
This is a standing show with an open floor.
Standing show + me and the wife =/= good.
We even tried to arrive later (knowing the potential standing time could be many hours), but when I played some of 1 of the openers "King" for the wife, she was a bit too curious to skip them.But as it turned out, we probably would have been okay with that. They were nice, but had a bit of a samey style among all their songs. The Smooth synth and vocal harmonies-Neo-Soul with pretty much every song being in the mid-tempo. The wife did appreciate them quoting DeBarge at least. And props to them with a Grammy and playing Super Bowl Live. And that 2 of them were from South Minneapolis originally. I kind of wondered if they may have known Janelle Monae per they are likely close in age and Janelle actually lived in Eagan, MN when she was growing up for a period of time.
But no, like 95% of the shows at The Cedar I have seen were seated. Now as it turned out, there were seats, like when the wife and I saw The Bird and the Bee, but they were way off to the side, and we arrived too late to give up out acquired spots anyway, to even try looking.
But it wasn't great for either of our knees or backs to stand for nearly 3 hours.
We stood for Nesmith at The Troubadour, but it wasn't as long, and it was only him and his band. No down time, nor any opener.
I will add though the other opener Arc Iris I kind of liked, and may be checking out their music soon.
3) With Kimbra's setup, and playing 9 songs from Primal Heart, some of course having never heard, and then the other 2 new ones Sweet Relief and Hi Def Distant Romance, it was a night of new and unfamiliar music, which overall I still liked but for the wife, didn't even go as far.
And it was highly electronic. A lot of keys and textures. The videos behind her did help at least.
Even the arrangements of Settle Down and Two Way Street threw me and the wife off a bit, although I still enjoyed them. I do wish she would still include the VOCAL CHANTING SOLO in TWO WAY STREET, per it is the greatest moment of that tune. Even in another arrangement or on a keyboard or guitar or something. But last night? I don't think she did it.
As a big positive though, Black Sky sounded really good; better than the videos I checked out of it a few months back.
And then Everybody Knows. Holy shit, this song is fan-fucking-tastic!
I re-listened to it again yesterday at work, and it hit me how well arranged and melodic it is. Definitely the biggest winner on Primal Heart among the songs I've heard, which including the live ones last night, is most of it.
of course Hi Def Distant Romance is 1 of many new songs that won't be on Primal Heart, that Kimbra said in an email, will be coming leading-up to Primal Heart's release (and maybe throughout 2018?, I forget). I.e. she has a lot of music she's made that won't be on the album beyond HDDR.
St.Vincent at The Walker in 2012 and Imogen Heap: That is kind of what she was doing in a lot of ways with the keys and stripped down ensemble. I wonder if part of that is cost to pay musicians to tour?
The new album titled "Primal Heart" she talked about being inspired by a trip to Ethiopia I recall and seeing the primal? way they live. Which I was thinking the new album would be more stripped down and have more acoustic instruments and DRUMS. Like lots of them.
I am now thinking this album is taking the electronic side to some songs from Golden Echo, and making an album with even more of it. I mean she even worked with Skrillex on Top of the World.
The thing though I am keeping in mind is in that AMA she did on Reddit, I think she mentioned how this new album will not necessarily be the way she records down the road.
But the chances of a Vows part 2 ever happening seem unlikely, which I get. Artists don't want to repeat themselves, etc. But I guess it is the whole self-ish artist to experiment and try new things constantly, which I applaud her, but I can't be sure if I will ever love as much as her earlier work as-a-whole.
I did say in my 2011 Albums of the Year that i don't know if she ever will be able to top Vows, but that was more of just HOW GOOD it was.
That all being said, it was a fun show, very energetic, highly electronic/ with HEAVY synths. And pretty good consistent energy. And the crowd loved her for the most part. It was almost sold out, which I kind of wonder if The Cedar might be too small for her at this point. Unsure she'd play like The Palace Theatre or Skyway or something if she headlines again, but we'll see.
The Prince tribute was nice, a little predictable, but still very much appreciated. And cool to hear a deeper track like "Call My Name."
I do know I will not plan to stand for long lengths, especially with the wife, and not expect to try and meet her again. I.e. no waiting around afterwards, which is probably for the best anyway.
9 songs from Primal Heart + a bonus that didn't make it. Plus a recent single.
Version of Me
Hi Def Distant Romance
The Good War
Black Sky
Human
Settle Down
As You Are
Love In High Places
Everybody Knows
Past Love
Two Way Street
Lightyears
Sweet Relief
Top of the World
Encore:
Real Life
Call My Name
(Prince cover)
Kimbra for the 1st time in a long while, played some guitar on a couple select, stripped down tunes (the Prince cover during the Encore and "Past Love" which she said the album version is much different).
But let's get down to brass tax here.
1) I love Kimbra, her music, her personality at least on stage, in interviews, videos she's done, and for the most part on her email list, AMA's and Social Media. But, now seeing her live for a 4th time and trying-to and yet failing again to get to meet her after the show, tell her how much I love her music and maybe ask 1 or 2 questions, in person. Maybe get a photo or something. NO DICE again.
Which basically tells me at of all places, the Cedar Cultural Center, she doesn't come out, at least not initially.
At this point, she is in a lot of ways taking the Ian Anderson approach. Or I suppose Michael Nesmith and Neil Peart.
Seems highly like-able and cool when you're a fan in those platforms, but it doesn't seem she's all that into interacting with her fans outside of that.
I guess I respect that, many celebrities have that identical or similar mentality and approach.
But it just hit me last night, to not ever expect to meet her really.
Steven Wilson for some reason has also come across a little like that as well.
The only thing I would say is, if I didn't need to get home to sleep, so I can leave for work the next day at 6:40AM, I might have tried to wait as long as possible.
And with last night or with the other shows, I did wait, but I suppose maybe not long enough.
But the message I get is, even if I were to wait, there's a reason why she didn't come out nor come out those other times right away, or even within 20 minutes.
She doesn't want to hang out with the fans, at least in that context, at this point.
Kimbra is pretty young, so who knows if she will maintain or increase that approach like Peart or Ian Anderson. I recall James LaBrie was like that in the early days with Dream Theater, and then he opened up.
Or of course, the Michael Nesmith and even Mayer Hawthorne approach now in that she'll do a VIP and/or Meet-and-Greet, which I guess depending on the price (and if it includes SEATING) I might do. But I still wish that wouldn't necessarily be the only way.
But I'm now going to have to come to accept that.
2) From The Cedar website:
This event is all ages
This is a standing show with an open floor.
Tickets are only available through First Avenue online (click
the "Buy Tickets" button above), at Electric Fetus, and The Cedar
during shows.
Standing show + me and the wife =/= good.We even tried to arrive later (knowing the potential standing time could be many hours), but when I played some of 1 of the openers "King" for the wife, she was a bit too curious to skip them.But as it turned out, we probably would have been okay with that. They were nice, but had a bit of a samey style among all their songs. The Smooth synth and vocal harmonies-Neo-Soul with pretty much every song being in the mid-tempo. The wife did appreciate them quoting DeBarge at least. And props to them with a Grammy and playing Super Bowl Live. And that 2 of them were from South Minneapolis originally. I kind of wondered if they may have known Janelle Monae per they are likely close in age and Janelle actually lived in Eagan, MN when she was growing up for a period of time.
But no, like 95% of the shows at The Cedar I have seen were seated. Now as it turned out, there were seats, like when the wife and I saw The Bird and the Bee, but they were way off to the side, and we arrived too late to give up out acquired spots anyway, to even try looking.
But it wasn't great for either of our knees or backs to stand for nearly 3 hours.
We stood for Nesmith at The Troubadour, but it wasn't as long, and it was only him and his band. No down time, nor any opener.
I will add though the other opener Arc Iris I kind of liked, and may be checking out their music soon.
3) With Kimbra's setup, and playing 9 songs from Primal Heart, some of course having never heard, and then the other 2 new ones Sweet Relief and Hi Def Distant Romance, it was a night of new and unfamiliar music, which overall I still liked but for the wife, didn't even go as far.
And it was highly electronic. A lot of keys and textures. The videos behind her did help at least.
Even the arrangements of Settle Down and Two Way Street threw me and the wife off a bit, although I still enjoyed them. I do wish she would still include the VOCAL CHANTING SOLO in TWO WAY STREET, per it is the greatest moment of that tune. Even in another arrangement or on a keyboard or guitar or something. But last night? I don't think she did it.
As a big positive though, Black Sky sounded really good; better than the videos I checked out of it a few months back.
And then Everybody Knows. Holy shit, this song is fan-fucking-tastic!
I re-listened to it again yesterday at work, and it hit me how well arranged and melodic it is. Definitely the biggest winner on Primal Heart among the songs I've heard, which including the live ones last night, is most of it.
of course Hi Def Distant Romance is 1 of many new songs that won't be on Primal Heart, that Kimbra said in an email, will be coming leading-up to Primal Heart's release (and maybe throughout 2018?, I forget). I.e. she has a lot of music she's made that won't be on the album beyond HDDR.
St.Vincent at The Walker in 2012 and Imogen Heap: That is kind of what she was doing in a lot of ways with the keys and stripped down ensemble. I wonder if part of that is cost to pay musicians to tour?
The new album titled "Primal Heart" she talked about being inspired by a trip to Ethiopia I recall and seeing the primal? way they live. Which I was thinking the new album would be more stripped down and have more acoustic instruments and DRUMS. Like lots of them.
I am now thinking this album is taking the electronic side to some songs from Golden Echo, and making an album with even more of it. I mean she even worked with Skrillex on Top of the World.
The thing though I am keeping in mind is in that AMA she did on Reddit, I think she mentioned how this new album will not necessarily be the way she records down the road.
But the chances of a Vows part 2 ever happening seem unlikely, which I get. Artists don't want to repeat themselves, etc. But I guess it is the whole self-ish artist to experiment and try new things constantly, which I applaud her, but I can't be sure if I will ever love as much as her earlier work as-a-whole.
I did say in my 2011 Albums of the Year that i don't know if she ever will be able to top Vows, but that was more of just HOW GOOD it was.
That all being said, it was a fun show, very energetic, highly electronic/ with HEAVY synths. And pretty good consistent energy. And the crowd loved her for the most part. It was almost sold out, which I kind of wonder if The Cedar might be too small for her at this point. Unsure she'd play like The Palace Theatre or Skyway or something if she headlines again, but we'll see.
The Prince tribute was nice, a little predictable, but still very much appreciated. And cool to hear a deeper track like "Call My Name."
I do know I will not plan to stand for long lengths, especially with the wife, and not expect to try and meet her again. I.e. no waiting around afterwards, which is probably for the best anyway.
9 songs from Primal Heart + a bonus that didn't make it. Plus a recent single.
Version of Me
Hi Def Distant Romance
The Good War
Black Sky
Human
Settle Down
As You Are
Love In High Places
Everybody Knows
Past Love
Two Way Street
Lightyears
Sweet Relief
Top of the World
Encore:
Real Life
Call My Name
(Prince cover)
Friday, April 28, 2017
The Year 1984 Albums Calendar and Rankings
1984, now looking at it, was not all that great of a year, I guess for ALBUMS for my taste. It was it seemed a good year for SONGS. It was amidst the MTV craze and 80's singles. Friday Night Videos, icons like Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Huey Lewis, Springsteen, Wham!, Duran Duran, The Police, Phil Collins..80's icons and huge names that were known for songs and their videos.
The top 40 on Sunday mornings, and cassette tapes. I bought my 1st tape as a little kid in 1983 and 1984. Weird Al's album In 3-D namely. And often at the Great American Music store in the Highland Village store.
But as time as gone by and looking at Albums, 1984 has some very good albums, like what I consider my favorite Pat Metheny record in First Circle and my favorite U2 album in The Unforgettable Fire.
Rush's Grace Under Pressure is an album I do enjoy a lot, but I guess I don't see it greater than most of their classic catalog (Caress of Steel-Presto). But it's a great record, thus par for their course. And given the quality of the albums from 1984, it places quite high.
And Prince, I bought Purple Rain on tape and it was such a big deal and rival to Michael Jackson and Thriller then, even though the release dates were like 18 months apart.
But I was a sports kid, so 1984 was most remembered by me for that, but as a year, compared to other years from the 80's, I'm thinking it may not compare. But then again, I suspect a lot of the mid to late 80's albums were not too different.
That also being said, I do have a soft spot for 80's pop, and I included some albums with some of those songs. Also early Metal albums, Thrash, NWOBHM, Prog and Soundtracks.
1. Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
2, Rush - Grace Under Pressure
3. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
4. Marillion - Fugazi
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain OST
6. "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
7. Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
8. Van Halen - 1984
9. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
10. Queensryche - The Warning
11. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
12. NRG - No Reasons Given
13. Marillion - Real to Reel
14. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
15.Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
16. Duran Duran - Arena
17. Wham! - Make it Big
18. XTC - The Big Express
19. David Gilmour - About Face
Van Halen - 1984
rel January 9, 1984
Various Artists - Footloose (Original Soundtrack)
rel January 31, 1984
Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
rel February 6, 1984
Pallas - The Sentinel
rel February 13, 1984
Queen - The Works
rel February 27, 1984
"Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
rel February 28, 1984
David Gilmour - About Face
rel March 5, 1984
Marillion - Fugazi
rel March 12, 1984
Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
rel March 16, 1984
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
rel March 27, 1984
Laura Branigan - Self Control
rel April 2, 1984
R.E.M. - Reckoning
rel April 9, 1984
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
rel April 12, 1984
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
rel April 30, 1984
INXS - The Swing
rel April 1984
The Bangles - All Over the Place
rel May 23, 1984
Clannad - Legend [TV Soundtrack]
rel May 1984
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
rel June 4, 1984
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
rel June 25, 1984
Dio - The Last in Line
rel July 2, 1984
The Time - Ice Cream Castle
rel July 2, 1984
Sade - Diamond Life
rel July 16, 1984
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
rel July 27, 1984
Metal Church - Metal Church
rel July 1984
New Edition - New Edition
rel September 28, 1984
Survivor - Vital Signs
rel August 1984
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
rel September 3, 1984
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
rel September 7, 1984
Queensryche - The Warning
rel September 7, 1984
Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
rel September 1984
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
rel September 1984
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
rel October 1, 1984
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven
rel October 2, 1984
Hall and Oates - Big Bam Boom
rel October 12, 1984
XTC - The Big Express
rel October 15, 1984
Wham! - Make it Big
rel October 23, 1984
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
rel October 29, 1984
Duran Duran - Arena
rel November 12, 1984
Madonna - Like a Virgin
rel November 12, 1984
Kool and the Gang - Emergency
rel November
Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast
rel November 19, 1984
Marillion - Real to Reel
rel November 1984
Toto - Dune
rel December 1984
Cardiacs - The Seaside
rel 1984
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
rel 1984
Steve Morse - The Introduction
rel 1984
NRG - No Reasons Given
rel 1984
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
rel 1984
Thinking Plague - ...A Thinking Plague
rel 1984
The top 40 on Sunday mornings, and cassette tapes. I bought my 1st tape as a little kid in 1983 and 1984. Weird Al's album In 3-D namely. And often at the Great American Music store in the Highland Village store.
But as time as gone by and looking at Albums, 1984 has some very good albums, like what I consider my favorite Pat Metheny record in First Circle and my favorite U2 album in The Unforgettable Fire.
Rush's Grace Under Pressure is an album I do enjoy a lot, but I guess I don't see it greater than most of their classic catalog (Caress of Steel-Presto). But it's a great record, thus par for their course. And given the quality of the albums from 1984, it places quite high.
And Prince, I bought Purple Rain on tape and it was such a big deal and rival to Michael Jackson and Thriller then, even though the release dates were like 18 months apart.
But I was a sports kid, so 1984 was most remembered by me for that, but as a year, compared to other years from the 80's, I'm thinking it may not compare. But then again, I suspect a lot of the mid to late 80's albums were not too different.
That also being said, I do have a soft spot for 80's pop, and I included some albums with some of those songs. Also early Metal albums, Thrash, NWOBHM, Prog and Soundtracks.
1. Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
2, Rush - Grace Under Pressure
3. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
4. Marillion - Fugazi
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain OST
6. "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
7. Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
8. Van Halen - 1984
9. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
10. Queensryche - The Warning
11. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
12. NRG - No Reasons Given
13. Marillion - Real to Reel
14. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
15.Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
16. Duran Duran - Arena
17. Wham! - Make it Big
18. XTC - The Big Express
19. David Gilmour - About Face
Van Halen - 1984
rel January 9, 1984
Various Artists - Footloose (Original Soundtrack)
rel January 31, 1984
Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
rel February 6, 1984
Pallas - The Sentinel
rel February 13, 1984
Queen - The Works
rel February 27, 1984
"Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
rel February 28, 1984
David Gilmour - About Face
rel March 5, 1984
Marillion - Fugazi
rel March 12, 1984
Dire Straits - Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
rel March 16, 1984
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
rel March 27, 1984
Laura Branigan - Self Control
rel April 2, 1984
R.E.M. - Reckoning
rel April 9, 1984
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
rel April 12, 1984
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
rel April 30, 1984
INXS - The Swing
rel April 1984
The Bangles - All Over the Place
rel May 23, 1984
Clannad - Legend [TV Soundtrack]
rel May 1984
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
rel June 4, 1984
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
rel June 25, 1984
Dio - The Last in Line
rel July 2, 1984
The Time - Ice Cream Castle
rel July 2, 1984
Sade - Diamond Life
rel July 16, 1984
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
rel July 27, 1984
Metal Church - Metal Church
rel July 1984
New Edition - New Edition
rel September 28, 1984
Survivor - Vital Signs
rel August 1984
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
rel September 3, 1984
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
rel September 7, 1984
Queensryche - The Warning
rel September 7, 1984
Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
rel September 1984
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
rel September 1984
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
rel October 1, 1984
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven
rel October 2, 1984
Hall and Oates - Big Bam Boom
rel October 12, 1984
XTC - The Big Express
rel October 15, 1984
Wham! - Make it Big
rel October 23, 1984
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
rel October 29, 1984
Duran Duran - Arena
rel November 12, 1984
Madonna - Like a Virgin
rel November 12, 1984
Kool and the Gang - Emergency
rel November
Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast
rel November 19, 1984
Marillion - Real to Reel
rel November 1984
Toto - Dune
rel December 1984
Cardiacs - The Seaside
rel 1984
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
rel 1984
Steve Morse - The Introduction
rel 1984
NRG - No Reasons Given
rel 1984
Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
rel 1984
Thinking Plague - ...A Thinking Plague
rel 1984
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
The Year 1982 Albums Calendar and Rankings
Honestly, despite 1 of my higher ranked Rush albums and Pat Metheny. Along with both classics from both Michael Jackson and Prince, 1982, compared many/most other years, is rather thin/weak.
Certainly, there's some stuff on the calendar I haven't heard that could change that. But from my list, it's filled with mid-level stuff. I guess when I finish this project, I may rank each year, and at this point, 1982 I suspect won't be placing incredibly high.
1. Rush - Signals
2. Pat Metheny - Offramp
3. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Van Halen - Diver Down
6. Prince - 1999
7. XTC - English Settlement
8. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
9. Duran Duran - Rio
10. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
11. Genesis - Three Sides Live
12. Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
13. Toto - IV
14. Led Zeppelin - Coda
15. Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
16. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
17. Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
18. Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
19. Asia - Asia
20. Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
21. Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
22. King Crimson - Beat
23. Jon Anderson - Animation
Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures
rel January 18, 1982
Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
rel January 29, 1982
XTC - English Settlement
rel February 12, 1982
Asia - Asia
rel March 15, 1982
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
rel March 22, 1982
Talking Heads - The Name of the Band is Talking Heads
rel March 24, 1982
Toto - IV
rel April 8, 1982
Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
rel April 10, 1982
Van Halen - Diver Down
rel April 14, 1982
Duran Duran - Rio
rel May 10, 1982
Genesis - Three Sides Live
rel June 1, 1982
Roxy Music - Avalon
rel June 1, 1982
King Crimson - Beat
rel June 10, 1982
Robert Plant - Pictures at Eleven
rel June 28, 1982
Jon Anderson - Animation
rel June 1982
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
rel July 17, 1982
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
rel September 6, 1982
Rush - Signals
rel September 9, 1982
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
rel September 13, 1982
Utopia - Utopia
rel September 17, 1982
Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
rel September 27, 1982
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
rel September 30, 1982
Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
rel October 4, 1982
Prince - 1999
rel October 27, 1982
Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked
rel October 1982
Venom - Black Metal
rel November 1, 1982
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
rel November 5, 1982
Led Zeppelin - Coda
rel November 19, 1982
Michael Jackson - Thriller
rel November 30, 1982
Twelfth Night - Face and Fiction
rel December 1982
Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
rel 1982
The Dregs - Industry Standard
rel 1982
Pat Metheny - Offramp
rel 1982
Certainly, there's some stuff on the calendar I haven't heard that could change that. But from my list, it's filled with mid-level stuff. I guess when I finish this project, I may rank each year, and at this point, 1982 I suspect won't be placing incredibly high.
1. Rush - Signals
2. Pat Metheny - Offramp
3. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Van Halen - Diver Down
6. Prince - 1999
7. XTC - English Settlement
8. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
9. Duran Duran - Rio
10. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
11. Genesis - Three Sides Live
12. Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
13. Toto - IV
14. Led Zeppelin - Coda
15. Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
16. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
17. Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
18. Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
19. Asia - Asia
20. Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
21. Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
22. King Crimson - Beat
23. Jon Anderson - Animation
Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures
rel January 18, 1982
Huey Lewis and the News - Picture This
rel January 29, 1982
XTC - English Settlement
rel February 12, 1982
Asia - Asia
rel March 15, 1982
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
rel March 22, 1982
Talking Heads - The Name of the Band is Talking Heads
rel March 24, 1982
Toto - IV
rel April 8, 1982
Jethro Tull - Broadsword and the Beast
rel April 10, 1982
Van Halen - Diver Down
rel April 14, 1982
Duran Duran - Rio
rel May 10, 1982
Genesis - Three Sides Live
rel June 1, 1982
Roxy Music - Avalon
rel June 1, 1982
King Crimson - Beat
rel June 10, 1982
Robert Plant - Pictures at Eleven
rel June 28, 1982
Jon Anderson - Animation
rel June 1982
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
rel July 17, 1982
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security)
rel September 6, 1982
Rush - Signals
rel September 9, 1982
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
rel September 13, 1982
Utopia - Utopia
rel September 17, 1982
Al Di Meola - Tour de Force - "Live"
rel September 27, 1982
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
rel September 30, 1982
Daryl Hall and John Oates - H2O
rel October 4, 1982
Prince - 1999
rel October 27, 1982
Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked
rel October 1982
Venom - Black Metal
rel November 1, 1982
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must be Going!
rel November 5, 1982
Led Zeppelin - Coda
rel November 19, 1982
Michael Jackson - Thriller
rel November 30, 1982
Twelfth Night - Face and Fiction
rel December 1982
Al Di Meola - Electric Rendezvous
rel 1982
The Dregs - Industry Standard
rel 1982
Pat Metheny - Offramp
rel 1982
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