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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Out Of Time - R.E.M. (1 May 2011)
Released in 1991 this is R.E.M.'s 7th studio album. The record topped the album sales charts in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom, spending 109 weeks on American album charts and enjoying two separate spells at the summit, and 183 weeks on the British charts, and spending a single week at the top. The album has been certified four times platinum in the U.S. and has sold as many as 15 million copies worldwide. The album won three Grammy Awards in 1992: one as Best Alternative Music Album, and two for the first single, Losing My Religion.
Thirsty Merc - Thirsty Merc (30 April 2011)
Released in 2004 this was their debut album. I love Rai Thistlewayte's voice. Especially his version of I Am Australian which was used in the Ampol ads a few years back. This album is great and I love the tracks - Someday, Someday and Wasting Time.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Volume One & Volume Three - Traveling Wilburys (29 April 2011)
Released in 1988, Volume One became the surprise hit of the year, selling two million copies within six months in the United States. Although the single Handle With Care did not scale the pop charts (it stalled at US #45), the album did, reaching #16 in the UK and an impressive #3 in the US. With over fifty weeks on the charts, the album was later certified triple-platinum. While Harrison and Petty had had recent successes, Dylan, Orbison (who would die suddenly of a heart attack on 6 December 1988) and Lynne had not seen an album climb that high in several years. At the time, no Dylan album had ever achieved two million in sales. As one critic put it, it was "one of the great commercial coups of the decade."
Released in 1990 it was their second release, the album was mischievously titled Vol. 3 by George Harrison. According to Jeff Lynne, "That was George's idea. He said, 'Let's confuse the buggers'.
As the dynamics within the band had shifted with Orbison's passing, the four remaining members all adopted new Wilbury pseudonyms: Spike (George Harrison), Clayton (Jeff Lynne), Muddy (Tom Petty) and Boo (Bob Dylan). With Harrison and Lynne producing again, the sessions were undertaken in the spring of 1990, with an additional track, a cover of "Nobody's Child" being set aside for a charity compilation album.
Don't Ask - Tina Arena (28 April 2011)
Released in 1994 this was Arena's second studio album. It was hugely popular in Australia and went to number one on our charts. Arena co-wrote all of the songs on the original release of the album which was produced by David Tyson. The album spawned six successful singles Chains, Sorrento Moon (I Remember), Heaven Help My Heart, Wasn't It Good, That's the Way a Women Feels and the cover version of Maria McKee's song Show Me Heaven.
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