Tag: Year-1980

With no tour on either side of the ocean in support of the album, Sweet’s ‘Waters Edge’ dropped like a…

At one time I recall having a number of Ted Nugent albums in my collection. Some have survived the test…

With production of the album complete at the end of 1979, UFO and their label Chrysalis, released ‘No Place To…

It would be far from the truth if I claimed to be an avid follower of Blue Oyster Cult, much…

Dont’cha just love the Gamma 2 cover? The sharkfin in the backyard cutting through the garden hose zeroing in on…

And so at the dawn of a new decade, the J Geils Band rocked up with a new album, the…

The Biz were a Canadian pomp outfit who released this very rare one-off effort back in 1980 (not 1978 as…

After two albums with Boston based outfit Piper, it was with trepidation and bravery that front-man Billy Squier ventured out…

In a year that saw the NWOBHM at its strongest, Saxon certainly made a huge claim to releasing the best…

In classic two-album-only syndrome, Breathless delivered two LP’s between 1979 and 1980. Here’s the second.

With ‘Unmasked’ however, which along with ‘Crazy Nights’, it is easily the AOR highpoint of Kiss’s career.

With songs like ‘The Spirit Of Radio’ and ‘Freewill’, Rush were riding the airwaves and being more radio friendly than…

‘Dream After Dream’ was Journey’s only Soundtrack album, it was mostly instrumental, though you’ll hear some searing guitar amidst the…

Well early 1980 was a fun time in my life because Journey had just released their brilliant new LP ‘Departure’.

It is Birmingham metal band Judas Priest that landed the big fish in 1980 with ‘British Steel’, which would anchor…

‘Audio Visions’ represented the beginning of the end for Kansas Mk1 and creative differences and (as already documented elsewhere on…

Oak were the New Hampshire band that released two major label albums but unfortunately did not live up to their…

Van Halen’s ‘Women And Children First’ came between the impact of a stunning debut and a tepid follow up, and…

Couchois remind us of what an amazing time it was to be an AOR fan, with such classics as this…

‘Clear Approach’ is Trillion’s second album, and if you’re looking for an AOR album of sheer class, where pomp rock…