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30 Years of Bananarama (The Very Best Of) (Album of the Day)
Past, Present and Future (Album of the Day)
The Doors (Album of the Day)
Main Course (Album of the Day)
Astral Weeks (Expanded) (Album of the Day)
Christopher Cross (Album of the Day)
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Christopher Cross took the pop world by storm with his self-titled debut. Produced by Michael Omartian, CHRISTOPHER CROSS is immaculately crafted, with the singer-songwriter's fine voice supported by an ace studio band and such duet partners as Don Henley, Michael McDonald and Nicolette Larson. The nine fine originals on the Warner Bros. collection included four Top 40 hits, including “Never Be the Same,” “Ride Like The Wind” and “Sailing,” which topped the U.S. singles chart on this day in 1980. CHRISTOPHER CROSS sold more than 5 million copies, earned five Grammys (among them Album, Record and Song of the Year) and remains among the most enjoyable adult contemporary albums of its era.
One Night In Washington (Album of the Day)
Is It Still Good To Ya (US Release) (Album of the Day)
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson penned enough hits for Motown in the 1960s that they could have retired off of the royalties; fortunately, they continued their winning ways as performers in the following decade. The husband-and-wife team's writing, production and performing talents are showcased to excellent effect on the 1978 Warner Bros. collection IS IT STILL GOOD TO YA. And in answer to that, it's very good indeed: “It Seems To Hang On,” "Get Up And Do Something” and the title track rank with the most sensuously romantic and irresistibly danceable R&B of the decade. Valerie Simpson celebrates a birthday today, and we'll wish her a happy one with the sparkling IS IT STILL GOOD TO YA.
Demolition (Clean Version) (Album of the Day)
British heavy metal favorites Judas Priest stepped confidently into the new millennium with DEMOLITION. The 2001 Atlantic collection – the band's second with Tim "Ripper" Owens on lead vocals – adopts a darker, more abrasive attack than Priest's '80s output, with samples, industrial beats and enough profanity to warrant the quintet's first-ever Parental Advisory sticker (even the clean version is pretty intense). Longtime guitarist Glenn Tipton co-produced the set and wrote or co-wrote all 13 songs, showcasing plenty of killer riffs; pulverizing tracks like "Machine Man" and “Feed On Me” can stand with the group's best. While Rob Halford would return to the microphone for the next album, DEMOLITION is not just an anomaly in the band's catalog, it's a bold and blistering reinvention of Judas Priest.