Future Bound is the sixth album by American soul/R&B group Tavares, and the third and last to be produced by Freddie Perren, released in 1978 on the Capitol label. Critical reaction, whilst generally positive, tends to the view that Future Bound is one of the group’s more lightweight albums. The album includes Tavares’ version of […]
Minnie is the fifth and final studio album by American R&B/jazz singer Minnie Riperton. She died of cancer two months after its release. This was also her first album for Capitol Records. With a new record deal under her belt and a guarantee from the label of priority marketing and promotion, Minnie went right to […]
Sleepless Nights is the second album by Brooklyn Dreams, released in 1979. Tracks 1 Make It Last (Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito) 3:22 2 That’s Not The Way That Your Mama Taught You To Be (Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson) 4:56 3 Sleepless Night / Send Me A Dream (Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito) 5:41 4 […]
Gaucho is the seventh studio album by the American jazz rock band Steely Dan, released in 1980. The sessions for Gaucho represent the band’s typical penchant for studio perfectionism and obsessive recording technique. To record the album, the band used at least 42 different musicians, spent over a year in the studio, and far exceeded […]
Bright White is the seventh solo album from Shawn Phillips, released in 1973 on A&M Records. It reached in the US No. 72 and Canada No. 50 in the album charts. Tracks 1 Bright White (Shawn Phillips) 2:54 2 Salty Tears (Shawn Phillips) 3:03 3 All The Kings And Castles (Shawn Phillips) 4:27 4 Victoria […]
Just A Stone’s Throw Away is the debut solo album by Valerie Carter, released in 1977. Tracks 1 Ooh Child (Stan Vincent) 2:57 2 Ringing Doorbells In The Rain (Ron Koss, Valerie Carter) 2:39 3 Heartache (Ivan Ulz, Lowell George) 2:56 4 Face Of Appalachia (John Sebastian, Lowell George) 4:14 5 So, So, Happy (Skip […]
The Nightfly is the first solo album by Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, released in 1982. It was an early example of a fully digital recording in popular music. Although The Nightfly includes a number of production staff and musicians who had played on Steely Dan records, it is Fagen’s first release without longtime collaborator […]
Howdy Moon was the only album by the band Howdy Moon, released in 1974. The band included Valerie Carter, Richard Hovey, and Jon Lind. The trio of friends moved to Los Angeles where they were signed by A&M Records and played at The Troubadour. Many of the musicians from the band Little Feat are featured […]
I Can Stand a Little Rain is the fourth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 1974. It features the single “You Are So Beautiful”, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, proving this album to eventually become a hit. Tracks 1 Put Out The Light (Daniel Moore) 4:122 I Can Stand A […]
Don’t Cry Out Loud is the title of the seventh album by Melissa Manchester. It was released by Arista Records in October 1978. Most of the album’s tracks were recorded with Leon Ware producing; Ware had expressed an interest in recording Manchester based on the singer’s version of the Ware composition “I Wanna Be Where […]