Making A Good Thing Better is an album by Olivia Newton-John, released 1977. The album peaked at No. 34 Pop and No. 13 Country. It was Newton-John’s first album not to reach the Country Top 10. The album also ended Olivia’s streak of six consecutive gold albums from 1974’s “Let Me Be There” through 1976’s […]
Luke is the third solo album by Steve Lukather released in 1997. It was a much different and more introspective album than Lukather’s previous two solo efforts. The album is a concentrated collection of many of Lukather’s musical influences, and he deliberately let those influences come out on the album. Luke is an experimental album, […]
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 […]
Tambu is the ninth studio album by Toto released in May 1995. Tambu sold 600,000 copies worldwide. It was the first Toto studio album since the death of Jeff Porcaro in 1992. It includes the single “I Will Remember”, which failed to chart in the USA but was the band’s first chart hit in the […]
Santamental is the fourth solo album from Steve Lukather. When Lukather’s record company, Bop City Records, approached him about recording a Christmas album, he quipped, “Why me? Do I look like Father Christmas to you mofos?” The company wanted him to do the record knowing he would approach the project with a unique angle and […]
Aja is the sixth album by the jazz rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977 on ABC Records, it became the group’s best-selling album. Peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. charts and No. 5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band’s first platinum album, eventually selling over 5 million copies. In July […]
Vox Humana is the fifth solo album released by soft rock singer Kenny Loggins. Released in 1985, it was Loggins’ first album released after his involvement with the hit soundtrack to the motion picture Footloose, the year prior. The title is from a Latin phrase meaning “human voice.” Among those who make cameo appearances are […]
I Feel for You is the Platinum certified fifth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984. After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release […]
Sincerity is the 11th studio album by Riccardo Cocciante . The texts are by Etienne Roda-Gil and Riccardo Cocciante, who also edited the music. Keyboardist and composer James Newton Howard is a co-producer, arranger and orchestrator. Riccardo Cocciante , (born 20 February 1946), is an Italian singer, composer, theatre man and musician. His oeuvre includes […]
Pirates is the second album by Chicago-born singer, songwriter, and musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in July 1981, two years after her eponymous debut Rickie Lee Jones. The album is partially an account of her break-up with fellow musician Tom Waits after the success of her debut album. Initial recording for Pirates began in January […]