Walls Of Glass is the debut solo album by former Imperials lead singer Russ Taff, released in 1983 on Myrrh Records. After he left the Imperials in 1981, Taff started work on his first solo album featuring songs that he co-wrote with his wife Tori and his guitarist and songwriter James Hollihan, Jr. “We Will […]
Sérgio Mendes is the 1983 studio album by Sérgio Mendes under the A&M Records label. It includes “Never Gonna Let You Go”, a song written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Tracks 1 Brujo (Voo-Doo) (Douglas Brayfield, Ivan Lins, Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza, Vitor Martins) 3:49 […]
Start the Car is the third solo album from the singer/songwriter Jude Cole. Released in 1992, five years after his self-titled debut solo album. After A View from Third Street, Jude Cole shifted to a more heartland rock sound. Nowhere is that more evident than the disc’s title song first track, a combination of Springsteen/Mellencamp […]
1100 Bel Air Place is a 1984 album of love songs performed by Julio Iglesias, and released by Columbia Records. It was the first of Iglesias’ albums to be sung largely in English, and it is generally considered his breakthrough album in English speaking markets. The album features Julio Iglesias’ only Pop Top 40 hits, […]
Bodies And Souls was released in September 1983, by The Manhattan Transfer on the Atlantic records label. This album took The Manhattan Transfer in a different direction from their previous releases, offering a new, revised style of their music. There were several collaborations on this album, including Stevie Wonder, Rod Temperton, and Jeremy Lubbock. Also […]
Non Stop is a Julio Iglesias studio album released in 1988. The song “My Love,” a duet with Stevie Wonder, reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 14 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Tracks 1 Love Is On Our Side Again (Barry Mann, Jim Sullins) 3:57 2 I Know It’s Over (Giorgio […]
The Works the fourth studio solo album by the English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nik Kershaw. It is the last album that he created for MCA Records, in 1989. It introduces slight jazz influences in some tracks. The title could be interpreted as “the end”, a possibility supported by the lyrics of the track “Take My […]
Ride Like the Wind is an album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard recorded direct to two-track digital and released on the Elektra/Musician label. Tracks 1 Hubbard’s Cupboard (Allyn Ferguson) 4:54 2 This Is It (Kenny Loggins; Michael McDonald) 4:35 3 Condition Alpha (Allyn Ferguson) 4:52 4 Ride Like The Wind (Christopher Cross) 4:55 5 Birdland […]
The Real Me is an album by American singer Patti Austin released in 1988, and recorded for the Qwest label. The album reached #7 on Billboard‘s Jazz chart. The Real Me was chiefly produced by David Pack, lead singer of the pop group Ambrosia, though Austin served as a co-producer and executive producer on the […]
Jarreau is the sixth studio album by Al Jarreau, released in 1983. It was his third consecutive #1 album on the Billboard Jazz charts, while also placing at #4 on the R&B album charts and #13 on the Billboard 200. In 1984 the album received four Grammy Award nominations, including for Jay Graydon as Producer […]