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Suzanne Vega: Days Of Open Hand (A&M)For her third album Vega moved even further away from the minimalistic, woman-with-acoustic guitar style of 1985's self-titled debut, instead building on the full-band sound introduced on 1987's hugely successful Solitude Standing. Most of the songs were rhythmically-based, hinting at the direction she would take on her subsequent 90s albums. Despite entering at #7, Days Of Open Hand suffered commercially from a lack of any hit single (the sprightly Bangles-esque pop of Book Of Dreams stiffed, as did the woozy Tired Of Sleeping and Men In A War) and spent just 7 weeks on the UK Top 75. |
Alannah Myles: Alannah Myles (Atlantic)From nowhere, the Canadian rock chick's Black Velvet single shot to #1 in the US and #2 in the UK. Sultry soft rock tinged with a bluesy edge, it was by far the best track on Myles' swiftly-released debut long-player. The popularity of Black Velvet helped the album debut at #3 but much of the rest of the record was merely serviceable, cliched AOR and no more hits were forthcoming - except in her homeland, which took no fewer than four of the album's tracks into its Top 20. (DVDfever Dom adds: "I hated Black Velvet with a passion, particularly since it was played to death on the radio, but I loved the criminally-ignored follow-up, Love Is.) |
Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (CBS/Def Jam)By 1990, Chuck D and his posse were riding high on the waves created by 1988's breakthrough album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us back and 1989's Fight The Power single, their mix of juggernaut rhythms, insistent samples and highly articulate lyrics taking rap music onto new levels. Fear Of A Black Planet - as its title suggested - took on issues of race and social upheaval with typical head-on bravado. Musically, the album was awesome; the likes of Welcome To The Terrordome, Brothers Gonna Work It Out and the title track in particular bordered on the apocalyptic. By debuting at a career-best #4 it also emulated the Top 10 success of It Takes A Nation Of Millions..., but perhaps inevitably after such a defining statement Public Enemy never scaled the same heights again. |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son (Mute)Also released on this week in 1990 was the fifth album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to dent the UK chart. The #47 peak for The Good Son was their best showing since 1984's From Her To Eternity reached #40, and the record contained one of Cave's most acclaimed songs, The Ship Song. |
Check the Album Archive database at: The Album Archive.com
The following is a list of Jason's Album Archives online for week ending:
Vol.21: September 12th 1988 (15/09/2005) Vol.20: June 30th 1986 (02/07/2005) Vol.19: June 25th 1984 (23/06/2005) Vol.18: June 17th 1985 (16/06/2005) Vol.17: June 04th 1979 (08/06/2005) Vol.16: May 30th 1983 (02/06/2005) Vol.15: May 22nd 1989 (26/05/2005) Vol.14: May 15th 1995 (20/05/2005) Vol.13: May 2nd 1988 (12/05/2005) Vol.12: April 26th 1982 (28/04/2005) Vol.11: April 17th 1990 (21/04/2005) Vol.10: April 13th 1987 (14/04/2005) Vol.9: April 8th 1991 (08/04/2005) Vol.8: March 31st 1986 (01/04/2005) Vol.7: March 14th 1988 (24/03/2005) Vol.6: March 5th 1984 (17/03/2005) Vol.5: February 28th 1983 (03/03/2005) Vol.4: February 25th 1985 (24/02/2005) Vol.3: February 9th 1981 (10/02/2005) Vol.2: February 2nd 1987 (03/02/2005) Vol.1: January 25th 1993 (25/01/2005)
And in chronological order:
June 04th 1979: Vol.17 (08/06/2005) February 9th 1981: Vol.3 (10/02/2005) April 26th 1982: Vol.12 (28/04/2005) February 28th 1983: Vol.5 (03/03/2005) May 30th 1983: Vol.16 (02/06/2005) March 5th 1984: Vol.6 (17/03/2005) June 25th 1984: Vol.19 (23/06/2005) February 25th 1985: Vol.4 (24/02/2005) June 17th 1985: Vol.18 (16/06/2005) March 31st 1986: Vol.8 (01/04/2005) June 30th 1986: Vol.20 (02/07/2005) February 2nd 1987: Vol.2 (03/02/2005) April 13th 1987: Vol.10 (14/04/2005) March 14th 1988: Vol.7 (24/03/2005) May 2nd 1988: Vol.13 (12/05/2005) September 12th 1988: Vol.21 (15/09/2005) May 22nd 1989: Vol.15 (26/05/2005) April 17th 1990: Vol.11 (21/04/2005) April 8th 1991: Vol.9 (08/04/2005) January 25th 1993: Vol.1 (25/01/2005) May 15th 1995: Vol.14 (20/05/2005)
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