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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Luther Vandross


 
















Artist:  Luther Vandross

Birth Name:  Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr.

Born:  April 20, 1951.  New York City, USA

Died:  July 1, 2005 (Aged 54).  Edison, New Jersey, USA

Genre:  Soul, R&B, Pop, Disco, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm, Adult Contemporary

Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer

Instrument:  Vocals


Luther Vandross was an American Soul and R&B Singer, Songwriter, and Record Producer From New York City.  Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-Certified Platinum Albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide.  He has been recognized as one of the 200 greatest singers of all time (2023) by Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as one of the greatest R&B artists by Billboard, additionally named him one of the 50 Great Voices.  He was the recipient of eight Grammy Awards, including Song of The Year in 2004 for a track recorded shorftly before his death, "Dance With My Father".   In 2021, he was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall Of Fame.  He as a backing vocalist im the the 1970s, and appeared on albums by artists such as Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Ben E. King, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer and many more!.  His Hit Songs include "Never Too Much", "Here And Now", "Any Love", Power Of Love/Love Power", "I Can Make It Better", and "For You To Love", and many more!.












Title:  Never Too Much:  Greatest Hits (2024)

Genre:  Soul, R&B, Pop, Disco, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm, Adult Contemporary

Label:  Epic Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  CD


Tracks:


Disc 1:


 1.  Never Too Much (3:48)

 2.  Power Of Love/Love Power (6:42)

 3.  Give Me The Reason (4:42)

 4.  Stop To Love (5:11)

 5.  Take You Out (3:25)

 6.  Any Love (5:02)

 7.  Michelle (6:34)

 8.  Here And Now (5:23)

 9.  I'd Rather (4:19)

10. So Amazing (3:40)


Disc 2:


 1.  Dance With My Father (4:25)

 2.  Speak Your Love (5:07)

 3.  The Closer I Get To You (Duet with Beyonce) (4:59)

 4.  Endless Love (Duet with Mariah Carey) (4:19)

 5.  Always And Forever (4:52)

 6.  A House Is Not A Home (7:06)

 7.  Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (9:16)

 8.  Never Too Much (Lost Frequencies Edit) (5:21)

 9.  Get Myself Together (Louie Vega Radio Remix) (3:47)

10. Michelle (Radio Edit) (4:10)













Format:  LP


Tracks:


LP 1:


Side A:


 1.  Never Too Much (3:48)

 2.  Power Of Love/Love Power (6:42)

 3.  Give Me The Reason (4:42)

 4.  Stop To Love (5:11)

 5.  Take You Out (3:25)

 6.  Any Love (5:02)


Side B:


 1.  Endless Love (Duet with Mariah Carey) (4:19)

 2.  Always And Forever (4:52)

 3.  A House Is Not A Home (7:06)

 4.  Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (9:16)


LP 2:


Side C:


 1.  Here And Now (5:23)

 2.  I'd Rather (4:19)

 3.  So Amazing (3:40)

 4.  Dance With My Father (4:25)

 5.  The Closer I Get To You (Duet with Beyonce) (4:59)


Side D:  All Previously Unreleased


 1.  Michelle (6:34)

 2.  Speak Your Love (5:07)

 3.  Never Too Much (Lost Frequencies Edit) (5:21)

 4.  Get Myself Together (Louie Vega Radio Remix) (3:47)


Never Too Much:  Greatest Hits is the compilation album by Luther Vandross, released on December 13, 2024 by Epic Records, featuring 4 previously unreleased tracks, including "Michelle".










Tuesday, October 29, 2024

ABBA


 


Artist:   ABBA

Origin:  Stockholm, Sweden

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Euro Pop, Scandinavian Pop, Swedish Pop, Contemporary Pop, Disco


Original line-up:


Agnetha Faltskog:  Lead, & Backing Vocals

Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad:   Lead & Backing Vocals

Bjorm Ulvaeus:  Guitars, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals

Benny Andersson:  Keyboards, Synthesizers Piano, Accordion, Guitars, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals


ABBA are a Swedish Pop Group from Stockholm, formed in 1972 by Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.  ABBA were Sweden's first winner of theEurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo" in 1974.  They considered one of the greatest musical groups of All Time.  They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983, and in 2021, ABBA have achieved 48 Hit Singles.  ABBA is one of the best-selling Music Artists of All Time.






















Title:  The Singles - The First Fifty Years (New Expanded Edition) (2024)

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Euro Pop, Scandinavian Pop, Swedish Pop, Contemporary Pop, Disco

Label:  Polar Music International

Rating:   ****


Format:  CD


Tracks:


Disc 1:  1972-1979


 1.  People Need Love (2:40)

 2.  He Is Your Brother (3:10)

 3.  Ring Ring (3:00)

 4.  Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (2:50)

 5.  Waterloo (2:40)

 6.  Honey Honey (2:55)

 7.  Hasta Manana (3:05)

 8.  So Long (3:06)

 9.  I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (3:15)

10. SOS (3:22)

11. Mamma Mia (3:32)

12. Fernando (4:10)

13. Dancing Queen (3:51)

14. Money, Money, Money (3:05)

15. Knowing Me, Knowing You (4:02)

16. The Name Of The Game (4:50)

17. Take A Chance On Me (4:03)

18. Eagle (5:49)

19. Summer Night City (3:34)

20. Chiquitita (5:26 )

21. Does  Your Mother Know (3:13)


Disc 2:  1979-2022


 1.  Voulez-Vous (5:05)

 2.  Angeleyes (4:20)

 3.  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (4:45)

 4.  I Have A Dream (4:44)

 5.  The Winner Takes It All (4:56)

 6.  Super Trouper (4:13)

 7.  Lay All Your Love On Me (4:34)

 8.  One Of Us (3:51)

 9.  Head Over Heels (3:47)

10. When All Is Said And Done (3:20)

11. The Day Before You Came (5:44)

12. Under Attack (3:45)

13. I Still Have Faith In You (5:09)

14. Don't Shut Me Down ()3:59)

15. Just A Notion (3:32)

16. Little Things (3:08)

17. No Doubt About It (2:56)


The Singles - The First Fifty Years is the compilation album by ABBA, released on October 25, 2025 by Polar Music International, featuring 38-Track, includes 18 Page Book, and Unseen Band Images.








Saturday, October 19, 2024

Cher




 



















Artist:  Cher

Birth Name:  Cherilyn Sarkisian

Born:  May 20, 1946.  El Centro, California, USA

Genre:  Pop, Rock, Folk, Disco, Dance, Contemporary Pop, Dance Pop, AM Pop, Folk Rock, Girl Group, Soft Rock, Club, Early Pop, Adult Contemporary

Occupation:  Singer, Actress, Television Personality

Instruments:  Vocals


Cher is an American Singer, Actress, and Television Personality.  Other referred to by the media as the "Goddess Of Pop".  She rose to fame in 1965 as one half of the Folk Rock husband-wife Duo Sonny & Cher before releasing her first solo Top-Ten Singles "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", and "You Better Sit Down Kids".  In 1970s, she scored the US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Bread", and "Dark Lady, becoming the Female solo artist with the most No. 1 Singles in US history at the time.











Title:  Forever  (Limited Edition) (2024)
Genre:  Pop, Rock, Folk, Disco, Dance, Contemporary Pop, Dance Pop, AM Pop, Folk Rock, Girl Group, Soft Rock, Club, Early Pop, Adult Contemporary
Label:  Warner Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:


LP 1:

Side A:

 1. Believe (3:59)
 2.  If I Could Turn Back Time (4:12)
 3.  Walking In Memphis (3:56)
 4.  Song For The Lonely (3:21)
 5.  Strong Enough (3:41)

Side B:

 1.  The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) (2:47)
 2.  SOS (3:21)
 3.  I Found Someone (3:42)
 4.  SAve Up All Your Tears (3:57)
 5.  One By One (5:02)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  After All (Love Theme From Chances Are) (4:03)
 2.  Heart Of Stone (4:17)
 3.  The Way Of Love (2:31)
 4.  I Hope You Find It (3:45)
 5.  Take Me Home (6:44)

Side D:

 1.  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man Fater Midnight) (Extended Version) (6:44)
 2.  Woman's World (3:42)
 3.  Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (2:36)
 4.  Dark Lady (3:25)
 5.  You Havn't Seen The Last Of Me (3:30)
 6.  DJ Play A Christmas Song (3:29)

Forever is the eleventh greatest hits album by Cher, released on September 20, 2024 by Warner Records.  Limited Edition Sea Blue Vinyl.





Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Billy Ocean


 




















Artist:  Billy Ocean

Birth Name:  Leslie Sebastian Charles

Born:  January 21, 1950.  Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies

Origin:  Romford, East London, England

Genre:  R&B, Pop, Soul, Reggae, Adult Contemporary, Adult Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Disco

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals


Billy Ocean is a Trindadian-born British Singer and Songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he had a series of Hit Songs in the UK and Internationally.  He achieved breakthrough success with the 1976 single "Love Really Hurts Without You", and peaked at No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in Australia. Later that year, he achieved two additional Top 20 Singles in the UK, in 1977, his single "Red Light Spells Danger", also peaked at No. 2, and he released the single "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" in 1984.  In the UK, the song peaked at No 6.   In the U.S., It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 85 but peaked at No. 1 10 weeks later.  He won Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Performance for the song.  It also charged in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and across Europe under three different titles.  He released in 1985, "When The Going Gets tough, The Tough Get Going" peaked at No. 1 in the UK, and No. 2 in the U.S., the following year.  He achieved an American No. 1 with the Single "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)".  in 1988, his single "Get Outta My Dream, Get Into My Car" reached No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK.












Title:  Suddenly (2024)

Genre:  R&B, Pop, Soul, Reggae, Adult Contemporary, Adult Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Disco

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:  *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side One:  


 1.  Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (7:52)

 2.  Mystery Lady (5:02)

 3.  Syncopation (5:20)

 4.  The Long And Winding Road (4:40)


Side Two:


 1.  Loveboy (5:16)

 2.  Lucky Man (4:21)

 3.  Dancefloor (4:14)

 4.  If I Should Lose You (3:59)

 5.  Suddenly (3:5 3)


Personnel:


Billy Ocean:  Lead & Backing Vocals, Simmons Drums, LinnDrum

Barry J. Eastmond:  Keyboards Synthesizers

Keith Diamond:  Synth Bass, Simmons Drums, LinnDrum, Backing Vocals

Clarence "Binky" Brice:  Guitars

Vic Linton:  Guitars

Eddie Martinez:  Guitars

Geoff Whitehorn:  Guitars

Timmy Allen:  Bass

Terry Silverlight:  Drums on Tracks:  1/4, 2/5

Tony Maroni:  Percussion

Andy Newton:  Percussion

V. Jeffrey Smith:  Saxophone

Chrissie Faith:  Backing Vocals

Lisa Fischer:  Backing Vocals

Katie Kissoon:  Backing Vocals

Curtis King:  Backing Vocals

Stevie Lange:  Backing Vocals

Cindy Mizelle:  Backing Vocals

Meekaeel Muhammad:  Backing Vocals


Suddenly is the fifth studio album by Billy Ocean, originally released on September 12, 1984 by Jive, remastered and reissued on September 13, 2024 by Sony Music.  40th Anniversary Edition onOcean Colour Vinyl.









Friday, April 26, 2024

Tina Charles


 
Artist:  Tina Charles
Birth Name:  Tina Hoskins
Borm:  March 10, 1954.  Whitechapel, London, England
Genre:  Pop, Disco, R&B, AM Pop
Occupation:  Singer
Instruments:  Vocals

Tina Charles is an Englisj Singer from Whitechapel, London, who achieved success as a Disco Artist in the mid to late 1970s.  Her most successful single in the UK No. 1 Hit "I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance" in 1976.







Title:  The CBS Years (1975-1980) (Edition  2 CD Digipack) (2024)
Genre:  Pop, Disco, R&B, AM Pop
Label:  Cherry Pop
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

Disc 1:  I Love To Love + Dance Little Lady

 1.  I Love To Love (3:06)
 2.  You Set My Heart On Fire, Pt. 1 (3:13)
 3.  Hey. Baby (3:37)
 4.  Take All Of Me (3:18)
 5.  Love Me Like A Lover (2:48)
 6.  Why (4:55)
 7.  Hold Me (4:11)
 8.  Disco Fever (4:10)
 9.  You Set My Heart On Fire, Pt. 2 (3:11)
10. Disco Love (3:07)
11. It's Time For A Change Of Heart (5:06)
12. Dr. Love (3:04)
13. All Comes Back To You (3:46)
14. Fallin' In Love With A Boy (3:13)
15. Dance Little Lady (3:08)
16. Amazing Grace (5:54)
17. When You Got Love (3:29)
18. Boogiethon (4:50)
19. Halfway To Paradise (3:42)

Disc 2:  Heart 'N' Soul + Just One Smile

 1.  Love Bug/Sweets For My Sweet (6:59)
 2.  I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me (4:45)
 3.  Stop What You're Doing To Me (3:09)
 4.  Rendezvous (3:24)
 5.  Fallin' In Love In Summertime (3:14)
 6.  I Gotta Dance With You (3:22)
 7.  I'll Be You Light (In Your Moment Of Darkness) (4:22)
 8.  Ain't Gonna Hide My Love (3:48)
 9.  Go (3:33)
10. Just One Smile (3:33)
11. I'm Just As Bad As You (3:22)
12. Love Boy (3:24)
13. Dance With Me (3:18)
14. Makin'All The Right Moves (3:10)
15. You Set My Heart On Fire (3:38)
16. After All That We've Been Through (3:34)
17. Somewhere (3:57)
18. Love Is A Many Splendered Thing (3:23)
19. Secret Love (4:02)
20 Fire Down Below (3:29)
21. Boogie Round The Clock (3:40)

The CBS Years (1975-1980) is the collection Edition of four albums from Tina Charles, released on April 19, 2024 by Cherry Pop, includes all the singles and rarities.  For Music Collectors.














Monday, October 2, 2023

Kylie Minogue





















Artist:  Kylie Minogue

Birth Name:  Kylie Ann Minogue

Born:  May 28, 1968.  Melbourne, Australia

Genre:  Pop, Dance Pop, Disco, Club, Euro-Pop, Euro-Dance

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress

Instruments:  Vocals


Kylie Minogue is an Australian Singer, Songwriter, and Actress from Melbourne.  She is the highest selling Female Australian Artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide.  She has been recognised in Music as well as Fashion, and is referred to by the European press as the "Princess Of Pop", she got a Grammy Award three Brit Awards and 17 ARIA Music Awards.




 













Title:  Tension (Transparent Pink Vinyl) (2023)

Genre:  Pop, Dance Pop, Disco, Club, Euro-Pop, Euro-Dance

Label:  BMG

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Padam Paddam (2:46)

 2.  Hold On To Now (3:57)

 3.  Things We Do For Love (3:09)

 4.  Tension (3:36)

 5.  One More Time (3:02)

 6.  You Still Get Me High (3:38)


Side B:


 1.  Hands (2:45)

 2.  Green Light (3:19)

 3.  Vegas High (3:33)

 4.  10 Out Of 10 (with Oliver Heldens) (2:51)

 5.  Story (3:16)


Personnel:


Kylie Minogue:  Lead Vocals on All Tracks, Backing Vocals on Tracks:  B2, 4

Peter Rycrott:  Keyboards, Programming

Ina Wroldsen:   Vocals on Track A1

Duck Blackwell:  Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards on Tracks:  A2-6, B3, 5, Backing Vocals on Track:  A5

Biff Stannard:  Percussion on Tracks:  A2-6, B3, 5, Additional Keyboards on Tracks:  A2-6, B3, Backing Vocals  on Tracks:  A2, 3, 5, Keyboards on Track B5

Jon Green:  Guitar on Tracks:  A2-6, Backing Vocals on Tracks:  A2, 3, 5, 6, Keyboards on Tracks:  A2, 5, 6

House Gospel Choir:  Choir on Track A2

Jonny Bird:  Guitar on Track A3

Ms Marinade:  Additional Rap on Track B1

Elizabeth Loughrey:  Backing Vocals on Track B1

Daniel Davidsen:  Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming on Track B1

Kasper Larsen:  Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Programming on Track B1

Mich Hansen:  Percussion on Track B1

Peter Wallevik:  Backing Vocals, Keyboards on Track B2

Ruby Spiro:  Backing Vocals on Track B2

Thomas Edinger:  Saxophone on Track B2

James Abrahart:  Backing Vocals B4

Martin Bijelic:  Bass, Bells, Clapping, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Syntjesizer, Vocal Effects on Track B4


Tension is the sixteenth studio album by Kylie Minogue, released on september 22, 2023 by BMG.  Limited Edition Transparent Pink Vinyl.