the Boomtown Rats - In the Long Grass

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of In the Long Grass, the sixth and final studio album from the Boomtown Rats. It spent four weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 188. It also charted at number 80 in Canada.

Eurythmics - Touch

Today (November 26th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Touch, the third studio album from Eurythmics. Following on the successful heels of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (click here for that review), this Platinum seller went to number 20 in France, number 14 in Switzerland, number 9 in Germany and Sweden, number 8 in Norway, number 7 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 4 in Australia, and number 1 in New Zealand and the UK. The record has appeared on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (first at number 500 then at number 492 on the revised 2012 list).