Rush - Moving Pictures

Today (February 12th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Moving Pictures, the eighth studio album from the Canadian rock group Rush. This multi-Platinum selling 1981 release went to number 34 in Norway, number 32 in Sweden, number 19 in the Netherlands, number 3 in the UK and number 1 in Canada. Here in the US, it spent sixty-eight weeks on the Billboard Album chart with a top spot of number 3 for three of those weeks.

Footloose (soundtrack) (30th anniversary)

Today (January 31st) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Footloose and its accompanying soundtrack album. This has been a long favorite of mine ever since it was first released.

The record spent sixty-one weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, including ten weeks at the number 1 spot.

To read my full album review, click here.

Footloose (soundtrack)

Welcome to another edition of "Soundtrack Sunday".

On January 31st of 1984, the cold chill of the winter was driven away by the red-hot energy of the film Footloose. This film (with stars Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow, Christopher Penn and Sarah Jessica Parker) was the story of a Chicago teen coming to a smalltown in the Bible-belt and discovering that music and dancing are pretty much forbidden. The message of the film - the power and importance of music (and dance) was a strong one, and the key to part of that was a kick-butt soundtrack album.