Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (30th anniversary)

Today (November 10th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Riddle, the second studio album from Nik Kershaw. The album spent ten weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 113.

For my complete review, click here.

Nik Kershaw - Human Racing (30th anniversary)

Today (February 24th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Human Racing, the debut album from UK singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw.

Click here for my full album review.

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

Happy fifty-fourth birthday today (March 1st) to English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw.

Following his March 1984 debut album Human Racing (click here for my review), Nik Kershaw followed it up on November 10th of that same year with his second album The Riddle.

The album had some strong chart presence. It spent thirty-six weeks on the UK charts, topping out at number 8. It spent thirty-three weeks on the New Zealand charts, also topping out at 8. It spent eighteen weeks on the Canadian charts with a top position of 45, seventeen weeks on the Norwegian charts reaching number 5, and seven weeks on the Swiss charts with a top spot of 23. In the US, the album spent ten weeks on the Billboard Hot 200 with a highest spot of only 113.

Nik Kershaw - Human Racing

This album is reviewed by request for one of my Twitter friends. Thanks for suggesting it, Guy.

On February 24th of 1984, the then twenty-six year old Nik Kershaw released his first studio album Human Racing. With the help of strong pop production and his poster-pretty looks, the album achieved its highest position on the UK charts at number 5 (it spent a total of 61 weeks on the charts) and was also in the top 10 on the album charts in Finland, Germany and Norway. In the US after seventeen weeks total on the Billboard Hot 200 chart, the album only got to number 70.