Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming

Today (August 20th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Slow Train Coming, the nineteenth studio album from Bob Dylan. It was his first release after becoming a born-again Christian, and the songs reflect many of those religious viewpoints. It was ranked number 16 in the Contemporary Christian Music Presents: the 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music book in 2001. The multi-Platinum album spent twenty-six weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 3. It also hit number 2 in the UK and number 1 in Australia.

Neil Young - Everybody's Rockin'

This month (on July 27th), we marked the thirtieth anniversary of Everybody’s Rockin’, the thirteenth studio album from Neil Young.

He was accompanied by the Shocking Pinks, who shared co-billing on the album. This one-off group consisted of Larry Byrom (piano and backing vocals), Anthony Crawford (backing vocals), Tim Drummond (upright bass), Karl Himmel (snare drum), Ben Keith (saxophone and lead guitar) and Rick Palombi (backing vocals). The 1983 release charted at number 50 in the UK, number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 30 in Australia, number 22 in Canada, number 21 in New Zealand, and number 15 in Sweden.