Rick James - Reflections

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday… sort of.

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Reflections, the first greatest hits compilation album from Rick James. This 1984 release spent eighteen weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 41. It also went to number 10 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

Hall & Oates - Rock 'n Soul Part 1

This week (October 18th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Rock ‘n Soul Part 1, a greatest hits compilation album from Daryl Hall and John Oates. This 1983 release went multi-platinum in both the US and Canada. Chart-wise, it reached number 43 in Sweden, number 26 on the US Billboard R&B chart, number 16 in the UK, number 12 in Canada, number 9 in the Netherlands, number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 1 in New Zealand.

Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I

Today (May 4th) marks the 30th anniversary of Stevie Wonder's compilation album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I. This 1982 release gathers together many of Wonder's biggest hits from the period of 1972 to 1980. The double-record set, which also included four brand new tracks, peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 200 chart and number 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It also reached number 8 on the UK charts.