Scandal - The Warrior

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Warrior, the only full length album from Scandal from the 80’s. After the promotional tour ended, Patty Smyth left the group and the rest disbanded until 2004. Fueled by a hit single, this one spent forty-one weeks on the US Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 17.

Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

This week (April 30th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, the first solo studio album from Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. The album went to number 14 in New Zealand, number 13 in the UK, number 12 in Switzerland, number 4 in Norway, and number 3 in Sweden. Here in the US it spent eighteen weeks on the Billboard Album chart where it peaked at number 31.

ABC - Beauty Stab (30th anniversary)

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Beauty Stab, the second studio album from ABC. Back in late 1983 and early 1984, the album charted at number 69 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 58 in Australia, number 50 in Germany, number 42 in New Zealand, number 36 in Canada, number 34 in Japan, number 32 in Sweden, number 29 in the Netherlands, number 22 in Finland, and number 12 in the UK.

For my full review, please click here.

Roxy Music - The High Road

A year after releasing their final studio album Avalon (click here for that review), Roxy Music compiled a four song EP of live recordings from an August of 1982 show at the Apollo in Glasgow, Scotland. It charted at number 67 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 26 in the UK. Today we will look at the March of 1983 record The High Road in honor of its thirtieth anniversary.

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Today (March 21st) marks the thirtieth anniversary of the UK release of The Final Cut, the twelfth studio album from English progressive-rockers Pink Floyd. The US release of the album would come within two weeks on April 2nd of 1983. The record charted very well - number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 200, number 3 in Australia and New Zealand, and number 1 in France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

Roxy Music - Avalon

Today (May 26th) marks the 30th anniversary release of Avalon, the eighth and last studio album by Roxy Music.

This 1982 release by Bryan Ferry (lead vocals, keyboards), Alan Spenner (bass), Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy MacKay (saxophone, oboe), Paul Carrack (keyboards) and Andy Newmark (drums) went to number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 200 and number 1, for three weeks, on the UK charts. The album was ranked at number 307 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time and number 31 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1980’s.