Stray Cats - Stray Cats (35th anniversary)

This month marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the self-titled 1981 debut album from the Stray Cats. Released only in the UK, it peaked at number 6 on the charts. Some of the tracks would appear later in the band's 1982 release Built For Speed, a compilation of their first two records.

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Public Image Ltd. - This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get

Today (July 9th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get, the fourth studio album from Public Image Ltd. It peaked at number 56 on the UK charts. Five of the tracks were re-recordings or reworkings of songs from the band's 1983 bootleg album Commercial Zone.

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Goodbye Cruel World

This week (June 18th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Goodbye Cruel World, the ninth studio album from Elvis Costello (the eighth with the Attractions). This 1984 release hit number 53 in Australia, number 52 in Japan, number 32 in New Zealand, number 20 in Sweden and number 10 in the UK. In the US, it spent twenty-one weeks on the Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 35.

the Boomtown Rats - In the Long Grass

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of In the Long Grass, the sixth and final studio album from the Boomtown Rats. It spent four weeks on the US Billboard Album chart, peaking at number 188. It also charted at number 80 in Canada.

Kim Wilde - Catch As Catch Can

Today (October 24th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Catch as Catch Can, the third studio album from Kim Wilde. The record charted at number 97 in Australia, number 90 in the UK, number 35 in the Netherlands, number 23 in Germany, number 17 in Sweden, and number 6 in France and Switzerland.

Stray Cats - Stray Cats

Happy fifty-third birthday today (April 10th) to American guitarist, singer and songwriter Brian Setzer.

Hailing from Massapequa, NY, Setzer formed a band in 1979 along with Lee Rocker (playing the upright bass) and Slim Jim Phantom (on drums). As the Stray Cats, the trio played in a rockabilly style based upon artists from the 1950’s including Carl Perkins and Bill Haley & His Comets. While performing their act around the New York City area, they attracted attention of both studios and other recording artists. Dave Edmunds worked with the group and got them signed to Arista Records.