Bands 0-9 / A
Bands Ba-Bk
Bands Bl-Bz
Bands C
Bands D-E
Bands F-H
Bands I-L
Bands M-O
Bands P-Si
Bands Sm-Sz
Bands T-W
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
The B-52's is the debut studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released on July 6, 1979. The album's kitschy lyrics and mood and hook-laden harmonies helped establish a fanbase for the band, who went on to release several chart-topping singles. The album cover was designed by Tony Wright (credited as "Sue Ab Surd").
The B-52's peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200, and the single "Rock Lobster" reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2003, the television network VH1 named The B-52's the 99th greatest album of all time. In 2020, The B-52's was ranked number 198 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked The B-52's number 152 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,maintaining the ranking in a 2012 update of the listand dropping it to number 198 in a 2020 update.In 2003, VH1 named it the 99th greatest album of all time.The B-52's was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.In 2013, it was ranked number 452 on the New Musical Express critics' list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.Slant Magazine included it on their 2003 list of 50 Essential Vital Pop Albums.Aside from the hit single "Runaway", songs from the album were rarely performed live after Bon Jovi released Slippery When Wet in 1986. However, on the band's 2010 Circle Tour, songs including "Roulette", "Shot Through the Heart" and "Get Ready" were performed. The album was ranked the 11th best rock album of 1984 by Kerrang! magazine.
The song "Shot Through the Heart" should not be confused with the much better-known "You Give Love a Bad Name" from Slippery When Wet.
On January 25, 2024, the band announced and released the 40th anniversary edition of the album on the same day.
Track style="margin-inline: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">All tracks are written by Tom Scholz, except "Smokin'", co-written with Brad Delp, and "Let Me Take You Home Tonight", written solely by Delp.
No.TitleLength1."More Than a Feeling"4:452."Peace of Mind"5:023."Foreplay/Long Time"7:47Total length:17:34No.TitleLength4."Rock & Roll Band"2:595."Smokin'"4:196."Hitch a Ride"4:117."Something About You"3:488."Let Me Take You Home Tonight"4:44Total length:20:03Three singles were released from the album: "Just What I Needed" (No. 27 in the US, No. 17 in the UK), "My Best Friend's Girl" (No. 35 in the US, No. 3 in the UK), and "Good Times Roll" (No. 41 in the U.S.), all of which enjoyed heavy airplay on AOR radio stations. Aside from the singles, album tracks "You're All I've Got Tonight", "Bye Bye Love", and "Moving in Stereo" all became radio favorites.
Track listingNo.TitleLead vocalsLength1."Good Times Roll"Ocasek3:442."My Best Friend's Girl"Ocasek3:433."Just What I Needed"Benjamin Orr3:444."I'm in Touch with Your World"Ocasek3:315."Don't Cha Stop"Ocasek3:01No.TitleLead vocalsLength6."You're All I've Got Tonight"Ocasek4:137."Bye Bye Love"Orr4:148."Moving in Stereo"Orr4:469."All Mixed Up"Orr4:14Total length:35:11Phil Collins-Face Value is the debut solo studio album by the English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 13 February 1981, by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in North America. After separating from his first wife around 1979, Collins began to write songs during a break in activity from Genesis with much of the material concerning his personal life. The album was recorded from mid-1980 to early 1981 with Collins and Hugh Padgham as producers. Additional musicians include the Phenix Horns, Alphonso Johnson, and Eric Clapton.
Face Value was an instant commercial success and reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for three weeks and No. 7 on the US Billboard 200. It has since sold over five million copies in the US and over 1.5 million in the UK. The album received widespread praise from critics and launched Collins' solo career, the commercial success of which would ultimately outstrip that of Genesis. Its lead single "In the Air Tonight", released in January 1981, reached No. 2 on the UK singles chart and became known for its drum arrangement and use of gated reverb. In January 2016, Face Value was reissued with bonus tracks and new artwork.
Track listingOriginal releaseAll tracks are written by Phil Collins, except where noted.
Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."In the Air Tonight"5:342."This Must Be Love"3:553."Behind the Lines"Foreigner is the debut studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released on March 8, 1977, through Atlantic.
It spun off three hit singles, "Feels Like the First Time", "Cold as Ice" and "Long, Long Way from Home".
It also features album tracks such as "Headknocker" and "Starrider", the latter of which features a rare lead vocal from lead guitarist and co-founder Mick Jones.
Track listingAll tracks are written by Mick Jones, except where Like the First Time"3:492."Cold as Ice"
The lead single, released in June 1978, was "Hot Blooded," which reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In September, it was followed by "Double Vision," which charted at number 2. This was the highest position Foreigner had attained to that time. The third and final single, "Blue Morning, Blue Day," was released in December and climbed to number 15 on the chart.
Track listingAll music is composed by Mick Jones, except where Blooded"Lou Gramm4:282."Blue Morning, Blue Day"
Guns N Roses-Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records. The album was recorded from January 18 to June 23 in 1987, and was produced by Mike Clink. Most of the album's themes reflect the band's personal experiences and daily life, including their youth. The cover of the album depicts a Celtic cross and skulls representing each of the five band members: Izzy Stradlin as the top skull, Steven Adler as the left skull, Axl Rose as the center skull, Duff McKagan as the right skull, and Slash as the bottom skull.
Appetite for Destruction initially received little mainstream attention, and it was not until the following year that the album became a commercial success, after the band had toured and received significant airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child o' Mine". The album went on to reach number one on the US Billboard 200 and spend four non-consecutive weeks there. It became certified 18× platinum, making it among the top 10 best-selling albums in the United States, as well as the best-selling debut album in the country.
In total, five singles were released from Appetite for Destruction: "It's So Easy" with "Mr. Brownstone", "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Paradise City", and "Nightrain". "Sweet Child o' Mine" would reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100, while "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City" would also reach the top 10 on the Hot 100.
Although critics were originally ambivalent toward the album, Appetite for Destruction has received retrospective acclaim and appears on lists as one of the best hard rock albums of the 1980s. With over 30 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling albums worldwide. In 2018, it was re-released as a remastered box set to similar universal acclaim, hitting the top 10 of the Billboard 200 once again, over 30 years after the original album was released.
From 1994 up to 2018, Appetite for Destruction sold 1,216,017 copies in the United Kingdom.By September 2008, the album had been certified 18× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having shipped over 18 million copies in the United States,making it the country's 11th best-selling album ever.[31] According to Billboard in 2008, it is also the best-selling debut album of all time in the US.That year, Sky News reported the album's worldwide sales to be approximately 28 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time;by 2013, worldwide sales were estimated at nearly 31 million units to that point.All tracks are written by Guns N' Roses, except where to the Jungle"4:312."It's So Easy"
INXS-Kick is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 12 October 1987 through WEA in Australia, Mercury Records in Europe, and Atlantic Records in the United States and Canada. The album was produced by British producer Chris Thomas, recorded by David Nicholas in Sydney and Paris and mixed by Bob Clearmountain at AIR Studios in London.
The band's most successful studio album, Kick has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. The album also spawned four US top 10 singles, "New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight", the last of which reached the top of the US Billboard singles charts.
Kick provided the band with worldwide popularity; it peaked at No. 1 in Australia,No. 3 on the US Billboard 200,No. 9 in the UKand No. 15 in Austria.In the US, the album spent a total of 79 weeks on the Billboard 200, staying 22 consecutive weeks in the top 10.It was an upbeat, confident album that yielded four Top 10 US singles, "New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Devil Inside" and the No. 1 "Need You Tonight".In Canada, the album debuted at number 14 on the RPM Albums Chart on 5 December 1987.It reached the top of the charts on 14 May 1988 and remained there for 1 week.The album's biggest single "Need You Tonight" peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts,No. 3 in Australia,and No. 10 in France.All tracks are written by Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence, except where in the Sky"Michael Hutchence2:212."New Sensation"3:393."Devil Inside"5:144."Need You Tonight"3:015."Mediate"Andrew Farriss2:366."The Loved One"
The Clash-London Calling is the third studio album by the English rock band the Clash. It was originally released as a double album in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 by CBS Records, and in the United States and Canada in January 1980 by Epic Records.
The Clash recorded the album with producer Guy Stevens at Wessex Sound Studios in London over a five- to six-week period starting in August 1979, following a change in management and a period of writer's block for songwriters Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. Bridging a traditional punk rock sound and a new wave aesthetic, London Calling reflects the band's growing interest in styles beyond their punk roots, including reggae, rockabilly, ska, New Orleans R&B, pop, lounge jazz, and hard rock. Lyrical themes include social displacement, unemployment, racial conflict, drug use, and the responsibilities of adulthood.
The album was a top ten chart success in the UK, and its lead single "London Calling" was a top 20 single. The album has sold over five million copies worldwide, and was certified platinum in the US for sales of one million. It was also met with widespread critical acclaim and has retrospectively been named one of the greatest albums of all time. On Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, London Calling was ranked number 8 in the 2003 and 2012 editions, and number 16 in the 2020 edition. In 2010, it was one of ten classic album covers from British artists commemorated on a UK postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail.
Track listingAll lead vocals by Joe Strummer, except where noted.
All tracks are written by Strummer and Mick Jones, except where noted.
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength1."London Calling"3:192."Brand New Cadillac"Vince Taylor; originally performed by Vince Taylor and his Playboys2:093."Jimmy Jazz"3:524."Hateful"2:455."Rudie Can't Fail"Strummer, Jones3:26No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength6."Spanish Bombs"Strummer, Jones3:197."The Right Profile"3:568."Lost in the Jones3:4910."The Guns of Brixton"Paul SimononSimonon3:07No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength11."Wrong 'Em Boyo"Clive Alphonso; originally performed by the Rulers; including "Stagger Lee"3:1012."Death or Glory"3:5513."Koka Kola"1:4614."The Card Cheat"Jones3:51No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength15."Lover's Rock"4:0116."Four Horsemen"2:5617."I'm Not Down"Jones3:0018."Revolution Rock"Jackie Edwards, Danny Ray; originally performed by Danny Ray and the Revolutionaries5:3719."Train in Vain"Jones3:09Steve Miller Band-Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released on May 15, 1976, by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan and Mercury Records in Europe. The album was a commercial success, spawning three hit singles: the title track, "Take the Money and Run" and "Rock'n Me", and was later certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Fly Like an Eagle was voted number 400 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). In 2012, the album was ranked number 445 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." It remains a staple of rock, with its singles having remained in constant rotation on classic rock radio in the United States and worldwide. In 2025, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.
On the album's cover, Miller is posing with a black left-handed Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix had originally ordered from Manny's Music, but which Miller ended up purchasing (Hendrix died before it arrived) and re-stringing for right-handed playing. The guitar was stolen after the album's release.
Track listingNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Space Intro" (Instrumental)Steve Miller1:152."Fly Like an Eagle"Miller4:423."Wild Mountain Honey"Steve McCarty4:514."Serenade"Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers-Into the Great Wide Open is the eighth studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers but ninth overall for Tom Petty. Released in July 1991, it was the band's last with MCA Records and the last with drummer Stan Lynch who left in 1994. The album was the second that Petty produced with Jeff Lynne, following the successful Full Moon Fever (1989).
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded the album in Studio C at Rumbo Recorders, which charged a rate of $600 per day. The studio was equipped with a 24-input Trident 80 B console and an Otari MTR90 MkII two-inch, 24-track machine.
"Learning to Fly", the first single from the album, spent six weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, tying "The Waiting" (1981) for the band's longest run atop the chart. The album's second single, "Out in the Cold", also topped the Mainstream Rock chart, though for two weeks.
The music video for the title track stars Johnny Depp as "Eddie", who moves to Los Angeles as a teenager to seek rock stardom, and also features appearances by Gabrielle Anwar, Faye Dunaway, Matt LeBlanc, Terence Trent D'Arby, and Chynna Phillips.
Track listingSide oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Learning to Fly"Styx-Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by the American progressive rock band Styx, released in September 1978.
Like the band's previous album, The Grand Illusion (1977), it managed to achieve triple platinum certification, thanks to the hit singles "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Renegade".
The band members produced and recorded the album (like their previous three efforts) at Paragon Studios in Chicago with recording engineer Barry Mraz and mixing engineer Rob Kingsland. "I'm O.K." was recorded at Paragon and St. James Cathedral. This would be the last Styx album to be produced at Paragon Studios.
The album's cover was done by Hipgnosis. Dennis DeYoung stated in the 1991 interview with Redbeard on the In the Studio with Redbeard episode that he initially hated the cover but grew to like it as he got older.
The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard album chart, and like its predecessor would go triple platinum.Yielding six singles, the album reached number two on the US Billboard 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics upon release. Rolling Stone reviewer Paul Evans concluded of the album, "This is the members of R.E.M. delving deeper than ever; grown sadder and wiser, the Athens subversives reveal a darker vision that shimmers with new, complex beauty."Automatic for the People has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, and has been listed as one of the greatest albums of all time, with Rolling Stone ranking the album number 96 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2020.
Automatic for the People was released in October 1992. In the United States, the album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album charts. The album reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom, where it topped the UK Albums Chart on four separate occasions.Despite only making a handful of promotional appearances and conducting a short mini-tour for Out of Time, R.E.M. drastically scaled back their live appearances even further for Automatic for the People, and did not do any tours whatsoever. Automatic for the People has been certified four times platinum in the US (four million copies shipped), six times platinum in the United Kingdom (1.8 million shipped), and three times platinum in Australia (210,000 shipped). The album has sold 3.52 million copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan sales figures as of 2017. In 1993, the album has sold 1.7 million copies in the US, according to Billboard's lists of 1993's best-selling albums domestically.Automatic for the People yielded six singles over the course of 1992 and 1993: "Drive", "Man on the Moon", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", "Nightswimming" and "Find the River". Lead single "Drive" was the album's highest-charting domestic hit, reaching No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles charted higher overseas: "Everybody Hurts" charted in the top ten on the United Kingdom singles chart, Canada, and Australia.
Track listingOriginal releaseAll songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Side one – "Drive side"
Side two – "Ride side"
All tracks written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
Time Side
Memory Side

Classic 80s Music | 700 Songs Mega Hits Collection [Vol. 1] 50 hrs *Exclusive*
$37.95
Classic 80s Style-16 CD Lot-Boston/The Cars/REM/Styx/INXS/GnR/Foreigner/Bon Jovi
$44.88
Various - Classic 80's Groove Mastercuts Volume 1 - Various CD LOVG The Cheap
$15.42
![]()
Coming Soon