Saturday, May 20, 2023

Rock Short Takes, February 1983


Click on the image below to open a pdf file of the "Rock Short Takes" album reviews from Musician magazine's February 1983 issue. Artists include Diana Ross, Heaven 17, Chic, and Talk Talk.

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #84


Albums: Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love (1979 reissue, Reprise), Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad (1981, I.R.S.), Crosby, Still & Nash - Replay (1980, Atlantic),  Mick Fleetwood - The Visitor (1981, RCA)
Episode:  Season 4, Episode 4, "Rumors"
Original air date: Wednesday, October 28, 1981

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

40 years ago: Taken from "The Back Page" - Radio & Records #1's of 1983



Week Contemporary Hit Radio Adult/Contemporary AOR/Hot Tracks AOR/Albums
Jan 7 "Down Under"
Men at Work
"Baby, Come to Me
Patti Austin with James Ingram
"Your Love is Driving Me Crazy"
Sammy Hagar
Long After Dark
Tom Petty
Jan 14The Distance
Bob Seger
Jan 21 "Heart to Heart"
Kenny Loggins
"Hungry Like the Wolf"
Duran Duran
Jan 28
Feb 4 "You Are"
Lionel Richie
Feb 11 "Shame on the Moon"
Bob Seger
"Separate Ways"
Journey
Feb 18 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"
Culture Club
Frontiers
Journey
Feb 25
Mar 4"You Are"
Lionel Richie
Mar 11 "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson
Mar 18"Photograph"
Def Leppard
Mar 25"Separate Ways"
Journey
"Make Love Stay"
Dan Fogelberg
Apr 1Pyromania
Def Leppard
Apr 8"Jeopardy"
Greg Kihn Band
"It Might Be You"
Stephen Bishop
Apr 15"I Won't Hold You Back"
Toto
"Overkill"
Men at Work
Apr 22
Apr 29"Beat It"
Michael Jackson
Cargo
Men at Work
May 6"Overkill"
Men at Work
"My Love"
Lionel Richie
"She's a Beauty"
The Tubes
May 13
May 20Outside/Inside
The Tubes
May 25"Flashdance (What a Feeling)"
Irene Cara
Cargo
Men at Work
June 3"Never Gonna Let You Go"
Sergio Mendes
"Every Breath You Take"
The Police
Pyromania
Def Leppard
June 10
June 17Synchronicity
The Police
June 24
Jul 1"Every Breath You Take"
The Police
"All This Love"
DeBarge
July 8
July 15"Every Breath You Take"
The Police
July 22
July 29"Don't Cry"
Asia
Aug 5"All Time High"
Rita Coolidge
Aug 12"King of Pain"
The Police
Aug 19"Human Nature"
Michael Jackson
Aug 26"Maniac"
Michael Sembello
Sept 2"Tell Her About It"
Billy Joel
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
Laura Branigan
Sept 9"Tell Her About It"
Billy Joel
Sept 16"How Can I Refuse"
Heart
Sept 23"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Bonnie Tyler
"True"
Spandau Ballet
Sept 30
Oct 7"Love is a Battlefield"
Pat Benatar
Oct 14"King of Pain"
Police
"All Night Long (All Night)"
Lionel Richie
Live from Earth
Pat Benatar
Oct 21
Oct 28"All Night Long (All Night)"
Lionel Richie
"Crumblin' Down"
John Cougar Mellencamp
Uh-Huh
John Cougar Mellencamp
Nov 4
Nov 11"Undercover of the Night"
The Rolling Stones
Nov 18"Say Say Say"
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
"Uptown Girl"
Billy Joel
"Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Yes
Undercover
The Rolling Stones
Nov 25
Dec 2"Say Say Say"
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
90125
Yes
Dec 9"Read 'Em and Weep"
Barry Manilow
Dec 16
Week Contemporary Hit Radio Adult/Contemporary AOR/Hot Tracks AOR/Albums

Painstakingly compiled from primary sources and presented here for purposes of comparison (and because I was curious and am mildly addicted to chart data).

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Promo posters as seen on "WKRP in Cincinnati" #83


Albums: Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity (1981, EMI),  Supertramp - Paris (1980, A&M)
Episode:  Season 4, Episode 4, "Rumors"
Original air date: Wednesday, October 28, 1981


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Monday, March 20, 2023

41 Years Ago - Top Albums of March 20, 1982


Let's take a look at what was topping various album charts on March 20, 1982.


Billboard
CashBox
Rolling Stone
1
Beauty and the Beat
The Go-Go's
Beauty and the Beat
The Go-Go's
Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
2
Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
Freeze-Frame
The J. Geils Band
Ghost in the Machine
The Police
3
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Beauty and the Beat
The Go-Go's
4
4
Foreigner
Escape
Journey
Tattoo You
Rolling Stones
5
Escape
Journey
Ghost in the Machine
The Police
4
Foreigner
6
Chariots of Fire
Vangelis
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
Private Eyes
Daryl Hall & John Oates
7
Ghost in the Machine
The Police
Hooked on Classics
Royal Phil. Orch.
Quarterflash
Quarterflash
8
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
Chariots of Fire
Vangelis
Escape
Journey
9
Great White North
Bob & Doug McKenzie
Private Eyes
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Shake It Up
The Cars
10
Get Lucky
Loverboy
4
Foreigner
Hooked on Classics
Royal Phil. Orch.



Exclusive MFD meta-analysis of the above charts:
  1. (tie) Beauty and the Beat and Freeze-Frame (28 points)
  2. Ghost in the Machine (19 pts)
  3. (tie) I Love Rock 'n' Roll and Escape (16 pts)
  4. 4 (14 pts)
  5. (tie) Chariots of Fire and Physical (8 pts)
  6. (tie) Private Eyes and Tattoo You (7 pts)
  7. Hooked On Classics (5 pts)
  8. Quarterflash (4 pts)
  9. (tie) Great White North and Shake It Up (2 pts)
  10. Get Lucky (1 pt)