Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath,England,in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Founded after the dissolution of their first band,the mod-influenced Graduate,Tears for Fears were associated with the new wave synthesizer bands of the early 1980s,and attained international chart success. Tears for Fears were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US.
Laura Pergolizzi,known professionally as LP,is an American singer and songwriter. LP has released six albums and three EPs. LP has written songs for other artists including Cher,Rihanna,the Backstreet Boys,Leona Lewis,Mylène Farmer,Céline Dion and Christina Aguilera.
Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter,musician,and actress. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums.
Sundazed Music is an American independent record label based in Coxsackie,New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s. In 2000,Sundazed had a staff of 15 and two mixing studios,including a vintage audio equipment collection.
Crack a Smile... and More! is the fifth studio album from the American hard rock band Poison. The record was released on March 14,2000. The album features guitarist Blues Saraceno,who was hired as the band's new lead guitarist following the firing of Richie Kotzen in late 1993. Saraceno appeared on the band's last album release Poison's Greatest Hits:1986–1996 in 1996,which featured two new tracks with him on lead guitar. Those two new tracks re-appear on this album along with thirteen new songs and five bonus tracks. The album moved around 12,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at #131 on The Billboard 200 album chart.
Sybil Lynch,known simply as Sybil,is an American R&B and pop singer–songwriter. Sybil gained notable success in her career with songs during the mid-1980s into the mid-1990s. She is the cousin of former En Vogue singer Maxine Jones.
Farewell My Summer Love is a compilation album of archived Michael Jackson songs recorded from January to October 1973. The album was released with updated musical production by Motown Records in the United States on May 15,1984.
Setting Sons is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Jam,released on 16 November 1979 by Polydor Records. It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart upon the first week of release,continuing the commercial favour that had begun with their previous album All Mod Cons.
Chromatics were an American electronic music band from Portland,Oregon,who formed in 2001. The band's final line-up consisted of Ruth Radelet,Adam Miller,Nat Walker,and Johnny Jewel. The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi that was described as "noisy" and "chaotic". After numerous lineup changes,which left guitarist Adam Miller as the sole original member,the band began releasing material on the Italians Do It Better record label in 2007,with their style streamlined into an Italo disco-influenced sound.
Mary Veronica Gauthier is a Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter and author,whose songs have been covered by performers including Tim McGraw,Blake Shelton,Kathy Mattea,and Jimmy Buffett. She has won multiple awards,including at the International Folk Music Awards,the Independent Music Awards,and from the Americana Association. Mary's songs often deal with marginalization,informed by her experience of addiction and recovery,and growing up gay,and demonstrate an "ability to transform her own trauma into a purposeful and communal narrative". Her 2018 album Rifles &Rosary Beads,co-written with military veterans and their families,has been hailed as a landmark achievement.
The Rifles are an English indie rock band from Chingford,London.
Francis Edward Turner is an English punk and folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke,Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead,then embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. In the studio and during live performances,Turner is accompanied by his backing band,The Sleeping Souls,which consists of Ben Lloyd,Tarrant Anderson (bass),Matt Nasir and Callum Green (drums).
The Celibate Rifles were an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1979 with a line-up that included mainstays Dave Morris on rhythm guitar and Kent Steedman on lead guitar,within a year they were joined by Damien Lovelock on lead vocals. They released their first album,Sideroxylon,in April 1983 on the Hot Records label. The band has toured both America and Europe extensively,and released their ninth studio album,Beyond Respect on 19 July 2004. In 1985 the group's style was described as post-Radio Birdman sound which is "a combination of fast,guitar-driven,hard rock and power pop". In November 1987 Sounds magazine's Roger Holland described their album,Roman Beach Party as showing the group's "sawn off rock potential all the way down to the bleached white of the bone,the lyrics reveal all the anger,insight and humour that makes [them] one of the most powerful rock bands in the world today". In April 1994 The Celibate Rifles issued Spaceman in a Satin Suit which according to Australian rock music historian,Ian McFarlane "was [their] best studio album since Blind Ear". Lovelock undertook a solo career and issued two albums as well as becoming a TV sports presenter prior to his death in 2019.
"Atmosphere" is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. It was originally released in March 1980 by the Sordide Sentimental label as the "Licht und Blindheit" package,a France-only limited edition single featuring the track "Dead Souls" as the B-side. Following Ian Curtis's death in May,it was re-released as a 12" single by Factory Records in August with "She's Lost Control" as the B-side.
James Hillier Blount,better known as James Blunt,is an English singer,songwriter,musician,and record producer. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army,he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After leaving the military,he rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album Back to Bedlam,achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".
Great Escape is the second studio album from The Rifles,released on 26 January 2009 after it was delayed from its initial release date of 13 October 2008. The album delay was somewhat attributed to the length of time it took to record. The Rifles used two different producers,Dave McCracken and Stan "Jan" Kybert,as well as recording the album in three different locations.
End of an Empire is the third vocal studio album from electronic rock project Celldweller;it was released in "chapters",like most of Celldweller's previous works. The first of four chapters,Time,was released on September 16,2014. The second,Love,was released on December 5,2014. The third,Dreams,was released on March 13,2015. The fourth and final chapter,Death,was released on July 17,2015. The full album was released on November 6,2015.
Moody Bluegrass is a bluegrass music project that produced two tribute albums to the British progressive rock band the Moody Blues. The albums consist of bluegrass-style cover versions of Moody Blues songs performed by a variety of noted bluegrass and country music artists.
"Loved &Lost:The Best of Bachelor Girl" is the first Greatest hits by Australian band Bachelor Girl. It features tracks from their two studio albums,Waiting for the Day (1998) and Dysfunctional (2002) as well as fan favourites and four previously unreleased tracks recorded between 2002-03. The album was released in Australia on 15 April 2011.
