Following the 1988 American tour in support of Diesel and Dust with Australian band Yothu Yindi , Midnight Oil launched the Building Bridges – Australia Has A Black History album with various artists contributing, including Paul Kelly , Scrap Metal , Coloured Stone, Hunters & Collectors , James Reyne ,…
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Don Gehman was unable to produce R.E.M.’s fifth album, so he suggested the group work with Scott Litt . Litt would become the producer for the band’s next five albums. Document (1987) featured some of Stipe’s most overtly political lyrics, particularly on “Welcome to the Occupation” and “Exhuming McCarthy”, which…
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At the 1988 Brit Awards , at the Royal Albert Hall , the band were given the British Phonographic Industry ‘s Lifetime Achievement Award. The short set they played there was the last time Jones played with the Who until 2014.
All the remaining material from the singles and EPs that had not appeared on these thirteen studio albums was gathered on the two-volume compilation Past Masters (1988).
Frustrated that its records did not see satisfactory overseas distribution, R.E.M. left I.R.S. when its contract expired and signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records . Though other labels offered more money, R.E.M. ultimately signed with Warner Bros.—reportedly for an amount between $6 million and $12 million—due to the…
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“What About Love” hit No. 14
In 1988, the Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , their first year of eligibility.
Strickland had been composing in 1988. After he played some of his new music for the other band members, they all agreed to try writing together again, with Pierson, Wilson, and Schneider contributing lyrics and melodies. In 1989, the band released Cosmic Thing , their mainstream breakthrough, on Reprise Records…
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However, in 1988 after the success of Bad Animals a re-released double A-side single of “Never”/”These Dreams” hit No. 8
In 1988, with the Rolling Stones inactive, Richards released his first solo album, Talk Is Cheap , which reached No. 37 in the UK and No. 24 in the US.