While Scholz and Delp were recording new material for the third Boston album, CBS filed a $60 million lawsuit against Scholz, alleging breach of contract for failing to deliver a new Boston album on time. During this same period, Scholz founded his high-tech company Scholz Research & Development (SR&D), which…
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The video was heavily edited for MTV. The album also included ” Tel Aviv “, a track with lyrics Simon Le Bon wrote in 1980 after working on a kibbutz in Israel . The song was later reworked into a Middle Eastern-influenced instrumental before appearing on the album. The album…
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Its lead single, ” You Got Nothing I Want ” (November 1981), is an aggressive Barnes-penned hard rock track, which attacked the US industry for its handling of the band on their recent tour.
Further interest in Midnight Oil was generated by the popular Bird Noises EP , also produced by Karski, which peaked at No. 28 on the Australian singles charts. One of its four tracks was the surf-instrumental “Wedding Cake Island” named after the rock outcrop in the ocean off Sydney’s Coogee…
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October was released in October 1981 and contained overtly spiritual themes. The album received mixed reviews and limited radio play. It debuted at number 11 in the UK, but sold poorly elsewhere. The single ” Gloria ” was U2’s first song to have its music video played on MTV ,…
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R.E.M. recorded the Chronic Town EP with Easter in October 1981, and planned to release it on a new indie label named Dasht Hopes. However, I.R.S. Records acquired a demo of the band’s first recording session with Easter that had been circulating for months. The band turned down the advances…
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In October 1981, their second album Underneath the Colours was released and became a hit in Australia peaking at No. 15.
In October, Queen released their first compilation album, titled Greatest Hits , which showcased the group’s highlights from 1974 to 1981. The best-selling album in UK chart history, it is the only album to sell over seven million copies in the UK. As of July 2022, it has spent over…
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Abacab was released in September 1981 and reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 7 in the US.
Abacab was supported with a tour of Europe and North America from September to December 1981, ending with shows at Wembley Arena and the NEC Birmingham.