In 1982, the original members, minus Johnson, re-grouped as a quintet with new singer Rob Turnbull and additional guitarist David Stephenson. They went on to record an album titled No Sweat in 1983. The album was released on heavy metal independent record label , Neat Records . It was critically…
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Synchronicity became a No. 1 album in both the UK (where it debuted at No. 1) and the US. It stayed at No. 1 in the UK for two weeks and in the US for seventeen weeks. It was nominated for Grammy Awards for Album of the Year , but…
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In December 1981, the Clash released ” This Is Radio Clash ” as a single; it charted at number 47 in the UK Singles Chart.
The band’s eighth studio album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You , was released on 23 November 1981. It was their first number-one album on the Billboard 200, and it also reached the top three in Australia and Germany. It received mixed reviews from critics. Two singles were…
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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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New Order’s first commercial release was the single ” Ceremony “, backed with “In a Lonely Place”. These two songs were written in the weeks before Curtis took his own life. With the release of their debut album, Movement , in November 1981, New Order initially started on a similar…
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In November 1981, Adam and the Ants released the parent album Prince Charming which spent three weeks at number 2. A third single from the album, ” Ant Rap ” reached No. 3 in January 1982. The band was one of the most successful single acts in the UK in…
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In November 1981, the group’s fifth studio album, Night Attack , which was produced by Ed Thacker and the Brewsters, was released. McFarlane felt it “saw the songs moving into heavy metal territory”, which peaked at No. 11 in Australia and No. 14 in New Zealand. As their third international…
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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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The band was officially formed on October 28, 1981, five months after Ulrich and Hetfield first met.