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Drive It In Between: Nightclubbing at 40

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Alex Sadkin, Barry Reynolds, Chris Blackwell, David Bowie, Demolition Man, Grace Jones, Iggy Pop, Marianne Faithfull, Nightclubbing, Pull Up To The Bumper

Grace Jones’ fifth album is “The Empire Strikes Back” of her Compass Point Trilogy

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Disco Funk Pop Soul 

Pop Top 40: Hot Soul Singles For The Week Ending February 28, 1981

April 7, 2021April 8, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments A Taste of Honey, Disco, George Benson, Grover Washington Jr., Jermaine Jackson, Kool and the Gang, Pop, Pop Top 40, Smokey Robinson, Soul, The Gap Band, The Isley Brothers, The Jacksons, The Manhattans, The Sugar Hill Gang, Yarbrough & Peoples

40 years ago, post-disco R&B was on fire

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Dance Disco Pop 

Dancing On My Own: Robyn’s Body Talk Turns 10

December 26, 2020September 26, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2010, Atlantic, Body Talk, Body Talk Pt. 2, Robyn, Röyksopp

Despite some assembly required, the singer’s 2010 LP remains a pop masterpiece

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Disco Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

We Are Magic: Xanadu at 40

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Cliff Richard, Electric Light Orchestra, Gene Kelly, Jeff Lynne, Magic, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, The Tubes, Xanadu

Why the flawless ELO-assisted soundtrack deserves to be separated from Olivia Newton-John’s head-scratching post-Grease career move

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POP TOP 40: Top LPs & Tapes for the Week Ending February 22, 1975

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Average White Band, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Grand Funk, Igor Stravinsky, Linda Ronstadt, Minnie Ripperton, Passport, Phoebe Snow, the Doobie Brothers, The Ohio Players, The Pretty Things, Three Dog Night, Tony Orlando

45 years ago, these albums were flying out of America’s record stores

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Disco Pop 

Winner Take All: Inside ABBA’s Final Years

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Carey Budnick 4 Comments 1976, ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, CBS Records

One former music exec reflects on the significance of his favorite song by the Swedish supergroup

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Pop Top 40: Top 200 Albums for the Week Ending November 24, 1984

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Barbra Streisand, Billy Ocean, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Hall and Oates, Honeydrippers, Huey Lewis and the News, Lionel Richie, Prince, Stevie Wonder, The Cars, Tina Turner, U2

At Thanksgiving 1984, Americans were most thankful for these albums

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Disco Hard Rock Pop 

Disco Kiss At 40

July 20, 2019July 22, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Ace Frehley, Casablanca Records, Gene Simmons, I was made for loving you, Kiss, Kiss Double Platinum, Kiss Dynasty, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss

Dynasty remains the Kabuki rock icons’ most polarizing album

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Disco Funk Rock Soul World 

Kid Creole & The Coconuts: From Paris With Love

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 j. poet 1 Comment 1985, August Darnell, Kid Creole, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Swinging World Music Superstar, August Darnell, Looks Back on 1985

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Disco Pop Records Soul 

Donna Summer’s Bad Girls at 40

May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Casablanca Records, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder

Still “Hot Stuff” after all these years

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