Private Dancer es el tercer álbum en solitario de la cantante estadounidense Tina Turner. Fue publicado el 29 de mayo de 1984, a través de la compañía discográfica Capitol Records. La grabación del álbum se llevó a cabo en varios estudios de Inglaterra, y fueron supervisadas por cuatro equipos de producción diferentes, incluidos Rupert Hine, Martyn Ware.
Tras su exitoso paso por la formación Ike&Tina, que triunfó en los años sesenta y setenta, la artista estaba pasando por un difícil momento musical y personal, al separarse de su maltratador y por entonces productor y marido Ike Turner. Este disco supuso el punto de inflexión en su carrera, lanzándola de nuevo al estrellato.

Private Dancer is the fifth solo studio album by recording artist Tina Turner. Marking her debut with the record company, it was released by Capitol Records in May 1984. Recording sessions for the album took place at several studios in England and was overseen by four different production teams, including Rupert Hine, and Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh of Heaven 17. A radical departure from the rhythm and blues sound Turner had performed with her former husband and performing partner Ike Turner, the tracks in the album are a mixture of uptempos and ballads, which are basically inspired by pop and rock genres; it also features elements of smooth jazz and R&B.

The Platinum Collection - бокс-сет британской рок-группы Queen, выпущенный в 2000 году. Однако в США релиз был отложен до сентября 2002 года и 2001 года в Японии. Выпуск бокс-сета был посвящен тридцатилетию группы.

"Wings of a Butterfly" (released as "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" on the album) is a song by the Finnish band HIM. It is the second track on the 2005 album Dark Light and was released as the album's first single that year. The song reached #1 on the Finnish charts, #10 in Germany and the UK, and #87 in the U.S., making it the biggest single from Dark Light. The music video, filmed at Union Station in Los Angeles, was #1 on the Rock Countdown on MTV2 in late 2005 for five weeks until it was retired. Since its live performance premiere the song become a concert staple being played at almost every HIM show since then.

On Every Street is the sixth and final studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 9 September 1991 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The follow-up to the band's massively successful album Brothers in Arms, On Every Street reached the top of the UK albums chart and was also certified platinum by the RIAA.

Альбом был основан на демоверсии, которую группа представила в Phonogram при подписании контракта. Запись проходила на студии Island Studios в Лондоне с 13 февраля до 5 марта 1978 года.
Первоначально планировалось осуществить запись альбома за три недели, и четвёртую звукозаписывающая компания дала неохотно, потребовалось проведение переговоров. Вся запись альбома (запись, сведение, обложка) стоила 12 700 фунтов стерлингов.

Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 15 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album produced the single "Lady Writer", which reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #51 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden, #11 in the United States and #5 in the United Kingdom. Communiqué was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in the United Kingdom and double-platinum in France.

Основа этого необычного проекта – песни, написанные Ларой Фабиан на музыку Игоря Крутого на английском, французском, испанском и итальянском языках.

Go West are an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist Peter Cox and rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist Richard Drummie. The duo enjoyed their peak of popularity between the mid 1980s and the early 1990s and are best known for the international top 10 hits "We Close Our Eyes", "Call Me" and "King of Wishful Thinking". They were named Best British Newcomer at the 1986 Brit Awards

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael is a greatest hits album by George Michael, released on 1 December 1998.
The collection of 28 songs (29 songs are included on the European and Australian release) are separated into two halves, with each CD of the double set containing music of a particular theme and mood. The first CD, titled "For the Heart", predominantly contains Michael's hit ballads, while the second CD, "For the Feet", comprises mostly his popular dance tunes.

Несмотря на то, что Dire Straits возникли в тот момент, когда наибольшей популярностью в Англии пользовались панк-рок и «новая волна», музыка группы, в которой явственно прослеживались американские блюзовые традиции, имела настолько высокую «пробу», что, по существу, определила мэйнстрим рока восьмидесятых годов. Dire Straits собрал бывший преподаватель Лондонского университета Марк Нопфлер.