Bent Out of Shape is the seventh studio album released by the British hard rock band Rainbow. It was originally released in August 1983 as an LP and cassette. The cassette featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version. It was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen in about 7 weeks.
The song "Street of Dreams" has been re-recorded in two versions by Blackmore's Night in 2006 for their fifth studio album, The Village Lanterne. The version featured on a regular album was sung by Candice Night. The other version, a bonus track on a special edition of the album, was performed in a duet by Night and former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner.
In 1984, "Anybody There" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Данный сборник состоит из 20 композиций взятых из четырех сольных альбомов Грэма Боннета, - "GRAHAM BONNETT" (1977), "No Bad Habits" (1978), "Underground" (1996) и "The Day I Went Mad" (1999).

Оригинальный гитарист KISS Ace Frehley 15-го апреля выпустил альбом "Origins Vol. 1" — это коллекция заново записанных классических хитов, созданных за годы его карьеры. К работе над этим альбомом подключился фронтмен KISS Paul Stanley, который внёс свой вклад в хит "Fire And Water”. Кроме того, гостями на диске были Lita Ford, спевшая и сыгравшая соло на "Wild Thing”; гитарист Rob'а Zombie John 5, сыгравший на гитаре композицию KISS "Parasite", в то время как Ace её впервые спел, а также песню Jimi Hendrix'a "Spanish Castle Magic”; и Mike McCready из Pearl Jam, исполнивший гитарные партии вместе с Ace'ом, спевшим песню KISS "Cold Gin”.

Guy Edward Fletcher is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as the keyboardist in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his involvement in many parts of Mark Knopfler's solo work. Fletcher's first solo album, Inamorata, was released on 28 January 2008. Mark Knopfler guests as lead guitarist for two tracks, and various musicians who have been associated with Knopfler's band also make appearances. On 24 May 2010, Fletcher released his second solo album, titled Natural Selection.

Phoenix — шестой студийный альбом американской группы Grand Funk Railroad, выпущенный в сентябре 1972 года на лейбле Capitol Records. Для записи альбомы были привлечены два сессионных музыканта — органист Крейг Фрост и скрипач Дуг Кершоу. Диск занял 7-е место в американском чарте Billboard 200. Композиция «Rock & Roll Soul» была выпущена в качестве сингла и поднялась до 29 позиции в чарте в 1972 году.

"Love Letters in the Sand" is a popular song first published in 1931. The music was written by J. Fred Coots and the lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny. The song was "inspired" by an 1881 composition, "The Spanish Cavalier" by William D. Hendrickson. Ted Black's orchestra had the first major hit.

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell is a 1993 studio album by Meat Loaf and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat Out of Hell. The album reached number 1 in the US, UK and Australia. Three tracks were released as singles, including "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", which reached number 1 in 28 countries.

German based MAD MAX is celebrating their 25th anniversary with a new release “Here We Are”. Being in the industry since 1982 and more than a half dozen releases going from Roadrunner Records to A Minor Records MAD MAX have gathered a huge fan base hitting all shore points from Japan to the US. Michael Voss lead vocalist has been a mainstay of the band as has guitarist Juergen Breforth along with Roland Bergmann and Mark Shulman. MAD MAX looks to concur once again with a driving CD filled with hooked choruses, sweet melodic sounds and classic guitar. Just hearing the title track “Here We Are” we hooked up with Juergen and had to congratulate these boys for such a promising career in music and still being a vibrant entity.

The song's piano melody was composed by guitarist Tony Iommi, who was experimenting with the instrument in the studio. The lyrics were by bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne has referred to the song as "heartbreaking". Quite different from Sabbath's previous work, the song was described as a "forlornly pretty" ballad by critic Barney Hoskyns. It was inspired mainly by Bill Ward's breakup with his first wife.