Boogaloo is the twentieth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in August 1998. It was produced by Mike Ging.
It was the last studio recording to feature drummer and founding member Darrell Sweet before his death in 1999. The album also features guest performances by bassist Pete Agnew's son Lee, who later replaced Sweet as the band's drummer. The album was recorded at the Parkgate studios, Catsfield in East Sussex in 1997. 11 of the 12 tracks were mixed in early 1998, with horns and guitar overdubs added. During the original recording, the Hale-Bopp comet was clearly visible.

2XS is the thirteenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released internationally in July 1982 by Vertigo Records, whereas its distribution was handled by NEMS International in the United Kingdom and by A&M Records in North America. Recorded and mixed at AIR Studios on the island of Montserrat during May 1982, the album was produced and engineered by John Punter.

Hits out of Hell is a 1984 compilation album by Meat Loaf. It includes seven Jim Steinman songs and its original release featured the hit, "Modern Girl" off of Bad Attitude, which came out at about the same time. Meat Loaf never liked that he never had any say in these compilations and numerous others soon followed in Hits out of Hell's footsteps.

Bat Out of Hell is the second album and major-label debut by American rock musician Meat Loaf, as well as being his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman, released in October 1977 on Cleveland International/Epic Records.

Our Earthly Pleasures is the second album by Newcastle-based alternative rock band Maxïmo Park. It was released on 2 April 2007 in the UK (and 8 May 2007 in the US), being preceded by the single "Our Velocity", released two weeks previously, on 19 March 2007.

International Pop Overthrow is the debut studio album by Material Issue, released on Mercury Records in February 5, 1991. The album was recorded in multiple recording sessions between 1988 and 1991, with the total recording costs reaching only $5,000. Mercury Records only expected the record to sell about 70,000 copies. However, it initially sold about 180,000 copies, with final sales exceeding 300,000. It reached #86 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album was produced by Jeff Murphy, guitarist/vocalist for the band Shoes, at the Shoes' Short Order Recorder studio, in Zion, Illinois.

Golden Heart is the debut solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 March 1996 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Following a successful career leading the British rock band Dire Straits and composing a string of critically acclaimed film soundtrack albums, Knopfler produced his first solo album, drawing upon the various musical endeavors in which he has engaged since emerging as a major recording artist in 1978. The album reached the top ten position on album charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The album peaked at 105 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

Thin Air is British singer-songwriter Peter Hammill's 32nd solo album, released on his own Fie! Records label in June 2009. It was additionally made available as digital download through Burning Shed Records.As on his previous release, Singularity, Hammill played all instruments, wrote all the songs and produced the album.

"Keys of the Kingdom" - четырнадцатый альбом рок-группы The Moody Blues, выпущенный в 1991 году. Хотя некоторые из треков напоминают о песенном творчестве в "Sur la Mer" (предыдущий альбом группы 1988 года), провал "Keys of the Kingdom" в поставке каких-либо хитовых синглов ознаменовал начало снижения популярности Moodies у их основной аудитории после их успеха в поколении видео MTV.

Radiation is the tenth studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1998. Recorded at The Racket Club between November 1997 and June 1998, it was co-produced by Stewart Every. For this album the band decided to experiment with different instrument tones, vocal effects, samples (making segues between songs by cutting and pasting pieces from elsewhere in the album), and the like. They also tried a different approach to mixing that left the recording often sounding flat...

В 1972 году в Hawkwind появился человек, который, с одной стороны, помог ее лидеру -Броку - воплотить его желание усилить гитарную работу в группе, сделать общее звучание гитар более сложным и более мощным, с другой же стал тем, кто начал постоянно тянуть одеяло лидерства на себя. Это был Иэн Фрейзер Килмистер по кличке Лемми, который занял место басиста Дэйва Андерсона. А вме

Tony Carey has taken the art of musical story telling to all new heights. The Boystown Tapes is a musical compendium of short stories, each song being it's own volume. Stories that reflect on childhood and the innocence of youth, stories that protest the proliferation of hate, technology and information in the modern world as well as stories that illustrate the pain of dealing with loved ones addicted to drugs. ... Best known for '80s classic rock hits like "A Fine, Fine Day," "I won't Be Home Tonight" and "Why Me?" (from his awesome side project, Planet P), Tony Carey returns with his deep, emotionally resonant, and sometimes breathtaking "The Boystown Tapes," an outstanding collection of story songs in the finest, purest rock tradition.

Совместная работа Гленна Хьюза и Джо Линн Тернера не таит в себе каких-либо неожиданностей и представляет собой прямолинейный, если хотите "тру", хард-рок. БОльшую часть альбома составляют шустрые номера, не блещущие оригинальностью. Гораздо интереснее становится, когда дело доходит до медленных композиций ("Fade Away" и баллад "Mystery Of The Heart", "Heaven's Missing An Angel"), собственно и являющихся лучшими песнями диска. В любом случае, фанаты этих двух голосистых персон в накладе не останутся.