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Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. . Its early releases as a record...
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Rocket to Russia
Rocket to Russia is the third album by American punk group the Ramones, their last with original drummer Tommy Ramone. Released on November 4, 1977, the album incorporates surf rock and other influences. It includes some of the Ramones' best-known...
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- Nov 4, 1977
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- 1,923.867 s (32.06445 min )
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Ramones
Ramones is the debut album by the American punk rock band the Ramones. Widely cited as the first punk rock group , the Ramones released the album on April 23, 1976 on Sire Records.
After Seymour Stein of Sire Records signed the band in the autumn of...
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- Apr 23, 1976
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- 1,756.293 s (29.27155 min )
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More Songs about Buildings and Food
More Songs About Buildings and Food is Talking Heads' second album, the first of a string of three coproduced by Brian Eno. The album was significantly more popular than their first, Talking Heads: 77. The band's blend of funky bass, bubblegum,...
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- Jul 14, 1978
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- 2,508.2 s (41.803 min )
...I Care Because You Do
…I Care Because You Do is an electronic music album by Richard D. James, under the pseudonym of Aphex Twin. James' third studio album recorded under this moniker, the album was released on 24 April 1995.
The album is quite different from his past...
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- Apr 1, 1995
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- 3,832.027 s (63.86712 min )
Blank Generation
Blank Generation is the first album by punk rock band Richard Hell and the Voidoids, produced by Richard Gottehrer and released in 1977 on Sire Records. The title track is loosely based on the single "The Beat Generation," a late-1950s collaboration...
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- 1977
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Trapped in the Body of a White Girl
Trapped in the Body of a White Girl is a 1987 album by Julie Brown. Brown purchased the rights to the album 15 years later and re-released it independently, available exclusively on her website. Though Brown is a comedian, not all of the songs are...
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- 1987
Rhyme Pays
Rhyme Pays is the debut album of Ice-T, released in 1987.
The album, especially tracks like "6 'N the Mornin'," is considered to have defined the gangsta genre, and was the first hip-hop album to carry a Parental Advisory warning label, although it...
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- Nov 4, 1987
Running Time:
- 3,904.067 s (65.06778 min )
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is the fourth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1989 through Sire/Warner Bros. Records. The music took a more hardcore, aggressively guitar-driven direction. The songs' themes dealt...
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- Nov 14, 1989
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- 3,021.96 s (50.366 min )
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs is the fifth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1992 on Sire Records. The actual title of the album is ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ (a Greek word roughly pronounced as "ke-fa-lee," meaning ...
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- Jul 14, 1992
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- 2,688.227 s (44.80378 min )
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Violator
Violator is the seventh studio album by the English electronic group Depeche Mode, released by Mute Records on March 19, 1990. Preceded by the hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" (a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic),...
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- Mar 19, 1990
Running Time:
- 2,824.867 s (47.08112 min )
Road Apples
Road Apples is the second full-length album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.
Released in 1991, the original title of the record was Saskadelphia, but the record label considered it "too Canadian". As a joke, they re-titled it Road Apples, a...
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- Feb 15, 1991
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- 2,955.333 s (49.25555 min )
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The Land of Rape and Honey
The Land of Rape and Honey is the third studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1988 through Sire Records. The image on the cover appears to be an electronically-processed version of a photo of a burned corpse in the Leipzig...
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- Oct 11, 1988
Running Time:
- 2,803.8 s (46.73 min )
End of the Century
End of the Century is the fifth album by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was produced by Phil Spector and was released on February 4, 1980.
After Spector became interested in the band, he offered to produce the next record. Vocalist Joey...
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- Feb 4, 1980
Running Time:
- 2,054.867 s (34.24778 min )
Remain in Light
Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by American New Wave band Talking Heads, released on 8 October 1980 on Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in the Bahamas and the United States between July and August 1980 and was produced by the...
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- Oct 8, 1980
Running Time:
- 2,410.827 s (40.18045 min )
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American garage rock singles released in the mid- to late 1960s. It was assembled by Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, and Lenny Kaye, later lead guitarist...
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- 1972
On
On is the title of a 1993 EP by the British electronic music artist Richard D. James, more commonly known by his recording alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 15 November 1993 by Warp Records. On Remixes, featuring remixes by James, Reload and µ...
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- Nov 15, 1993
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Angel with a Lariat
Angel with a Lariat is the second album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). This was the first release outside of Canada. Angel with a Lariat is a country recording, influenced by rock and rockabilly and possibly...
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- 1987
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Like a Prayer
Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records. The RIAA certified it Quadruple Platinum on July 16, 1997, recognizing four million shipments in the U.S. - making it her...
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- Mar 21, 1989
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- 3,075.64 s (51.2607 min )
Talking Heads: 77
TALKING HEADS: 77 is the debut album by Talking Heads. It peaked at #97 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and the single "Psycho Killer" made #92. In 2003, the album was ranked number 290 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums...
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- Sep 16, 1977
Running Time:
- 2,359.067 s (39.31778 min )
Fear of Music
Fear of Music is the third studio album by American New Wave band Talking Heads, released on 3 August 1979 on Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City between April and May 1979 and was produced by the quartet and Brian Eno. The...
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- Aug 3, 1979
Running Time:
- 2,442.533 s (40.70888 min )
Veni Vidi Vicious
Veni Vidi Vicious is the second album by Swedish garage punk band The Hives, released in April 2000. It was released through Burning Heart Records and distributed through Warner Music Group. The Japanese release included several extra tracks and...
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- Apr 10, 2000
Running Time:
- 1,682.067 s (28.03445 min )
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up is a live album by the industrial metal band Ministry. The album was released in 1990.
A companion home video of the concert also exists, featuring the same tracks as the audio except it is bookended by two ...
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- 1990
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- 2,388.56 s (39.8093 min )
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Come to Daddy
Come to Daddy is a 1997 EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known as Aphex Twin. "Come to Daddy, Pappy mix" — often simply called "Come to Daddy" — is one of Aphex Twin's best-known songs. The album peaked at #36 on the UK...
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- Oct 6, 1997
Construction Time Again
Construction Time Again is the third studio album by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder, who composed the songs "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" (as...
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- Aug 22, 1983
Running Time:
- 2,999.8 s (49.997 min )
Black Celebration
Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on 17 March 1986, it further cemented the darkening sound that was initially hinted towards on their album Construction Time Again.
Black Celebration did not sell...
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- Mar 17, 1986
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- 3,315.333 s (55.25555 min )
Some Great Reward
Some Great Reward is the fourth album by the British electronic group Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at #5 in the UK and at #54 in the US. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in "Lie to Me" when it repeats near the...
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- Sep 24, 1984
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- 2,427.507 s (40.45845 min )
Don't Tell a Soul
Don't Tell a Soul is an album released in 1989 by The Replacements.
The album was a stylistic change from their previous albums. Where Tim and Pleased to Meet Me could be classified as alternative punk, this album was more of a straight up rock...
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- Feb 1989
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Road to Ruin
Road to Ruin is the fourth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was released on September 22, 1978. It was recorded in May and June 1978 at Media Sound in New York. It was also the first album to feature new drummer Marky Ramone,...
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- Sep 22, 1978
Running Time:
- 1,878.16 s (31.3027 min )
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is the soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was released on November 9, 2004 on Warner Sunset Records and Atlantic Records.
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- Nov 9, 2004
Pleasant Dreams
Pleasant Dreams is the sixth album by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in music) by Sire Records. Pleasant Dreams reached #58 on the US Billboard album charts. It was frowned upon by guitarist Johnny Ramone...
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- Jul 29, 1981
Running Time:
- 2,101.867 s (35.03112 min )
Music for the Masses
Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. Released by Mute Records on September 28, 1987, it provided the band with mainstream success in the United States for the first time since Some Great Reward. It was supported by the...
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- Sep 28, 1987
Running Time:
- 3,768.56 s (62.8093 min )
I'm Breathless
I'm Breathless - Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy is the second soundtrack album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on May 22, 1990, by Sire Records. It was recorded to promote and accompany the motion picture, released in...
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- May 22, 1990
Running Time:
- 2,708.16 s (45.136 min )
Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on October 25, 1994 by Maverick Records. Madonna collaborated with Dallas Austin, Babyface, Dave Hall and Nellee Hooper, and decided to move into a more R&B;...
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- Oct 25, 1994
Running Time:
- 3,110.693 s (51.84488 min )
You Can Dance
You Can Dance is the first remix album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 17, 1987 by Sire Records. The album contains remixes of tracks from her first three studio albums and a new track, "Spotlight," which gained moderate...
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- Nov 13, 1987
Running Time:
- 4,118.427 s (68.64045 min )
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Shadowland
Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced...
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- 1988
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Absolute Torch and Twang
Absolute Torch and Twang is the third album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music).
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Grammy Awards
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- 1989
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Ingenue
Ingénue is the second solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). It has more of a cabaret flavor than Lang's previous work, and was her most successful album on the pop charts both in her native Canada and internationally.
The...
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- Aug 1992
A Broken Frame
A Broken Frame is the second studio album by the British synthpop band Depeche Mode, released in 1982. The album was written entirely by Martin Gore and recorded after the departure of Vince Clarke, who had left the band to form Yazoo with singer...
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- Sep 27, 1982
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- 2,458.867 s (40.98112 min )
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Songs of Faith and Devotion
Songs of Faith and Devotion is the eighth studio album by Depeche Mode, first released in March 1993. The album incorporated more guitar textures than previous releases. Upon its release, Songs of Faith and Devotion reached #1 in both the UK and US...
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- Mar 22, 1993
Halfway to Sanity
Halfway to Sanity is the 10th studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was released on September 15, 1987. It was the last album to feature Richie Ramone. The album features "I Wanna Live" & "Garden of Serenity", which were later...
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- Sep 15, 1987
Songs of Faith and Devotion Live
Songs of Faith and Devotion Live is Depeche Mode's live album recorded during their worldwide Devotional tour, and was released December 6, 1993.
The album, which featured performances mainly recorded in Liévin with two other tracks recorded in...
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- Dec 6, 1993
Subterranean Jungle
Subterranean Jungle is the seventh studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was released in February 1983 (see 1983 in music) and peaked at position eighty-three on the Billboard album music chart. It was re-released on August 20th,...
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- May 1983
Running Time:
- 2,013.8 s (33.563 min )
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Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo is the third and final studio album released by Liverpool-based indie dance group The Farm. It was released on the Sire Records label in 1994 and was not critically well received.
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- 1994
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The Best of The Farm
The Best of The Farm is a compilation album by Liverpool-based pop group The Farm. It was released four years after their previous album Hullabaloo and two years after their break up. The album was not commercially successful.
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- 1998
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Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites
Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites is a two-disc compilation album released by Talking Heads in 1992. It contains two previously unreleased demos ("Sugar on My Tongue," "I Want to Live"), two tracks new to compact disc ("Love → Building on Fire...
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- Oct 12, 1992
Running Time:
- 4,072.333 s (67.87222 min )
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The Immaculate Collection
The Immaculate Collection is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 13, 1990 by Sire Records. It contains newly remixed versions of her greatest hits from 1982 to 1990, as well as two new tracks ...
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- 1990
Running Time:
- 4,414.227 s (73.57045 min )
Too Tough to Die
Too Tough to Die is the eighth album by the American punk band the Ramones, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music). It is the first album recorded with Richie Ramone. It is regarded as a particular triumph for Dee Dee Ramone, who wrote or co-wrote...
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- 1985
Running Time:
- 2,197.933 s (36.63222 min )
It's Alive
It's Alive is a live album by the American punk band the Ramones. It was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, on December 31, 1977, and released in April 1979. The title is a reference to the 1974 horror movie of the same name. The album was...
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- Apr 1979
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Can't Stand The Rezillos
Can't Stand The Rezillos was The Rezillos' first album, released in 1978 and including the UK hit, Top Of The Pops, part of which was used as a jingle on BBC Radio 1.
Unusually for a New Wave group, the album featured several sixties covers, "Glad...
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- Jul 1978
New York, London, Paris, Munich
New York • London • Paris • Munich is M's first album, released in 1979, the title being taken from a line in the chorus of the April 1979 hit single "Pop Muzik", an extended version of which is featured on the album.
Side A
Side B
This is the track...
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- 1979
Brain Drain
Brain Drain is the eleventh studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. Released on May 23, 1989, it is the last release to feature bass player Dee Dee Ramone, and the last studio album on Sire Records.
Dee Dee wrote in his autobiography,...
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- May 23, 1989
Running Time:
- 2,108 s (35.13 min )
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The Singles
The Singles 81→85 is a singles compilation album released in October 1985 by Depeche Mode. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart Catching Up with Depeche Mode. This was their first ever...
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- Oct 14, 1985
Dress You Up
"Dress You Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was the fourth single released from her second studio album, Like a Virgin, and was released on July 24, 1985 by Sire Records.
The dance song makes use of an extended metaphor...
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The Two Ring Circus
The Two-Ring Circus is a combination remix and live album from Erasure that served as a companion piece to their second album The Circus. It was released in 1987 on Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. The vinyl version was a double...
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- Nov 16, 1987
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Crackers International
Crackers International is an EP released by Erasure in 1988, in between the albums The Innocents and Wild!.
The EP appeared in several different versions. The original UK release by Mute Records consisted of four original, self-produced tracks. In...
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- Nov 28, 1988
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Seal
Seal (sometimes referred to as Seal II to avoid confusion) is the second self-titled album of singer Seal. The album was released in 1994 on ZTT/Sire Records.
The image on the cover has since become nearly synonymous with Seal, in that it has...
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- Jul 19, 1994
Speaking in Tongues
Speaking in Tongues (rendered on the album cover as SP EAK IN GI N TO NGU ES) is the fifth studio album by the band Talking Heads, released in 1983.
The album was a commercial breakthrough that produced the band's first (and only) American Top 10...
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- Jun 1, 1983
Running Time:
- 2,834.467 s (47.24112 min )
Naked
Naked is the eighth studio album by Talking Heads, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). It was their last studio album, with the band dissolving after the album's release and finally announcing their breakup in 1991.
Initial pressings were one of...
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- Mar 15, 1988
Running Time:
- 3,167.933 s (52.79888 min )
Animal Boy
Animal Boy is the ninth studio album by the American punk band the Ramones. It featured the songs "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)", written as a protest of President Ronald Reagan's visit to the Bitburg cemetery in West...
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- May 1986
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Twitch
Twitch is the second studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1986. The album stepped away from the pop-oriented form of their previous album With Sympathy and moved toward a darker, more aggressive sound in the form of EBM. The...
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- Jul 8, 1986
