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Regarded as one of the most important ambient albums of all time. [5] FACT's The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s: #10 [5] New Age Magazine's 25 Most Influential Ambient CDs [228] Echoes Radio's #2 Album of All Time. [229] Pitchfork's 33rd best ambient album of all time [230] July 16, 1984 () Diamond Life: Sade: Smooth soul; sophisti-pop [231] [232 ...
Music portal; 1980s portal; Albums released in the decade 1980s, i.e the years 1980 to 1989 ... 1980s classical albums (37 P) 1980s collaborative albums (10 C)
Solid Gold, a new music television series, premieres in syndication. Elton John plays a free concert for 400,000 people in New York's Central Park. He performs the encore in a Donald Duck costume. Gary Numan earns his third consecutive number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in less than fourteen months as Telekon enters the chart at number 1. [4]
Best Chamber Music Performance. Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) & the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for Copland: Appalachian Spring; Best Classical Album. James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Brahms: Symphonies (1-4)
The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]
For the third year in a row, Dylan raided the Great American Songbook, this time with a 30-song triple album, and received his third consecutive Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
The album cover was painted by Roger Dean who is known for his organic paintings. He also designed albums for Asia, Uriah Heep, and Yes. The album, which features six songs taken from The Dark Side of the Moon released in 1973 and three from The Wall released in 1979, peaked at number one in the Billboard Magazine Top Classical Crossover Albums ...
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.