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Summary: East of the Sun, West of the Moon is the fourth album (released in 1990) by Norwegian band A-ha. The album's world sales were 3,2 m.

Summary: Silver and Gold is a Hard Rock album released by Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith in 1989.
Adrian Smith formed the band shortly in 1989 when Iron Maiden was taking a year break after spending almost a year on the road for the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album tour in 1988. The band had its origin in Urchin, a band Smith fronted in the 1970s. Both Andy Barnett and Dave Colwell played with Smith in various incarnations of Urchin, which was disbanded in 1981 when Smith joined Iron Maiden. Further foundations for the band were laid out in late 1985 when Iron Maiden were taking a break after their massive world tour in support of their album Powerslave. Bored with the lull in band's activity as they prepared to record a new album, Adrian Smith invited his friends Colwell and Barnett, as well as other musicians they knew to play a one-off gig at London's Marquee Club under the name of "The Entire Population of Hackney." The band performed what would later be the title track from Silver and Gold, as well as 3 of the 4 B-sides to its singles at the show.Adrian Smith left Iron Maiden in 1990 during the writing of their album No Prayer For the Dying, due largely to creative differences.
When he formed A.S.A.P. in 1989,he invited his friends and former bandmates, as well as Zak Starkey, son of legendary drummer Ringo Starr. Originally, Smith wanted Nicko McBrain to join in on drums but was unavailable as McBrain was getting married at the time. Their first and only album was a significant departure from the sound he helped create with Iron Maiden. It was heavy on synths and keyboards, treading closer to Pop and AC than Heavy Metal. It also featured Smith in the role of lead singer, something most Iron Maiden fans were not accustomed to. His voice has a somewhat husky, working class feel to it, reminiscent of Bryan Adams or even Bruce Springsteen. The album was a commercial failure and the band soon evolved into another outfit called The Untouchables, which never released any records, though they did tour. By 1994, they were again evolved and Smith later formed Psycho Motel which recorded two studio albums, State of Mind (1996) and Welcome to the World (1997) and toured, before rejoining Dickinson in 1997 and eventually Iron Maiden in 1999.

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Summary: AC/DC's 1981 album remastered and reissued in a special digipak. 2000 release.

For Those About to Rock We Salute You is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1981. The album was a follow-up to their hugely successful album Back in Black. For Those About to Rock has sold over 4 million copies in the US. It was AC/DC's first number one album in the USA, and also the first hard rock album to debut at #1 in the US, opening the doors for the many hard rock acts to follow that decade.
The name of the album was inspired by a book Angus Young read, entitled For Those About To Die, We Salute You, about Roman gladiators. The gladiators' final words to the emperor were "nos morituri te salutamus" - or, "we who are about to die, salute you." The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
The album title was paraphrased in the film School of Rock as 'For those about to Rock, I salute you'. It was also referenced by Beastie Boys on their 1989 track Shadrach.

Summary: Flick of the Switch is an album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, recorded shortly after their European Tour at the beginning in 1983. The album was originally released in the United States on August 15, 1983. The album was self-produced by AC/DC and reached #4 in UK and #15 in the US. Though considered a disappointment when released, the album is today praised by many die-hard fans for its rawness and energy.
After problems with other members of the band, drummer Phil Rudd departed midway through the recording sessions, although he had completed his drum parts. He was eventually replaced by ex-Tytan drummer Simon Wright. Wright appeared in the videos for three of the singles on the album, "Flick of the Switch" and "Nervous Shakedown" and "Guns For Hire". Rudd, meanwhile, eventually returned to the band in 1994.
The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.

Summary: Fly on the Wall is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC. It was released on June 28, 1985. The album was recorded over a period from November 1984 until February 1985 at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. It was the first album to feature drummer Simon Wright, who replaced Phil Rudd in 1983. The album was produced by Angus and Malcolm Young.
The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.
The album reached #7 in the UK and #32 in the US
Fly on the Wall is considered by some fans as one of the weaker albums in the band's catalogue. Nevertheless, videos for the songs "Shake Your Foundations" and "Sink the Pink" were popular and both songs were included on the Who Made Who soundtrack/compilation released the following year. Fly on the Wall is the band's second consecutive, and final, self-produced LP.

Summary: AC/DC's 1988 album remastered and reissued in a special digipak. 2000 release.

Blow Up your Video is an album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, first released on January 18, 1988. The album was recorded at the Miraval Studio in Le Val, France in August 1987.
The album was produced by Harry Vanda and George Young, the production team behind the band's early albums. Brian Johnson wrote all the lyrics, and it is the last time to date that he has done so. (However, Johnson is writing the lyrics for the band's new album, due for release in January 2008.)
The album was the band's biggest-selling album of new material since For Those About To Rock, We Salute You. Blow Up Your Video reached #2 in the UK and #12 in the US. However, the band played four tracks from it on the subsequent world tour, "Heatseeker", "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll", "Nick of Time", and "Go Zone" -- "Heatseeker" and "That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" are also featured on "AC/DC Live Collector's Edition". "Heatseeker" was a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom. The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.

Summary: Originally released in September of 1990.

The Razors Edge is an album by AC/DC, released on September 21, 1990. The album was the first (and only studio album) to feature drummer Chris Slade, and includes such songs as "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks" which are among AC/DC's most well-known songs. The album reached #2 on The Billboard 200 and #4 on the UK. The album has been certified quintuple platinum (5 million copies sold) in the U.S., and the album was re-released in 2003 as part of AC/DC's Remasters series.

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Summary: Russian Roulette is a 1986 release by German heavy metal band Accept. It was recorded at Dierks-Studios, in Cologne, from October 1985 to January 1986.

Summary: Staying a Life is a double live album by Accept. It was recorded in Osaka, Japan in 1985. It was released in 1990, shortly after the band's first breakup. It was mixed by Uli Baronowsky at Dierks Studios, Stommeln.

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Summary: Reckless, Bryan Adams' fourth album, signaled his arrival into superstardom. It became one of his most successful albums, and arguably his biggest album to date in terms of artistic quality. Released in 1984 by A&M Records and produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain (who also engineered), the album propelled to #1 on the Billboard charts and sold over 5 million copies in the US on the strength of 6 massive hits: "Summer of '69", "Somebody", "Run to You", "One Night Love Affair", the Tina Turner duet "It's Only Love", and finally Adams's first # 1 hit, "Heaven".
The album was originally released on Bryan's 25th Birthday (November 5, 1984) simultaneously with a video.

Summary: Waking up the Neighbours is a rock album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams released in 1991. The album was recorded at Battery Studios in England, and at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, mixed at Mayfair Studios in England, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk in New York City. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" was number one on the British charts for a record-breaking sixteen weeks.
Other released singles were: "Do I Have to Say the Words?", "All I Want Is You", "Touch the Hand", "Can't Stop This Thing We Started", "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven", and "There Will Never Be Another Tonight".
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" was the theme song for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991. It was written by Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Michael Kamen.
The album was also notable in Canada for creating controversy concerning the system of Canadian content. Although Adams was Canada's biggest recording star at the time, his collaboration with the British–White-Zimbabwean Lange meant that, under the rules in force until 1991, Waking up the Neighbours did not qualify as Canadian content.
In September of that year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced that the Canadian content rules would be changed to allow collaborations with non-Canadians.

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Summary: Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989.
Pump was widely acclaimed by both fans and critics upon its release. It has a great deal of musical variety within, yet still has the commercial sheen which makes it accessible to mainstream audiences. It incorporated use of keyboards and a horn section in many of the singles ("Love in an Elevator", "The Other Side"), yet also had straightforward rockers ("F.I.N.E.", "Young Lust"), a heartfelt ballad ("What It Takes"), songs about important issues like incest and murder ("Janie's Got a Gun") and drug & alcohol abuse ("Monkey On My Back"), as well as a variety of innovative instrumental interludes such as "Hoodoo" and "Dulcimer Stomp."
It is argued to be among the top tier of Aerosmith's most successful albums, and has certified sales of seven million copies in the U.S. to date. It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band. It produced the band's first Grammy award ("Janie's Got a Gun"). "Love in an Elevator" became the first Aerosmith song to hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it is the only Aerosmith album to date to have three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and three #1 singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was the fourth bestselling album of the year 1990.
Pump was the second of three sequentially recorded Aerosmith albums to feature the fine teamwork of Bruce Fairbairn's production and Mike Frazer's and Ken Lomas' engineering talents at The Little Mountain Sound Studios.

Summary: Get a Grip is the eleventh studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1993.
Get a Grip was considered in a more commercial style for Aerosmith and delivered five hit singles, four of which charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, between 1993 and 1994: "Livin' on the Edge," "Eat the Rich," and the three songs that make up what fans have come to call the "Cryamazy trilogy:" "Cryin'," "Amazing," and "Crazy."
Get A Grip also demonstrated more of a wide range of styles for the group. "Gotta Love It" was a step into R&B, featuring bluesy solos from Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and even a bass guitar solo from Tom Hamilton. The Grammy-nominated instrumental "Boogie Man" was based on the Peter Green days of Fleetwood Mac. The album also featured famous musical guests including Don Henley, who sang backup on "Amazing", and Lenny Kravitz, who offered backup vocals and collaboration to "Line Up". As on Permanent Vacation and Pump, this album featured a good number of song collaborators from outside the group, including Desmond Child, Jim Vallance, Mark Hudson, Richie Supa, Taylor Rhodes, Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw.
Get a Grip became Aerosmith's bestselling studio album worldwide, achieving sales of over 20 million copies, and is tied with Pump for their second-bestselling album in the United States, selling over 7 million copies as of 1995. This also made it their third consecutive album with US sales of at least five million.
Get a Grip won the band two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
The promo CD version had a simulated-cowhide cover, reportedly of a unique pattern on each one.

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Summary: Back to Basics is the third full-length English studio album from American pop singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera. The album was released on August 15, 2006 in the United States and Canada, on August 9, 2006 in Japan, and on August 12 in Australia. The album was released in Europe on several dates, starting at the 9th of August 2006, and ending on the 22nd of August 2006. It was leaked to the internet two weeks before the actual release date. The album features what Aguilera describes as "a throwback to the 20s, 30s, and 40s-style jazz, blues, and feel-good soul music, but with a modern twist." Her album has been nominated for the Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award, and the lead single from the album, "Ain't No Other Man", won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy Award. The album, thus far, has yielded three commercial singles: "Ain't No Other Man", "Hurt", and "Candyman". While two other singles, "Slow Down Baby" and "Oh Mother" have been released in certain countries. The album has been both a critical and commercial success.

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Summary: Disturbing the Peace is the third album by Alcatrazz, and is the first and only featuring Steve Vai on guitar. One of the singles, God Blessed Video, can be found on the fictional radio station, V-Rock, on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Weeks on Chart: 7, Peak: #133

Graham Bonnet - Vocals
Steve Vai - Guitar
Gary Shea - bass
Jan Uvena - Drums
Jimmy Waldo - Keyboards

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Summary: Rocco Fury - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars
Petey D. - lead guitar, vocals, guitar synthesizers
Danny Monchek - lead guitar, vocals
Steve Evetts - bass, vocals
Eric "Cutter" Nilla - drums

Summary: Pete DeGeorge - guitars, backing vox
Steve Evetts - bass, keys, backing vox
Rocco Furiero - lead vox, acoustic guitars
Danny Monchek - guitars, backing vox
Eric Nilla - drums, percussion

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