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The 50 Best Albums of 1982
Looking back at 1982 in music, the headline is obvious: Thriller Sells A Bajillion Copies, Becomes World’s Biggest Album. But is it the year’s best album? Funny enough, Michael Jackson‘s sixth LP hardly even affected the charts that year — it snuck out in late November, just as Men at Work’s 1981 blockbuster, Business as Usual, began its commercial stranglehold in the U.S. Only one record on our list, Fleetwood Mac‘s chart-targeted Tusk follow-up, Mirage, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (Doesn’t it seem weird, looking back, that Prince‘s 1999 peaked at No. 9?) Lots of fascinating shit was happening in 1982, and you didn’t always find it on the radio. On our list, we included everything from early hip-hop (Grandmaster Flash) to horror-punk (Misfits) to lo-fi synth-pop (Solid Space). Revisit...
Bones Hillman, Midnight Oil Bassist, Dies at 62
Bones Hillman, the longtime time bassist of Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has died at the age of 62. The band announced the news on their social media channels, saying that Hillman died on Saturday after a battle with cancer at his home in Milwaukee. Born Wayne Stevens in 1958, Hillman joined Midnight Oil in 1987 after playing in various other bands and was a member until his death. We’re grieving the loss of our brother Bones Hillman, who has passed away at his home in Milwaukee today after a cancer… Posted by Midnight Oil on Saturday, November 7, 2020 Recently, Midnight Oil released “Gadigal Land,” which hailed from The Makarrata Project, their first new collection in nearly two decades. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we ...
Midnight Oil Release First New Song in 17 Years
Almost exactly 33 years after Midnight Oil first struck it big with “Beds Are Burning,” they’re back with their first song in 17 years. After announcing their upcoming mini-LP, The Makarrata Project, “Gadigal Land” is the first sampling of what fans can expect from the October release. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Midnight Oil tune without some politically-charged activism, so the new track comes with a heavy message from the band. “We’ve always been happy to lend our voice to those who call for racial justice, but it really feels like we’ve reached a tipping point,” the band said in a statement. “We urge the federal government to heed the messages in the Uluru Statement From The Heart and act accordingly. Hopefully this song and ‘...
