New Wave

Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition (1984 Film)

This Special New Edition of the classic 1984 Talking Heads live concert album Stop Making Sense features all of the songs on the original album plus the film’s seven previously unreleased tracks. For the first time, the entire song lineup is presented, and in the same order as in the film. All have been digitally remastered. This album …

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Tears for Fears – Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92

Out of print in the U.S.! International edition of the 1992 compilation from the British duo. Originally lumped in with the many other Synth Pop duos of the early ’80s, TFF were always far more intelligent and thought-provoking than their contemporaries. By the time of their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, in 1984, the world caught …

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The Singles

On the strength of their first four brilliant and groundbreaking albums for Sirein the 80s Pretenders, Pretenders II, Learning To Crawl, and Get Close thePretenders became one of the biggest bands in the world. Their acemusicianship, stellar songwriting and the inimitable presence of Chrissie Hyndeon lead vocals delivered an unforgettable string of singles throughout thedecade, and this hit-packed …

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Talking Heads: 77 [180g Vinyl LP]

180g vinyl version. The debut album from New York-based Talking Heads is a slice of brilliant schizophrenic pop. David Byrne (guitar and vocals), Tina Weymouth (bass), Chris Frantz (drums), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards and guitar) create their own unique sound on classic TH tracks like ‘Psycho Killer’ and ‘Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town.’ The urgency of the music …

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Day & Age

Inspiration has never eluded Las Vegas’ The Killers, and it’s a damn good thing it hasn’t, because their 2008 record, their third studio album entitled Day & Age, is full of their finest songs to date. Together with bassist Mark Stoermer, guitarist Dave Keuning, and drummer Ronnie Vannucci, Flowers helped to mold the album into ten songs …

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Speaking In Tongues (180 Gram Vinyl)

The Heads released Speaking in Tongues, the first album of new material in three years, in 1983. (A limited edition release of 50,000 copies featured a complex cover designed by artist Robert Rauschenberg. Subsequent copies boasted a simpler design by Byrne.) It was their highest-charting album ever (Number 15, 1983) and yielded their biggest hit single, “Burning Down …

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Seven & The Ragged Tiger

The third studio album from British pop rock band Duran Duran, Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) features the band’s original line up displaying their trademark catchy pop rock, heavy on big hooks and 80’s synth. Showcasing the high flying hits, ‘The Reflex,’ ‘New moon on Monday’ and, ‘Union of the Snake,’ Seven and the Ragged Tiger also …

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War

2008 Remastered CD with restored packaging which includes a 16-page booklet featuring previously unseen photos, full lyrics and new liner notes by Niall Stokes, the Hot Press music magazine editor since 1977. War is the third studio album by U2 released on February 28, 1983. The album has come to be regarded as U2’s first overtly political album, …

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Fantasies

Metric is a four piece band formed in NYC that has been based at various times in Toronto, Montreal, LA, andLondon. Their fourth full length studioalbum FANTASIES is a much anticipatedfollow up to 2005’s highly acclaimed LIVE IT OUT. FANTASIES was written by the band in a farmhouse outside Seattle, and by frontwoman EmilyHaines in exile in Argentina. …

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