Stiff Records — home to Elvis Costello and The Damned — released A Distant ShoreMusic linernotes album music
Relaxin' lives up to its name — slower tempos and ballads set it apart from the other Prestige sessionsMusic linernotes album music
Reid Miles designed Miles Davis's Cookin' cover, illustrated by Phil HaysMusic linernotes album music
Miles Davis's Steamin' was recorded in two sessions at Van Gelder's in 1956Music linernotes album music
Miles Davis's 'If I Were a Bell' solo is widely studied by jazz musicians.Music linernotes album music
Kate Bush barely needed collaborators on Hounds of Love — she wrote, produced, and composed it herselfMusic linernotes album music
Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson topped the country charts with 'To All the Girls I've Loved Before'Music linernotes album music
Hounds of Love: Kate Bush's best-seller, No. 1 in the UK for over a year on the chartsMusic linernotes album music
Hounds of Love was recorded in a barn studio Kate Bush had built for creative freedomMusic linernotes album music
Horace Silver's Song for My Father was compiled from two sessions and released in 1965Music linernotes album music
Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel captures Miles Davis's second great quintetMusic linernotes album music
"Sheets of sound" — the phrase coined for Coltrane in the Soultrane liner notesMusic linernotes album music
Verve Records — Norman Granz's jazz label — released Oscar Peterson's live recordingMusic linernotes album music
The Oscar Peterson Trio on Night Train had Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums.Music linernotes album music
Jim Anderson engineered Patricia Barber's Café Blue at Chicago Recording CompanyMusic linernotes album music
Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter Songbook: 32 tracks from the landmark 1956 double albumMusic linernotes album music
Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter Songbook launched the Verve Songbook seriesMusic linernotes album music
Ella Fitzgerald recorded the Cole Porter Songbook in three days at Capitol's Hollywood studioMusic linernotes album music
Duke Ellington and his orchestra backed Ella Fitzgerald on her Songbook albumMusic linernotes album music
Mike Chapman's perfectionist sessions for Parallel Lines produced Blondie's tightest soundMusic linernotes album music
Martin Rushent produced The Human League's Dare at his Genetic Sound studio.Music linernotes album music
Duran Duran's debut featured 'Girls on Film' and its controversial MTV videoMusic linernotes album music
Don't You Want Me was Dare's biggest hit, topping charts on both sides of the AtlanticMusic linernotes album music
Colin Thurston produced Duran Duran's debut after engineering Bowie's HeroesMusic linernotes album music
Arif Mardin — the Atlantic producer behind Aretha and the Bee Gees — produced Cupid and Psyche 85Music linernotes album music
Transmigration of Soul blends Persian vocal tradition with electronic texturesMusic linernotes album music
Todd Rundgren gave each side of Something/Anything a playful themed title.Music linernotes album music
Todd Rundgren cut three sides of Something/Anything at one of LA's first independent studiosMusic linernotes album music
The Belonging quartet brought an ECM-like spaciousness that Jarrett's American trio never hadMusic linernotes album music
Sussan Deyhim's Transmigration of Soul blends Iranian vocals and electronic productionMusic linernotes album music
Sussan Deyhim blends Persian traditions with electronics and the avant-gardeMusic linernotes album music