Was Billy Idol ahead of his time with Cyberpunk? Of course. But that doesn’t mean the album is good or deserved to be successful.
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Music
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When done right, concept albums can be career enhancing. Or they can be disasters.
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One of the few times Mike Love and not Brian Wilson helmed a Beach Boys album. Let’s just say it didn’t go well.
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How record label politics, changing times, deteriorating personal relationships and splitting with hitmaking songwriters and producers ended Boyz II Men’s run as chart-topping hitmakers.
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It’s hard enough to follow up a great debut album– especially if you rush out a terrible second album.
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How Robin Thicke’s 2014 album about one Paula (Patton) had the effect of turning him into another Paula (Abdul).
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Taylor Dayne was one of the biggest hitmakers of her era. Then she tried her hand at songwriting…
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In the early 00’s, Jessica Simpson was a superstar. Before the end of the decade, she was finished as a musician.
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After the success of “Another One Bites the Dust,” Queen recorded an entire album in that vein. Too bad the songs weren’t as good.
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J.C. Chasez was always the talented one in NSYNC. But this album ensured he’d never measure up to the other guy.
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Mark Knopfler writes his own ending to the Dire Straits story.
In honor of Genesis’s recently announced reunion tour, let’s look at the album that caused their breakup: 1997’s Calling All Stations.
How Yes Please! by the Happy Mondays was like the Heaven’s Gate for albums.
For most of the 1980s and early 90s, Mötley Crüe were riding high — both literally and figuratively. Then they fired their lead singer…
Penty of cult artists have gone mainstream. Not Liz Phair…