Risqué – CHIC

Like its predecessor, ‘C'est Chic’, this 1979 LP gave the hottest band in disco a platinum album. The album 'Risque', features 6 songs and one of the most influential songs of the era, the #1 smash Good Times is hard to miss out. It's impossibly funky groove was borrowed by the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight and was the clear inspiration for Queen's Another One Bites the Dust. In its long version here it looks like the beat would never stop. It’s over 40 years and it is still is as strong as ever. I really love this cut.

Duran Duran - Duran Duran

The debut album of the boys from Birmingham in the UK, made heads turn the moment this record was out. Everything about this album is great. It is a killer first album from a then, unknown band, who went on achieve massive success. But it was this album that kicked it all off.

Parikrama - Live At Mahindra Independence Rock 2022 – (Free School Street Records) (Import) - Rs. 2500/-

Over three decades after they were formed in 1991, Delhi rock band Parikrama continue to shine on the live circuit. This blogger last saw them at the Bandland gig in Bengaluru last December, and what a gig that was, coming before Deep Purple.

The Visitors – ABBA

Not everyone may know, but ‘The Visitors’, was their last album before ABBA separated. With years behind them, this album is several steps away from the "lighter" pop music they had recorded previously. The album is more complex and a mature effort.

The Album - ABBA

It was half a century ago on precisely 6th April 1974, that Swedish quartet ABBA triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Contest with the peppy love song Waterloo. Telling the story of someone who "surrenders" to a lover, the song references Napoleon's surrender at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. To mark this great moment in history which took place in the English coastal city Brighton, England that year, there were various fan meet ups to mark the occasion on its 50th Anniversary early this month.

Oceans of Fantasy –Boney M (Polydor / Hansa)

Boney M was known for their super disco songs, and of course their ballads too, but disco was what cemented their popularity all over the world. After the huge success of Boney M's third album 'Nightflight To Venus' that spent 65 weeks on the UK charts, expectations were sky high to what their next album would bring.

Reckless - Bryan Adams

In India, Bryan Adams is a favorite, no matter the number of times he has visited and performed across the country, he never fails to get a crowd for his concerts. His songs, many of them are now anthems, with his fans singing every song back to him when he’s here.

Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder

After his nearly all-instrumental album ‘Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants’, Stevie Wonder’s ‘Hotter Than July’ is a return to classic form with his usual repertoire of soul, funk, political, and love-themed songs.

Elton John’s Greatest Hits Volume II

This vinyl is an outstanding collection of songs by one of the greatest entertainers in our lifetime, Elton John. Elton is a performer that gives each performance his utmost best and that level is evident in each of the songs in this greatest hits grouping. ‘Elton John's Greatest Hits, Volume 2’.

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

What can I say about this album? Apart from being the best-selling album of 1985 in the United States (and also Springsteen's most successful album ever), selling 15 million copies in the U.S alone, and 30 million worldwide, the album produced a record-tying string of seven Top 10 singles (tied with Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller’ and Janet Jackson's ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’) and also a worldwide concert tour (the two-year Born in the U.S.A. Tour) that was a success.