UK Albums Chart

In 1977, Ian Dury released his influential punk new wave debut studio album called New Boots and Panties.

It peaked at number five on the UK albums chart.

It had the iconic song Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll.

In 1982, Bruce Springsteen released his masterpiece, Nebraska.

It had the songs Atlantic City and also Nebraska.

In 1985, Tom Waits released his theatrical art rock album called Rain Dogs.

It peaked at number 29 on the UK albums chart, number 188.

In America, it had the songs Downtown Train, which was later covered by Rod Stewart, and Jockey Full of Bourbon.

In 1986, English post-punk icons The Fall released their ninth studio album called Ben Sinister.

This album hit number 36 on the UK albums chart.

It had a garage rock cover of Mr. Pharmacist and also the track R.O.D.

In 1986, Iron Maiden released their sixth studio album called Somewhere in Time.

It peaked at number 86 on the Billboard Albums Chart in America, number nine in the UK, and it had the huge dance single called Bizarre Love Triangle, one of their biggest singles of all time there.

In 1986, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, or OMD if you will, released The Pacific Age.

This album peaked at number 15 on the UK albums chart, number 73 in the US.

It had the hit single Forever Live and Die.

It had political commentary over a post-punk sound and also a funk music sound on it.

Hit number 45 on the UK albums chart.

It had damaged goods and at home he's a tourist.

Also that same year, 1979, the Buzzcocks released singles Going Steady.

It was a complex industrial rock concept album.

It was also his reunion with producer Brian Eno, and it worked rather well for him.

Peaked at number eight on the UK albums chart, number 21 in America.

It had the singles The Heart's Filthy Lesson and Hello Space Boy.

It was originally pressed under the spelling S-M-O-K-E-Y before they changed it to S-M-O-K-I-E. That's because they didn't want to have any problems with Smokey Robinson.

As far as how the album went, It hit number 18 on the UK albums chart, did very well overseas.

It had songs like If You Think You Know How to Love Me and Don't Play Your Rock and Roll to Me.

In 1975, George Harrison released Extra Texture, Read All About It.

In 1978, the Buzzcocks released Love Bites.

This was their second studio album.

It hit number 13 on the UK albums chart, and it had the track Walking Distance and Ever Fallen in Love with Someone You Shouldn't Have.

In 1978, Camel released Breathless.

This was the reunion of the band's classic Mark II lineup, as they called it.

It had a very updated heavy rock sound for the mid-1980s, and it hit number five on the UK albums chart, number 17 in America.

It had the song Perfect Strangers and Knocking at Your Back Door.

In 1985, Slayer released Hell Awaits.

Did not hit the mainstream Billboard charts, but did have the song Hell Awaits and also At Dawn They Sleep.

In 1985, The Waterboys released This Is The Sea.

This was their third studio album, and it hit number 37 on the UK albums chart.

The song The Whole of the Moon became their most favorite and universally celebrated song.

It was a Baroque pop collection that explored the English subject matter and character vignettes.

The album hit number 35 on the UK albums chart and it had the song Waterloo Sunset.

In 1971, Bobby Womack released Communication, a soul release that serves as his commercial breakthrough, hit number five on the Billboard R&B charts, and it had his song, That's The Way I Feel About Ya.

In 1971, the band released Cahoots, a roots rock album that featured a guest vocal contribution from Van Morrison.

Hit number 14 in the UK, it had a bunch of classics alongside a brand new song at the time called Killed by Death.

In 1986, Elvis Costello and the Attractions released Blood and Chocolate.

This one hit number 16 on the UK albums chart.

It had the songs I Want You and Tokyo Storm Warning.

It was produced by Michael Beinhorn and recorded at Guillaume Tell Studios in Paris, France, Right Track Recording and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York.

It reached number four on the US Billboard 200, 22 on the UK Albums Chart, two on the UK Rock and Metal Albums Chart, hit number seven in both Japan and Canada, and also charted in 10 other countries as well.

It is certified platinum with 100 albums sold by Music Canada, gold, also 100,000 albums by the RIAJ in Japan, and double platinum with two million sold by the RIAA in the US.

So a little background before we jump into the track by track.

This was the band's first album to receive major label distribution in the United States, as it was originally licensed by Capitol Records from 4AD for North American release.

The album peaked at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, number 109 on the United States Billboard 200 Albums Chart.

Elizabeth Fraser named the album after a peak in southern Utah called Bluebell Knoll.

Upon the release of the album, Ivo Watts-Russell, co-founder of 4AD, commented on Elizabeth Fraser's vocals on the album, saying, "It's got her best singing since she discovered her higher range.

Heaven or Las Vegas would be the sixth studio album released September 17th, 1990 on 4AD Records, and it would be on the birthday of Guthrie and Frazier's daughter.

This was the second release to be issued in the United States through a distribution deal with Capitol Records.

Heaven or Las Vegas peaked at number seven on the UK albums chart and number 99 on the US Billboard 200, becoming Cocteau Twins' most commercially successful release.

The album's music blends dream pop and ambient pop with elements of various psychedelia, experimental and electronic textures.