Bachman-Turner Overdrive / Street Action (1978)

Canada

Hard Rock, Boogie Rock, Rock, AOR

The band named B.T.O. on this album. used abbreviated. Maybe they did it because the album was bad. I'm kidding of course. But it's really not a very good album. It doesn't have much of a feature except that it has a better cover than the cover of the previous album.

Members

Fred Turner (bass, guitar, vocals), Randy Bachman (guitar, vocals, 1973-86, 1988-91), Robbie Bachman (drums, percussion, 1973-79, 1988-2005), Tim Bachman (guitar, vocals, 1973-74, 1984-86), Blair Thornton (guitar, 1974-79, 1988-2005), Jim Clench (bass, vocals, 1978-79), Garry Peterson (drums, 1984-86), Randy Murray (lead vocals, 1991-2005)

Track Listing

01 - I'm in Love 3:52

02 - Down the Road 4:03

03 - Takes a Lot of People 4:06

04 - A Long Time for a Little While 3:52

05 - Street Action 4:16

06 - For Love 4:39

07 - Madison Avenue 6:01

08 - You're Gonna Miss Me 4:07

09 - The World Is Waiting for a Love Song 5:04

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Wishbone Ash / No Smoke Without Fire (1978)

United Kingdom

Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock, Blues Rock, AOR

After the disastrous album Front Page News that they released in 1977, they must have come to their senses that they recorded this album with a harder style. But the era has started to change and Punk is on the scene now. In this case, they did not stand out much. The songs are much better than the previous album. But not enough.

Members

Andy Powell (guitar, vocals), Steve Upton (drums, 1969-90), Martin Turner (vocals, bass, 1969-80, 1987-91, 1995-96), Ted Turner (guitar, vocals, 1969-74, 1987-94), Laurie Wisefield (guitar, vocals, 1974-85), John Wetton (bass, vocals, 1980-81), Trevor Bolder (bass, vocals, 1981-83), Claire Hamill (vocals, 1981-82), Mervyn "Spam" Spence [aka O'Ryan] (bass, vocals, 1983-86), Jamie Crompton (guitar, vocals, 1985), Phil Palmer (guitar, vocals, 1985-87), Andy Pyle (bass, vocals, 1986-87, 1991-94), Robbie France (drums, 1990-91), Ray Weston (drums, 1991-94, 1997-2007), Mike Sturgis (drums, 1994-97), Roger Filgate (guitar, vocals, 1994-97), Tony Kishman (vocals, bass, 1994-95, 1996-97), Bob Skeat (bass, vocals, 1997-present), Mark Birch (guitar, vocals, 1997-2001), Ben Granfelt (guitar, vocals, 2001-04), Muddy Manninen (guitar, vocals, 2004-17), Joe Crabtree (drums, 2007-present), Mark Abrahams (guitar, 2017-present)

Track Listing

01 - You See Red

02 - Baby the Angels Are Here

03 - Ships in the Sky

04 - Stand and Deliver

05 - Anger in Harmony

06 - Like a Child

07 - The Way of the World Part I & II

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Novalis / Vielleicht bist du ein Clown? (1978)

Germany

Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog, Art Rock

It's the album where Novalis' music literally shifts in a different direction. It has similarities with the transition stage album Brandung. It has a different feel compared to the first albums. A different and interesting Novalis album, albeit not as good as them.

Members

Lutz Rahn (organ), Hartwig Biereichel (drums), Heino Schünzel (bass, vocals, 1971-80), Jürgen Wenzel (vocals, 1971-73), Carlo Karges (guitar, 1971-75), Detlef Job (guitar, 1973-85), Fred Mühlböck (vocals, 1976-84), Hinrich Schneider (bass, 1983-85), Ernst Herzner (vocals, 1984-85)

Track Listing

01 - Der Geigenspieler 8:14

02 - Zingaresca 5:12

03 - Manchmal fällt der Regen eben lang 3:50

04 - Vielleicht bin ich ein Clown? 6:22

05 - City-Nord 6:07

06 - Die Welt wird alt und wieder jung 4:30

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Olivia Byington with A Barca Do Sol / Corra O Risco (1978)

Brazil

MPB, Progressive Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Chamber Folk, Psychedelic Rock

Her real name is Olivia Byington but at the time of her debut album she was simply known as Olivia. The songs in the album are influenced by both Olivia and A Barca Do Sol. It was released 1 year before A Barca Do Sol's third album. It has pretty good tracks in MPB and progressive folk.

Members

Olivia & A Barca Do Sol

Track Listing

1. Fantasma da ópera

2. Lady Jane

3. Corra o risco

4. Jardim de infância

5. Banda dos corações solitários

6. Cavalo marinho

7. Lobo do mar

8. Água e vinho

9. Brilho da noite

10. Minha pena minha dor

11. Luz do tango

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Gentle Giant / Giant For A Day (1978)

United Kingdom

Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Rock

Giant for a Day is the eleventh studio album by the British band Gentle Giant, released on September 11, 1978. This album shows a turning point in the band's history as it makes a shift towards pop/rock by turning away from progressive rock. Rather ignored by fans, it didn't even make the top 200 in the United States. For the first time in their career, the group did not give any concert to promote the album, preferring to wait for the next and last, Civilian, to organize a farewell tour and then they went their separate ways.

Members

Derek Shulman (vocals, saxophone, recorder, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion, Shulberry), Phil Shulman (vocals, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, recorder, percussion, 1970-72), Ray Shulman (bass, trumpet, violin, vocals, viola, drums, percussion, recorder, guitar), Kerry Minnear (vocals, keyboards, cello, vibraphone, xylophone, recorder, guitar, bass, drums), Gary Green (guitar, mandolin, vocals, recorder, bass, drums, xylophone), Martin Smith (drums, percussion, 1970-71), Malcolm Mortimore (drums, percussion, 1971-72), John Weathers (drums, percussion, vibraphone, xylophone, vocals, guitar, 1972-80)

Track Listing

01. Words From The Wise 

02. Thank You 

03. Giant For A Day! 

04. Spooky Boogie 

05. Take Me 

06. Little Brown Bag 

07. Friends 

08. No Stranger 

09. It’s Only Goodbye 

10. Rock Climber

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Slade / Alive, Vol. II (1978)

 

United Kingdom

Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Rock, Pop Rock, AOR, Christmas Music

Noddy Holder (vocals, guitar), Dave Hill (guitar), Jimmy Lea (bass), Don Powell (drums)

1. Get on Up 5:39

2. Take Me Back 'ome 4:14

3. My Baby Left Me 2:32

4. Be 3:50

5. Mama Weer All Crazee Now 3:24

6. Burnin' in the Heat of Love 3:30

7. Everyday 3:30

8. Gudbuy t' Jane 4:42

9. One-Eyed Jacks 3:20

10. C'mon Feel the Noize 3:57

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AC/DC - If you Want Blood, You Got It (1978)

Australia

Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Glam Rock, Pub Rock, Film Soundtrack

Angus Young (lead guitar), Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals, 1973-2014), Dave Evans (vocals, 1973-74), Colin Burgess (drums, 1973-74, 1975), Larry van Kriedt (bass, 1973-74, 1975), Peter Clack (drums, 1974-75), Rob Bailey (bass, 1974-75), Bon Scott (vocals, 1974-80), Phil Rudd (drums, 1975-83, 1994-2015, 2018-present), Mark Evans (bass, 1975-77), Cliff Williams (bass, backing vocals, 1977-2016, 2018-present), Brian Johnson (vocals, 1980-2016, 2018-present), Simon Wright (drums, 1983-89), Chris Slade (drums, 1989-94, 2015-16), Stevie Young (rhythm guitar, backing vocals, 2014-present)

1. Riff Raff 5:10

2. Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be 4:02

3. Bad Boy Boogie 7:35

4. The Jack 5:43

5. Problem Child 4:42

6. Whole Lotta Rosie 3:50

7. Rock 'n' Roll Damnation 3:30

8. High Voltage 5:00

9. Let There Be Rock 8:15

10. Rocker 3:00

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Brownsville Station / Air Special (1978)

USA

Boogie Rock

Cub Koda (guitar), Michael Lutz (bass, guitar, vocals), T.J. Cronley (drums, 1969-71, 1977), Tony Driggins (bass, vocals, 1969-72, 1977), Henry "H-Bomb" Weck (drums, vocals, 1972-79), Bruce Nazarian (guitar, vocals, 1975-79)

01 - A Taste of Your Love
02 - Waitin' for the Weekend
03 - Who Do You Love
04 - Tears of a Fool
05 - Cooda Crawlin'
06 - Air Special
07 - Never Say Die
08 - Fever
09 - Love Stealer
10 - Let It Roll
11 - Down the Road Apiece

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Tangerine Dream - Cyclone (1978)

Germany

Krautrock / Progressive Electronic

- Edgar Froese - Oberheim 8-voice polyphonics synthesizer, twin keyboard Mellotron, moog, electric guitars, Corg PS 3100 polyphonic synthesizer, Ovation acoustic guitar, artwork

- Christopher Franke - moog, sequencers, mellotrones, synthesizers, electronic percussion

- Steve Jolliffe - vocals, flutes, piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet, Hohner clavinet, Elka string synthesizer, grand piano, Fender Rhodes, tenor & soprano horns, lyricon

- Klaus Krieger - Polyester custom built drums with multi-trigger unit, electronic percussion, paiste cymbals, bubims, Burma gong set

01. Bent Cold Sidewalk - 13:05

02. Rising Runner Missed by Endless Sender - 5:04

03. Madrigal Meridian - 20:32

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Zyma - Thoughts (1978)

Germany

Progressive Rock

- Günter Hornung / keyboards 

- Bodo Brandl / bass 

- Meinrad Hirt / vocals, flute, keyboards, violin 

- Karl Heinz Weiler / guitars, vocals 

- Tim Pfau / vocals 

- Udo Kübler / drums

1. Thoughts (8:19)

2. Businessman (12:33)

3. One Way Street (8:04)

4. We Got Time (3:43)

5. Wasting Time (9:39)

Bonus tracks:

6. Law Like Love (7:04)

7. Tango Enough (6:01)

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