Sunday, February 7, 2010

#1 Album on February 7, 1976

Desire
Bob Dylan


Desire was recorded in summer of 1975. Dylan recorded the album with several members of the Rolling Thunder Review, his touring band at the time. Nine tracks were recorded, including the protest song "Hurricane" in the cause of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, whom Dylan believed had been wrongfully imprisoned. Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota.
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

#1 Album on February 6, 1982

Freeze Frame
J. Geils Band


Freeze Frame features the #1 hit "Centerfold", a song about a man who discovers his former high school girlfriend in a magazine centerfold. The title track charted as well. Hailing from Massachusetts, The J. Geils Band recorded three live albums in Detroit, a place they considered their second home due to their popularity there.
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Friday, February 5, 2010

#1 Album on February 5, 2004

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast


Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a double album containing a solo album from each of OutKast's two members: Big Boi's Speakerboxxx and André 3000's The Love Below. Each produced a #1 single, "The Way You Move" and "Hey Ya!" The breakthrough hip-hop album won Album of the Year at the 2004 Grammys. OutKast's André Benjamin and Antwan Patton first met in high school.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

#1 Album on February 4, 1988

Tiffany
Tiffany


Tiffany, born Tiffany Renee Darwish, promoted her self-titled debut by touring shopping malls across America. Tiffany rose to #1 with the singles "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been", earning her the distinction of being the youngest female artist to top the charts with a debut album. Some of the album tracks were recorded as early as when she was 12 years old.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

#1 Album on February 3, 1990

Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul


Paula Abdul's debut release was a global blockbuster. Six of the album's ten tracks were charted hits, including #1 songs "Opposites Attract", "Forever Your Girl", "Straight Up" and "Cold Hearted". The album took a record-setting 62 weeks to hit #1 and spent 10 weeks there. Abdul's show business career began when she was selected among 700 for the Laker Girls cheerleading squad.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

#1 Album on February 2, 2002

Drive
Alan Jackson


Alan Jackson's "Drive" reached #1 in winter of 2002. The most popular single from the album was "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", a ballad written in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Jackson's wife Denise wrote a book that topped the New York Times Best Seller list in 2007 that covered her life with Jackson.
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Monday, February 1, 2010

#1 Album on February 1, 1995

Balance
Van Halen


Balance is Van Halen's last album recorded with lead singer Sammy Hagar, who replaced front man David Lee Roth in 1985. Hagar would reunite with the band in 2004. Four singles were released, including the #1 song "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)." Eddie Van Halen and Sammy Hagar were first introduced by way of a mutual auto mechanic.
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