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Archives for February 2019

American Teen – Khalid Album Review

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Khalid burst onto the scene with his first release and first hit song, Location, at the young age of 18. Khalid rose to stardom while he was still in high school. The young R&B/Pop star wasn’t done with his first release and followed it up with a hit record, American Teen, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 which is very impressive for a young inspiring artist. American Teen goes through the thoughts and feelings as well, an American Teen. The album as a whole was successful especially to younger audiences, who relate to the events of high school.

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Faith – George Michael Album Review

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Faith was the first solo release from the British Pop-Star, George Michael. George Michael previously had a series of hits under the British duo Wham!, but shortly after the release of the album Music From The Edge Of Heaven, decided to go solo. Michael said the decision revolved around him wanting to be seen more than a British boy group, in his words “He wanted to be taken more seriously.” The success of Wham! carried over to his solo success as Faith sold 11 million copies in the United States and 25 million worldwide. George Michael brought a new sound to his music with the release of Faith in 1987 and he would never go back to the style of Wham!. Faith produced a number of top hits including, Faith, Monkey, One More Try, and Father Figure which all peaked at the top spot with I Want Your Sex peaking at the second spot and Kissing A Fool at the fifth spot. Faith put George Michael in the spotlight, more than he was before with Wham!, and frankly he didn’t like the attention. He only ended up releasing three more studio albums after Faith and sadly passed away on Christmas in 2016.

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Abandoned Luncheonette – Daryl Hall and John Oates Album Review

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Daryl Hall and John Oates released their first album in 1972 which was ultimately a failure and was recorded in their beloved city of Philadelphia. They ultimately blamed the city for the failure of the album and decided to move to New York to record their sophomore album, Abandoned Luncheonette in 1973. Unlike their albums in the late 70s and 80s, both Daryl Hall and John Oates contributed to the actual singing in the tracks rather than Hall being predominately the lead and Oates being a backup singer which makes their first few albums unique. Abandoned Luncheonette wasn’t necessarily a huge commercial success either compared to their pop rock albums of the 1980s. The album had one song, She’s Gone, that entered the Billboard charts and peaked around spot number 7 in 1976, three years after the initial release of the album. Overall, the album still wasn’t as successful as Hall and Oates would have wished for, but now people acclaim this album to be an essential for any Hall and Oates fan along with the biggest album of their career Voices which was released in 1980.

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