0027 - ABC

In my previous posting on A Flock Of Seagulls, much of what I had to say was gushing praise for two of their three singles released in 1982.  ABC also released 3 singles in 1982, but go one better than A Flock Of Seagulls - they're all excellent.

0026 - ABBA

Come on now, I don't have to tell you about ABBA, do I? I am glad of having a whole album to listen to here though (even if it is just greatest hits compilation ABBA Gold and not Arrival, or something), after so many bands where I have just one or two songs.

0020 - A Taste Of Honey

I have a profound lack of knowledge of the music of the 70s which, to be fair, is not entirely my fault, as I was very young at the time.  I always thought, though, that the one area where I did know the 70s classics was disco.  So I was surprised to discover that the one song I have by A Taste Of Honey, Boogie Oogie Oogie, is not some obscure minor hit of the era, but is actually a bona fide classic that I was entirely unaware of - a US number 1 single in 1978, it also made number 3 in the UK.

0011 - 5000 Volts

5000 Volts are another one-song-wonder from my collection, the one song being 1976 UK top-10 hit, Doctor Kiss Kiss.

0006 - 20/20

I know that post-punk isn't exactly a genre and I do like a lot of music from that immediate post-punk era - in fact, I think that the period from the late-70s to mid-80s represents the pinnacle of pop music in my lifetime. So it's a bit odd that whenever I hear or read of something as being post-punk, I expect it to either sound like Dead Kennedys or Wire. Of my recent post-punk-pop-postings, 100 Flowers fit that mould reasonably well, but 17 Pygmies' jazz and synth-pop couldn't be much further removed. 20/20 are something else again - classic 80s power-pop.

0003 - 10CC

I found just the one 10CC song squirreled away in a hidden corner of my laptop, their biggest hit (I'm so mainstream), I'm Not In Love.

Aerosmith

Despite being, on this very blog, largely glowing in my praise of AC/DC's Bon Scott fronted albums, and also at heart, very much a rock music fan, I have to admit to disliking, hating even, 70s rock.  Partly this is, I'm sure (and as I noted in the comments of my post on 5000 Volts), because I don't really know a lot of 70s music, certainly when compared to my knowledge of early 80s music, so there's little to challenge my view of the genre as being tedious, bland, self-indulgent dullardry.

Which brings me to Aerosmith.

AC/DC: The Bon Scott Years

I have a strange kind of love for AC/DC.  I've never been fanatical about them, but I've liked their music ever since my older brother bought a copy of their live album If You Want Blood, You've Got It in the early 80s.  I've always, though, been more of a fan of the band, rather than their music.  I mean, I'd have no trouble reeling off a top-10 of great AC/DC tracks, but even though I have eleven albums by them (and the '74 Jailbreak EP), aside from Highway To Hell and Back In Black, I haven't listened to any of them all the way through since some time in the 80s.  Some of them I've never listened to before now.