Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as Lady Gaga, was born on March 28, 1986 in New York City, in the Italian-American home of Joseph Germanotta and Cynthia Bissett. She started playing piano at the age of 4 and she learned it by ear. Her piano playing started as an idea from her mom to keep her busy by doing something and this something was playing the piano. When she was 13, she wrote her first piano ballad and performing at clubs when she was only 14. Since she was underage she was always accompanied by her mom. When she was 11 she attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, and here she was thespian for a variety of musicals she performed in, playing lead roles such as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. She described her academic life in high school as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure". She explains about this time of her life that she was picked on her classmates because she was considered as a freak and as someone who was provocative and eccentric, so she later started toning down her freakiness. Based on the testimony of some of her old classmates, singing was always number 1 for Gaga, but she also showed quite a fondness for boys and was actually popular. At age 17, Germanotta gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She was one of around 20 candidates to be admitted to this institution. There, she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion, social issues, and politics. By the second semester of her sophomore year , she quit school and decided to focus in her musical career. Her father reportedly agreed to pay her rent for a year on the condition that she reenrolled if she was unsuccessful. By the time she was 19, she signed a record deal with Def Jam Recordings after CEO and Chairman L.A. Reid heard her singing down the hallway from his office. The honeymoon lasted only 3 months as she was dropped from the record company. However, through her former management she was introduced to songwriter and producer Red One. She moved into an appartment on the Lower East Side and started recording an EP with her friends of Fiona Apple-esque ballads at a studio underneath a liquor store in New Jersey, becoming a local attraction downtown in the LES club scene. She soon started taking drugs while performing burlesque shows and her father didn't understand what she was doing. Early producer Rob Fusari compared her vocal style to that of Queen's Freddie Mercury and gave her her current stage name, Lady Gaga. This came via a text message Fusari sent to Gaga as Gaga was trying to think of a stage name for herself. Throught 2007, she collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped her create her stage costumes. The two Ladys started doing gigs at downtown club venues like the Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and the Rockwood Music Hall. They also appeared at the Lollapalooza Festival and the act was acclaimed by the public and here is when Gaga found her niche, musically speaking. She discovered she could combine electronic sounds with vintage glam rock of David Bowie and Queen.
Then Fusari sent songs he wrote with Gaga to his friend, producer and record executive, Vincent Herbert. Herbert was quick to sign her to his label Streamline Records, an inprint of Interscope Records. Gaga has credited Herbert as the man who discovered and that she has felt they have made pop history and will continue doing so. During this time, she was in a songwriting internship and was declared as an apprentice songwriter and this is when she started writing songs for her fellow labelmates, such as Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block, Fergie, Pussycat Dolls. Also, Akon recognized her vocal abilities when she recorded her voice for one of his tracks. By 2008, she relocated herself to Los Angeles, working closely with her record company to finalize her debut album The Fame. In August of that year she finally released her very first studio album and little by little she became famous first in the United States and gradually all the rest of the world, thanks to the humongous success of her single Poker Face. When Gaga released this album, she reinvented herself as a fashion icon and sensation with really outlandish and eccentric costumes and wearing her hair generally blonde and using most of the time wigs. Her image at first became really shocking and now it works as an expectation of what comes next, what comes next. Gaga herself has described that her image is inspired by Madonna, David Bowie, Grace Jones and the pop art of Andy Warhol, whom she is a big fan of. A lot of people say that her image is reminiscent of Missing Persons's quirky frontwoman, Dale Bozzio. Her combination of euro and 80's influenced electronic pop music with glam rock influences and her extravagant sense of fashion have made her quite a sensation and a much talked about subject all around the world. Her career has been the center of many controversies such as her 2009 VMA's performance of Paparazzi, where she bleeds and even hangs herself, her video onstage showing what looked like a penis and sparked a heated debate whether she was a hermaphrodite which she admitted at first and then later admitted that it was just a publicity stunt and it was actually a plastic penis, etc. In November 2009 she released her follow up material, The Fame Monster, in which the lead-off single Bad Romance became smashingly successful and very much well received by the audience and critics and even for people who were not previously either in her music or in electropop in general. Its video holds the record of being the most viewed video in Youtube. A fierce advocate of gay rights, a highly dedicated hard worker, a pop sensation, a woman who has made pop music interesting again, a fashion icon, a talented songwriter, an equally talented vocalist, an artist who professes undying love for her fans and doing anything she can for them. That's Lady Gaga in a few words.
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The Fame (2008)

Gaga's first studio album, The Fame, was released on August 19, 2008. The central theme of this album is her love for fame, being famous, and achieving popularity, presented in different subtopics. Lead-off single Just Dance is just an invitation for dancing and celebrating; Poker Face talks about her own bisexuality and thinking about a woman while having sex. This was inspired by her boyfriend at the time who was into gambling. Lovegame is about fame, love, and sexuality. Paparazzi is about hunger for fame and love. Gaga herself wrote the lyrics and wrote some of the hooks and synth parts of the album, and also played the synths and the piano. Musically, this album is mainly electropop with 80's influences and some R&B beats and some Glam rock thrown in the middle and there's even a track influenced by the legendary rock band Queen, the ballad Brown Eyes. The inspiration behind the track Boys Boys Boys was because of Motley Crue's similarly titled Girls, Girls, Girls. The album reached #1 in several countries around the world and the top 10 in most countries. The Fame was generally positively reviewed by the music critics and this album gets the credit of starting off the Gagamania. The singles spawned from this album were: Just Dance (#1 U.S., #1 U.K., among other countries), the smashing hit Poker Face (#1 U.S., #1 U.K., among other countries), the summery Eh, Eh (Nothing Else to Say) (#15 Australia, #9 New Zealand), the disco stick anthem Lovegame (#5 U.S., #19 U.K.), and Paparazzi (#6 U.S., #4 U.K.). This album was supported by her first world tour The Fame Ball Tour.

Tracklist:

1-) Just Dance.
2-) Lovegame.
3-) Paparazzi.
4-) Beautiful, Dirty, Rich.
5-) Eh, Eh (Nothing Else to Say).
6-) Poker Face.
7-) The Fame.
8-) Money Honey.
9-) Again Again.
10-) Boys Boys Boys.
11-) Brown Eyes.
12-) Summerboy.
13-) I Like It Rough.

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Disco Heaven (2009)

This is a compilation of rare tracks of Lady Gaga, released in early 2009. Some of the tracks included are Starstruck, Paper Gangsta, her cover version of Christmas Tree (which was released for the Christmas season in 2008), and Bif Girl Now, featuring the New Kids on the Block, among other featuring artists such as Kalenna, Flo Rida, and Space Cowboy. There's another version of this compilation which contains 3 bonus tracks, which are remixes of Poker Face, Eh, Eh (Nothing Else to Say) and Just Dance.// Esta es una compilación de tracks oscuros de Lady Gaga, lanzado a principios del 2009. Algunos de los tracks incluidos son Starstruck, Paper Gangsta, su versión de Christmas Tree (el cual fue lanzado para la temporada navideña del 2008), y Bif Girl Now, introduciendo los New Kids on the Block, además de otros artistas como Kalenna, Flo Rida y Space Cowboy. Existe otra versión de esta compilación el cual contiene 3 bonus tracks, los cuales son remixes de Poker Face, Eh, Eh (Nothing Else to Say) y Just Dance.

Tracklist:

1-) Fashion.
2-) Starstruck (featuring Space Cowboy & Flo Rida).
3-) Disco Heaven.
4-) No Floods.
5-) Kaboom (featuring Kalenna).
6-) I Like It Rough.
7-) Vanity.
8-) Paper Gangsta.
9-) Fandy Pants.
10-) Wonderful.
11-) Big Girl Now (featuring New Kids on the Block).
12-) Rock Show.
13-) Christmas Tree (featuring Space Cowboy).
14-) Shake Ur Kitty.
15-) Fever.
16-) Let Love Down.

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The Fame Monster (2009)



Gaga's second studio album, The Fame Monster was released on November 23, 2009. Originally, her record company wanted Gaga to rerelease The Fame album with 3 bonus tracks, to which she opposed citing the cost of an additional disc as a factor to elevate the price of the album and making it not so affordable for her fans and that "rereleases are unfair". Also, she said that she felt that she had enough material to release another album of new material. The title of the album coincided with the headphones she launched which are called Monster. She explained that this wasn't intentional as she had already written the song Monster in March 2009, before meeting Dr. Dre and Noel Lee, the CEO of Monster Cable Products. The theme of this album is about everything Gaga didn't write about fame in her previous album. This is from a darker point of a view and she connects all of the songs with a monster as a metaphor for different negative sides she found while touring for The Fame Ball Tour. According to Gaga, there's "the fear of alcohol Monster", "the fear of sex Monster", the fear of death Monster", "the fear of love Monster", "the fear of loneliness Monster", etc. This album is more personal as she uses her personal experiences for her songs, such as in the case of Speechless, which she wrote when she found out her father was going to have an open heart surgery and she had talked with him on the phone while touring and before her father went into surgery.
Musically speaking, The Fame Monster follows pretty much the type of music she did on The Fame album but shows progression and evolution in the music. The singles released so far from this album are: Lead-off single monster hit Bad Romance with an already epic and classic video revolving around the Russian mafia, prostitution and vodka (#2 U.S., #1 U.K.). The video for Bad Romance became the most viewed video ever in Youtube. Telephone is the second single with a 9 minute 30 second Jonas Åkerlund directed-video featuring Beyoncé, showing lesbian undertones, jail scenes, food poisoning, Gaga preparing sandwiches and even, Lady Gaga's younger sister. The song made it to #3 in the U.S. and #1 in the U.K. And the Ace of Base (the music) and ABBA-influenced (Fernando) Latin-flavored Alejandro was released on February 15 as a download single and so far it's at #50 in the U.S. and #75 in the U.K. The video will be released soon. Many Gaga fans regard this album as being superior than her previous effort. There are two versions of this record. One that is the single disc version with 8 tracks and the other one the 2-CD version, which has The Fame (with bonus tracks) and The Fame Monster. She is currently supporting this album with her grand Monster Ball Tour, which she started last November.

Tracklist for the 2-CD Version:

CD 1:

1-) Bad Romance.
2-) Alejandro.
3-) Monster.
4-) Speechless.
5-) Dance in the Dark.
6-) Telephone (ft. Beyoncé).
7-) So Happy I Could Die.
8-) Teeth.

CD 2:

1-) Just Dance (ft. Colby Odonis).
2-) Lovegame.
3-) Paparazzi.
4-) Poker Face.
5-) I Like It Rough.
6-) Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say).
7-) Starstruck (ft. Space Cowboy and Flo Rida).
8-) Beautiful, Dirty, Rich.
9-) The Fame.
10-) Money Honey.
11-) Boys Boys Boys.
12-) Paper Gangsta.
13-) Brown Eyes.
14-) Summerboy.
15-) Disco Heaven (Bonus track).
16-) Retro Dance Freak (Bonus track).

Tracklist 1 CD version:

1-) Bad Romance.
2-) Alejandro.
3-) Monster.
4-) Speechless.
5-) Dance in the Dark.
6-) Telephone (featuring Beyoncé).
7-) So Happy I Could Die.
8-) Teeth.

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Wunderland (2010)



Wunderland is another unofficial compilation of rare Gaga tracks that were recorded during The Fame and before The Fame. The album features some collaborations, among them with pop sensation, Ke$ha. This was released in this present year, 2010.

Tracklist:

1-) Super Lover.
2-) Optimist.
3-) Dirty Ice Cream.
4-) Wish You Were Here.
5-) Something Crazy.
6-) Here We Go Again.
7-) Wonderland.
8-) Rock Show.
9-) Words.
10-) Captivated.
11-) Fountain of Truth.
12-) Don't Give Up (featuring The Mildway State).
13-) Party Boy (Greatest Another Day) (Bonus track).

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The Remix (2010)

The Remix is a compilation album of remixes by American recording artist Lady Gaga released in Japan on March 3, 2010. It contains remixes of the songs from The Fame and The Fame Monster. A revised version of the tracklist was prepared for release in additional markets, beginning on May 3, 2010. A number of recording artists have produced several of the remixes, including Pet Shop Boys, Passion Pit and The Sound of Arrows.

The album received positive reviews from contemporary critics who noted how Gaga was able to sell the songs from The Fame in new and novel ways. It reached the top of the charts in Greece, and charted within the top ten in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia region), Canada, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom, while reaching the top-twenty in others. It was certified gold in Japan.

Tracklist:

1-) Just Dance (Richard Vission Remix).
2-) Poker Face (LLG vs GLG Radio Mix).
3-) LoveGame (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix Mix) (ft. Marilyn Manson).
4-) Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (FrankMusik "Cut Snare Edit" Remix).
5-) Paparazzi (Stuart Price Remix).
6-) Boys Boys Boys (Manhattan Clique Remix).
7-) The Fame (Glam as You Remix by Guéna LG).
8-) Bad Romance (Starsmith Remix).
9-) Telephone (Passion Pit Remix).
10-) Alejandro (The Sound of Arrows Remix).
11-) Dance in the Dark (Monarchy Remix).
12-) Just Dance (Deewaan Remix).
13-) LoveGame (Robot to Mars Remix).
14-) Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) (Pet Shop Boys Remix).
15-) Poker Face (Live from the Cherrytree House).
16-) Bad Romance (Grum Mix).
17-) Telephone (Alphabeat Radio Edit).

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Born This Way (2011)

Born This Way is Lady Gaga's third studio album released on May 23, 2011. However, the album leaked in the U.K. on May 17, 2011 and this made the record stores to start selling the album before the proposed release date. The album's title was revealed as Gaga accepted the 2010 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, while the release date was confirmed on her official Twitter page at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2011. The following singles have been released so far: Born This Way (#1 U.S., #3 U.K.), Judas (#10 U.S., #9 U.K.), The Edge of Glory (#6 U.K.), and Hair (as a promo only single).

Tracklisting:

1-) Marry the Night.
2-) Born This Way.
3-) Government Hooker.
4-) Judas.
5-) Americano.
6-) Hair.
7-) Scheiße.
8-) Bloody Mary.
9-) Bad Kids.
10-) Highway Unicorn (Road to Love).
11-) Heavy Metal Lover.
12-) Electric Chapel.
13-) Yoü and I.
14-) The Edge of Glory.

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Samantha Fox

Samantha Karen Fox was born on April 15, 1966 in Mile End, London, England. Born in a working class, traditionally of market traders, she showed interest in theater at a very early age. When she was only 3, she appeared in her first stage production and was later enrolled in the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of 5. She did her first television appearance on BBC, at the age of 10 in a play called No Way Out. From here on, she enrolled at the Judi Dench Mountview Theatre School at the age of 11. When she was a child she also was skeptical whether she was gonna be a singer or a police woman. In the end, she chose the first one. When she was only 14 she formed her first band with Richard Smart on guitar and Bob Day on tambourine and Sam herself as the frontwoman. Her first record deal became a reality the following year with Lamborghini Records. However, both the theatre and music careers were put on hold as her next career took over her life: Modeling. When she was 16, her mother, Carole Fox, took pictures of her daughter in lingerie and submitted them to the Sunday People newspaper's "Face and Shape of 1983" amateur modeling contest. Her pictures were published, judges ranked them and she eventually got the chance to do her first photo shoot (though test shoot) in early 1983 for The Sun newspaper's Page 3 feature. She later had her breasts insured for a quarter of a million sterling pounds and soon became one of the most photographed women in the U.K. after Princess Diana of Wales and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. During her teenage years, she studied in a Catholic high school and once she and her classmates set up a contest of who looked more like Kim Wilde. Yes, Kim Wilde the other British pop starlette. Sam won.
In 1986, as a twist of fate and after becoming Britain's most sought after sex symbol of the era, she retired from the Page 3 topless modeling and started her recording career. She released in that same year her debut album, Touch Me. The album had really good sales and spawned successful singles, especially her signature hit, the ultra sensuous and horny Touch Me (I Want Your Body). She continued spawning more hits with her subsequent albums, including the hip-hop flavored Naughty Girls, the S/A/W-produced Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now and she became a really famous and popular face all around the world. Whenever she toured, thousands of thousands of her fans received her at the airports. In her 1990 Pleasure Zone World Tour, for example, when she went to Colombia, 45000 people greeted her at the airport. And she toured other rare and exotic locations such as Costa Rica, India, among others. Fox's father, Patrick, a former carpenter, managed Sam's career until 1991. Then, Sam hired accountants to trace over 1 million sterling pounds that she believed her own father had embezzled from her accounts. She then sued her father, who by then was already divorced and later remarried, and in May 1995 she was awarded a 363, 500 sterling pounds court settlement. Patrick Fox died in 2000, at which time he and Sam had not spoken to each other for an entire decade.
In 1995, she did a one-off appearance to celebrate Page Three's 25th Anniversary and due to popular demand, she appeared in her photo spreads for the entire anniversary week. In this same year, she also recorded and cowrote the track Go for the Heart for the UK submission for the Eurovision song contest. She called herself SOX along with Cris Bonacci and Lorraine McKintosh and the song placed #4 and didn't go to the final rounds of the song that would represent the U.K. at the Eurovision song contest. In 2003, after strong suspicions, she finally came out of the closet and revealed that her partner was her manager Myra Stratton. In 2004, she rerecorded her signature hit Touch Me (I Want Your Body) with Swedish musician Günther. In late 2009 they talked about serious possibilities to plan a civil relationship with Myra, after a long time of dating and living together. She continued appearing reality shows such as I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here! and Celebrity Wife Swap. In 2009, she released a double disc Greatest Hits compilation, including Sam's own choice of tracklist. This compilation includes 3 unreleased S/A/W/ songs. Nowadays, there are strong rumors about a new studio album, her first one since 2005's Angel with an Attitude. Let's wait and see. For now, let's enjoy her classics. On June 1, 2010 Samantha along with Sabrina premiered in Youtube their video for their take on Blondie's classic hit, Call Me. This single will be released for radio stations on June 4, 2010.
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Touch Me (1986)

This is Samantha Fox's debut album, released in November 1986. Samantha's debut consisted of 80's rock/pop to portray her as some kind of sensuous, maybe even slutty, rock star. This album spawned the following singles: Her moaning-charged signature hit, Touch Me (I Want Your Body), (#3 U.K., #4 U.S.), Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (#10 U.K.), Hold on Tight (#26 U.K.), and I'm All You Need (#41 U.K.). Many Sam Fox fans feel that Rockin' the City should've been released as a single but it never was. Despite this, Samantha has frequently included this song in her concerts. The album was remastered in October 2009 with bonus tracks including rare b-sides and remixes. However, this is the original U.S. version tracklist. The album was certified gold.// Este es el disco debut de Samantha Fox, lanzado en Noviembre de 1986. El debut de Samantha consiste en un rock/pop típico de los 80's para ilustrarla como un tipo de estrella rock sensual y talvez inclusive un poco vulgar. De este disco se extrajeron los siguientes sencillos: Su éxito más conocido cargado de gemidos, Touch Me (I Want Your Body), (#3 Reino Unido, #4 Estados Unidos), Do Ya Do Ya Wanna Please Me (#10 Reino Unido), Hold on Tight (#26 Reino Unido), y I'm All You Need (#41 Reino Unido). Muchos fans de Sam Fox sienten que Rockin' the City debió ser lanzado como sencillo pero nunca lo fue. A pesar de eso, Samantha ha incluido esta canción frecuentemente en sus conciertos. Este disco fue remasterizado en Octubre 2009 con bonus tracks y lados b difíciles de conseguir y remixes. Sin embargo, el disco presentado acá es el lanzamiento original de la versión estadounidense del disco. El disco fue certificado con un disco de oro.

U.S. tracklist: (THIS IS THE UPLOADED FILE)

1-) Touch Me (I Want Your Body).
2-) I'm All You Need.
3-) Suzie, Don't Leave Me with Your Boyfriend.
4-) Wild Kinda Love.
5-) Hold on Tight.
6-) Do Ya, Do Ya (Wanna Please Me).
7-) Want You to Want Me.
8-) Baby I'm Lost for Words.
9-) Rockin' the City.
10-) He's Got Sex.

U.K. tracklist:

1-) Touch Me (I Want Your Body).
2-) I'm All You Need.
3-) Suzie, Don't Leave Me with Your Boyfriend.
4-) Wild Kinda Love.
5-) Hold on Tight.
6-) Do Ya, Do Ya (Wanna Please Me).
7-) Baby I'm Lost for Words.
8-) It's Only Love.
9-) He's Got Sex.
10-) Drop Me a Line.

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Samantha Fox (1987)

This is Sam's second album, Samantha Fox, released in September 1987. The album charted at #22 in the U.K., #51 in the U.S. (gold), #40 in Canada, #86 in Australia. Here Samantha Fox left the guitar riffs a bit aside and went into a more poppish direction and she used more different types of music this time around. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now is a Stock, Aitken & Waterman production with their typical sound; Naughty Girls is more hip hop, produced by Full Force; I Surrender was more of the sound from her first album. The singles released here are: her last top ten hit in the U.K., Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (#8 U.K., #80 U.S.), I Surrender (#25 U.K.), I Promise You (#58 U.K.), the ballad True Devotion (#62 U.K.), and her most successful hit in the U.S., Naughty Girls (#3 U.S., #31 U.K.). Samantha Fox also includes a cover of the Rolling Stones's (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. This album is considered by many of her fans as her best one. This album was remastered in October 2009 with bonus tracks.// Este es el segundo material de Sam, Samantha Fox, lanzado en Septiembre de 1987. El álbum llegó a la posición #22 en Reino Unido, #51 en Estados Unidos (disco de oro), #40 en Canadá y #86 en Australia. Aquí Samantha Fox dejó los solos de guitarra un poco de lado y tomó una dirección más pop y esta vez ella utilizó más tipos diferentes de música. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now es una producción de Stock, Aitken & Waterman con su sonido típico; Naughty Girls es más hip hop, producido por Full Force; I Surrender fue más del sonido de su primer disco. Los sencillos extraídos de acá son: su último éxito que entró en el Top 10 en el Reino Unido, Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (#8 Reino Unido, #80 Estados Unidos), I Surrender (#25 Reino Unido), I Promise You (#58 Reino Unido), la balada True Devotion (#62 Reino Unido), y su sencillo más exitoso en Estados Unidos, Naughty Girls (#3 Estados Unidos, #31 Reino Unido). Samantha Fox incluye su versión del éxito de los Rolling Stones, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Este disco es considerado por muchos de sus fans como su mejor material. Este disco fue remasterizado en Octubre 2009 con bonus tracks.
Tracklist:

1-) I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night).
2-) I Promise You (Get Ready).
3-) Naughty Girls (Need Love Too).
4-) True Devotion.
5-) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
6-) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now.
7-) If Music Be the Food of Love.
8-) That Sensation.
9-) Dream City.
10-) The Best Is Yet to Come.

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I Wanna Have Some Fun (1988)


I Wanna Have Some Fun is Samantha Fox's third studio album, released in November 1988. Here Samantha used different producers in this album and there's more variety in this album, musically speaking. There's S/A/W/ produced songs (her take on Dusty Springfield's I Only Wanna Be with You and You Started Something), Full Force produced songs (I Wanna Have Some Fun, considered as Naughty Girls Part II and Next to Me), ballads (Out of Your Hands), acid house music (Love House), rock/pop (Hot for You), etc. The usage of such wide variety of producers made some people think that this was a non cohesive album. However, it's regarded as a classic Sam album. This album spawned the following singles: Love House (#32 U.K.), I Wanna Have Some Fun (#8 U.S., #63 U.K.), and I Only Wanna Be with You (#16 U.K., #31 U.S.). This album was remastered in October 2009 with bonus tracks.// I Wanna Have Some Fun es el tercer disco de nuevo material de Samantha Fox, lanzado en Noviembre de 1988. Aquí Samantha utilizó diferentes productores y hay más variedad en este disco, musicalmente hablando. Acá hay canciones producidas por S/A/W (su versión del famoso éxito de Dusty Springfield, I Only Wanna Be with You y You Started Something), canciones producidas por Full Force (I Wanna Have Some Fun, considerado como Naughty Girls Parte II y Next to Me), baladas como Out of Your Hands, música del género acid house (Love House), rock/pop (Hot for You), etc. El uso de tantos productores en este disco hizo pensar a algunas personas de que éste era un disco poco cohesivo. Sin embargo, es considerado como un disco clásico de Samantha Fox. De este material se extrajeron los siguientes sencillos: Love House (#32 Reino Unido), I Wanna Have Some Fun (#8 Estados Unidos, #63 Reino Unido) y I Only Wanna Be with You (#16 Reino Unido, #31 Estados Unidos). Este disco fue remasterizado en Octubre 2009 con bonus tracks.

Tracklist:

1-) I Wanna Have Some Fun.
2-) Love House.
3-) Your House or My House.
4-) Next to Me.
5-) Ready for This Love.
6-) Confession.
7-) I Only Wanna Be with You.
8-) You Started Something.
9-) One in a Million.
10-) Walking on Air.
11-) Hot for You.
12-) Out of Your Hands.

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Just One Night (1991)

This is Sam's fourth studio album, released in 1991. Originally, Samantha Fox wanted to go back to her roots, performing rock/pop songs a la Touch Me album. Her record company didn't want this and forced her to recreate the formula used for her previous album, I Wanna Have Some Fun. The album wasn't successful and it was panned by the critics. However, Sam did go on a world tour, the Pleasure Zone World Tour, where she went all around the world, including Costa Rica, Colombia, the Far East, etc. The singles released from here were: the Full Force-produced (Hurt Me, Hurt Me) But the Pants Stay On, Another Woman (Too Many People), Just One Night and the rockish Spirit of America.// Este es el cuarto disco de Sam, lanzado en 1991. Originalmente, Samantha Fox quería regresar a sus raíces, interpretando canciones del género rock/pop reminiscente de su álbum Touch Me. Su compañía disquera no quería esto y la forzó a reciclar la fórmula utilizada para su disco anterior, I Wanna Have Some Fun. El disco no fue exitoso y recibió comentarios negativos de parte de los críticos. Aún así, Sam hizo una gira mundial, el Pleasure Zone World Tour, donde ella viajó por todo el mundo, incluyendo Costa Rica, Colombia, el Lejano Oriente, etc. Los sencillos extraídos de acá fueron: la producción de Full Force (Hurt Me, Hurt Me) But the Pants Stay On, Another Woman (Too Many People), Just One Night y la roquera Spirit of America.

Tracklist:

1-) (Hurt Me, Hurt Me) But the Pants Stay On.
2-) More, More More/Love to Love Medley.
3-) Don't Wait Up.
4-) Just One Night.
5-) Pleasure Zone.
6-) Another Woman (Too Many People).
7-) Don't Cry Wolf.
8-) Nothing You Do, Nothing You Say.
9-) Saving It Up.
10-) Spirit of America.
11-) What You See Is What You Get.
12-) Now I Lay Me Down (CD Bonus).

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21st Century Fox (1998)

7 years passed since Samantha Fox had released an album. This period of draught ended with the release of the 21st Century Fox album, released on October 6, 1998 through Ichiban Records. This album symbolized a new look for Samantha, more mature and more chic and a new type of music for her, which was Eurodance. The singles released from this album were: Deeper, which was a flop; Let Me Be Free, which was successful in clubs all over Europe and its video was banned because of nudity (courtesy of Samantha); the Latin-flavored The Reason Is You and Perhaps. The album was a big hit in clubs all over Europe.//
7 años pasaron desde que Samantha Fox había lanzado un disco. Este período de sequía terminó con el lanzamiento del disco 21st Century Fox, lanzado el 6 de Octubre de 1998 a través de Ichiban Records. Este disco simbolizó un nuevo look para Samantha el cual era más maduro y más chic además de un nuevo tipo de música para ella el cual era el género Eurodance. Los sencillos extraídos de este disco fueron: Deeper, el cual fracasó; Let Me Be Free, el cual fue exitoso en clubes de toda Europa y su video fue censurado por desnudez (cortesía de Samantha); el sencillo con sabor latino The Reason Is You y Perhaps. Este disco fue un gran éxito en clubes de toda Europa.

Tracklist:

1-) Just a Dream.
2-) The Reason Is You (One on One).
3-) I Dream in Colours.
4-) Deeper.
5-) Where Is the Love?
6-) Love Makes You.
7-) Let Me Be Free.
8-) Wasted N.R.G.
9-) Say What You Want.
10-) Do You Want Me?
11-) Boundaries of Love.
12-) Watching You.
13-) Perhaps.

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Angel with an Attitude (2005)

This is Samantha Fox's 6th studio album, released on October 18, 2005. The sound this time around is --as described by Fox herself-- "a blend of rock with electronic sounds". She co-wrote each and every single one of the tracks and co-produced the album herself. The album was recorded in Montreal, Canada through LaChapelle Records, which suddenly became bankrupt and as a result the record had no promotion and was not re-stocked in stores. Fox subsequently released the record through her independent label Fox Records. Her objective for this album was to present herself as a mature woman and as open book and she based her life experiences to write all of this new material. According to Fox the lyrics "show my weakness, joy, moments of total euphoria, but also sadness. These words simply flowed from my heart." The songs reflect her despondency over past troubles as well as her ambition to overcome. Also, during the time that she was writing her autobiography she realized that she had crossed a very important path in her life and wanted to translate that into verse form. She also gained inspiration from her relationship with her manager Myra Stratton. The album was rereleased in 2007 in Australia and New Zealand with a remix of her signature hit Touch Me added as another bonus. This version was internationally available for download in February 2009.// Este es el sexto disco de estudio de Samantha Fox, lanzado el 18 de Octubre 2005. El sonido esta vez es --según Fox misma -- "una mezcla de rock con sonidos electrónicos." Ella co-escribió todas y cada una de las canciones que conforman el disco y co-produjo el disco ella misma. El disco fue grabado en Montreal, Canadá a través de La Chapelle Records, el cual de repente quedó en bancarrota y como consecuencia el disco no recibió ninguna promoción y no fue reabastecido en tiendas de discos. Fox consecuentemente lanzó el disco a través de su propia compañía disquera, Fox Records. El objetivo de este material era de presentarse a sí misma como una mujer madura y como un libro abierto y ella basó sus experiencias personales para escribir todo este nuevo material. Según Fox las letras "muestran mi debilidad, alegría, momentos de euforia total, pero también tristeza. Estas palabras simplemente fluyeron de mi corazón." Estas canciones reflejan su abatimiento con respecto a problemas que tuvo en el pasado como también su ambición de superar las mismas. También, durante el tiempo que estuvo escribiendo su autobiografía ella se dio cuenta que ella había cruzado un camino muy importante en su vida y quería traducir eso en forma de verso. Ella también ganó inspiración por su relación amorosa con su manager Myra Stratton. El álbum fue relanzado en el 2007 en Australia y Nueva Zelanda con un remix de su éxito más famoso Touch Me agregado como un bonus track. Esta versión fue internacionalmente lanzada para descargar en Febrero 2009.

Tracklist:

1-) Angel with an Attitude.
2-) To Be Heard.
3-) Destined to Be.
4-) I Give Myself to You.
5-) The Power.
6-) You and Me.
7-) Threw our Love Away.
8-) Move Me.
9-) Breathe.
10-) Nice and Slow.
11-) Cause an Effect.
12-) Dreams Unfold.
13-) Time.

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Samantha Plus

This is a self-made compilation of non-album tracks which goes from Sam's very beginnings in music, dating back to 1983 with her high school band S.F.X. with songs like Rockin' with my Radio, her biggest years in the 80's, her try at the Eurovision contest with her self-penned and self-performed song Go for the Heart up to her collaborations from the XXI century, and more.

Tracklist:

1-) Rockin' with My Radio (with S.F.X.)
2-) Aim to Win (with S.F.X.)
3-) It's Only Love.
4-) Drop Me a Line.
5-) Tonight's the Night.
6-) Even in the Darkest Hours.
7-) All I Wanna Do (ft. Full Force).
8-) Giving Me a Hard Time.
9-) Don't Cheat on Me.
10-) Too Late to Say Goodbye (12'' Mix).
11-) Hot Lovin'.
12-) Another Woman (Too Many People) (Video Version).
13-) I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night.
14-) Go for the Heart (with SOX).
15-) Santa Maria (ft. DJ Milano).
16-) Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (ft. Günther).
17-) Midnight Lover.
18-) Tomorrow (ft. Marc Mysterio).
19-) Forever (ft. 4 Strings).

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Call Me (Mini album) (2010)

Call Me is a mini album released in June 15, 2010. Since late 2009 there were strong rumors that the two queens of voluptuous pop, Samantha Fox (!) and Sabrina Salerno (!) were gonna record a duet together. You've heard it!! Their final collaboration was a rerecording of Blondie's hugely successful 1980 hit, Call Me. Both women self-produced the record and there are 3 versions of this mini album. One, the 10 track (plus the video) version, which is the one that will be uploaded here. This version even includes solo versions of Call Me from each of the ladies, a remix of Sabrina's classic Italo disco hit, Gringo, among other tracks. Another version is the picture disc version which consists of 4 tracks only and another version is the 8-track version which is made up of only remixes of Call Me. It certainly is everything worth to watch, listen, and form part of the experience of the biggest news of the year in the 80's revival department. The duet of the two queens of voluptuous pop. Don't miss this!!!



Tracklist:

1-) Call Me.
2-) In the Morning (Sabrina).
3-) I Give Myself to You (Samantha Fox).
4-) Gringo (Remix) (Sabrina).
5-) Call Me (Solo version) (Samantha Fox).
6-) Call Me (Solo version) (Sabrina).
7-) Call Me (Andrea T. Mendoza vs. Yes Tibet Remix).
8-) Call Me (Starlet DJs Club Mix).
9-) Call Me (Sleazesisters Club Mix).
10-) Call Me (Williamsburg Trash Bar Mix).

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Hazel O'Connor

Singer-songwriter and actress Hazel O'Connor was born on May 16, 1955 in Coventry, England. She is the daughter of an Irish soldier who settled in England during World War II to work in a car plant. She grew up in a family environment that encouraged her to have a mind of her own and be independent from a very early age. This led her to start taking her own decisions as early as age 5. During her teenage years she really went on to a large search of herself as she traveled all around the world and tried a wide variety of professions. When she was only 16, she went to Amsterdam to design her own clothes and sell them. Then she picked grapes in southern France, then joined a dance troupe that went from Tokyo to Beirut. She left Beirut just a month before the civil war ignited there. When she was in Japan, she also taught English for Japanese people and learned Japanese. Later, she traveled to West Africa, crossed the Sahara Desert, sang with a dreadful trio for the U.S. troops in Germany and when all her sadventure finished, she returned home to settle down. She realized during this colorful trip that singing was the one thing that lifted her up, so that's when her decision of becoming a singer was born. Her debut was in a softcore porn film called Girls Come First, in 1975, in which she even simulated having sex on a bathtub with another man (John Hamill). However, her big break came in 1980 with her first top-billing film, Breaking Glass, winning the role over already established artists such as then-orange haired friend Toyah Willcox. O'Connor recorded its accompanying soundtrack which got to smell the aroma of success. O'Connor released subsequent albums until she had serious problems with her recording company as they were trying to take decisions for her and treating her like a puppet and she found herself upset with the whole situation and dumped the record company. This left her in the brink of bankruptcy and couldn't record another album until 1990. In 1987 she was invited as the ensemble of the Ferry Aid performing Let It Be. Since 1990 she hasn't stopped recording and among the projects she's released is Beyond the Breaking Glass, which was an act that narrated Hazel's life and also played her songs accompanied only by a harp. This vegetarian artist divides her time living in the Irish countryside in a 300-year old house and in France and in 2010 will release a new album with her newest project The Bluja project. A woman with a very strong sense of her own self, with a mind of her own and a force of nature sprinkled with enormous talent. That is, in short, the quality of artist that Hazel O'Connor is.

Trivia:

She has a star in the Coventry Walk of Fame.
She did a cameo in Eurythmics's Who's That Girl video in 1983.
Her dear friend George Michael appeared in her video Don't Touch Me in 1984.

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This is the album that started the Hazelmania back in 1980. This is the soundtrack for the movie of the same name. In the movie, which is set during former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, (with scenes of civil unrest, violence, etc.) Hazel O'Connor portrays a punk/new wave frontwoman called Kate for a group called Breaking Glass. She is rebellious, tough, with a mind of her own and doesn't believe in contracts or in managers and has a disdain for the machinery that the record industry is. Then, she finds herself trapped in that world, suffers a nervous breakdown and her life itself breaks itself like glass. For this movie she was nominated as Best Newcomer at BAFTA awards and the soundtrack was also nominated as best film score. In addition to the nominations, Hazel won a Variety Club of Great Britain Award for her role in this movie.
BTW, we recommend the movie. It's an excellent movie and O'Connor gives an amazing performance. Now, about the album, the music in this record is pure new wave with lots of saxophones and angry lyrics that denounce society, such as in the Top 5 hit Eighth Day (#5 in U.K.) which makes a statement about how God created this world and mankind is destroying it with technology. Blackman is an anti-racism anthem, to mention some examples. All of the songs were written lyrics and music by Hazel O'Connor as well as playing the synthesizers. Singles released here are: Writing on the Wall, Eighth Day (#5), Give Me an Inch (#41), the haunting ballad with the famous sax solo Will You (#8), and Calls the Tune (#60), //

Este es el disco que comenzó la "Hazelmanía". Este es a la vez la banda sonora de la película del mismo nombre. En la película, la cual es ambientada durante el gobierno de la otrora primera ministra Margaret Thatcher (con escenas de inseguridad ciudadana, violencia urbana, etc.), ilustra a Kate, la cantante y rostro de un grupo new wave con el nombre de Breaking Glass. Ella es rebelde, dura, con una mente propia y no cree en en contratos ni en managers y tiene una enorme aversión a la maquinaria que es la industria discográfica. Luego, ella se encuentra atrapada en ese mundo, sufre una crisis nerviosa y su vida se quiebra poco a poco como vidrios. Para esta película, ella fue nominada por los premios BAFTA como Mejor actriz novata y la banda sonora fue nominada como mejor banda sonora de una película. Además, Hazel ganó un premio del Variety Club of Great Britain Award por su papel en esta película.
Por cierto, les recomendamos esta película . Es una excelente película y O'Connor hace una actuación impresionante. Ahora, sobre el disco, la música aquí es puramente new wave con muchos saxofones y letras cargadas de enojo que denuncian la sociedad, como en el éxito que llegó al Top 5 Eighth Day (#5) que hace una crítica sobre cómo Dios creó este mundo y el hombre lo está destruyendo con la tecnología. Blackman es un himno al anti racismo, para mencionar unos cuantos ejemplos. Todas las canciones fueron escritas música y letra por Hazel O'Connor misma e inclusive toca los sintetizadores. Los sencillos extraídos de acá son: Writing on the Wall, Eighth Day (#5), Give Me an Inch (#41), la balada hipnotizante con el famoso solo de sax Will You (#8) y Calls the Tune (#60).

Tracklist:

1-) Writing on the Wall.
2-) Monsters in Disguise.
3-) Come into the Air.
4-) Big Brother.
5-) Who Needs It?
6-) Will You?
7-) Eighth Day.
8-) Top of the Wheel.
9-) Calls the Tune.
10-) Blackman.
11-) Give Me an Inch.
12-) If Only.

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Sons & Lovers is the name of Hazel O'Connor's second album, released also in 1980. The album didn't have the same impact of its predecessor as it was felt like a rushed release hot on the heels of her first album. However, that didn't stop the album from spawning memorable hits such as D-Days (#10 in the U.K.). This song was inspired by one trip Hazel did to a London night club where she met a lot of bizarre looking people. The album follows pretty much the same line of her previous album, New Wave with intelligent lyrics and saxophones thrown in the songs, but it's worth a listen. Other singles are Time (Ain't on Our Side), Zoo, and Do What You Do.//

Sons & Lovers es el nombre del segundo disco de nuevo material de Hazel O'Connor, lanzado también en 1980. El disco no tuvo el mismo impacto que el anterior porque se sintió como un lanzamiento apresurado, pisando los talones del disco anterior. Aún así, eso no detuvo que el disco extrajera éxitos memorables como D-Days (#10 en el Reino Unido). La inspiración de esta canción fue una noche que Hazel fue a una disco en Londres y conoció muchas personas con apariencia muy extraña. El disco casi que sigue la línea del disco anterior con la música New Wave con letras inteligentes y saxofones entremezclado en las canciones, pero vale la pena escuchar este disco. Otros sencillos son Time (Ain't on Our Side), Zoo y Do What You Do.

Tracklist:

1-) D-Days.
2-) Waiting.
3-) Who Will Care?
4-) Zoo.
5-) Gigolo.
6-) Do What You Do.
7-) Sons and Lovers.
8-) Glass Houses.
9-) Ain't It Funny.
10-) Danny Boy.
11-) Bye Bye.
12-) Time (Ain't on Our Side).

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Cover Plus is O'Connor's third studio album released in 1981. Yes, the woman is very very creative, I know. She never runs out of it. For many O'Connor fans this is her best album of all, although successfully doesn't surpass Breaking Glass. This album charted to #32 in the U.K. Cover Plus musically speaking follows the line of her previous two albums but at the same time sounds different to these other albums. The singles taken from this album were: (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (#41), her cover of The Stranglers' Hanging Around (#45), Men of Good Fortune and That's Life. //
Cover Plus es el tercer disco de nuevo material de O'Connor el cual fue lanzado en 1981. Sí, la mujer es muy muy creativa, lo sé. Nunca se le acaba. Para muchos fans de O'Connor este es su mejor disco de todos, aunque en términos de éxito no supera a Breaking Glass. Este álbum entró al #32 en el Reino Unido. Musicalmente hablando este disco sigue la línea de sus dos discos anteriores pero a la vez suena diferentes a los discos anteriores. Los sencillos de este disco fueron: Ee-i-addio, (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (#41), su versión "cover" de la canción de The Stranglers, Hanging Around (#45), Men of Good Fortune y That's Life.

Tracklist:

1-) (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up.
2-) Hanging Around.
3-) Ee-i-addio.
4-) Not for You.
5-) Hold On.
6-) So You're Born.
7-) Dawn Chorus.
8-) Animal Farm (We Will Be Happy?).
9-) Runaway.
10-) Do What You Gotta Do.
11-) Men of Good Fortune.
12-) That's Life.

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Smile is Hazel O'Connor's fourth studio album, released in 1984. Most of the songs were written during and after the time Hazel was being sued by her record company, her manager, and even her saxophone player who played in her hit Will You. This album was produced by Martin Rushent who had worked with established bands such as The Human League and Altered Images, so it's no surprise that Hazel decided this time around to drop the new wave style and instead favor synth-pop music.The album didn't make any impression in the U.K. charts and the first two singles Don't Touch Me and Just Good Friends didn't go beyond the Top 100. The other two singles Tell Me a Story and Cuts Too Deep didn't even make it into the charts. Smile was re-released and remastered in 2008 by Cherry Red Records. This edition includes bonus tracks, including songs that have never appeared in any of her albums and a couple of mixes. However, for the blog's purposes, we decided to keep the original tracklist. This album is very different to what she has done before but it's definitely worth a listen. //
Smile es el cuarto disco de estudio de Hazel O'Connor, lanzado en 1984. Casi todas las canciones fueron escritas durante y después del tiempo en que Hazel tuvo problemas legales con su compañía disquera, su manager e inclusive su saxofonista quien tocó en su éxito Will You. Este disco fue producido por Martin Rushent quien había trabajado con bandas establecidas como The Human League y Altered Images, así que no es sorpresa que Hazel decidiera en esta oportunidad abandonar el new wave y favorecer el synth-pop. Este disco no causó ninguna impresión en los charts del Reino Unido y los dos primeros sencillos extraídos Don't Touch Me y Just Good Friends no llegaron más allá del Top 100. Los otros dos sencillos Tell Me a Story y Cuts Too Deep ni siquiera lograron entrar en los charts. Smile fue relanzado y remasterizado en el 2008 por Cherry Red Records. Esta edición incluye bonus tracks, incluyendo canciones que nunca habían aparecido en sus discos y unos remixes. No obstante, debido a los propósitos de este blog, decidimos conservar el tracklist original. Este disco es muy distinto a lo que Hazel ha hecho anteriormente pero vale totalmente la pena darle una escuchada.

Tracklist:

1-) Just Good Friends.
2-) Don't Touch Me.
3-) I'm So Sorry.
4-) Tell Me a Story.
5-) Smile.
6-) Cuts Too Deep.
7-) The Man I Love.
8-) I Don't Know.
9-) Mystifies.
10-) Bring It on Home to Me.
11-) Spancill Hill.

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Hazel Plus (***NEW***)

Hazel Plus is a self-made compilation which consists of a handful of Hazel O'Connor's non-album tracks and a couple of alternate versions of a couple of her hits. This includes her 2010 Christmas song collaboration as part of the Hazel O'Connor Collective, Re-Joyce and her 1986 song Today Could Be So Good.





Tracklisting:

1-) D-Days (single version).
2-) (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up (alternate version).
3-) Fire Away.
4-) Today Could Be So Good.
5-) We Tried.
6-) Re-Joyce.

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And lastly, the trailer of the great film Breaking Glass, starring the equally great Hazel O'Connor/ Y por último, el trailer de la gran película Breaking Glass de la igualmente grande Hazel O'Connor:

Missing Persons/Dale Bozzio

Hey people, sorry for taking a long time to post something new but we've come back with something new and that hopefully will be of your appreciation. Today's band is a New Wave band formed in 1979 by drummer Terry Bozzio (you may know him from Korn as of recent years); guitarrist Warren Cuccurullo and last but not least the frontwoman with a quirky vocal style and equally quirky image, Boston-born former Hustler and Playboy magazine sex bomb Dale Bozzio (née Consalvi). Cuccurullo and Bozzio are innovative and eccentric rocker Frank Zappa's disciples and Dale Bozzio was a Zappa head and got to meet the future members in a party. Frank Zappa gave her the eye, was fascinated with her peculiar Bostonian accent and thought that that was enough reason to put Dale's peculiar accent as vocal talent. In 1979 Miss Consalvi became Mrs. Bozzio and the following year the band was born -originally as U.S. Drag. In 1981 they started recording their new material such as L.A. radio popular child Mental Hopscotch and I Like Boys. Soon, in 1982 they released their first LP, Spring Session M (an anagram for the band's name). This album became successful, their videos got heavy exposure on MTV and the band despite the fact of never having huge hits, definitely had a cult following thanks to Terry's virtuoso drums, Warren's equally outstanding guitar playing and Dale's unique vocal style and futuristic extravaganza for an image -with lots of Spandex, tin foil materials. In 1984, they released their second album, Rhyme & Reason and wasn't successful as its predecessor though its singles still received respectable MTV airplay. In 1986, the band released what would become their third and final studio album, Color in Your Life, which was a commercial flop --despite the obvious quality of its music. During this same year the band did a small tour and the Bozzio marriage ended after the band ended. Later, Warren Cuccurullo became an official member of Duran Duran from 1988 to 2001. Terry Bozzio went on drumming for artists as important as Mick Jagger and hosting drum clinics, among other projects. Dale Bozzio went on for a solo career signing under the mysterious and quiet Minneapolis-native genius Prince and in 1988 she released her only solo album Riot in English spawning only one minor hit, Simon Simon, which passed somewhat unnoticed. As of later years she has created her own Missing Persons band touring frequently with them. Unfortunately, having been charged in November, 2008 in New Hampshire, Bozzio was convicted on one count of animal cruelty in March, 2009. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 60 of which were deferred for two years. She was ordered to pay $2,700 and to complete 250 hours of community service. On November 12, 2009, Dale Bozzio turned herself in to a New Hampshire jail to serve her time for the conviction. Many people criticized her for being cruel to animals, others don't agree that she is in jail because she supposedly left one person in charge to take care of the animals while she was away traveling to New Hampshire, and others say she has mental problems. You be the judge but the most important thing is to appreciate this underrated band hailing from California who have had and still have an impact on the New Wave culture.

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Spring Session M (1982)

This is Missing Persons's first LP released in 1982. The album reached #17 in the Billboard charts, selling up to 500, 000 copies. Not bad for a debut album. This is highly regarded by many Missing Persons fans as their best album and is also regarded as a perfect example of what New Wave should sound like or at least, California New Wave. The album spawned classic hits such as Words (#42 in Billboard Hot 100) with their signature video that received heavy airplay thanks to Dale's caked make-up and Pexi Glass bra and an apparent speaker as a bikini. Also Destination Unknown was released as a single (also #42) with an equally classic video. Subsequent releases were Windows (#63) andWalking in L.A. (#70). The album was re-issued in 1995. This album would also set a characteristic feature of touching non trivial topics in their songs. For example, Windows talks about how a person feels isolated from the world and finds solace in it. Walking in L.A. makes a sarcastic comment about how "nobody walks in L.A." Destination Unknown talks about not knowing what route to take in life and why we are here in this planet, and so on. This line of topics would become recurrent for the rest of their work.

Este es el primer acetato de Missing Persons lanzado en 1982. El disco alcanzó el #17 en los charts de Billboard, llegando a vender 500, 000 copias. Nada mal para un disco debut. Este material es llamado por los fans de la banda como su mejor disco y también es apreciado como un ejemplo perfecto de como debería sonar la música New Wave -o al menos el New Wave de California. Este disco produjo éxitos clásicos tales como Words (#42 en el Billboard Hot 100) con su video más representativo el cual recibió muy buena rotación en el canal MTV gracias al maquillaje muy vistoso de Dale y su vestuario tan peculiar como un brassiere de Pexi Glass y lo que parecía ser un bafle como bikini. También Destination Unknown fue lanzado como sencillo (también #42) con un video igualmente clásico que el del sencillo anterior. Los posteriores sencillos fueron Walking in L.A. (#70) y Windows (#63). El álbum fue remasterizado en 1995. Este disco dejaría un sello característico para el grupo de tocar temas que no son nada triviales. Por ejemplo, Windows trata sobre una persona que se siente aislada del mundo y encuentra su solaz en ello. Walking in L.A. hace un comentario sarcástico sobre como nadie camina en Los Angeles. Destination Unknown habla sobre el no saber qué rumbo tomar en la vida y el por qué estamos en este mundo. Esta línea de temáticas sería frecuente en sus siguientes lanzamientos.

Tracklist:

1-) Noticeable One.
2-) Windows.
3-) It Ain't None of Your Business.
4-) Destination Unknown.
5-) Walking in L.A.
6-) U.S. Drag.
7-) Tears.
8-) Here and Now.
9-) Words.
10-) Bad Streets.
11-) Rock & Roll Suspension.
12-) No Way Out.

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Rhyme & Reason (1984)

This is Missing Persons's second studio album released in 1984. This time around the band went down an experimental new wave pop music which somehow didn't spark much interest within the audience since the album charted to #43 in the U.S. However, singles like Give ( #67), Surrender Your Heart and Right Now had success in MTV as these videos received respectable amount of airplay. For example the video for Surrender Your Heart featured amazing animation technology for the time and it's among their most memorable videos.
Despite the commercial lack of success of this album, Rhyme & Reason still it's worth a listen. This album was remastered in 2000 by Capitol Records.

Este es el segundo disco de Missing Persons lanzado en 1984. Esta vez la banda tomó la ruta de una música pop new wave con matices experimentales el cual no logró causar una gran impresión en el público. El disco logró entrar a los charts a la posición #43 en E.U.A. No obstante, sencillos como Give (#67), Surrender Your Heart y Right Now tuvieron éxito en MTV ya que recibieron respetable cantidad de rotación en ese canal. Por ejemplo, el video de Surrender Your Heart mostraba uso de animación adelantada a su época y es considerado como uno de los videos más recordados de Missing Persons. A pesar del fracaso comercial de este disco, Rhyme & Reason es un disco que vale la pena escuchar. Este disco fue remasterizado en el año 2000 por Capitol Records.

Tracklist:

1-) The Closer That You Get.
2-) Give.
3-) Now Is the Time (For Love).
4-) Surrender Your Heart.
5-) Clandestine People.
6-) Right Now.
7-) All Fall Down.
8-) Racing Against Time.
9-) Waiting for a Million Years.
10-) If Only for the Moment.

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Color in Your Life (1986)

This is Missing Persons's third and last studio album, released in November 1986. The album was their least successful, charting to #88 in Billboard and spawning only one single which was I Can't Think About Dancin'. This video received airplay on MTV but a lesser amount of airplay in comparison with their previous videos. This album was produced by ex-Chic Bernard Edwards and during this time Dale Bozzio temporarily quit the band, hence the track We Don't Know Love at All being performed by drummer Terry Bozzio instead of Dale. The band promoted the album with a tour and after the tour the band broke up and the Bozzio marriage ended. Despite the lack of commercial success of this album, a lot of Missing Persons fans regard this record as their best album, even better than Spring Session M. You be the judge. This album was remastered with extra tracks on 2000 by Capitol Records.

Este es el tercer y último disco de nuevo material de la banda, lanzado en Noviembre de 1986. El disco fue el menos exitoso de su carrera, alcanzando la posición #88 en Billboard y logrando lanzar solamente un sencillo, I Can't Think About Dancin'. El video recibió rotación en MTV pero no la misma cantidad que sus predecesores. El disco fue producido por el anterior miembro de Chic Bernard Edwards y durante este tiempo Dale Bozzio temporalmente dejó el grupo. Por este motivo es que el baterista Terry Bozzio es el que da su voz para el track We Don't Know Love at All. La banda promocionó el disco con una gira y posterior a ésta el grupo se desintegró a lo igual que el matrimonio Bozzio. A pesar del fracaso comercial del disco, muchos fans de Missing Persons consideran este disco como el mejor de su carrera, superando inclusive a Spring Session M. Juzguen ustedes. Este disco fue remasterizado en el año 2000 por Capitol Records.

Tracklist:

1-) Color in Your Life.
2-) I Can't Think About Dancing.
3-) No Secrets.
4-) Flash of Love.
5-) Go Against the Flow.
6-) Boy I Say to You.
7-) Come Back for More.
8-) Face to Face.
9-) We Don't Know Love at All.

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Playing Hopscotch

This is a self-created compilation including Missing Persons' non-album tracks, including radio hit Mental Hopscotch and the fan favorite I Like Boys, among others.// Esta es una compilación creada por nosotros mismos que incluye aquellos tracks de Missing Persons que no vienen en sus discos de estudio incluyendo el éxito radial Mental Hopscotch y el popular entre los fans I Like Boys, entre otros.





Tracklist:

1-) Mental Hopscotch.
2-) I Like Boys.
3-) Hello, I Love You.
4-) Fight for Life.
5-) Action Reaction.
6-) Hot to Cold.
7-) It's a Must.

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Live from the Danger Zone! (2008)

Live from the Danger Zone is a live album by Missing Persons. This recording was taken from their Rhyme & Reason Tour in 1985. It includes hits like Words, Destination Unknown, Mental Hopscotch and others plus some tracks from their Rhyme & Reason album.// Live from the Danger Zone es un disco en vivo de Missing Persons. Esta grabación fue tomada de su gira Rhyme & Reason en 1985. Incluye éxitos como Words, Destination Unknown, Mental Hopscotch entre otros además de algunos tracks de su disco Rhyme & Reason.

Tracklist:

1-) Walking in L.A.
2-) Noticeable One.
3-) The Closer That You Get.
4-) Give.
5-) Right Now.
6-) All Fall Down.
7-) Tears.
8-) I Like Boys.
9-) Mental Hopscotch.
10-) Destination Unknown.
11-) Words.
12-) No Way Out.

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Dale Bozzio:

Riot in English (1988)

Dale's first solo album, Riot in English was released on January 1, 1988 under Prince's label, Paisley Park. Notice that she released the album under the name Dale, minus her last name. The album has a sound reminiscent of Prince's music, although ironically Prince himself wrote only one of the tracks from this album. The singles spawned from this album were: Simon Simon, which was a Top 40 dance hit in the U.S. and a crossover hit in Europe and Riot in English which didn't chart.// El primer disco de solista de Dale, Riot in English, fue lanzado el 1 de Enero de 1988 bajo la casa disquera de Prince, Paisley Park. Noten que ella lanzó este disco bajo el nombre Dale, sin su apellido. El disco tiene un sonido que recuerda a la música de Prince, aunque irónicamente él escribió solamente una canción del disco. Los sencillos extraídos de este disco fueron: Simon Simon, el cual fue un hit en los Dance Charts de Billboard y un éxito transatlántico en Europa y Riot in English, el cual no entró en las listas de popularidad.



Tracklist:

1-) Simon Simon.
2-) Giddi Up Baby - Be Mine.
3-) Overtime.
4-) So Strong.
5-) Love Is Hard Work.
6-) Riot in English.
7-) He's So Typical.
8-) Ouch That Feels Good.
9-) Perfect Stranger.

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New Wave Sessions (2007)

This is Dale's last album to date, as a solo artist though she features her new Missing Persons band. This was released under Cleopatra Records on October 23, 2007. Here, Dale gives us refreshed versions of 2 Missing Persons hits plus a remix and a few covers of 80's New Wave hits, such as Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Lipps Inc.'s Funkytown among others. It's really nice to hear Dale singing again and releasing new material and her voice certainly hasn't changed much and this record is worth listening to. On a sidenote, Dale also recorded a version of Madonna's huge 80's classic Into the Groove but it doesn't appear in this CD.

Este el último disco de Dale hasta la fecha como solista aunque ella acá presenta su nueva banda de Missing Persons. Este disco fue lanzado a través de Cleopatra Records el 23 de Octubre del 2007. Acá, Dale nos trae versiones más frescas de 2 de sus éxitos como parte de Missing Persons además de un remix y unos "covers" de grandes éxitos del New Wave de los 80's tales como Girls Just Want to Have Fun de Cyndi Lauper y Funkytown de Lipps Inc, entre otros. Es realmente muy bonito escuchar a Dale cantar de nuevo y lanzar nuevo material y su voz ciertamente no ha cambiado mucho. Este disco vale la pena darle una escuchada. Como una nota extra, Dale también grabó una versión del gran clásico de Madonna de los 80's, Into the Groove, pero esta canción no aparece en este disco.

Tracklist:

1-) Words.
2-) Destination Unknown.
3-) I Know What Boys Like.
4-) Funkytown.
5-) Turning Japanese.
6-) Der Kommissar.
7-) Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
8-) Destination Unknown (TV Mania 12'' Mix).
9-) Walking in L.A. (Technova's Electro Mix).

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Make Love not War (2010)

Make Love not War is Dale Bozzio's second studio album recorded in 1991 which was kept unreleased up until January 10, 2010 when it was finally released via Elektrik Blue Records. This album once again was originally recorded at Paisley Park, Prince's record company and he collaborates in this album. No singles were released and the album never charted. However, among the tracks there is Simon Simon represented in 3 different versions, which was a single from her debut album, Riot in English.

Tracklist:

1-) Simon Simon (7'' Mix).
2-) Simon Simon (12'' Mix).
3-) Simon Simon (Simon Says Edit).
4-) Last Century.
5-) My Friends.
6-) Until the End.
7-) Crazy.
8-) Talk Talk.
9-) The Motorcycle Song.
10-) Let's Get Personal.
11-) Hide 'n' Seek.
12-) The Motorcycle Song (Instrumental).
13-) Take Me to Your Leader (Not included in this file).
14-) Mr. Slick.
15-) Make Love not War.
16-) The Motorcycle Song (Alternate take).

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