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- May 31, 2017
- 5 min
This Week In 1987: May 31, 1987
It's called the difficult second album for a reason. When you've had major success with your debut release, it's a lot to live up to. And...
- Apr 12, 2017
- 3 min
This Week In 1987: April 12, 1987
Even the most popular bands can have off days. Or, as was the case this week in 1987, singles that don't connect for whatever reason. Two...
- Nov 15, 2016
- 5 min
This Week In 1986: November 16, 1986
I've talked before about songs that become inextricably linked to the movie scenes they play during. If ever there was a case of song and...
- Aug 17, 2016
- 6 min
This Week In 1986: August 17, 1986
Whatever it was that had prompted ARIA to stop producing take-home printouts of the top 50 chart back in January 1986 (an effort to be...
- Jul 14, 2016
- 6 min
This Week In 1991: July 14, 1991
Last week, we saw that the key to continued success for a rock band in 1991 was to look forwards and not backwards — trying something new...
- Jun 8, 2016
- 6 min
This Week In 1986: June 8, 1986
What a year 1986 was for music and what a week it was this week that year, when eight new songs entered the ARIA top 50 — and I love...