Thursday, 6 October 2016

Unit 2 brief 1 -Extracting from written sources

Revolutionary Songs for the time 

Album: Back in Black
Produced: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Artist: ACDC
Year/Date: 25th July 1980
Genre: Hard Rock
AC/DC is back in black for the time was a revolutionary song for the times. AC/DC produced alot of songs that were enjoyable nonsense and seriously rocked. After the ACDC Back in black album released it made a nation love rock music. This was revolutionary because this was a new type of rock. Some that even child could listen too because there is less swearing to them.. This album was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album made the band ACDC come out of there native habituate from Australia. [1]


Album: Space Oddity
Producer: Tony Visconti Gus Dudgeon
Artist: David Bowie
Year/Date:11 July 1969
Genre: Space rock, Psychedelic Folk, Progressive Rock
David bowie space oddity was revolutionary because david bowie is a well known artist can by releasing this album space oddity this made a liking to the nation of david bowie. Made in the 1969's this was how david bowie built his stardom off of. This album made it t the top 10 in Britain at the time.   This album was for the moon landing being in 1969[2]


Album: Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Artist: The Beatles
Year/Date: 26th September 1969
Genre: Rock
The Beatles Abbey road was one of their last albums that the Beatles did perform. It was first issued on 25th September 1969. Then got realised on May 1970. The album featured all of the Beatles classics. This was to pay tribute to the last album of the Beatles. This was made a in a studio with top of the range recording equipment for the time. This was revolutionary for the Beatles because it was one of their last music videos and it struck a nation. This is shown by the amount of time that was in the charts 81 weeks.[3]

Album: In the Lonely Hour
Producer:



  • Jimmy Napes 
  • Steve Fitzmaurice 
  • Komi 
  • Naughty Boy
  • Two Inch Punch
  • Eg White
  • Fraser T Smith
  • Artist: Sam Smith
    Year/Date: 26 May 2014
    Genre: Pop and Soul
    When the album was released it was reseved a-lot of hate when it was released. Most of the people praised Sam Smith for singing the song, but the song itself reseved a-lot of hate. The album was a commercial success over alot of countries and reseved the second best selling album of 2014. The album reached the top 10 in 20 different countries.[4]

    Album:The Book of the Souls
    Producer: Kevin Shirley and Steven Harris
    Artist: Iron Maiden
    Year/Date: 4th September 2015
    Genre: Heavy Metal
    "The Book of Souls" was the first album from the band Iron maiden's first double album. At the launch of the album there was a tour that also followed it. This album is the longest album that Iron maiden have released last for prominently 92 minutes. The album was recorded in Paris from September to December 2014. The album received positive reviews from fans and critics.[5]

    Album: Paranoid
    Producer: Rodger Bain
    Artist: Black Sabbath
    Year/Date: 18th September 1970(UK release) 7th January (US release)
    Genre: Heavy Metal
    The album "Paranoid" was the only album for the band black sabbath that reached top of the charts in the UK until 2013. The albums contains well known Black Sabbath songs such as "Iron Man" and "War Pigs". The album was recorded in London. This turned out to be the only song that Black Sabbath had going in the top charts.[6]



    References

    [1]Dimery, RD, 2011. 1001 albums you must hear before you die. 5th ed. London: Tristan de Lancy.

    [2]Pitchfork. 2016. David Bowie: Space Oddity [40th Anniversary Edition] Album Review | Pitchfork. [ONLINE] Available at: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13610-space-oddity-40th-anniversary-edition/. [Accessed 04 October 2016].

    [3]The Beatles. 2016. Abbey Road | The Beatles. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.thebeatles.com/album/abbey-road. [Accessed 06 October 2016].

    [4]Wikipedia. 2016. In the Lonely Hour - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Lonely_Hour. [Accessed 10 November 2016].


    [5]Wikipedia. 2016. The Book of Souls - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Souls. [Accessed 10 November 2016].

    [6]Loudwire. 2016. 45 Years Ago: Black Sabbath Unleash 'Paranoid'. [ONLINE] Available at: http://loudwire.com/black-sabbath-paranoid-album-anniversary/. [Accessed 10 November 2016].

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