79-81 - the Glory Years of Dinosaur Rock!

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Compare and contrast these masterpieces by world-conquering bands at the undisputed height of their powers - 'In Through the Out Door', 'Mirrors', 'Never Say Die', 'Night in the Ruts', 'Unmasked', 'Come Taste the Band', 'Chicago XIV', 'The Long Run', any other album which finally crushed the silly new-wave upstarts by showing them how the professional artistes do it!

― dave q, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The funniest thing about all these albums is how the songwriter credits ballooned into Homeric lengths. (Chicago ex-producer James William Guercio - "I quit when they demanded points for their personal dealers" - then again, "Street Player" went on to be a cult hit and has been sampled 10,000 times, so last laugh to the Bolivians!)

― dave q, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i'll have whatever Dave's having...

incidentally the chorus of "Mirrors" is similar to the melody of "Stand!" by Sly. ( - BOC & Sly fan)

― Paul, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Under any other album:
Dream Police/Cheap Trick At Budokan, Mingus, The Wall, Tusk, Joe's Garage Act I, Rust Nevah Sleeps, Low Budget, Into The Music/Common One, Breakfast in America, Emotional Rescue, Drama, and of course ... Sandinista!

― Jeff W, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And then there were:

High Infidelity
Escape
Abacab
Foreigner 4
El Loco
Wild-Eyed Souther Boys
Just One Night
Bebe Le Strange
and of course....Permanent Waves

― dleone, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

also LOVE BEACH and WORKS VOL II!!

(also insert standard tiresome © mark s snipe at use of "dinosaur" even in sarcastically negative terms: the robot is cute and racked but the dragon resembles moominmamma = WILL win)

― mark s, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Anyone mention Roxy's Manifesto? That too.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Sound Affects"?

― Nate Patrin, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No mention of Joe's Garage or You Are What You Is, Mr. q.? I'm disappointed!

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 23 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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