Albums That Revitalized a Bands Career (w/Martin Popoff)

Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for a discussion of albums that gave new life to a bands career, in some cases with long lasting effects, others not so much.
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[@trevcarvalho3983]

COME ON PEOPLE! 90125 COMPLETELY SAVED YES

[@tomfisher2103]

I agree totally, that tour was my first concert.

[@spaceace4387]

Eh, Going For The One is about as far as I’ll go.

[@marcessex7831]

Johnny Cash - American Recordings. He had become nearly forgotten during the entire decade the '80's, even to the point of being dropped by his record label. Then he got hooked up with Rick Rubin, and in addition to introducing Cash to a whole new generation, the album they made reminded the rest of us just how freakin' cool Johnny Cash is.

[@stuarthecht8196]

Among the American Recordings, I especially love the Tom Petty produced "Unchained." Aside from the San Quentin and Folsom Prison live albums, that has to be one of his best.

[@neugey]

Agree. Hard to think of an artist who had two major revitalization albums like Johnny Cash (both American Recordings and Folsom Prison)

[@JosephFrancisBurton]

Great choice - We used to joke about Johnny Cash when I was a kid, but he suddenly became awesome again around 1990.

[@123vid321]

Well said.

[@paultown6572]

Johnny Cash sounds so good on those recordings. I think i have three of the discs and they're all great. I mean Johnny Cash covering Depeche Mode but its a triumph. Love Pete's channel but the guitar solo isn't isn't essential in great music.

[@thedude3423]

First one that came to mind for me was Yes's "90125"

[@anthonydblackmore]

Agreed 👍

[@TheUltraSaiyanGoku]

Maybe in the public eye, but Drama is a much stronger album than 90125 imo.

[@shyshift]

@@TheUltraSaiyanGoku only prog fans bought Drama. 90125 was a lifeboat album and Owner Of A Lonley Heart went number 1(their only song to do that) and became their biggest selling album to date.

[@toddfoster828]

The problem with that is that Drama was a great album. Big Generator sucked. Drama didn't.

[@shyshift]

@@toddfoster828 I mentioned 90125.

[@sunsin1592]

For Deep Purple, I think "Perfect Strangers" is a better choice.

[@toddfoster828]

As I said in my comment, I love Burn, but Perfect Strangers is THE comeback.

[@timothyorie7021]

I remember when “Perfect Strangers” came out it’s definitely the comeback

[@richardpeiser4359]

Excellent choice, man.... Perfect sounds like 1972 all over again!... Incredible stuff there, especially Wasted Sunsets like wow.... I still really like House Of Blue Light, I don't know why the fans are so down on it(Mitzi Dupree, Spanish Archer, etc)... What are your thoughts on it?...Take Care, Ghostrider Rick .

[@toddfoster828]

I was disappointed when it came out. It just wasn't as good as anything that came before. That being said, I did listen to it last week for the first time in ages. I liked it. I will listen to it again. It's still not as good as Perfect Strangers but it's still good.

[@tepidtooth8539]

I disagree. I’d definitely say In Rock is the album that revitalized Deep Purple, not Perfect. Perfect Strangers was a good comeback, but did it last that long after? Deep Purple weren’t that big until Ian joined and they dropped In Rock, which subsequently lead to a stack of legendary albums from the most popular era of the band.

[@esteeb67]

I get your disdain for Wind of Change (Scorpions), but it means a lot to me. I took 4 years of German in high school and went to Germany in 1985. I saw the wall. When it came down in 1989 it was one of the most important days for freedom. I felt it. I can only imagine what it meant to the Scorpions and the rest of Germany. That song captures that emotion perfectly.

[@welshtoro3256]

I lived through that era and when the wall was in the process of being pulled down has to be one of the most powerful moments in my life. My family have a life long friend who escaped to the West when he was a young man when the wall was being constructed, leaving his German family behind. He became a success in Bridgend, Wales, of all places and always hated the GDR. Despite all of this I'm in agreement with Martin; Wind of Change is cringeworthy. It's not really The Scorpions fault, I just don't think that rock music has the ability to express that moment in a satisfying way. We needed jazz or classical to express the scale.

[@iainholmes2735]

It's a nice song imho. Sentimental, perhaps, but reminds me of an amazing time when we saw the tv pictures of people starting to come through the wall. I liked Crazy World a lot, especially 'Send me an Angel'. For me, both front and back cover art is great: a door in a grey world, opening to a world of colour, sweetness and life. Enjoyed this edition. Great idea. Looking forward to more editions

[@angryagain3801]

What? This guy criticized Wind of Change in this video? That's totally idiotic. Its one of the best ballads of all time

[@mike04574]

@@angryagain3801 they’re the typical snobs

[@anypoxynames]

Just put it on and pressed the like button straight away. Pardo and Popoff, dream team are here.

[@anti-hermes2541]

Yeah I really love them together, probably my favorite duo of 2021 so far

[@orchidcarpetcleaningrp6061]

Wonderful listening

[@JohntheMusicNut]

Couldn't agree more.

[@christopherbull2512]

there knowledge of music is top notch

[@kiplambert64]

Rush was on the verge of being dropped from Mercury/Anthem labels after the dismal failure of Caress of Steel ...Despite the fact that they were asked to do a more commercial offering than CoS , went for broke and recorded 2112 ... The success of 2112 kinda saved their careers...Despite the fact that it was totally uncommercial ..

[@preving]

apparently the record company heard 2112 and said "what the hell is this?"

[@martinfalk8597]

Same can be said about Dream Theater. They were really down the tubes after the commercial AND artistic failure of Falling Into Infinity. Metropolis pt 2 was a "make it or break it" album for them and luckily it payed off. It saved their career and paved way for everything they have produced after that.

[@ldchappell1]

Good insight. I bought "Caress Of Steel" as a birthday present my older brother in 1975 and remember laughing at the song title "I Think I'm Going Bald" (My brother was losing his hair.) Then "2112" came out and it was practically a masterpiece. Enough though it wasn't a huge commercial success, it defined the Rush fan.

[@b.g.5869]

I always thought this famous bit of Rush lore was highly dubious. I'm aware that Geddy, Alex,, and Neil have all said this many times, but if you think about it, it doesn't really withstand close scrutiny. For one thing, the idea that the record company would have no idea what they were uo to in the studio untill they completed the album makes no sense. Record companies are aware of what their artists are recording. Also, they released "Temples of Syrinx" as a single. That's a record company decision, not a band decision. Doesn't sound like something a record company concerned about side long epics would do. Furthermore, side 2 plays very much like a Fly By Night Part 2, with all short, straight forward rockers (with the exception of Twilight Zone, which was the other single from the album and conceived of as something with the potential to be a popular novelty song), which is precisely what the record company supposedly wanted. So it seems to me that at most it was a compromise rather than the total "Fuck you I won't do what you told me!" move it's romantically described as.

[@kiplambert64]

@@b.g.5869 Well, back then record companies allowed bands a lot more leeway when it came to freedom of experimentation....Back then they would often record,tour,record ,tour some more ,often taking years to become successful...Bands like Rush,Styx,Kansas ,etc made lots of albums,and toured relentlessly ,mostly as opening acts before getting top billing...Rush did not get a top billing tour until Hemispheres in 1978....

[@breakaleg10]

Roy Orbison. His comeback was sweet, great and very short. "You Got It" was played on Swedish radio every day for almost a year after he died.

[@JosephFrancisBurton]

Roy came back around the time he was in the Traveling Willburies, which restarted a lot of other careers.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

One of my biggest mistakes was NOT seeing him when he toured near us.....ugh.

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

Comeback with a single hit song is another good idea for a video.

[@RostyslavLogachov]

Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath

[@b.g.5869]

Totally.

[@DarkVegetaman]

First thing that came to mind.

[@MRB16th]

I have a few of these: Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell Metallica - Death Magnetic Iron Maiden - X Factor and Brave New World Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution ELP - Emerson, Lake and Powell AC/DC - The Razors Edge Genesis - And Then There Were Three (to some extent) Queen - The Works

[@tepidtooth8539]

I definitely wouldn’t say X Factor for Iron Maiden, X Factor and Virtual XI were the lowest points in Iron Maiden’s career

[@JRChiossi]

Death Magnetic? Now that's weird

[@jonnyboybrownie6390]

Totally agree about the Works.Queen were no where in 1984. For Genesis I would say self titled 1983 revitalised them even more after abacab, commercially at least .

[@asmodai2025]

@Javier Chiossi Death Magnetic is Metallica’s return to form, their return to thrash metal.

[@RobSchauland]

A Different Kind Of Truth sucks hard. It's as bad as VHIII. Terrible drum sounds and all around bad songs make that album not even listenable for me. What a disappointment.

[@alessandrodeviterbo6717]

Iron Maiden - Brave New World Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation Yes - 90125 Stones - Steel Wheels King Crimson - Discipline Pink Floyd - A momentary lapse.. Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell

[@richardpeiser4359]

Nice choice with Steel Wheels!... Terrific Stones album that I think holds up with some of their best work... Mixed(see Mick's) Emotions is very exciting, Terrifying is like wow!, just luv It... What are your thoughts on Bridges To Babylon?... Some fans think it's pretty good, I've never spun it.... Take Care, Ghostrider Rick

[@t-bo2734]

Permanent Vacation is by far the winner here. The asterisk is that they collaborated with Run DMC the year before and had a big hit with the remake of "Walk This Way."

[@mike04574]

Should be more pop inclusions

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

@@richardpeiser4359 If you had asked me, I would say Babylon is a lot better than Wheels. And Undercover and Voodoo are better than Babylon.

[@keithleeuwen877]

@@richardpeiser4359 Bridges to Babylon is good and so is Voodoo Lounge in my opinion. Others may disagree I suppose.

[@lucone2937]

George Harrison - Cloud Nine (1987) Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy (1989) The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989); it was a strong comeback album to them and they returned to live performances. Their best album since Tattoo You (1981).

[@timothyorie7021]

Cloud Nine..great pick.. definitely got George out there👍🏽

[@keithleeuwen877]

@@timothyorie7021 George was all over at that point with this and The Wilburys. Was real Cool !

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

My Ten: *1)* Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason *2)* The Kinks: Low Budget *3)* The Rolling Stones: Some Girls *4)* The Sweet: Level Head (Love is Like Oxygen) *5)* Lynyrd Skynyrd: 1991 (back from the dead) *6)* Styx: The Grand Illusion *7)* Yes: 90125 *8)* Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive *9)* REO Speedwagon: High Infidelity *10)* April Wine: The Nature of the Beast

[@wayneelliott7011]

Schoolboys In Disgrace, Sleepwalker & Misfits were all very good albums prior to Low Budget.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

@@wayneelliott7011 - That might be so. But Low Budget gave The Kinks some new life in a three album run (with hit singles & a live album).

[@wayneelliott7011]

@@kevinthetruckdriver353 Realise that Low Budget was a resurgence in "Popularity" for The Kinks and is a Good Album. I base everything on Great Music well ahead of Popularity and find the three Prior Albums Very Good.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

@@wayneelliott7011 - Okay. But my list deals with bands that has a resurgence after that album. Was Lynyrd Skynyrd's *"1991"* a good album?? No. Far from it. But it gave Lynyrd Skynyrd a new lease on life. Plus the based open their arms & accepted Ronnie's brother Johnny to step in as lead vocalist. You can say the same thing about Aerosmith's *"Permanent Vacation".* Was it their best album?? Probably not since I personally don't care for the Geffen years or beyond of Aerosmith. Same thing can be said about Boston's *"Third Stage".* Good album. Nope. Gave this version of Boston life for a career to turn itself into a glorified tribute band. That's how I ranked my list. What came before & afterwords.

[@snowdog202]

Marillion - Brave Rush - Counterparts Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Whitesnake - Slide it In Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life Iron Maiden - Brave New World

[@hanksta34]

Counterparts was not commercially successful though. Radio play began to diminish after Roll The Bones

[@lucone2937]

Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners (1982) was a very strong album including the original versions of "Here I Go Again" and "Crying in the Rain".

[@lonegroover]

Counterparts? No.

[@mikereiss4216]

@@hanksta34 Yeah, neither was Brave. Marillion never really had a big comeback album (imo). They hit the US charts in the mid eighties but never did a repeat of that.

[@JZVegas]

The first album I thought of when I saw this topic was Yes "90125". The return of Jon Anderson and Tony Kaye. Trevor Rabin's first appearance with the band. Owner of a Lonely Heart has to be their biggest hit ever. Probably introduced Yes to a new generation of fans. Changes, Leave It, It Can Happen also on that record. That album was HUGE. Another record that came to mind was "Freedom at Point Zero" by Jefferson Starship. New vocalist Mickey Thomas joined the band, giving them a different sound. Every tune on the record is good, IMO. "Jane" was their first hit single in a few years.

[@JosephFrancisBurton]

Good pick eith 90125. I still remember the first time I heard the new single announced on KWHL radio - I thought both Jon Anderson and Yes were long gone.

[@Sammeep02]

I can't agree more when it comes to 90125....for that reason I always liken Rabin to a heart defibrillator.

[@jamesjezard4553]

I'll just like to say that this collaboration show with Martin is what I look forward to all week. Such great shows. Sending my congrats all the way from England

[@freaky_j2207]

Kiss deserves a spot on here. Depending how you qualify it Creatures brought them back creatively. lick it up got them back in the game and on the radio and Anamalize brought them back commercially to be along side the bigger hard rock bands at the time.

[@kamranmalik8546]

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) Deep Purple in Rock (1970) and Perfect Strangers (1984) Fleetwood Mac (1975) and Tango in the Night (1987) Kiss - Creatures of the Night (1982) The Moody Blues - The Other Side of Life (1986) The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989) Scorpions - Crazy World (1990) Iron Maiden - Brave New World (2000) Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution (2005) Metallica - Death Magnetic (2008)

[@independenceltd.]

Did DP have a career to revitalize before In Rock?

[@ukrocksounds3419]

The Sabbath, and Purple picks, would be my top 2 choices.

[@seagullpoet]

Crazy World ! Awesome release !

[@countchocula776]

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Definitely......and it was great.

[@ScottyKirk1]

Hell yesssssss. Incredible comeback LP. TT is so awesome.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

@@ScottyKirk1 Interestingly, I and my son saw Purple a few months before the virus hit. I was never a MASSIVE fan (Had their "Made in Japan", Machine Head", "Greatest hits", "Bluelight album" and of course "Perfect Strangers" and the live album of that tour -okay, I guess I was a fairly serious fan). But I had made the grave error of put off seeing them for years hoping that Ritchie would tour with them..then I heard this was the LAST tour.. Consequently, then, I saw them live....and now....I understood why so many people love these guys as much as Zeppelin. Since that show I've bought several live Purple CD's and the performances are awesome. If they come around again....I"m going AGAIN.

[@ScottyKirk1]

@@dancalmpeaceful3903 2nd best comeback for DP was Burn for sure. I really enjoyed the M3 and M4 eras, and there's a boatload of vintage live material released in the past 15 years from those eras.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

@@ScottyKirk1 Thanks for the input and response. Admittedly, I haven't delved too much into the M3 or M4 time period...but I'm getting quite curious about them.....as I have heard much favorable comments...

[@-suphur]

Deguello is a favorite of mine, one of my perfect albums.

[@staxman7950]

David Bowie - Outside. A great come back after a diet of 15 years. Neil Young - Freedom. Lou Reed - New York. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis

[@toddfoster828]

Elvis, YES! Can you suck more than a decade of bad film scores, just to come back as good as the Memphis album?

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

I feel like so many people came back to Neil Young after Harvest Moon too.

[@kiplambert64]

@@HeavyMetal-jy4vj I have heard that Neil Young hated his deal with Geffen Records ,and purposely made non commercial albums just to get out of the deal..Geffen actually sued him..Freedom was first record Neil made after re-signing with Capital Records...It was a great push into the 90's ..

[@jake6887]

The Golden Earring were considering to split in 1982 before they came with their album 'Cut'. It's because of 'The Twilight zone' (written by George Kooiman) became a mega hit, the band decided to go on. The rest is history

[@petebrown3715]

KISS- Creatures in the night Metallica- Death Magnetic Megadeth- Endgame Judas Priest- Painkiller Testament- The formation of damnation

[@seagullpoet]

I have to buy these CDs !

[@thecontrarians2438]

i would actually disagree and say Lick it Up for KISS, Creatures was an attempt to get back to a heavier sound but it didn't work and was a failure commercially both for concert attendance and record sales, it wasn't until Lick it Up that things got back on track. Despite how people reflect on the music of creatures now or how people personally feel about it.

[@antonisanagnopoulos8570]

How could I forget Painkiller...

[@mvwmark8955]

100% on Death Magnetic. Good one.

[@ykmgeedee]

Geared more towards artistic rather than commercial: Some Girls by Stones, Heaven and Hell by Sabbath, Freedom then especially Ragged Glory by Neil Young, Seven Turns by Allman Bros. Rush put out 3 meh than very good Counterparts then 1 meh then their most underrated: Vapor Trails. Thanks Martin & Pete!

[@1visionn]

I absolutely love Counterparts! The most underrated in my book. I’ll go back to vapor trails and revisit.

[@ykmgeedee]

@@1visionn By a whisker I prefer Counterparts. Many fans and eventually the band felt the original VT sounded like crap. There's a remix version which I guess I prefer overall but to me some tracks or at least instruments on tracks I prefer the original. Enjoy!

[@sebastiankirby5159]

Great concept Pete. The first ones I though of were Lick It Up by Kiss and 2112 by Rush

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Too bad Kiss canned Vinnie Vincent after Lick It Up. Man had the juice.

[@RickNBacker]

IQ - Ever. Getting Pete Nicholls back on vocals put this English prog band on an unstoppable run of great albums: Ever, Subterranea, Seventh House, Dark Matter, Frequency, Road of Bones and now Resistance ! WOW

[@Cr8Tron]

Yep, I was thinking the same! Let's also not forget about the remaking of Seven Stories into Eight (Seven Stories into '98)!

[@mvwmark8955]

Aw man, 100% From AYSC to EVER is an unbelievale "Leap" (of faith) And my favourite IQ album.

[@avlisk]

As more of a pop fan than a metal fan, 1974's "Hollies" (incl. The Air That I Breathe) saw Allan Clarke's return after the Michael Rikfors "Romany" experiment.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I’ve been listening to The Hollies quite a bit over recent years, really good group.

[@avlisk]

@@patrickcrowther9195 The 1974 Hollies, Moving Finger, and Distant Light don't have a bad song on them.

[@garyjoyce2160]

The second 45 rpm I bought was “ All I need is the Air that I breath. Some may think , it’s corny , in 1974, I played it after school ( age 12) over & over. Although, I started to get into “ heavier” stuff, I still love that song . Eric Clapton, said years ago those first few notes blows away most songs. ( obviously, I’m paraphrasing). 👍💯

[@independenceltd.]

1. Blood of the Nations - Accept 2. Brave New World - Iron Maiden 3. The Headless Children - WASP 4. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath 5. Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple

[@garyjoyce2160]

👍Damn Good choices

[@hansg.8557]

Good on you. Great choices.

[@gwts1171]

Great choice with WASP!

[@kitoyobeni1]

Headless Children is the high point for WASP IMO. Their most progressive album and Frankie Banali's drumming really stood out as well.

[@independenceltd.]

@@kitoyobeni1 I still prefer the debut myself. But there's no doubt that THC revitalized the band after "Inside the Electric Circus"; an album which pretty much killed their US career.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

That self-titled Heart album was very poppy and mainstream compared to their earlier work, and in retrospect I know Ann and Nancy didn't like the way the record companies changed their sound and image, but boy did it put them back on the map, with so many hits. If I remember correctly, "These Dreams" was their first number one single, and -- who woulda thunk it -- the song featured Nancy, and not Ann on lead vocals.

[@RostyslavLogachov]

Brave New World - Iron Maiden

[@garrettwoeller4770]

😂O was going to type this one in and then I saw your comment.

[@srobbins1973]

Great comeback album

[@aidannorris1254]

Exactly my feelings. Both commercially and critically I can't think of an album that has so totally changed the course of a band's later career. They were playing theatres in this country in the late 90's and BNW almost instantly stuck them back into Arenas and headlining festivals as well as getting the sort of critc and fan reaction that they hadn't received since SSOASS and haven't really lost since.

[@killerdude35]

NO DOUBT!

[@alvisedoria8667]

Decent album but, yes, it revitalized their career.

[@Ianmackable]

Dire Straits made a huge splash with their debut, then tanked with the followup, Communiqué. A lot of people thought they might be finished. But they came back strong critically and commercially with Making Movies, and kept getting bigger from there.

[@ilj1259]

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Genesis - Duke ZZ Top - Deguello Peter Gabriel - 3rd album (Melt) Heart - Self Titled

[@ramonace4770]

Gary Moore "Still Got the Blues" AC/DC "The Razors Edge" (Jefferson) Starship "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" Slade "The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome" ( Hit singles "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My") Nazareth "2XS" ( "Dream On" hit single in European charts)

[@kiplambert64]

I believe the Slade album you are referring is "Keep Your Hands off My Power Supply"...

[@ramonace4770]

@@kiplambert64 Same album , "The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome" here in Europe 1983, re-released in 1984 as "Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply" in North America with slightly different tracklist.

[@martinsmith6455]

Styx - The Mission is a recent one for me. I had given up on hearing a new album from them let alone one of such quality. Sold well I believe and got people talking about them again and received top reviews.

[@captainbeyond7469]

1- J.Giles Band- Freeze Frame 2- BOC- Fire of Unknown Origin 3- The Who- Who Are You 4- Queen- The Game 5- Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers

[@wayneelliott7011]

Love Stinks is a far superior Album to Freeze Frame. Prior to that Sanctuary was so-so but Monkey Island is a superb Album. Who Are You is a lot worse than Who By Numbers (which was an average Album).

[@captainbeyond7469]

@@wayneelliott7011 Who by Numbers is my favorite Who record. IMO a masterpiece.

[@wayneelliott7011]

@@captainbeyond7469 That makes your choice of Who Are You even more puzzling. Sounds like we both agree Who By Numbers is a better Album.

[@steveseim]

Steve Winwood *Back in the High Life*

[@martykott450]

Yes, and what a great record too!

[@DeadSeaGenesis]

No, it was the incredible Arc of A Diver in 1980 that took Steve back into the spotlight!

[@jameskelly8724]

@@DeadSeaGenesis great album!

[@dusty3913]

Great pick

[@jonnyboybrownie6390]

great pick . i was in my teens and had no idea who this guy with a great voice was

[@suedemutant8196]

Greetings from Sweden. Another great Friday evening kick off 🍻🤠🍻

[@DangerHiVoltage]

Guitar Shop is a great album! Bozzio is a genius

[@Ontariosound]

I saw that tour, in Toronto. “Night of the Guitar”. Jeff Beck, SRV, Jeff Healey. The encore was everyone onstage for “Going Down”

[@keithleeuwen877]

@@Ontariosound Saw the tour in Philly but no encore Jam that night and I was looking for it thanks to Rolling Stone magazine saying it would be a highlight. Not in Philly !

[@ronaldsmith1484]

Seven turns Allman Brothers..... the albums that follow this just got better..... revitalized The Allman Brothers career and brought them back to the legendary status they deserved..... later when Derek Trucks joined they just could not be beat

[@hanksta34]

Need a little of that "Bad Rain"

[@sameoldeh]

@Ronald Smith True, Seven Turns is a great song.

[@haitolawrence5986]

ZZ Top - Eliminator Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury Heart - Heart (1985) Iron Maiden - Brave New World Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin

[@jayfabe620]

Good call on the BÖC. That was a monster record.

[@welshtoro3256]

Good Grief, I forgot Eliminator. That is the all time mother of kick start albums. In the U.K it was coupled with their appearance on a show called The Tube where many people saw them for the first time and they kicked ass. It's on KZbin.

[@liquidvizionsmadferit]

Queensryche. That self titled akbum with Todd made them relevant again. That was a huge comeback considering all the lackluster stuff they had been putting out since pretty much Promised Land. But that final album was the last straw aka "Dedicated To Chaos" I think I liked 2 tracks and I can't even remember them. So in a way when Martin mentioned those Alice Cooper metal albums that he dropped all in a row it reminds me of what Queensryche has done. All of those albums with Todd have been awesome!

[@jameskelly8724]

Got to see Black and Blue tour at the War Memorial in Rochester in Oct '80. Awesome.

[@ericmiller5603]

I didn’t know that ZZTop story-interesting. When I found this video I was thinking “Eliminator” for sure!

[@donhadfield2835]

Love this channel, re-learn something every day. I gave up on Tull and never gave Crest of a Knave a chance. Listened to it today for the first time, great stuff.

[@connerstines1578]

2112 is the first one that came to mind.

[@metalwarrior81]

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Iron Maiden - Brave New World Saxon - Killing Ground Accept - Blood of the Nations

[@EdwardBox]

Accept is a great call

[@karstenthiemann2828]

I'd say for Saxon it's Solid Ball Of Rock

[@JamesThomas-dz4vj]

Glad to see the shoutout to Accept! One of my favorite bands of all time. "Blood of the Nations" is an absolute masterpiece and really saved the band, considering a lot of folks weren't holding out much hope after learning that Udo wasn't going to return.

[@metalmat3651]

Great call on Accept. That album came screaming out of nowhere in 2010 and has since become my favorite album by them.

[@dtltmtgt]

My pick is "Hammered" by Motorhead. I think with the song "The Game" included on this album being the wrestler Triple H's theme really brought Lemmy and the guys more into the spotlight. I also think this album and the following albums are really heavy and consistent, at least compared to the '90s albums.

[@bradss1000]

Walk A Crooked Mile...... 🤘👊

[@Raiderblack]

Winds of Change is a beautiful song guys... Klaus sings his ass off...

[@dusty3913]

They couldn't have timed it much better. Only way they could've sold more-get The Hoff to sing background vocals on it.

[@mainzergirl9610]

@@dusty3913 I'm with the hosts, give me polar nights, blackout, etc.

[@gabe2869]

Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy. Paul Simon - Graceland. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation. Beastie Boys - I'll Communication. Santana - Supernatural. ACDC - The Razors Edge. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger. Waylon Jennings - Honky Tonk Heroes. Johnny Paycheck - 11 Months, 29 Days. Johnny Cash - American Recordings. Bob Seger - Night Moves. The Kinks - Lola.

[@ejaysgroovygalsguys9234]

I 100% agree with Martin about Heart’s “Passionworks”. I’ve been listening to it in my car for the past few months. It’s a phenomenal album, every song is pure gold! “How Can I Refuse” is one of my favorite Heart singles. “Passionworks” is a sadly overlooked gem.

[@chriswoosley3883]

totally agree, love that CD

[@ddmurley]

love these friday shows with Martin

[@JohntheMusicNut]

Accept - Blood of the Nations Metallica - Death Magnetic Neil Young - Freedom Santana - Supernatural Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life

[@pjones8404]

"Cultosaurus Erectus" - Blue Oyster Cult "Queensryche" with Todd La Torre "No Rest for the Wicked" - Ozzy "Perpendicular" - Deep Purple "Gravity's Rainbow" - Pat Benatar "Erase the Slate" - Dokken "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" - Pink Floyd

[@steveseim]

Fleetwood Mac (1975)?

[@stephenbrown4211]

Or Tango or The Dance

[@steveseim]

@@stephenbrown4211 they've had a few comebacks.

[@mr.jamesvincent3519]

Motley Crue : Dr. Feelgood Deep Purple : Perfect Strangers Ozzy : Blizzard of OZ Judas Priest : Angel of Retribution Iron Maiden : Brave New World Meatloaf : Bat out of Hell 2 Lynyrd Skynyrd : 1991 Allman Brothers Band : Seven Turns Rolling Stones : Steel Wheels Whitesnake : Whitesnake (1987) Quiet Riot : Metal Health

[@brucefranklin6295]

Angel of Retribution was definitely a big revitalization, since Rob had been out of the band and then came back and they made a classic sounding Priest album. A few other good picks in your list too.

[@kevindudley9617]

Pete & Martin have been killing it with some great episode topics for a while now. I would like to see an episode of 70's acts that either successfully or unsuccessfully moved into the 80's.

[@markc5771]

Never Say Die is such a polarizing album. I personally think it's musical perfection.

[@inmyhouse11]

Lick it Up- Kiss Back in Black- AC/DC Paradise Theatre- Styx Slide it In - Whitesnake Blackout- Scorpions

[@whatchatalkinboutwillis9894]

inmyhouse11 Back in Black haha

[@eatmysteel]

Another band I will mention is the Black Crowes with Lions, going back to their better sound (and success) of the Amorica album (which is still my personal favorite from them), after floundering around a bit with 3 Snakes and By Your Side. Lion's even had a couple radio songs with Soul Singing and Lickin', great album top to bottom!

[@kitoyobeni1]

Amorica is my favorite as well. Interesting to hear the original versions on Tall, but Amorica is such a nice, loose and warm album IMO. I really liked Lions as well, which bore the influence of their tour with Jimmy Page. I still hold out hope for the band to reunite. I like the solo projects, but like Oasis, they are much better together IMO.

[@themetallian2112]

DEEP PURPLE - "Perfect Strangers" !!

[@lateramae]

Iron Maiden's 'Brave New World'? It marked the return of Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith. Also Metallica's 'Death Magnetic' because they returned to their thrash roots after changing their sound on 'Load,' 'Reload,' and 'St. Anger.'

[@lateramae]

@Martin Popoff Either way, 'Brave New World' sold more copies than the Blaze Bayley albums.

[@Triton63]

Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell, the greatest album ever recorded!!

[@welshtoro3256]

I loved it back in the day Jeff but Dio's lyrics were pure Spinal Tap and always were. Nevertheless, a good contender for the list.

[@warpig4942]

@@welshtoro3256 You are vastly underestimating Dio's lyrics. On the surface there's a lot of dragons and magic and such but the true meaning of almost all of his songs is buried far below the surface.

[@ScottyKirk1]

@@warpig4942 WORD!

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Especially if you listen it back to back with never say die.

[@martykott450]

Brothers and Sisters by the Allmans. Only a couple of years later, but two terrible accidents later. Without Duane and Berry, they release one of the truly great albums of the 70s

[@josephulman8492]

Best Billy guitar tones ever on Deguello.....before the whole MTV thing turned his tone to mush. Honorable mention to The Symbol Remains?...... We shall see.....got my tix for the April 16th show!

[@powrnap]

I’ll add Kinks - Low Budget (resurrected after a few fallow years), Neil Young - Freedom (same thing a decade later), Crimson - Discipline (an unlikely success), John Fogerty - Centerfield (it had been a decade), BOC - Fire of Unknown Origin (it had been a few years since they had a gold album or radio hit).

[@tonypeake467]

Discipline an epic album

[@dickwhiskey8041]

Overkill- Ironbound. After a two album dip in form on the two previous albums (still decent), Overkill unleashed the beast that is Ron Lipnicki, who injected a thrash fury on Ironbound.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Neil Young had a difficult 1980s, what with releasing rockabilly albums, electronic albums, country albums and shit albums (take a bow, ‘Landing on Water’). Then he pulled the proverbial finger out and made a really good record in ‘Freedom’, which contained the song that kickstarted his career all over again, ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’.

[@kitoyobeni1]

Have you checked out his latest live release? It's 2 discs from that time period, just before releasing Ragged Glory.

[@todddierking4951]

"Vital Signs" by Survivor was a huge rebound for them. Very commercial with a few big hits and regular MTV rotation. Jimi Jamison was a great vocalist, would have liked to see him do some more heavier music like when he was in Cobra.

[@bradss1000]

@Peter May- What is AOR? Please elaborate further than just what the acronym stands for. 🙏Thank you.

[@JohntheMusicNut]

@@bradss1000 AOR = Album-oriented rock

[@DonHornsby]

As always, I know that there will be a quality discussion when Pete and Martin are together. Great material!

[@b2tall239]

Aerosmith's "Permanent Vacation". A really good album that came on the heels of 3 straight duds. Yeah, it started their pop phase that I ultimately came to despise, but I still like this album. Great minds think alike, right, Martin? ;-)

[@gwts1171]

"Hangman's Jury" is one of my favorite Aerosmith songs.

[@sameoldeh]

@@gwts1171 They've been performing it live during recent tours. It's great.

[@welshtoro3256]

I loved it at the time but looking back it's a really mixed bag with a few good un's and some utter pants on it. Deserves to be on the list though.

[@jamescarter3130]

First one I thought of was Permanent Vacation.

[@Guitarplyr1990]

Me too.

[@davej9228]

Me three.

[@interstellaroverdriven6450]

Flaming Lips "Soft Bulletin" - after the departure of the great Ronald Jones, who was at war with Steven Drozd and his raging heroin addiction, the band was desperately trying to find a new identity. The experimentation of "Zaireeka" had many wondering if the band had lost its collective marbles (4 cds designed to be played simultaneously on 4 'boom boxes'), the band codified its new direction on the marvelous "Soft Bulletin" album, a masterpiece of psychedelia and indie rock.

[@marvinbattlejr.9365]

The soft bulletin is a masterpiece.

[@vinylrec]

The Strat sounds on Deguello are killer

[@richardpeiser4359]

Deguello is ZZ's best freaking album, there I said it(now I have to duck as tomatoes are being thrown at me!).... Top to bottom, right?... Cheap Sunglasses excites me like no other song to this very day, what a whale of a rocker!.... Take Care, Ghostrider Rick

[@vinylrec]

@@richardpeiser4359 Well...if I had to choose one album, I'd have to go with Deguello. It's a 5 star album!!

[@marcofalzone6469]

My first teenage concert with my friends and no parents😁, Aerosmith & Dokken. 1987.

[@56SteveJones2009]

Good call with Alice Cooper.... although I prefer the albums "Flush", "Special Forces", "Zipper" and "DaDa" in comparison to his "Big hair, Big snare" phase in the later 80s..... it was great to see him get healthy. He looked horrible during the "Special Forces" days..... but the album was GREAT.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

I agree, think the song material just wasn't there on those late '80s metal albums they seemed rushed to me whereas the earlier 'blackout' years (or Alice's alternative rock period, one might call it) actually had a ton of solid and overall extremely good and well-crafted songs.

[@gwts1171]

"Zipper..." is my favorite Alice album.

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

I’m going to disagree! Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell were great albums in their on way. Teenage Frankenstein and Life and Death of the Party were great songs. I think these albums got the younger crowd to know who Alice is. Poison was great also!

[@56SteveJones2009]

@@ellisonlowrimore7751 Cool:) I like those albums too. I've heard some of his latest album "Detroit Stories" and I love that he's still rockin'!

[@ericpoitras1258]

Those "black out" records were my gateway to alice cooper. They were all in the bargain bin and were all i could afford. When everyone else was listening to Motley Crue, I was jamming to no baloney homosapiens!

[@antonisanagnopoulos8570]

While i am still watching this, here are my 5, off the top of my head Molly Hatchet - Devil's Canyon Saxon - Solid Ball of Rock Deep Purple - Purpendicular Accept - Blood of the Nations Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Dead on with Savatage...holy shit Fight for the Rock was awful!

[@micolsen8895]

28:24 ....I believe it was MKII that created the larger crowds/bigger arenas/the Purple jet excess, not so much the Burn album. Deep Purple were in fact, the top selling album act of 1973. It does not seem like "revitalizing a band" was in order. Not at all. This is more looking back over decades, rather than in the moment (1973/74)........Good topic nonetheless.

[@3sidesofeve711]

God bless Martin.. love his history knowledge.

[@garyjoyce2160]

HEAVEN and HELL 1980. Black SABBATH

[@purpletemple1]

I agree with what you say about Aerosmith BUT I also think that their re-take on Walk this Way with Run DMC brought them back into serious business. They were all over the TV with that song AND it made them look cool to a whole different public. I know that here in Europe, Aersomith became hugely famous because of their collaboration with Run DMC and their video on MTV, and before that they weren't big at all in Europe. And that was before Permanent Vacation... Rock on! Great show!

[@ericwalker6068]

Kansas - The Prelude Implicit Marillion - Marbles Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell Heart - Heart (though clearly not their best) Journey - Infinity Ace Frehley - Frehley’s Comet

[@ajones957]

A couple folks got Yes and 90125. I saw a mention for Fleetwood Mac, but I picked Fleetwood Mac - the first with Buckingham/Nicks. And Rush 2112 and King Crimson Discipline I have seen cited. AC/DC Back in Black?

[@brianpetty6323]

The first albums I thought of was Yes - 90125 and Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation

[@jensnilsson1507]

Surprised 'Abominog' wasn't on Martin's list with all the love he gives to that album. It is a great album and a great comeback after several sub-par albums prior to it.

[@SJHUE]

Strongly agree about `Passionworks`. Great album!

[@MartyMurray]

Martin, the Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray show was at the new, at the time, Skydome, and yes, it was cut in half, like what they called the "Concert Bowl" at the Gardens. Opening act for that show was our beloved Jeff Healey. I was there. A great show, and I actually have a live recording of Stevie Ray's set from that one.

[@MartyMurray]

Good to see you on Pete's show! Do you remember Terry Bozzio's drum kit from that night? Everything was black, even the cymbals! You guys are doing a bang-up job! Keep going! :-)

[@amadeoeichberg1765]

Grateful Dead 1987 album In The Dark created new Touch of Greyhead fans and resparked their trippy career.

[@bobfrapples1208]

Yeah. That's a good call!

[@markwiygul6356]

definitely Aerosmith's 1987 Permanent Vacation. They grew to become America's favorite Hard Rock band in 1976 with four albums on Billboards charts at the same time. It took a long time to record 1977's Draw The Line, but it was a hit too, going Platinum. As fans bought up their albums they headlined huge stadium tours and released Live! Bootleg in '78. Album sells were slowing as the novelty of Aerosmith wore down. 1979's Night In the Ruts also took a long time to record, but this time the record label was pushy and forced them back to do a stadium concert when they couldn't cut all their songs in the studio. Tyler and Perry infamously fought with Perry quitting. The remaining members went back into the studio to finish Night In The Ruts, and got it released just before the turn on the decade in Nov.'79, but had to hurry, recording several covers, and Tyler included a lullaby tune for his daughter Mia. The remaining members and new guitarist Jimmy Crespo had an even more difficult time recording the followup album. Tyler was involved in a motorcycle accident and took months off to recover. Eventually, in August 27 1982, they manage to release ROCK IN A HARD PLACE, an amazing 80s sounding album that finally progressed in modern soundscape beyond 76's famous ROCKS album, but with 80s sounding metal guitars everywhere. But, it was no hit. and neither was Done With Mirrors released in Nov.'85, even with their classic lineup back. In 1986 Run DMC covered Walk This Way and put Aerosmith back into the spotlight on MTV, a huge hit. Then In Aug.'87 PERMANENT VACATION took off, thanks to a Black Sabbath sound skeleton with amped up 60s and Blues rockers dangling off. Check out the Black Sabbath sound on Hearts Done Time, Magic Touch, Simoriah and The Movie! Even "Angel" has a sort of Sabbath soundscape. Hearts Done Time actually opens the album up sounding like Black Sabbath's PARANOID album, but instead of using War Pig sirens, they used Killer Whale sounds (can't copyright that can you?). PERMANENT VACATION remains my favorite album of all time -- saddest thing that ever happened to Aerosmith was them scoring a number one hit with I DONT WANNA MISS A THANG and then them abandoning hard rock and Steve Tyler dropping his macho metal demon screamin' yak-yak-yak-yeows in favor of kinky soul music squealing high-high-higher-highest ever technical signing that sounds AWFUL, worse than nails across a chalkboard

[@alexandergilles8583]

I know a lot of people don’t like it (I actually dig it quite a bit) but the first album I thought of when I saw the title was Aerosmith’s Permanent Vacation

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

Great album. Just listened to it while vacationing on the beach at Waikiki.

[@Stonky77]

On the heels of your Barry Goudreau interview, I would say Third Stage brought Boston back after a lengthy hiatus, giving them their only number one single. And Rush even says 2112 brought them from the brink of being dropped by their label.

[@seagullpoet]

Need to buy Third Stage !

[@kitoyobeni1]

I saw Boston at the beginning of that Third Stage tour and waited a LONG time between the opener (Fahrenheit I believe?) and Boston as Tom was dealing with stage fright apparently.

[@jake6887]

What!? Heart (1985) is one of the best albums ever made in my opinion.

[@Ninjabadger76]

Agreed I am a huge Heart fan I love all 3 eras of the band but the 80's era Passionworks Heart Bad Animals and Brigade are top notch with the exception of Private Audition they haven't had a bad album

[@CSmith-wz1gd]

Black Sabbath's "Heaven & Hell". Hands down. I agree with Pete's & Martin's other picks, as well. Two major non-Rock rebirths: 1. Marvin Gaye's "Midnight Love" (w/"Sexual Healing") 2. Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It?"

[@welshtoro3256]

Good call on the Tina Turner. I forgot about that and that is a big one. In some ways we can say that is the biggest one.

[@jonnyboybrownie6390]

@@welshtoro3256 it was a HUGE comeback at 45. I aged 14 was like Who is this lady ? Great album. You are talking about Private dancer right ??

[@scottoz7891]

Great topic gentlemen 💯💯

[@matma84]

First awesome subject! Please more and especially with Martin!Here are my own choices: Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood: I think Ian moving from the city to the countryside and releasing that album gave them a revitalization after Too Old too... Exploring their folk roots allowed them having a fresh sound for the latter half of the 70s so they became not some old farts in the eyes of the ongoing punk scene. Ultravox - Vienna: Getting Midge Ure instead of John Foxx definitely gave them a commercial revitalization after being dropped by the Island label even if some of the ingredients were already included at the time Systems of Romance has been released. But Midge Ure brought that extra pop sensibility to the table that got them into the charts with Vienna. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Although I personally like Islands changing the line-up again brought Robert Fripp not only a stable band for three albums but gave them on one hand a more musical and experimental approach as well as a singer with the ability to carry some great melodies they did not have since Greg Lake leaving the band. I think with this line up they formed an identity for a band who had an identity crisis - people coming and going since their debut in 1969 - that even layed the foundation for their 80s and 90s incarnation and the material written by this Lark's band even helped Fripp reforming the band a few years ago and starting getting on tour regularly because people still want to part with their hard earned cash to see come those songs alive on stage. Killing Joke - Pandemonium: Killing Joke have been rivatelized by leaving the synth-pop of the 80s behind and turning their heads to industrial rock. The critics loved them again. They became relevant for a new decade, they paved the way for bands like Rammstein a year later and are still highly regarded as band today because of this album opening a new pathway for them. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire: Changing producer(s) and bringing in Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois instead of Steve Lillywhite revitalized their sound ditching the Post-Punk sound and making them able to open up to a lot of new styles which would result into them becoming one of the biggest rock acts with The Joshua Tree three years later.

[@jhutch888]

AC/DC: The Razor's Edge should really be on this!

[@bradss1000]

Was totally assuming it would be one of Popoff’s choices.

[@jhutch888]

@@bradss1000 but then AC/DC didn't exactly need a whole lot of revitalizing. Not compared to some bands they talk about. They had a couple albums that sold poorly by THEIR standards, but with Who Made Who and even Blow Up Your Video, it was on the up and up, sales wise-etc. They always remained a huge live draw.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

I keep hearing this is a helluva AC/DC album....I"m going to have to check it out......

[@kyleturner1359]

As soon as you announced the topic of the show last week, Permanent Vacation popped into my head immediately. Still have a fabulously fond memory of Rag Doll, a Halloween party, and a leopard skin suit.

[@davej9228]

I had sex with a gal in an elevator the same week the video came out on MTV. Now thats a good memory. 😋

[@djgerman5705]

Steely Dan - Two Against Nature

[@sameoldeh]

Aerosmith's Permanent Vacation. The biggest comeback in entertainment history.

[@mr.jamesvincent3519]

Done With Mirrors was the comeback.

[@bradss1000]

@@mr.jamesvincent3519- Was DWM the only album without original members?

[@sameoldeh]

@@mr.jamesvincent3519 They reunited for Done With Mirrors but got clean & sober during Permanent Vacation which was when the resurgence/comeback happened.

[@sameoldeh]

@@bradss1000 The only album without Joe & Brad was Rock In A Hard Place.

[@tylerpatterson4787]

Your correct, Joe Perry never played on rock on the hard place. However Brad Whitford played rhythm guitar on one song on that album the single Lightning Strikes. Jimmy Crespo played guitar on every song of that album

[@thomsrastelli9300]

1 Jethro Tull Crest Of A Knave 2 Rush 2112 3 Kate Bush Hounds Of Love Although The Album Before The Dreaming Is My Favorite Album Of All Time But It Didn't Sell Very Well Because Of The Experimental Nature Of The Album I Still Love Hounds Of Love Though

[@bernardmaasdijk734]

I love both The Dreaming and Hounds of Love. But The Dreaming a bit more.

[@welshtoro3256]

I think Kate had reached a path of artistic maturity with Hounds of Love that put her outside the mainstream pop/rock way of doing things. A record would take as long as required and no touring. It semi-kicked started her but that was no longer important.

[@mgoulet002]

I love Heart's self-titled. Sounds great. To each his own. My taste and Martin's could not be more different across the board.

[@justinhavu]

Me too. First Heart album I remember hearing as a kid.