Great album covers from the past…
3 June 2020
‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ by PUBLIC ENEMY
Released 28 June 1988 – the band’s second album.
Charted for 47 weeks on the US Charts, peaking at #42
and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1989.
Two of the powerful tracks…
– REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE –
– DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE –
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Album In full…
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PUBLIC ENEMY: Facebook
Going back in sonic history…
1988 was a year of versatile vibes and kicks
Here are TURN UP THE VOLUME’S ten picks…
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1/ ‘Fiesta’ by THE POGUES
Ultimate party cracker…
Album: ‘If I Should Fall From Grace With God’
2/ ‘Wrote For Luck’ by HAPPY MONDAYS
Eight miles high…
Album: ‘Bummed’
3/ ‘Sidewalking’ by THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Psych pop pearl…
Album: ‘Barbed Wire Kisses’
4/ ‘People Have The Power’ by PATTI SMITH
Sing it loud, maybe it’ll help…
Album: ‘Dream Of Life’
5/ ‘Gigantic’ by PIXIES
Kim Deal on a roll…
Album: ‘Surfer Rosa’
6/ ‘Hit The North’ by THE FALL
You can dance to The Fall…
Album: ‘The Frenz Experiment’
7/ ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’ by PUBLIC ENEMY
Just believe Public Enemy…
Album: ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’
8/ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’ by GUNS N’ ROSES
Massive rock and roll riffs…
Album: ‘Appetite For Destruction’
9/ ‘Orange Crush’ by R.E.M.
R.E.M. becoming a big alt act…
Album: ‘Green’
10/ ‘Christine’ by THE HOUSE OF LOVE
Pure pop melancholia…
Album: ‘The House Of Love’
