"Tangerine Dream (album) Tangerine Dream is Kaleidoscope's debut album released on Fontana Records on November 24, 1967. Though not as popular as the U.S. Kaleidoscope, this British band was also a band from the psychedelic movement with moderate domestic success, and just enough international exposure to have this album recognized in the genre's catalogue and regarded as one of the best in the same. Now sought by collectors and highly acclaimed by critics and fans this album has been musically compared to Nirvana's ""The Story of Simon Simopath"" and Pink Floyd's ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"". Peter Daltrey,"
"and performed their first live concert on a float for their town Ayabe's Christmas parade, in junior high school. After giving up music for a while because of how busy basketball club was making them, Alex, Bob and Syu reformed as a three-member band, inspired by the music of The Doors. Ric joined the band later, performing keyboards, and the group became more interested in psychedelic music, as well as the music of The Velvet Underground and Pink Floyd's debut album ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"" (1967) when they continued to play through their high school years. In"
"Pop! Pop! were a British pop group consisting of Glen Ball, Hannah Lewis, Jamie Tinkler, and Jade McGuire. The group was formed in the summer of 2003 when they were signed by Pete Waterman. They released three singles on the Sony BMG record label, but disbanded in early 2005, due to poor record sales. The group had three hit singles, which all reached the top 40 in the UK Singles Chart during 2004 and 2005, but each performed under expectations. Their debut single ""Heaven and Earth"" was withdrawn from the chart because the single contained a track whose length was"
"Pop (Same Difference album) Pop is the debut studio album from British pop duo and 2007 ""The X Factor"" finalists Same Difference. The album was released on December 1, 2008 by Syco Records. The album debuted at number 22 on the UK Album Chart, on first week sales of 31,064. The album was recorded following on from their appearance in ""The X Factor"", and contains both original tracks and cover versions of songs they performed during the show. The cover versions include ""Breaking Free"" (from the Disney film ""High School Musical""), ""Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"" (originally by Starship), ""I"
"Piper at the Gates of Dawn"" in August 1967. The album peaked at number 6, spending 14 weeks on the UK charts. One month later, it was released under the Tower Records label. Pink Floyd continued to draw large crowds at the UFO Club; however, Barrett's mental breakdown was by then causing serious concern. The group initially hoped that his erratic behaviour would be a passing phase, but some were less optimistic, including Jenner and his assistant, June Child, who commented: ""I found [Barrett] in the dressing room and he was so ... gone. Roger Waters and I got him"
"the album has been hailed a pivotal psychedelic rock album, with the embryonic elements of what was to become progressive rock. In 1973, it was packaged with the band's second album, ""A Saucerful of Secrets"", and released as ""A Nice Pair"" to introduce new fans to the band's early work after the success of ""The Dark Side of the Moon"". Special limited editions of ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"" were issued to mark its thirtieth, fortieth, and fiftieth anniversaries in 1997, 2007, and 2018, respectively, with the former two releases containing bonus tracks. In 2012, ""The Piper at"
"Popes. Brothers Ian and Ben Graham began playing in bands when they were 11 and 13, respectively. Playing local shows and small venues in the Lansing, MI region is how they met Adam, who was playing in a different band at the time. In 2007, after their previous groups disbanded, the three formed ""Cheap Girls"" with the idea of creating back-to-basics rock. The band began playing shows and writing the music that would become their first album, ""Find Me a Drink Home"". Their first full-length album, ""Find Me a Drink Home"", was released on April 22, 2008, through Quote Unquote"
"Pink Floyd Sound, later the Pink Floyd Blues Band and by early 1966, Pink Floyd. By early 1966, Barrett was Pink Floyd's frontman, guitarist, and songwriter. He wrote or co-wrote all but one track of their debut LP ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"", released in August 1967. Waters contributed the song ""Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk"" (his first sole writing credit) to the album. By late 1967, Barrett's deteriorating mental health and increasingly erratic behaviour, rendered him ""unable or unwilling"" to continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's singer-songwriter and lead guitarist. In early March 1968 Pink"
"two charting singles and a successful debut album, ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"" (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the band's primary lyricist and conceptual leader, devising the concepts behind their albums ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" (1973), ""Wish You Were Here"" (1975), ""Animals"" (1977), ""The Wall"" (1979) and ""The Final Cut"" (1983). ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" and ""The Wall"" became two of the best-selling albums of all time. Following creative tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed"
"""Top of the Pops"" performing their hit single ""Money (That's What I Want)"". They also appeared in February 1980 performing follow up single ""TV"". Virgin Records extended the band's recording contract after the success of ""Money"". The group released their début album ""The Flying Lizards"" in 1980. The album included two songs – ""Her Story"" and ""The Window"" – written and sung by Goldman. Their single issues included their postmodern cover versions of songs such as Eddie Cochran's ""Summertime Blues"" and ""Money"". The 1981 album ""Fourth Wall"" received praise from critics but did not sell well. ""Top Ten"" (1984), with"
"also revealed the track listing and album artwork. On 6 September, the first single from the album, ""Zipperface"" was released to streaming services, YouTube, and iTunes. The Pop Group have been called pioneers of the late-’70s post-punk movement. ""The Guardian"" wrote that the Pop Group ""almost singlehandedly effected the transition from punk to post-punk,"" noting that they ""– ahead of Gang of Four, PiL, A Certain Ratio and the rest – steered punk towards a radical, politicised mash-up of dub, funk, free jazz and the avant-garde."" Louder Than War called them ""one of the most wildly innovative and barrier-shattering bands"
"been released on the group's debut demo album ""Frail"", and two songs from the demo did not make it to this album""—Fade to Grey"" and EP's title track ""Frail"", though these were both later included on the group's follow-up, ""Much Afraid"", which also introduced lyrics into the previously instrumental piece ""Frail"". Notably, ""Jars of Clay"" is considered to be a landmark album in Christian rock, even though very few electric guitars are used, leading some to categorize Jars of Clay as folk-rock, alternative folk, or even pop instead. The album was listed at No. 22 in the 2001 book, """"."
"May 1967, an event set up by both Jenner and King. Jenner and King's diverse array of social connections were meritorious, gaining the band important coverage in ""The Financial Times"" and ""The Sunday Times"". Jenner's voice can be heard at the start of Pink Floyd's 1967 ""Astronomy Domine"", the opening track on the album ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (UK edition)."" Jenner and King formed a partnership with Pink Floyd called Blackhill Enterprises. As the relationship between Syd Barrett and the other three members of Pink Floyd deteriorated, Jenner and King, believing Barrett to be the principal songwriter"
"(2005–09), Dream (2000-03), and Sugababes. Pop rock artist Pink released her debut album ""Can't Take Me Home"" in 2000, including ""Get the Party Started"", and later, her ""I'm Not Dead"" album in which features ""Stupid Girls"" and ""Who Knew"". Her following album, ""Funhouse,"" released in 2008 also included ""So What"" and ""Sober"". Pink's song, ""You Make Me Sick"", which debuted January 6, 2001, reached 33 on the Hot 100 list. ""Family Portrait"" got up to number 20, debuting on November 16, 2002. Alecia Beth Moore (Pink's birth name) was one of the biggest Pop singers of the 2000s. Singer Anastacia"
"And Pink"", ""Only The Brave/Plan It Earth"", ""Share It"", ""Videos"", ""Heather"", ""Keep On Caring"", ""Emily"", ""Felafel Shuffle"", ""Going for a Song"", ""Back to Front"", ""Cruising"", ""Halfway Between Heaven and Earth"", ""It Didn't Matter Anyway"", ""Golf Girl"". On their first album, ""Caravan of Dreams"" (1992), the band consisted of Richard Sinclair (guitar, vocals, bass on studio tracks), Dave Sinclair (keyboards), Jimmy Hastings (flute, saxophone), Andy Ward (drums), Rick Biddulph (live bass), Michael Heupel (flute) and Alan Clarke (harmonica). A double live album followed: ""An Evening Of Magic"" (1993), recorded in Italy. Latterly in 1993, Sinclair moved on to his ""RSVP"" album"
"a Medal on Mary"". The songwriting duo also penned ""Hearts in Her Eyes"" for the Searchers, who made an unexpected comeback with their power pop oriented album ""The Searchers"" in 1979. Based on their demos (later released as ""Paying for the Summer of Love""), the band was signed to Virgin Records in 1978. Their debut single, ""Starry Eyes"", was released in the UK that December and has since become their best-known song and an oft-covered power pop standard. Allmusic called it ""a near-perfect song that defined British power pop in the '70s"". Due in part to its clear influence by"
"Group initially set out as funk band, drawing influence from black dance music and radical political traditions. Soon after forming, they began to gain notoriety for their live performances, landing them a contract with Radar Records and a cover of the ""NME"". They issued their debut single, ""She Is Beyond Good and Evil"" in early 1979. To record their debut, group teamed with British dub reggae producer Dennis Bovell. Critic Simon Reynolds wrote that ""Bovell's mix of acid-rock wildness and dub wisdom made him [...] the ideal candidate for the not hugely enviable task of giving The Pop Group's unruly"
"pop group, Avalon in 1995. The band made its debut in November 1995, in San Jose, California, at the start of the multi-city arena tour, ""The Young Messiah,"" alongside such artists as Steven Curtis Chapman, CeCe Winans and Michael W. Smith. This proved to be an excellent launching pad for the foursome who, during Michael's tenure, later garnered two gold records, twenty #1 radio singles, six GMA awards, two GRAMMY nominations, a 2003 American Music Award for, ""Favorite Artist Contemporary Inspiration,"" and their hit song, "","" would eventually be named one of the top gospel songs of all time. After"
"6.5 million copies worldwide. The band's 1982 debut on ""Top of the Pops"" created tabloid headlines, which focused on George's androgynous style of dress and sexual ambiguity. Magazines began to feature George prominently on their covers. Pete Burns, lead singer of the new wave band Dead or Alive, would later claim he was the first to wear braids, big hats, and colourful costumes, but George would cut back with a sharp-tongued remark, ""It's not who did it first, it's who did it better."" The band's debut album, ""Kissing to Be Clever"" (UK No. 5, US No. 14) was released in"
"American power pop, the song was a bigger hit in the US than in the UK; it peaked at No. 56 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in October 1979. The group prepared their debut album with producers Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange and Tim Friese-Greene. Huw Gower produced ""The Phone"", which was added to the album in preference to one of Lange's efforts, a cover of Tim Moore's ""Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter"". The debut LP ""Shades in Bed"" yielded another single, ""Teenarama"", their second-best known song. The album was released in the US in July 1979 as ""The Records"" with"
"and Sgt. Pepper's abound in the best of the harmonizing here, and also in some of the brass and percussion, and the guitar flourishes on numbers like ""Pennies"" (which could easily have been a hit)"". The Cowsills (1967 album) The Cowsills is the eponymously titled first album by American Pop Group and Family, The Cowsills. The first single off the album was ""The Rain, The Park & Other Things,"" reaching #2 on the ""Billboard"" charts. Similar in style to pop groups The Mamas & the Papas, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, The Monkees and other Bubblegum, AM Pop and sunshine"
"English band of the ""guitar group revival"", the band's first release was the single ""Shadows Fall"" (2001), which was followed by two EPs ""The Oldest Path EP"" (2001) and ""Skeleton Key EP"" (2002). Their eponymous debut album ""The Coral"", released in 2002, reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and was nominated for the Mercury Prize the day after its release. A successful UK tour and festival slots followed along with the singles ""Goodbye"" reaching number twenty-one in the UK Singles Chart and ""Dreaming of You"" reaching number thirteen. The single ""Dreaming of You"" was included in the United"
"debut album – ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"". During the performance, some of the band members created sound effects by chopping up wood on stage, a man dressed up as an admiral gave out daffodils, and the bubbles produced from a machine while the show was in progress stained all the furniture in the hall. As a consequence, Pink Floyd were banned from ever playing there again. The show included a primitive surround sound mixer, consisting of a joystick linked to an organ and effects, which could be used to move sounds around the auditorium, which has now"
"Pop Records, who signed her in 2000. Her first recording for the label was a duet with Jurado on ""Wages of Sin"" on ""Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska"". Her debut album ""When We Were Small"" was released on January 22, 2001. The album featured Eric Fisher (who Thomas met at Cornish College) on guitar and keyboards and Andy Myers on drums. Fisher and Myers returned for 2003's follow-up ""Only with Laughter Can You Win"". Thomas released her third album, ""If Songs Could Be Held"", in 2005. In March 2006, her song ""Faith's Silver Elephant"" appeared on the Paper"
"Pop Etc POP ETC (pronounced ""pop etcetera""), formerly known as The Morning Benders, is an indie rock band from Berkeley, California, later based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2008, they released their debut album ""Talking Through Tin Cans"" on +1 Records. The band has toured in support of Broken Bells (spring 2010), Grizzly Bear (fall 2009), The Kooks and Death Cab for Cutie (summer 2008), Ra Ra Riot (fall 2008), and has also played with Yo La Tengo, MGMT, Grand Archives, Yeasayer, Two Gallants, The Rosebuds, Au Revoir Simone, We Are Scientists, and White Rabbits. They also toured with Broken"
"However, they were eventually revealed - after several decades - to be Peter Marsh (Tinker, the lead singer), Andy Howell (Tailor), Roger Bechirian (Soldier) and Phil McWalter (Spy) . Their music was synthpop, similar to their contemporaries A Flock of Seagulls, although comparisons to The Attractions were also made. The band's first LP was titled ""Walls Have Ears"" in the UK, and ""Ears Have Walls"" in the US. The album cover, ultimately to become an iconic classic, was designed by Barney Bubbles. The group can be seen in shadow on the album's back cover, in a photo by Brian Griffin"
"Pop Records during the week that Mudhoney's first single was released. Seeing the operations of the label at the onset of Seattle's grunge music scene inspired McCaughan to found Merge Records, among whose first releases were Bricks' ""Winterspring"" cassette (MRG001, featuring the first seven songs recorded by the McCaughan/Webster duo) and ""The Girl With The Carrot Skin"" single (MRG005, featuring all four members), both released in 1989. By 1990 Bricks were playing shows with well-known indie bands, such as Fugazi, and at punk rock venues, like CBGB's in New York and the Cat's Cradle in Washington, DC, before disbanding when"
"and an ""NME""-sponsored gig brought them to the attention of Hut Records. They released their first single, ""Showgirl"" in 1993, and their debut album ""New Wave"" a month later. Haines was later to claim that this was the album that started Britpop, though he later showed disdain towards the movement, stating in a 2003 interview that Britpop consisted of ""a bunch of bands who weren't good enough to exist in their own right, like music's equivalent of the Bloomsbury Group."" Certainly it was ahead of its time in turning back from the acid house then popular to more traditional songwriting"
"Powder (band) Powder were a Britpop band who existed between 1994 and 1997 and released three singles on Parkway Records. Signed in late 1994 by music public relations agents John Best and Phill Savidge, they were the first band on the label. Powder were fronted by Pearl Lowe, with songwriters Mark Thomas on guitar and Tim McTighe on bass and James Walden on drums. Their first single ""20th Century Gods"", a ""Select"" Single Of The Month, sold out of its pressing of 1,500 within two days. This was followed by the release of ""Afrodisiac"" in June 1995, and appearances at"
"experimented with merging male and female vocals together. ""Producers don't seem to want to mix the voices so often [...] that helps give us that little bit of an edge,"" Murray remarked. Their first single, ""Around the World (La La La La La)"" (which was an English cover of the song ""Pesenka"" by the Russian group Ruki Vverh!) was first released on May 9, 2000 and went number one in Germany for six weeks in summer 2000. It was later a Top 40 hit in the United Kingdom and United States. Their debut album ""Planet Pop"", featuring songs from Alex"
"in 2001 on Castle von Buhler Records. In the late 1990s, DeGregorio (switching to guitar) formed Amber Spyglass with vocalist Kelly Godshall. They released their eponymous debut EP in 2001, followed by the album "" Accelerating Parcae"" (2004) and ""Breathing in Essence"" EP (2012), before they ended in 2013. Opium Den (band) Opium Den was a 1990s gothic rock/ethereal wave band from Boston, Massachusetts, acclaimed for Christian Gilbert's Spanish/classical-influenced guitar playing and Annette Farrington's poetic lyrics. They also described their music as psychedelic rock and art rock. The band released three albums: ""Diary of a Drunken Sun"" (1993), ""Secret Sky"""
"""Sunday Morning"", were, just like their first single, produced by David Balfe and retained that folk-pop sound of ""Trees and Flowers"", however. After releasing their debut single, ""Trees and Flowers"", on an independent label, the duo were signed to Korova, a sub-label of the Warner Music Group. ""Since Yesterday"" was chosen as the group's debut single for the label, in October 1984. The song initially failed to become a success, entering the UK charts at #89 at the end of October. However, it slowly climbed the charts (although never breaking the top 40) until the end of the year. After"
"Diamond"". That same year they released their debut album, ""Belief"", which was a Top 30 hit in the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned four further singles, all but one charting inside the UK Top 40. ""Belief"" was released in the US the following year, adding a cover version of ""Riders on the Storm"", originally by The Doors, which was not available in the UK edition. The album and its singles only found modest success in the US ""Billboard"" R&B chart. In 1992, they released their second album, ""Build"". Never released in the US, it was less successful than their"