Lost in Love
Artist: Air Supply
Community Score: 7.28

With the release of Lost in Love, Air Supply led the early part of the '80s with a successful run of soft pop love songs of the sweetest variety. Graham Russell's overly poetic, overly romantic lyrics were usually accompanied by the fragile plucking of an acoustic guitar or the soft tinkling of piano, and throughout every album their insipid... Read More

Kenny Loggins Alive
Artist: Kenny Loggins

Three albums into his solo career, and Kenny Loggins decides it's time for a double live affair, appropriately titled Kenny Loggins Alive. Such are the perks of launching a career on the back of a successful group -- you can borrow material to flesh out your solo works. This set, recorded between 1978 and 1980, still spends most of its time on... Read More

Touch You
Artist: Jimmy Hall
Singles 1969-1973/1974-1978
Artist: The Carpenters

Exactly what it claims to be, this compilation contains 10 of The Carpenters' 12 Top 10 hits, from "Close To You" to "Top Of The World." They continued to make the charts until 1982, but the bulk of their memorable pop hits, the songs that reintroduced soft, melodic music to the masses and rolled back the rock revolution, are here. ~ William... Read More

Toto IV
Artist: Toto
Community Score: 8.20

It was do or die for Toto on the group's fourth album, and they rose to the challenge. Largely dispensing with the anonymous studio rock that had characterized their first three releases, the band worked harder on its melodies, made sure its simple lyrics treated romantic subjects, augmented Bobby Kimball's vocals by having other group members... Read More

Bella Donna
Artist: Stevie Nicks
Community Score: 7.95

Stevie Nicks' solo career was off to an impressive, if overdue, start with Bella Donna, which left no doubt that she could function quite well without the input of her colleagues in Fleetwood Mac (a band she would remain a member of until 1993). The album yielded a number of hits that seemed omnipresent in the '80s, including the moving "Leather... Read More

Physical
Artist: Olivia Newton-John
Community Score: 6.00
Greatest Hits
Artist: Melissa Manchester

Her own classic cuts like "Come in from the Rain" and "Fire in the Morning." ~ Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide Read More

High Adventure
Artist: Kenny Loggins

Well, if Duran Duran decided to rip off Raiders of the Lost Ark, why not Kenny Loggins? After all, the swashbuckling cover to High Adventure fits this album, since it finds him relying equally on rockers and melodic pop/rock. The album kicks off with Loggins' hardest-rocking single, "Don't Fight It," a surging arena-rocker duet with Steve Perry.... Read More

Too Low for Zero
Artist: Elton John
Community Score: 8.75

Elton John began inching back into the mainstream with Jump Up, an uneven but strong record highlighted by "Empty Garden." Its success set the stage for Too Low for Zero, a full-fledged reunion with his best collaborator, Bernie Taupin, and his classic touring band. Happily, this is a reunion that works like gangbusters, capturing everybody at a... Read More

Private Eyes
Artist: Hall & Oates
Community Score: 9.75

Hall & Oates were in the middle of recording Private Eyes when Voices suddenly, unexpectedly broke big, with "Kiss on My List" reaching number one not just on the Billboard charts, but in Cashbox and Record World. As the album's producer, Neil Kernon, admits in Ken Sharp's liner notes to the 2004 reissue of the album, everybody knew that the new... Read More

The Allnighter
Artist: Glenn Frey
Community Score: 5.00

Frey breaks with the old Eagles sound on his second solo album, much of which has a bluesy, rocking feel. Includes the hits "Smuggler's Blues" and "Sexy Girl." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read More

Face Value
Artist: Phil Collins
Community Score: 6.79

Collins proves himself a passionate singer (and distinctive drummer) with a gift for both deeply felt ballads and snarling rockers. His debut album transformed him from the frontman of Genesis to a solo star who happened to be in Genesis, too. Contains "In the Air Tonight" and "I Missed Again." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide Read More

Bossa Nova Hotel
Artist: Michael Sembello
Community Score: 5.83