It's hard to resist a beautiful picture disc, and some great ones were released in the Eighties. Not that this one is particularly stunn...

Tony Banks is best known as founding member of the rock band Genesis. However, he is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo album...

Released in 1989, Nik Kershaw's fourth album 'The Works' wasn't the commercial success it might (or should) have been. Onl...

Nik Kershaw had a big hit in 1984 with I won't let the sun go down . Such was the success of this single, that other artists were inspir...

The end of the Eighties was a strange time. Many idols who were very successful in the mid-Eighties were declared 'yesterday's new...

Nik Kershaw got through his first two albums okay, but when the 'difficult third album' came up, he was out of luck: although his mu...

February 29 is an extraordinary day and on such a day I think I should post at least one extraordinary record. This one fits the bill: it...

'I won't let the sun go down' was Nik Kershaw's debut single, released in 1983. The song was written during the latter part ...

I don't really know why - well it probably was a lack of funds - but I never bought the 12" single of Ferry Aid's 'Let it b...

On March 6, 1987, the Herald of Free Enterprise - a ferry between Zeebrugge in Belgium and Dover in England - capsized, which killed 193 pas...

'Elisabeth's eyes' was the second and last single to be released from Nik Kershaw's fourth album 'The works'. Unlike...

'The works' was Nik Kershaw's fourth album, released in 1989. Although it was intended to be his big comeback after two years aw...

'James Cagney', a song named after the actor of the same name, was taken from Nik Kershaw's 1986 album 'Radio Musicola',...

'Nobody knows' is another single from Nik Kershaw's 1985 album 'Radio Musicola'. The lyric of the song deals with tabloi...

'Radio Musicola' is the title track from Nik Kershaw's third album. Both the album and the single were released in 1986 by MCA R...

'When a heart beats' was the eighth hit single for Nik Kershaw. It was the third single taken from his 1984 album 'The riddle...

Nik Kershaw didn't waste any time to move away from the squeaky clean pop he was making on his debut album. His second album 'The ri...

Wide boy is a British term for a man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. It is also the title of Nik Kershaw's 1985 hit single,...

' Near a tree by a river there's a hole in the ground / Where an old man of Aran goes around and around / and his mind is a beacon i...

'Human racing' was the fifth and final single from Nik Kershaw's debut album of the same name. Kershaw suddenly showcased a cert...