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Peter Gabriel's second solo album boasts one of rock's most iconic cover photos: the singer and songwriter, gazing directly into the camera, literally scratching apart his visage. It's an appropriate metaphor for the record itself: For the first time since leaving Genesis, it truly felt like Gabriel was obliterating his old image and reinventing himself as a songwriter and sonic craftsman. Read Mo

"'Pet Sounds' is by far my very best album, though my favorite is 'Friends'," writes Brian Wilson in the liner notes of the CD reissue of the latter album. "I think that the Beach Boys sound was developing right along. I had developed a sixth sense for everybody's voices."

It somehow never got any higher than No. 18, but became their bestselling record over the years.

The show was filmed for the German music program 'Rockpalast,' but never aired.

"Voila!" singer Lou Gramm later enthused. "A siren went off in my head ... perfect."

He was initially rumored to be recording an ambitious double-album set, but those plans had to be scaled back.

Fans would remain divided about the album over the years.

Meat Loaf made his big-time leading man debut in 'Roadie,' a 1980 comedy about ... well, a roadie.

30 years ago, on the night of June 5, 1983, a half-capacity crowd risked inclement weather to congregate at scenic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, situated outside Denver, Colorado, and witness, unbeknownst to them, one of the critical events in the inexorable rise to stardom undertaken by Irish rockers U2. The event was later immortalized on the seminal live album, ‘Under a Blood Red Sky.’

They described this as an attempt to get back to their garage-band roots. It didn't work.

'Born to Run' gave him the mainstream break he needed. The next album made him a star.

The album was their most perfectly radio-friendly, but it also caught them on the verge of collapse.