“Unearthed Gems: The Timeless Baby Boomer Albums Millennials Didn’t Know They Were Missing!”

"Unearthed Gems: The Timeless Baby Boomer Albums Millennials Didn’t Know They Were Missing!"

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Released on February 18, 1985, No Jacket Required is drummer/singer-songwriter Phil Collins’ third solo studio album. The album featured artists such as Helen Terry, Sting, and Peter Gabriel, with some of the songs based around improvisation.

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The record was well-received upon its release, winning three Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. Collin’s most successful album, it landed the No.1 spot in numerous countries, remaining at the top for seven weeks in the United States. Worldwide, it sold over 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

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Arlo Guthrie: Alice’s Restaurant

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Released by Reprise Records in September 1967, Alice’s Restaurant is Arlo Guthrie’s debut album. The most popular song on the album was “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre,” which did extremely well. The song was a lengthy 18 minutes and thirty-four seconds long that was an anti-war satire although told a story about Guthrie’s real life.

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The album peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 200 and was a favorite of many. In 1996, Guthrie recorded the same songs for a live album titled Alice’s Restaurant: The Massacre Revisited.

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Rick Wakeman: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

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Released on A&M Records on May 3, 1974, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is English keyboarder Rick Wakeman’s third album. The songs are a series of recordings of the second of his first two shows at the Royal Festival Hall on January 18, 1974. Based on Jules Verne’s science fiction novel of the same name, it tells the story of a group of men who follow a passage that leads to the Earth’s center.

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