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The LP (from long playing [2] or long play) is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
Title Album details Peak chart positions UK [12] [13]AUS [14]The Greatest Hits, So Far: Released: 24 September 1990; Label: Virgin; Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC; 20 102 First Issue / Second Edition
Each release used the same basic design as the LP, CD and cassette covers, although second single "Home" was issued under its own name. A 1990 boxed set of Public Image Limited albums was called Box, [23] and a 2010 deluxe reissue of the album included "Poster" – an art print – and a making-of book titled "Book". [24]
In preparing their debut studio album, Public Image: First Issue, the band spent their recording budget well before the record was completed. As a result, the final album comprised eight tracks of varying sound quality, half of which were written and recorded in a rush after the money had run out. [18] The album was released in December 1978.
LP's second album, Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol, was released in June 2004 through Lightswitch Records. On the record, they collaborated with songwriter and music producer Linda Perry . [ 8 ] However, in spite of extensive touring to promote the release and positive reviews from music critics, the album failed to gain widespread recognition.
Happy? entered the Billboard 200, where it stayed for 10 weeks and reached No. 169 on 7 November 1987. [13]The single “Seattle” was released as a promo 12-inch single which entered the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Songs charts, where it stayed for 7 weeks and reached No. 30 on 26 December 1987.
The debut LP, Shades in Bed, yielded another single, "Teenarama", [1] their second-best known song. The album was released in the US in July 1979 as The Records with different song sequencing and with the original single version of "Starry Eyes" replacing Lange's re-recording that appeared on the UK edition. The album was sufficiently well ...
The album was ranked at No. 2 among the top "Albums of the Year" for 1979 by NME, with "Death Disco" ranked at No. 11 among the year's top tracks. [33] Robert Palmer placed the album at third place in his best of 1980 list for the New York Times , proclaiming the album to be the "definitive album of postpunk rock and the year's most compelling ...