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Radio X Chilled with Sarah Gosling 12am - 1am
14 February 2025, 19:00
Let's turn back the clock to the year of War Of The Worlds, Some Girls, Jazz, Outlandos D'Amour and much, much more.
The second solo album from the former member of Stealers Wheel included the massive hit Baker Street and Right Down The Line.
The debut studio album from the Californian rock outfit included Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Runnin' With The Devil and a cover of The Kinks' You Really Got Me.
The fourth studio album from the pioneering British heavy metal band was later at the centre of a "subliminal messaging" court case over their track Better By You, Better Than Me. The case was thankfully dismissed.
The debut album from the legendary singer-songwriter included her No 1 Wuthering Heights, The Man With The Child In His Eyes and Them Heavy People.
Smith's third album included the huge hit Because The Night, co-written with Bruce Springsteen.
Paul McCartney's sixth album with the supergroup that featured wife Linda and former Moody Blues man Denny Laine didn't include the massive-selling Mull Of Kintyre, but did feature the single With A Little Luck.
The soundtrack to the classic Martin Scorcese film of the legendary group's farewell show included The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, I Shall Be Released, Up On Cripple Creek and guest appearances from Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Bob Dylan humself.
The third studio album from Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio's supergroup included the tracks Long Live Rock 'N' Roll and LA Connection.
The fifth album from the Aussie hard rockers included the hit Rock 'N' Roll Damnation.
The Boss's fourth studio album included the singles Badlands, Promised Land and Prove It All Night.
Phil Lynott and co presented one of the greatest live albums of all time, recorded on tour in London, Philadelphia and Toronto over the previous eighteen months. The hits Jailbreak, Don't Believe A Word and The Boys Are Back In Town are all present and correct.
The Boston new wave band's debut include the classics My Best Friend's Girl and Just What I Needed.
The Stones' fourteenth album saw them "go disco" with the hit Miss You, but there was still room for a classic ballad in Beast Of Burden.
The second album from Bob Geldof and co included a string of hits: She's So Modern, Like Clockwork and the No 1 Rat Trap.
The debut album from Mark Knopfler and co included the evergreen hit, Sultans Of Swing.
"No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space... and yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us." Ambitious musical retelling of the HG Wells story, featuring David Essex, Phil Lynott and Richard Burton, which sold tons of copies.
The NYC art rockers' second album includes the band's cover of Al Green's Take Me To The River.
The final Who album to feature drummer Keith Moon, who died three weeks after its release. The title track has gone on to be a radio classic.
The fourth album from the pioneering punks included I Just Want To Have Something To Do and I Wanna Be Sedated.
The all-time classic Blondie album was actually their third outing, but it spawned the hits Heart Of Glass, Hanging On The Telephone, One Way Or Another, Picture This and Sunday Girl.
The eighth studio album from the American prog rockers included the singles Renegade, Sing For The Day and Blue Collar Man (Long Nights).
The Los Angeles rock band's debut album included their classic hit Hold The Line.
The debut album from Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland included Roxanne, Can't Stand Losing You and So Lonely.
The second album from Joe Strummer's punks included the hit Tommy Gun.
Queen's seventh studio album included the double 'A' side Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race and the evergreen Don't Stop Me Now.