Word: albums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those digitally encoded discs retail for approximately twice as much as a record album...
...defoliant that is strongly believed to have caused his son's malignancies and his grandson's disability. But this approach would give My Father, My Son a melodramatic unity it neither has nor needs. The strength of the book resides in its unassuming format, an album of family voices (father, son, wife and mother) that describe without self-pity or too much self-pleading the grave misfortune that has overtaken them...
Right now she is the world's most popular chanteuse. Her album True Blue quickly went triple platinum; her Papa Don't Preach single did time at No. 1. In her new movie she co-stars with Husband Sean Penn, that terrific actor and legendary cutup. Last winter, when the newlyweds made the film, they also made headlines on every tabloid front page. There would seem to be a bit of "want see" here. And yet MGM, the distributor of Shanghai Surprise, has drop-kicked it into the marketplace like a turkey carcass...
...three creators have their own career dreams riding on the film's success. Two years ago Jackson was No. 1 on the hot parade, but his penchant for reclusiveness and prolonged sessions in the recording studio (his new album, delayed several times, is due to be released in January) have dimmed his star power. Coppola has not made a hit film since Apocalypse Now in 1979. Lucas has sponsored a couple of expensive duds this summer (Labyrinth and Howard the Duck) and has seen his hugely profitable Star Wars merchandise inch toward the remainder shelves...
Seeking a way to reach his generation, Paul Simon finds in South African songs the fire for his intrepid new album, Graceland...