He is too busy worrying about a thunderstorm in Venezuela.
OT: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for 2018
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Sorry but that it total hyperbole on Annie Lennox. Respect her work, but she is fairly obscure and disappeared from sight for the last 30 years. What has she done since 1990/95?
Except for Radiohead, no band on this list has a better album than the Zombies Odyssey and Oracle. How they haven't made it based on this album alone astonished me.
And just about every track aside from time of the season) on Odyssey and Oracle are not hits, but are very good. "This will be our year" is one of my favorite songs of that era:
After the last two years of primarily rounding-out the list of mid-70's -- late-80's arena rock headliners (Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, Joan Jett, Journey, Steve Miller, Yes, etc.), there's no way that the HOF is going back to the well for another 3-4 second-string classic rock acts for 2018. Last year was the close-out set.
Going forward, enjoyable, but meh arena acts like J. Geils and Dire Straits will be limited to one admission annually. With, The Moody Blues, I'm a fan; but, they'll never be admitted. As I recall, Rolling Stone once named Days of Future's Past, the most overrated album of all time (or something to that effect). Critics just hate that over-the-top, self-aggrandizing prog rock.
As for who will get in, Radiohead is a lock, and deservedly so. They'll also likely admit questionable Bon Jovi. They're just too big of an act to continue to ignore and their absence makes it harder to admit more-deserving older, heavier bands like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, etc. from which Bon Jovi's pop-metal sound partially evolved. Despite all the albums sold in the 80's, there isn't one true hair metal band from the genre in the HOF (and, no, Gn'R doesn't count). Bon Jovi takes care of that curiosity.
The admission of The Cars, or to the less likely-extent, Depeche Mode, take care of another HOF-overlooked genre, New Wave, Post-Modern, etc. or whatever you want to call it. The Cars (initially, considered New Wave) would temporarily satisfy this inexcusable oversight, while still appealing to the HOF's arena-rock base. In this regard, despite album sales, concert attendance and critical acclaim, there are presently no acts like Billy Idol, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, New Order, Public Image Limited, The Cure, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, etc. in the HOF. They can't ignore the genre forever.
For some reason, I just think Nina Simone is also a lock. She's deserving, continues to expand the Rock-and-Roll footprint (to include, basically, any post-WWII music, excepting country), more distinctive than yet-another arena-rock afterthought, diversifies the slate, etc. I bet LL Cool J is admitted for somewhat similar reasons. Each add to what isn't fully-recognized, but should be.
Personally, I'd like to see nominees like Kate Bush, The MC5 or The Zombies admitted. But, I don't see it happening on any regular ballot. Rage Against the Machine will be admitted soon-enough on a regular ballot, I think just not in 2018.
It's a pretty feeble list as far as Hall of Fame quality goes. I like the Cars, Depeche Mode and Dire Straits and some J Geils, but hardly would consider them for HOF.
So, considering all things, including longevity and influence on other musicians:
MC5
Moody Blues
Link Wray
Nina Simone
Yep, only 4
Just because some of you haven't heard of some of the artists, doesn't mean they should be disqualified.
MC5, Link Wray and Nina Simone were hugely influential on successive generations of artists.
So, considering all things, including longevity and influence on other musicians:
MC5
Moody Blues
Link Wray
Nina Simone
Yep, only 4
Just because some of you haven't heard of some of the artists, doesn't mean they should be disqualified.
MC5, Link Wray and Nina Simone were hugely influential on successive generations of artists.
Iron Maiden was the first concert that I ever went to (Seventh Son tour at the old Brendan Byrne Arena).....perhaps 87 or 88? Have they ever been considered for the HOF?
"Friends of Mine" is a great song. I saw the Zombies two years ago in Boston. Great show by guys up there in age. True professionals. Rod Argent's keyboard playing was amazing.
As usual, no real reply, just a snarky, no-response. Really, not much quality or noted output from her post 1995. Sure, induct a pop artist with 2-5 hits into the RRHOF. LOL.
You can revel in your ignorance if you choose. It's your loss. Consider broadening your horizons. You'll never regret it.
She did what most artists do when they get older...they fade from the charts...virtually every single one including all your tired faves like Journey and J Geils so not sure why you are bringing up less chart success when every other act on the list has basically faded as well..but for shits and giggles...here you go and she did land a few top 10 album chart landings even on the downslide
1995–2000: Medusa and return to Eurythmics
Main articles: Medusa (Annie Lennox album) and Peace (Eurythmics album)
Although Lennox's profile decreased for a period because of her desire to bring up her two children outside of the media's glare, she continued to record. Her second album, Medusa, was released in March 1995. It consisted solely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists including Bob Marley, The Clash, and Neil Young. It entered the UK album chart at No. 1 and peaked in the US at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over 2,000,000 to date in the United States.[19] It has achieved double platinum status in both the UK and the US.[24][26] The album yielded four UK singles: "No More I Love You's" (which entered the UK singles chart at No. 2, Lennox's highest ever solo peak),[17] "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Waiting in Vain" and "Something So Right". The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards of 1996,[27] losing to Turbulent Indigo by Joni Mitchell, however, Lennox won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "No More I Love You's".[28] Although Lennox declined to tour for the album, she did perform a large scale one-off concert in New York's Central Park, which was filmed and later released on home video.[29] Lennox provided an extensive solo vocal performance (without lyrics) for the soundtrack score of the film Apollo 13 in 1995.[30]
In 1997, Lennox re-recorded the Eurythmics track "Angel" for the Diana, Princess of Wales tribute album, and also recorded the song "Mama" for The Avengers soundtrack album. In 1998, following the death of a mutual friend (former Tourists member Peet Coombes), she re-united with Dave Stewart.[31] Following their first performance together in eight years at a record company party, Stewart and Lennox began writing and recording together for the first time since 1989. This resulted in the album Peace. The title was designed to reflect the duo's ongoing concern with global conflict and world peace. The record was promoted with a concert on the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior II, where they played a mixture of old and new songs. "I Saved the World Today" was the lead single, reaching number eleven on the UK singles chart.[32] Another single, released at the beginning of 2000, "17 Again", made the UK top 40, and topped the US dance chart.[33] In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine, with Editor-in-Chief Timothy White describing her as one of "the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music."[2]
2003–2007: Bare and work in Africa
Main article: Bare (Annie Lennox album)
Annie Lennox on stage in 2004
In 2003, Lennox released her third solo album, Bare. The album peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 4 in the US – her highest charting album in the US to date.[34] She embarked on her first tour as a solo artist to promote the album. The tour, simply titled Solo Tour, pre-dated the release of the album and visited both the US and Europe, with only a two-night stop in the UK at Saddler's Wells Theatre in London. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the US and was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.[35] The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox.[36]
In 2004, Lennox won the Academy Award for Best Song for "Into the West" from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,[37] which she co-wrote with screenwriter Fran Walsh and composer Howard Shore. Lennox performed the song live at the 76th Academy Awards. The song also won a Grammy award and a Golden Globe award. She had previously recorded "Use Well the Days" for the movie, which incorporates a number of quotations from Tolkien in its lyrics. This features on a bonus DVD included with the "special edition" of the movie's soundtrack CD. In mid-2004, Lennox embarked on an extensive North American tour with Sting.[2] In July 2005, Lennox performed at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, along with Madonna, Sting, and other popular musicians.[38]
In 2005, Lennox and Stewart collaborated on two new songs for their Eurythmics compilation album, Ultimate Collection, of which "I've Got a Life" was released as a single in October 2005. The promotional video for the song features Lennox and Stewart performing in the present day, with images of past Eurythmics videos playing on television screens behind them. The single peaked at number fourteen in the UK Singles Chart and was a number-one US Dance hit.[16][17] On 14 November 2005, Sony BMG repackaged and released Eurythmics' back catalogue as 2005 Deluxe Edition Reissues.[39] Lennox also collaborated with Herbie Hancock doing the song "Hush, Hush, Hush" on his collaboration album, Possibilities in August 2005.[40]
2007–2008: Songs of Mass Destruction and AIDS activism
Main article: Songs of Mass Destruction
Ending her long association with Stephen Lipson, Lennox's fourth solo album, Songs of Mass Destruction, was recorded in Los Angeles with veteran producer Glen Ballard (known for producing Alanis Morissette's album, Jagged Little Pill). It was released on 1 October 2007, and was the last studio album of Lennox's contract with BMG. It peaked at No. 7 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.[16][17] Lennox stated that she believed the album consisted of "twelve strong, powerful, really emotive songs that people can connect to". If she achieves that, she says, "I can feel proud of [it], no matter if it sells ten copies or 50 million."[41] Lennox described it as "a dark album, but the world is a dark place. It's fraught, it's turbulent. Most people's lives are underscored with dramas of all kinds: there's ups, there's downs – the flickering candle."[42] She added, "Half the people are drinking or drugging themselves to numb it. A lot of people are in pain."[42]
The album's first single was "Dark Road", released on 24 September 2007. Another song on the album, "Sing", is a collaboration between Lennox and 23 prominent female artists: Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Kelis, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright. The song was recorded to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation Treatment Action Campaign.[43] Included among the group of vocalists are TAC activist members' own vocal group known as The Generics, whose CD of music inspired Lennox to make "Sing".[43]
To promote Songs of Mass Destruction, Lennox embarked on a primarily North American tour called Annie Lennox Sings, which lasted throughout October and November 2007.[44]
2008–2009: The Annie Lennox Collection and departure from Sony
Main article: The Annie Lennox Collection
Finishing out her contract with Sony BMG, Lennox released the compilation album The Annie Lennox Collection. Initially intended for release in September 2008, the release date was pushed back several months to allow Lennox to recuperate from a back injury.[45] The compilation was eventually released in the US on 17 February 2009, and in the UK and Europe on 9 March 2009. Included on the track listing are songs from her four solo albums, one from the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and two new songs. One of these is a cover of Ash's single, "Shining Light". The other is a cover of a song by the English band Keane, originally the B-side of their first single in 2000. Lennox renamed the song from its original title "Closer Now" to "Pattern of My Life". A limited 3-disc edition of the album included a DVD compilation featuring most of Lennox's solo videos since 1992, and also featured a second CD of rarer songs including a version of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" with Alicia Keys and Lennox's Oscar-winning "Into the West" from the third Lord of the Ringsfilm. The album entered the UK Album Chart at No. 2 and remained in the top 10 for seven weeks.[46]
Lennox's recording contract with Sony BMG concluded with the release of Songs of Mass Destruction and the subsequent retrospective album The Collection, and much was made in the press in late 2007/early 2008 about the apparent animosity between Lennox and the record company. Lennox stated that while on a trip to South Africa in December 2007 to appear at the 46664 campaign in Johannesburg, the regional company office of the label failed to return phone calls and e-mails she made to them for three weeks, and had completely failed to promote the Sing project as planned. Upon her return to the UK, Lennox met with the head of Sony BMG UK, Ged Docherty, who was "mortified" by the problems she had encountered with the South African branch. However, the debacle (partly inflamed when Lennox's dissatisfaction with the South African office was made public on her blog) led to press reports falsely stating that she was being dropped by Sony BMG. The record company themselves quickly refuted the rumour stating that Lennox's contract with them had merely been fulfilled and that they hoped she would consider remaining with them. The British tabloid, Daily Mirror, subsequently printed a retraction of its story about her being dropped by the label.[47]
2010–2013: Island Records and A Christmas Cornucopia
Main article: A Christmas Cornucopia
In August 2010, Lennox signed a new contract with Island Records in the UK and Decca Records in the US (both part of the Universal Music Group).[48] Her first release was a Christmas album entitled A Christmas Cornucopia, issued on 15 November 2010. The album is a collection of Lennox's interpretations of traditional festive songs such as "Silent Night" and "The First Noel", along with one new composition, "Universal Child", which was released as a download-only single on 13 October 2010. Lennox had previously showcased the song on the American Idol Gives Back TV show in April 2010. She sang the song "Angels from the Realms of Glory" from the album for the TNT special Christmas in Washington.[49]
A music video was produced for a second single from the album, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Lennox also performed the track on the UK chat show Loose Women in December 2010, and was also interviewed.[50]
According to Metacritic, A Christmas Cornucopia has gained "generally favourable reviews".[51] Ian Wade of BBC Music gave the album a very positive review, saying "this collection could find itself becoming as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones."[52] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine awarded the album 3.5/5 and said "Lennox seems more inspired on A Christmas Cornucopia than she has in years."[53] John Hunt of Qatar Today magazine gave the album 9/10 and said "in particular, the vocal work and musical arrangement of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' are impactful to the point of being intimidating."[54]
On 4 June 2012, Lennox performed, as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace in London and on 12 August she performed "Little Bird" at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony.[55]
2014–present: Nostalgia
In October 2014, Lennox released her sixth solo album, Nostalgia.[56] The album is a collection of Lennox's childhood favourite soul, jazz and blues songs.[57] Critic Mike Wass of Idolator stated that Lennox "puts her own inimitable spin" on the selected tracks.[58] The lead single "I Put a Spell On You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.[59] Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. On 28 January 2015, Lennox performed a live concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles entitled An Evening of Nostalgia with Annie Lennox. The show aired on PBS in the US in April 2015, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray internationally in May 2015.[60]
1995–2000: Medusa and return to Eurythmics
Main articles: Medusa (Annie Lennox album) and Peace (Eurythmics album)
Although Lennox's profile decreased for a period because of her desire to bring up her two children outside of the media's glare, she continued to record. Her second album, Medusa, was released in March 1995. It consisted solely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists including Bob Marley, The Clash, and Neil Young. It entered the UK album chart at No. 1 and peaked in the US at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over 2,000,000 to date in the United States.[19] It has achieved double platinum status in both the UK and the US.[24][26] The album yielded four UK singles: "No More I Love You's" (which entered the UK singles chart at No. 2, Lennox's highest ever solo peak),[17] "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Waiting in Vain" and "Something So Right". The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards of 1996,[27] losing to Turbulent Indigo by Joni Mitchell, however, Lennox won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "No More I Love You's".[28] Although Lennox declined to tour for the album, she did perform a large scale one-off concert in New York's Central Park, which was filmed and later released on home video.[29] Lennox provided an extensive solo vocal performance (without lyrics) for the soundtrack score of the film Apollo 13 in 1995.[30]
In 1997, Lennox re-recorded the Eurythmics track "Angel" for the Diana, Princess of Wales tribute album, and also recorded the song "Mama" for The Avengers soundtrack album. In 1998, following the death of a mutual friend (former Tourists member Peet Coombes), she re-united with Dave Stewart.[31] Following their first performance together in eight years at a record company party, Stewart and Lennox began writing and recording together for the first time since 1989. This resulted in the album Peace. The title was designed to reflect the duo's ongoing concern with global conflict and world peace. The record was promoted with a concert on the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior II, where they played a mixture of old and new songs. "I Saved the World Today" was the lead single, reaching number eleven on the UK singles chart.[32] Another single, released at the beginning of 2000, "17 Again", made the UK top 40, and topped the US dance chart.[33] In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine, with Editor-in-Chief Timothy White describing her as one of "the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music."[2]
2003–2007: Bare and work in Africa
Main article: Bare (Annie Lennox album)
Annie Lennox on stage in 2004
In 2003, Lennox released her third solo album, Bare. The album peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 4 in the US – her highest charting album in the US to date.[34] She embarked on her first tour as a solo artist to promote the album. The tour, simply titled Solo Tour, pre-dated the release of the album and visited both the US and Europe, with only a two-night stop in the UK at Saddler's Wells Theatre in London. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the US and was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.[35] The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox.[36]
In 2004, Lennox won the Academy Award for Best Song for "Into the West" from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,[37] which she co-wrote with screenwriter Fran Walsh and composer Howard Shore. Lennox performed the song live at the 76th Academy Awards. The song also won a Grammy award and a Golden Globe award. She had previously recorded "Use Well the Days" for the movie, which incorporates a number of quotations from Tolkien in its lyrics. This features on a bonus DVD included with the "special edition" of the movie's soundtrack CD. In mid-2004, Lennox embarked on an extensive North American tour with Sting.[2] In July 2005, Lennox performed at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, along with Madonna, Sting, and other popular musicians.[38]
In 2005, Lennox and Stewart collaborated on two new songs for their Eurythmics compilation album, Ultimate Collection, of which "I've Got a Life" was released as a single in October 2005. The promotional video for the song features Lennox and Stewart performing in the present day, with images of past Eurythmics videos playing on television screens behind them. The single peaked at number fourteen in the UK Singles Chart and was a number-one US Dance hit.[16][17] On 14 November 2005, Sony BMG repackaged and released Eurythmics' back catalogue as 2005 Deluxe Edition Reissues.[39] Lennox also collaborated with Herbie Hancock doing the song "Hush, Hush, Hush" on his collaboration album, Possibilities in August 2005.[40]
2007–2008: Songs of Mass Destruction and AIDS activism
Main article: Songs of Mass Destruction
Ending her long association with Stephen Lipson, Lennox's fourth solo album, Songs of Mass Destruction, was recorded in Los Angeles with veteran producer Glen Ballard (known for producing Alanis Morissette's album, Jagged Little Pill). It was released on 1 October 2007, and was the last studio album of Lennox's contract with BMG. It peaked at No. 7 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.[16][17] Lennox stated that she believed the album consisted of "twelve strong, powerful, really emotive songs that people can connect to". If she achieves that, she says, "I can feel proud of [it], no matter if it sells ten copies or 50 million."[41] Lennox described it as "a dark album, but the world is a dark place. It's fraught, it's turbulent. Most people's lives are underscored with dramas of all kinds: there's ups, there's downs – the flickering candle."[42] She added, "Half the people are drinking or drugging themselves to numb it. A lot of people are in pain."[42]
The album's first single was "Dark Road", released on 24 September 2007. Another song on the album, "Sing", is a collaboration between Lennox and 23 prominent female artists: Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Kelis, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright. The song was recorded to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation Treatment Action Campaign.[43] Included among the group of vocalists are TAC activist members' own vocal group known as The Generics, whose CD of music inspired Lennox to make "Sing".[43]
To promote Songs of Mass Destruction, Lennox embarked on a primarily North American tour called Annie Lennox Sings, which lasted throughout October and November 2007.[44]
2008–2009: The Annie Lennox Collection and departure from Sony
Main article: The Annie Lennox Collection
Finishing out her contract with Sony BMG, Lennox released the compilation album The Annie Lennox Collection. Initially intended for release in September 2008, the release date was pushed back several months to allow Lennox to recuperate from a back injury.[45] The compilation was eventually released in the US on 17 February 2009, and in the UK and Europe on 9 March 2009. Included on the track listing are songs from her four solo albums, one from the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and two new songs. One of these is a cover of Ash's single, "Shining Light". The other is a cover of a song by the English band Keane, originally the B-side of their first single in 2000. Lennox renamed the song from its original title "Closer Now" to "Pattern of My Life". A limited 3-disc edition of the album included a DVD compilation featuring most of Lennox's solo videos since 1992, and also featured a second CD of rarer songs including a version of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" with Alicia Keys and Lennox's Oscar-winning "Into the West" from the third Lord of the Ringsfilm. The album entered the UK Album Chart at No. 2 and remained in the top 10 for seven weeks.[46]
Lennox's recording contract with Sony BMG concluded with the release of Songs of Mass Destruction and the subsequent retrospective album The Collection, and much was made in the press in late 2007/early 2008 about the apparent animosity between Lennox and the record company. Lennox stated that while on a trip to South Africa in December 2007 to appear at the 46664 campaign in Johannesburg, the regional company office of the label failed to return phone calls and e-mails she made to them for three weeks, and had completely failed to promote the Sing project as planned. Upon her return to the UK, Lennox met with the head of Sony BMG UK, Ged Docherty, who was "mortified" by the problems she had encountered with the South African branch. However, the debacle (partly inflamed when Lennox's dissatisfaction with the South African office was made public on her blog) led to press reports falsely stating that she was being dropped by Sony BMG. The record company themselves quickly refuted the rumour stating that Lennox's contract with them had merely been fulfilled and that they hoped she would consider remaining with them. The British tabloid, Daily Mirror, subsequently printed a retraction of its story about her being dropped by the label.[47]
2010–2013: Island Records and A Christmas Cornucopia
Main article: A Christmas Cornucopia
In August 2010, Lennox signed a new contract with Island Records in the UK and Decca Records in the US (both part of the Universal Music Group).[48] Her first release was a Christmas album entitled A Christmas Cornucopia, issued on 15 November 2010. The album is a collection of Lennox's interpretations of traditional festive songs such as "Silent Night" and "The First Noel", along with one new composition, "Universal Child", which was released as a download-only single on 13 October 2010. Lennox had previously showcased the song on the American Idol Gives Back TV show in April 2010. She sang the song "Angels from the Realms of Glory" from the album for the TNT special Christmas in Washington.[49]
A music video was produced for a second single from the album, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Lennox also performed the track on the UK chat show Loose Women in December 2010, and was also interviewed.[50]
According to Metacritic, A Christmas Cornucopia has gained "generally favourable reviews".[51] Ian Wade of BBC Music gave the album a very positive review, saying "this collection could find itself becoming as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones."[52] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine awarded the album 3.5/5 and said "Lennox seems more inspired on A Christmas Cornucopia than she has in years."[53] John Hunt of Qatar Today magazine gave the album 9/10 and said "in particular, the vocal work and musical arrangement of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' are impactful to the point of being intimidating."[54]
On 4 June 2012, Lennox performed, as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace in London and on 12 August she performed "Little Bird" at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony.[55]
2014–present: Nostalgia
In October 2014, Lennox released her sixth solo album, Nostalgia.[56] The album is a collection of Lennox's childhood favourite soul, jazz and blues songs.[57] Critic Mike Wass of Idolator stated that Lennox "puts her own inimitable spin" on the selected tracks.[58] The lead single "I Put a Spell On You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.[59] Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. On 28 January 2015, Lennox performed a live concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles entitled An Evening of Nostalgia with Annie Lennox. The show aired on PBS in the US in April 2015, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray internationally in May 2015.[60]
Again, no real response. Show your work.
J Geils Band has been at it since the mid 1960's- First I Look at the Purse, Bloodshot album was #10 on the charts in 1973, Love Stinks, Come Back, Freeze Frame, Centerfold.
And we are talking about the Eurythmics, not Annie Lennox. She may have more merit as a solo artist than the band which produced one hit? Sweet Dreams, and a minor hit Missionary Man?
What are you more likely to hear on a rock radio station--a J Geils tune or the Eurythmics. There you go. LOL.
As usual, you won't show your work, because you can't.
I retract my statement above about showing your work, but you plagiarized the ANNIE LENNOX bio from Wiki.She did what most artists do when they get older...they fade from the charts...virtually every single one including all your tired faves like Journey and J Geils so not sure why you are bringing up less chart success when every other act on the list has basically faded as well..but for shits and giggles...here you go and she did land a few top 10 album chart landings even on the downslide
1995–2000: Medusa and return to Eurythmics
Main articles: Medusa (Annie Lennox album) and Peace (Eurythmics album)
Although Lennox's profile decreased for a period because of her desire to bring up her two children outside of the media's glare, she continued to record. Her second album, Medusa, was released in March 1995. It consisted solely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists including Bob Marley, The Clash, and Neil Young. It entered the UK album chart at No. 1 and peaked in the US at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and selling over 2,000,000 to date in the United States.[19] It has achieved double platinum status in both the UK and the US.[24][26] The album yielded four UK singles: "No More I Love You's" (which entered the UK singles chart at No. 2, Lennox's highest ever solo peak),[17] "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Waiting in Vain" and "Something So Right". The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards of 1996,[27] losing to Turbulent Indigo by Joni Mitchell, however, Lennox won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "No More I Love You's".[28] Although Lennox declined to tour for the album, she did perform a large scale one-off concert in New York's Central Park, which was filmed and later released on home video.[29] Lennox provided an extensive solo vocal performance (without lyrics) for the soundtrack score of the film Apollo 13 in 1995.[30]
In 1997, Lennox re-recorded the Eurythmics track "Angel" for the Diana, Princess of Wales tribute album, and also recorded the song "Mama" for The Avengers soundtrack album. In 1998, following the death of a mutual friend (former Tourists member Peet Coombes), she re-united with Dave Stewart.[31] Following their first performance together in eight years at a record company party, Stewart and Lennox began writing and recording together for the first time since 1989. This resulted in the album Peace. The title was designed to reflect the duo's ongoing concern with global conflict and world peace. The record was promoted with a concert on the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior II, where they played a mixture of old and new songs. "I Saved the World Today" was the lead single, reaching number eleven on the UK singles chart.[32] Another single, released at the beginning of 2000, "17 Again", made the UK top 40, and topped the US dance chart.[33] In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine, with Editor-in-Chief Timothy White describing her as one of "the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music."[2]
2003–2007: Bare and work in Africa
Main article: Bare (Annie Lennox album)
Annie Lennox on stage in 2004
In 2003, Lennox released her third solo album, Bare. The album peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 4 in the US – her highest charting album in the US to date.[34] She embarked on her first tour as a solo artist to promote the album. The tour, simply titled Solo Tour, pre-dated the release of the album and visited both the US and Europe, with only a two-night stop in the UK at Saddler's Wells Theatre in London. The album has been certified Gold in both the UK and the US and was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.[35] The album was released with a DVD which included interviews and acoustic versions of songs by Lennox.[36]
In 2004, Lennox won the Academy Award for Best Song for "Into the West" from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,[37] which she co-wrote with screenwriter Fran Walsh and composer Howard Shore. Lennox performed the song live at the 76th Academy Awards. The song also won a Grammy award and a Golden Globe award. She had previously recorded "Use Well the Days" for the movie, which incorporates a number of quotations from Tolkien in its lyrics. This features on a bonus DVD included with the "special edition" of the movie's soundtrack CD. In mid-2004, Lennox embarked on an extensive North American tour with Sting.[2] In July 2005, Lennox performed at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, along with Madonna, Sting, and other popular musicians.[38]
In 2005, Lennox and Stewart collaborated on two new songs for their Eurythmics compilation album, Ultimate Collection, of which "I've Got a Life" was released as a single in October 2005. The promotional video for the song features Lennox and Stewart performing in the present day, with images of past Eurythmics videos playing on television screens behind them. The single peaked at number fourteen in the UK Singles Chart and was a number-one US Dance hit.[16][17] On 14 November 2005, Sony BMG repackaged and released Eurythmics' back catalogue as 2005 Deluxe Edition Reissues.[39] Lennox also collaborated with Herbie Hancock doing the song "Hush, Hush, Hush" on his collaboration album, Possibilities in August 2005.[40]
2007–2008: Songs of Mass Destruction and AIDS activism
Main article: Songs of Mass Destruction
Ending her long association with Stephen Lipson, Lennox's fourth solo album, Songs of Mass Destruction, was recorded in Los Angeles with veteran producer Glen Ballard (known for producing Alanis Morissette's album, Jagged Little Pill). It was released on 1 October 2007, and was the last studio album of Lennox's contract with BMG. It peaked at No. 7 in the UK and No. 9 in the US.[16][17] Lennox stated that she believed the album consisted of "twelve strong, powerful, really emotive songs that people can connect to". If she achieves that, she says, "I can feel proud of [it], no matter if it sells ten copies or 50 million."[41] Lennox described it as "a dark album, but the world is a dark place. It's fraught, it's turbulent. Most people's lives are underscored with dramas of all kinds: there's ups, there's downs – the flickering candle."[42] She added, "Half the people are drinking or drugging themselves to numb it. A lot of people are in pain."[42]
The album's first single was "Dark Road", released on 24 September 2007. Another song on the album, "Sing", is a collaboration between Lennox and 23 prominent female artists: Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Kelis, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright. The song was recorded to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation Treatment Action Campaign.[43] Included among the group of vocalists are TAC activist members' own vocal group known as The Generics, whose CD of music inspired Lennox to make "Sing".[43]
To promote Songs of Mass Destruction, Lennox embarked on a primarily North American tour called Annie Lennox Sings, which lasted throughout October and November 2007.[44]
2008–2009: The Annie Lennox Collection and departure from Sony
Main article: The Annie Lennox Collection
Finishing out her contract with Sony BMG, Lennox released the compilation album The Annie Lennox Collection. Initially intended for release in September 2008, the release date was pushed back several months to allow Lennox to recuperate from a back injury.[45] The compilation was eventually released in the US on 17 February 2009, and in the UK and Europe on 9 March 2009. Included on the track listing are songs from her four solo albums, one from the Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, and two new songs. One of these is a cover of Ash's single, "Shining Light". The other is a cover of a song by the English band Keane, originally the B-side of their first single in 2000. Lennox renamed the song from its original title "Closer Now" to "Pattern of My Life". A limited 3-disc edition of the album included a DVD compilation featuring most of Lennox's solo videos since 1992, and also featured a second CD of rarer songs including a version of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" with Alicia Keys and Lennox's Oscar-winning "Into the West" from the third Lord of the Ringsfilm. The album entered the UK Album Chart at No. 2 and remained in the top 10 for seven weeks.[46]
Lennox's recording contract with Sony BMG concluded with the release of Songs of Mass Destruction and the subsequent retrospective album The Collection, and much was made in the press in late 2007/early 2008 about the apparent animosity between Lennox and the record company. Lennox stated that while on a trip to South Africa in December 2007 to appear at the 46664 campaign in Johannesburg, the regional company office of the label failed to return phone calls and e-mails she made to them for three weeks, and had completely failed to promote the Sing project as planned. Upon her return to the UK, Lennox met with the head of Sony BMG UK, Ged Docherty, who was "mortified" by the problems she had encountered with the South African branch. However, the debacle (partly inflamed when Lennox's dissatisfaction with the South African office was made public on her blog) led to press reports falsely stating that she was being dropped by Sony BMG. The record company themselves quickly refuted the rumour stating that Lennox's contract with them had merely been fulfilled and that they hoped she would consider remaining with them. The British tabloid, Daily Mirror, subsequently printed a retraction of its story about her being dropped by the label.[47]
2010–2013: Island Records and A Christmas Cornucopia
Main article: A Christmas Cornucopia
In August 2010, Lennox signed a new contract with Island Records in the UK and Decca Records in the US (both part of the Universal Music Group).[48] Her first release was a Christmas album entitled A Christmas Cornucopia, issued on 15 November 2010. The album is a collection of Lennox's interpretations of traditional festive songs such as "Silent Night" and "The First Noel", along with one new composition, "Universal Child", which was released as a download-only single on 13 October 2010. Lennox had previously showcased the song on the American Idol Gives Back TV show in April 2010. She sang the song "Angels from the Realms of Glory" from the album for the TNT special Christmas in Washington.[49]
A music video was produced for a second single from the album, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Lennox also performed the track on the UK chat show Loose Women in December 2010, and was also interviewed.[50]
According to Metacritic, A Christmas Cornucopia has gained "generally favourable reviews".[51] Ian Wade of BBC Music gave the album a very positive review, saying "this collection could find itself becoming as much a part of the holiday season as arguments with loved ones."[52] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine awarded the album 3.5/5 and said "Lennox seems more inspired on A Christmas Cornucopia than she has in years."[53] John Hunt of Qatar Today magazine gave the album 9/10 and said "in particular, the vocal work and musical arrangement of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' are impactful to the point of being intimidating."[54]
On 4 June 2012, Lennox performed, as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, in front of Buckingham Palace in London and on 12 August she performed "Little Bird" at the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony.[55]
2014–present: Nostalgia
In October 2014, Lennox released her sixth solo album, Nostalgia.[56] The album is a collection of Lennox's childhood favourite soul, jazz and blues songs.[57] Critic Mike Wass of Idolator stated that Lennox "puts her own inimitable spin" on the selected tracks.[58] The lead single "I Put a Spell On You" received its first radio play on 15 September 2014 by Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2.[59] Upon release, the album entered the UK and US Top 10, and reached number one on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. On 28 January 2015, Lennox performed a live concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles entitled An Evening of Nostalgia with Annie Lennox. The show aired on PBS in the US in April 2015, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray internationally in May 2015.[60]
This is about the Eurythmics, not Annie Lennox. She has more merit than the band. I admit that. But still less rock n roll chops than J Geils Band--and let's be clear here--rock and roll, not the pop crap Jann Wenner adores so much.
We agree to disagree here, again. Looking forward to the same debate next year. [cheers]
I too want @RU848789 to weigh in here.
Rock hall is dead to me until after The Smiths are in at this point. (And apparently it isn't going to happen. Watch Johnny Marr get in with Modest Mouse or The Cribs someday - that's how stupid this is.)
I don't even want to pay attention, but seeing Radiohead on the ballot AND Smiths and Oasis aren't already in? GTFO
Love and respect Nina Simone, but not rock n roll. Bon Jovi? C'mon!
MC5 is the only no brainer there.
Where's the random blues act no has heard of? Or are they all in The rock hall at this point? I bet you if you put Bleeding Gums Murphy on that list, he'd get voted in.
I don't even want to pay attention, but seeing Radiohead on the ballot AND Smiths and Oasis aren't already in? GTFO
Love and respect Nina Simone, but not rock n roll. Bon Jovi? C'mon!
MC5 is the only no brainer there.
Where's the random blues act no has heard of? Or are they all in The rock hall at this point? I bet you if you put Bleeding Gums Murphy on that list, he'd get voted in.
Totally agree.
No Black Flag either? Not talking about hits here--influence. MC5 influenced Black Flag, and both influenced numerous other bands.
yawn this again...of course you thought Joni Mitchell shouldnt get in....not that chart success is what determines induction, so not sure why you are going this route anyhow...I will not even get into the impact they made when videos ruled the earth on MTV
Sweet Dreams #1
Love Is A Stranger #23
Here Comes The Rain Again #4
Who's That Girl #21
Right By Your Side #29
Would I Lie To You #5
There Must Be An Angel #22
Sisters Are Doin It for Themselves #18
Missionary Man #14
Don't Ask Me Why #40
Annie Lennox
with Al Green Put A Little Love in Your Heart #9
Why #34
Walking on Broken Glass #14
No More I Love Yous #23
In December 2002, Annie received a Billboard Century Award. It’s Billboard magazine’s highest honour for distinguished creative achievement. Billboard editor-in-chief, Timothy White said, “As a vocalist, a live performer, and then a solo singer/songwriter of astounding eloquence and power, Annie Lennox has shown herself to be one of the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music
oh Dire Straits...hahaha 4 top 40 hits and Walk of Life was an embarrassment. J Geils 10 top 40 hits but only 2 top 10....longevity not sure what you are talking about, they have not had a hit since 1982...lol
Sweet Dreams #1
Love Is A Stranger #23
Here Comes The Rain Again #4
Who's That Girl #21
Right By Your Side #29
Would I Lie To You #5
There Must Be An Angel #22
Sisters Are Doin It for Themselves #18
Missionary Man #14
Don't Ask Me Why #40
Annie Lennox
with Al Green Put A Little Love in Your Heart #9
Why #34
Walking on Broken Glass #14
No More I Love Yous #23
In December 2002, Annie received a Billboard Century Award. It’s Billboard magazine’s highest honour for distinguished creative achievement. Billboard editor-in-chief, Timothy White said, “As a vocalist, a live performer, and then a solo singer/songwriter of astounding eloquence and power, Annie Lennox has shown herself to be one of the most original and unforgettably affecting artists in the modern annals of popular music
oh Dire Straits...hahaha 4 top 40 hits and Walk of Life was an embarrassment. J Geils 10 top 40 hits but only 2 top 10....longevity not sure what you are talking about, they have not had a hit since 1982...lol
I guess this is where Sister Rosetta comes in. Personally to me if you are going outside the genre which truthfully we are since rock and roll hardly resembles what we heard in the 50s
well gee I am waiting to here an Mc5 tune too...sounds like you are just anti women, you will hear very little women on rock radio but hey that Freeze Frame song is such a toe tapping tune, they would play in on the old Nickleodian channel
to be honest besides the few hits by the Zombies I never heard anything else. This stuff sounds awesome...it sounds like song that might have been out 5-10 years when that British invasion was going on in the alternative charts
Just saw the thread. Posted the about this on Facebook recently with the message being that I was underwhelmed, to be honest. I mean, I like most of those bands, but I don't love more than a few (Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Nina Simone and the Zombies) and not even all of those should be in the RRHOF, IMO - just Depeche Mode and Radiohead. Toughest call for me is the Eurythmics, who I like a lot but don't love, although Annie Lenox has such an amazing voice and they had a bunch of big hits, but not a lot of New Wave acts have gotten in - think they will make it though.
- Bon Jovi - hugely popular, but completely derivative. No.
- Kate Bush - like her, but no.
- The Cars - close call, but still no.
- Depeche Mode - Yes, should absolutely be in; popular and influential.
- Dire Straits - Like them, but no.
- Eurythmics - close call, but I think they'll get in.
- J. Geils Band - might get the nostalgia vote, but no.
- Judas Priest - No.
- LL Cool J - No.
- MC5 - very influential, but not enough popularity, so no.
- The Meters - No.
- Moody Blues - see J. Geils.
- Radiohead - brilliant band - no-brainer to get in.
- Rage Against the Machine - a few great songs isn't enough.
- Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - no.
- Nina Simone - love her, but calling her R&R is iffy.
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - if she had been born 20 years later, maybe.
- Link Wray - no.
- The Zombies - love them, but no.
Personally, neither would get in in if it were up to me - like both, but don't love them. However, I do love Annie's voice and that might be enough to get Eurythmics in.
The Cars
The Zombies
J Geils Band
Dire Straits
no one else, even MC5, who I like a lot
Agree on the Smiths - how they're not in is beyond me - biggest band in the UK not named the Beatles and while not huge here due to the stupidity of corporate 80s radio, their fanbase in the US is way bigger than their sales.
The Smiths have influenced ALOT.. you can literally hear their guitars riffs in alot of the modern rock songs of the 90s and 00s. They should be in but its probably their lack of mainstream success here in the US keeping them out
Maiden ever nominated? No, not to the best of my knowledge, which is a little weird as there easily might not have been a Priest, etc., without Maiden. I also remember Maiden's Seventh Son Tour, but being from upstate NY, vaguely recall seeing it at the Garden. Either way, a great teenage experience, meaning a great Rn'R experience. Meanwhile, our fellow posters are engaged in a protracted academic debate about the worthiness of . . . Eurythmics. Eddie would run for the hills . . . .
Judas Priest's first album was released many years before Iron Maiden's first album.
They were too "alternative" for US - the alternative UK bands were "cool side" of the rock-n-roll pillow . Johnny Marr was into melody and not distortion guitar. Oh well they aren't nominating Robin Trower either
Kind of curious on why No to Judas Priest. Putting aside whether you like metal or not, or the band. They are one of the originators of heavy metal. Jann Wenner has been a huge doosh to metal bands (see Black Sabbath) but maybe they sneak in because Rob Halford is gay.
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