DIFFERENT LIGHT
Different Light is the second studio album by the American pop rock band the Bangles, released in January 1986. It is their best-known album, with four charting singles (five in the UK) including a Top 5 hit and a number one. The album’s Top 40 sound was a departure from their earlier 1960s-style rock ’n’ roll sound. It is the first album in which bassist Michael Steele sings lead vocals on some tracks. Slant Magazine listed the album at #78 on its list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”. (More from Wikipedia)
The second album by the Bangles, Different Light spawned two major hit singles, “Manic Monday” (written by Prince under a pseudonym) and the #1 song “Walk Like a Egyptian”. Several other hits followed, including a tough version of Paul Simon’s “Hazy Shade of Winter” and another #1 song in 1989, “Eternal Flame”.
(November 2013)
