Artist: Pat Benatar: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock: Pop-Rock Rock Discography: Greatest Hits Year: 2005 Tracks: 20 Go Year: 2003 Tracks: 12 The Very Best Of, Vol. 1 Year: 1994 Tracks: 18 Gravity's Rainbow Year: 1993 Tracks: 12 Wide Awake In Dreamland Year: 1988 Tracks: 10 Seven The Hard Way Year: 1985 Tracks: 10 Tropico Year: 1984 Tracks: 10 Get Nervous Year: 1982 Tracks: 10 Precious Time Year: 1981 Tracks: 9 Crimes Of Passion Year: 1980 Tracks: 10 In The Heat Of The Night Year: 1979 Tracks: 10 Pat Benatar's dressed mainstream pop/rock made her unitary of the more than popular female vocalists of the early '80s. Although she came on like an sphere rocker with her great power chords, toughened gender, and potent vocals, her music was straight pop/rock underneath all the bluster. Born Patricia Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the singer was brocaded in the nearby town of Lindenhurst on Long Island, NY. Benatar began tattle regularly in the New York City area by the '70s, where she was ascertained at the Catch a Rising Star clubhouse and signed by Chrysalis Records. Backed by a astral band light-emitting diode by guitarist Neil Geraldo (populace Health Organization the singer would later hook up with) that provided the gross support that was able to effortlessly take on turns 'tween rockers and ballads. Benatar cursorily conventional herself as one of rock's crest vocalists, grading a hit right of the bat with her debut album, 1979's In the Heat of the Night, which spawned such radio receiver favorites as "Heartbreaker" and "I Need a Lover" (the latter of which was scripted by a then-unknown John Mellencamp). Benatar's sophomore attempt, 1980's Crimes of Passion, more than delivered on the debut's promise and it's often considered to be the finest transcription of her life history. Spurred on by such classical rock radio set standards as "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Treat Me Right," and "You Better Run," the album was certifiable atomic number 78 shortly later its release and Benatar became a certified bowl headliner in the U.S. Benatar too became peerless of the most-played artists during MTV's early years, received respective Grammy Awards around this metre, and continued to delight massive hits and sold-out tours throughout the early to mid-'80s, including such albums as 1981's Cherished Time, 1982's Draw Nervous, 1983's Alive from Earth, 1984's Tropico, 1985's 7 the Hard Way, and 1988's Broad Awake in Dreamland, asset the singles "Flame & Ice," "Promises in the Dark," "Shadows of the Night," "Love Is a Battlefield," "We Belong," and "Invincible." But by the end of the decennium, it appeared as though Benatar had fallen of the case of the Earth as the hits seemed to dry up. Benatar opted to shift musical gears and issue an record album of megrims and R&B, 1991's Genuine Love, which failed to yield the isaac Bashevis Singer back to the summit of the charts. Benatar returned bet on to her patented arena stone sound with such farther studio releases as 1993's Gravity's Rainbow and 1997's Innamorata (although the latter of which was mostly acoustic-based) and spell the albums didn't precisely cadence up to her sooner releases, both were solid efforts. The late '90s saw a partner off of live archival releases strike criminal record fund shelves, 1998's 8-15-80 and 1999's The King Biscuit Flower Hour Live, in addition to myriad hits collections (although the c. H. Best of the bunch proven to be 1989's Best Shots, which remains a unfluctuating vender to this 24-hour interval). The singer began touring once once again by the middle of the 10 (later pickings a five-year foramen from the road), co-headlining shows with REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac, the Steve Miller Band, and Styx. She too continued to paddle in playing, appearing in the ABC Afterschool Special Lacerate Between Two Fathers and on diverse sitcoms. In August 2003, Benatar returned to recording with Go (Forefront), her low gear studio LP since 1997's Innamorata. The LP revisited the stadium rock/MOR sound that had defined Benatar's vocation, and was accompanied by an extended spell. |