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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "L," and I listened to Australian soft rockers Little River Band's sixth studio album, 1981's Time Exposure.
Little River Band rose to fame in the late '70s with a string of hits, both in the U.S. and their native Australia. They're probably best known (in the U.S., at least) for their 1978 #3 hit "Reminiscing" and their 1979 #6 hit "Lonesome Loser," but they are far from a two-hit wonder. Between 1976 and 1982, the band had 13 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 songs.
Produced by The Beatles' legendary producer George Martin, Time Exposure is a nice little (pun intended, motherfuckers!) early '80s soft rock and pop rock album. It went to #21 on the Billboard album chart and would be the band's last gold (or platinum) studio album in the U.S. It also reached #9 on the Australian album chart, the last in a string of five consecutive Top 10 studio albums. The album had three Top 15 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "The Night Owls" (#6), "Take It Easy On Me" (#10), and "Man On Your Mind" (#14).
The band had some lineup changes after this album (and others over the years), but released albums regularly until 1990, then took a ten-year recording hiatus before putting out an album in 2000 and five more since then, including one as recently as 2020.
The Spotify version of the album has a bonus track.
Favorite Song on Side 1: "Man On Your Mind"
This song kind of reminds me of a mix of Manfred Mann, Walsh-era Eagles, and The Babys. It's a nice pop rock song.
Favorite Song on Side 2: "Just Say That You Love Me"
This one is a rollicking rock song, seemingly influenced by late '50s rock, but with an early '80s update. It's definitely very much in the early '80s AOR wheelhouse.
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