My Overall Chart: 401-500 by 
Romanelli 
- Chart updated: 06/09/2025 16:15
- (Created: 12/28/2012 00:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1988-POLLYGRAM
Produced By CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY
1. I’m Sorry
2. Don’t Go
3. Forgiven
4. It’ll Be Easier In The Morning
5. Hallelujah Jordan
6. If You Go
7. The Older We Get
8. Yes I Was
9. Love Don’t Work This Way
10. Ballad Of Katie
11. Feet On The Ground
12. Lonely Lane
13. Saved
After the success of U2, there was a long line of Irish bands signing record deals and trying to make a serious mark in the music industry. But none came as close to Bono & Company as Hothouse Flowers did, if even for only one album. The band impressed Bono so much that he had their first single released on U2’s label. The subsequent debut album, People, became and still is the best selling Irish debut album ever made, and its success was worldwide. Even though the band is still together today, they quickly slowed down and have recorded sporadically, with nothing near the success of their debut.
Ah, but there is People. Almost lost in the confused musical world of 1988 was this positively great album. “Don’t Go” was a breath of fresh air in the dying world of New Wave and the height of hair metal power ballads. The unique Hothouse Flowers blend of American soul and traditional Celtic was never more evident than on “Don’t Go” and “I’m Sorry”, maybe the best out of the gate one-two punch of the decade. “Love Don’t Work This Way” is the song that got Bono’s attention, and it’s superb. “It’ll Be Easier In The Morning” and “The Older We Get”…and, hell, everything else here, is outstanding. One of the better albums of the 80’s, and an almost forgotten gem…which is really a shame. [First added to this chart: 12/12/2024]
Produced By CLIVE LANGER & ALAN WINSTANLEY
1. I’m Sorry
2. Don’t Go
3. Forgiven
4. It’ll Be Easier In The Morning
5. Hallelujah Jordan
6. If You Go
7. The Older We Get
8. Yes I Was
9. Love Don’t Work This Way
10. Ballad Of Katie
11. Feet On The Ground
12. Lonely Lane
13. Saved
After the success of U2, there was a long line of Irish bands signing record deals and trying to make a serious mark in the music industry. But none came as close to Bono & Company as Hothouse Flowers did, if even for only one album. The band impressed Bono so much that he had their first single released on U2’s label. The subsequent debut album, People, became and still is the best selling Irish debut album ever made, and its success was worldwide. Even though the band is still together today, they quickly slowed down and have recorded sporadically, with nothing near the success of their debut.
Ah, but there is People. Almost lost in the confused musical world of 1988 was this positively great album. “Don’t Go” was a breath of fresh air in the dying world of New Wave and the height of hair metal power ballads. The unique Hothouse Flowers blend of American soul and traditional Celtic was never more evident than on “Don’t Go” and “I’m Sorry”, maybe the best out of the gate one-two punch of the decade. “Love Don’t Work This Way” is the song that got Bono’s attention, and it’s superb. “It’ll Be Easier In The Morning” and “The Older We Get”…and, hell, everything else here, is outstanding. One of the better albums of the 80’s, and an almost forgotten gem…which is really a shame. [First added to this chart: 12/12/2024]
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My Overall Chart: 401-500 composition
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| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 2% | |
| 1960s | 4 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 25 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 26 | 26% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 2 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Queen | 2 | 2% | |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 2% | |
| Ryan Adams | 2 | 2% | |
| The Band | 2 | 2% | |
| Warren Zevon | 2 | 2% | |
| Alison Krauss & Union Station | 2 | 2% | |
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| 100/100 | 10/01/2016 19:24 |  Onater | | 90/100 |
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From dihansse 04/01/2016 19:43
dihansse 04/01/2016 19:43
I thought you had forgotten R.E.M. but here they are. Master of Puppets are ranked very low but why not ;)
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From guigs13 01/10/2013 23:45
Great!
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