Continuing my look at the albums of 1977…
The Bee Gees’ contributions to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack marked the high point for the disco era, but the Queen of Disco also made a mark in 1977. Donna Summer released two records that year, both ambitious concept albums.
The second of those, Once Upon a Time…, is a double album chronicling the fate of a young woman who heads to the big city to find success and love, only to fall on hard times before eventually meeting her Prince Charming.
Scottish rock band Simple Minds released their seventh studio album, Once Upon a Time, on the heels of their breakout hit, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me).’ That track was the band’s first to chart in the U.S. and it made it all the way to #1, an ironic achievement given that they had little interest in recording the song in the first place.
The band chose to leave the hit song (which was released on the soundtrack of The Breakfast Club) off of their next album, but the anthemic pop sound of the tune was present throughout this great collection.
Meet Me In Montauk 