The Power Station by Power Station

The Power Station, the 1985 debut from the supergroup of the same name, is what happened when Duran Duran's John Taylor and Andy Taylor used a break from their day jobs to team up with singer Robert Palmer and former Chic drummer Tony Thompson. Chic's Bernard Edwards produced, and the band named itself after the New York recording studio where the whole thing was dreamed up and cut.

It's a gloriously overbuilt record: Thompson's drums land like cannon fire, Andy Taylor's guitar snarls and grinds, John Taylor's bass funks up the bottom end, and Palmer croons over the racket with unflappable cool. "Some Like It Hot" is the thunderous calling card and "Communication" hits nearly as hard. All three of its singles were Top 40 hits in the US, the album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200, and a 2005 anniversary edition added seven bonus tracks and a DVD.

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