All Over the Place by The Bangles

All Over the Place, the Bangles' debut album, came out on Columbia in May 1984 with David Kahne producing. By then Michael Steele had taken over bass from Annette Zilinskas, lining up with Susanna Hoffs and the Peterson sisters, Vicki on guitar and Debbi on drums, all 4 of them singing. They came out of the Los Angeles Paisley Underground, and it shows: jangling guitars, sunny harmonies and a heart stuck in vintage psychedelia, sharpened into tight power-pop.

"Hero Takes a Fall" and "Going Down to Liverpool" were the singles, the latter a Kimberley Rew song from Katrina and the Waves, with Leonard Nimoy turning up as the band's chauffeur in the video. The album only reached number 80 on the Billboard 200, but college radio kept it spinning, critics loved it, the band landed opening slots for Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis and the News, and Prince took notice. He would hand them "Manic Monday".

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