Topic: Tab Views
Most-viewed tabs for the month of September 2010:
46 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
39 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
37 - Max Webster - A Million Vacations
32 - The Poppy Family - Where Evil Grows
29 - Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
27 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
25 - Max Webster - Battle Scar
21 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
20 - Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
20 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
20 - Loverboy - Working For the Weekend
Total Tab Views For September: 1,261
By section: Canadian-880 Girlschool-117 Various-96 Chords-168
Most-viewed tabs overall (up to Sept. 30/10):
600 - Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
586 - Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
500 - Harlequin - Thinking Of You
463 - The Kings - This Beat Goes On
384 - A Foot In Coldwater - (Make Me Do) Anything You Want
369 - Honeymoon Suite - Stay In the Light
355 - The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
338 - Harlequin - I Did It For Love
329 - April Wine - Cum Hear the Band
325 - Trooper - Raise A Little Hell
Tabs reaching 100 overall views this month: Funk #49, Shooting Star, Vital Signs, Albert Flasher, Just One More Time, Things I Do For Money, Where Evil Grows
*Only tab views made by people (excluding my own views) are counted here. Webcrawler/bot views are excluded.
The song charted at #54 in Canada, while the album fared considerably better, reaching the Top 10. Characterized by a harder rocking, more guitar-driven sound than the band's previous releases ("Lethal Weapon" being one of the exceptions), Racing became Honeymoon Suite's third successive platinum album in Canada. However, the US breakthrough that Warner's was hoping for by placing the band on movie soundtracks didn't materialize.
What better way to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer in Canada -- the Victoria Day holiday weekend -- than with some good Canadian music? Two For the Show (1976) was Trooper's second album release, and as with their first album, it was produced by Randy Bachman. It gave the band its first gold record, later achieving platinum status in Canada. The album produced two successful singles, in the title track (charting at #1) and "Santa Maria" (Top 5).
Streetheart's 1979 album Under Heaven Over Hell, the band's second release, contains some of their best-known hits. Continuing the success of their debut Meanwhile Back In Paris (1978), UHOH achieved platinum status in Canada.
From Glass Tiger's multi-platinum debut album The Thin Red Line (1986), "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" charted at #1 in Canada, #2 in the U.S., and received the Juno Award for 1986 Single Of the Year.
Breakdown In Paradise (1979) has always been my favourite Chilliwack album. Having picked it up out of a bargain bin years ago (along with Dreams, Dreams, Dreams), I found it to be a strong, cohesive album from beginning to end. It's not so much that every track is stellar (some are definitely stronger than others), but they just work really well together. It plays almost like a concept album, with several of the tracks seguing into the next one. For me, it adds up to a very satisfying whole.
AC/DC's 1990 album The Razors Edge (a title in search of an apostrophe 
) is often cited as a big "comeback" album for the band. Recorded in Vancouver, BC, the album was spectacularly successful, achieving multi-platinum status in several countries. It charted at #2 in the U.S. and #4 in the UK. Singles released included "Moneytalks" and "Thunderstruck". The latter was characterized by its pedal tone laden main riff, which is tabbed here.
Nazareth's 2XS was the 1982 studio album follow-up to their well-received (Vancouver-recorded) live effort 'Snaz. The album produced the single "Dream On", a power ballad in the same vein as "Love Hurts" and "Heart's Grown Cold". The song gave the Scottish rockers a solid hit in Europe, going Top 20 in Germany, and reaching the Top 10 in countries such as Switzerland, Poland, and Austria. Classic rock radio has since helped to make it one of the band's best-known songs.