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This image is from the cover of the album Uprising, a 1980 reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers.  Uprising was the last album released during Marley’s lifetime, as well as the most religious of his albums. Uprising peaked at number 45 on the Pop Albums chart, with the single “Could You Be Loved” reaching #5 on the UK singles chart. 

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American rock band the Doors released their fourth album, The Soft Parade, in 1969. Record producer Paul A. Rothchild urged for a departure from the band's previous albums by incorporating string and horn arrangements. Lead singer Jim Morrison was less involved in the songwriting process due to personal problems, so guitarist Robby Krieger wrote half of the album's tracks independently.

Compared to previous albums, The Soft Parade reached only No. 6 on the Billboard 200 Chart, and failed to make the charts in the United Kingdom. The album received poor reviews from critics who viewed it as the band's weakest effort to date. The band's original fans also rejected it because they believed the Doors had abandoned their unique sound to embrace popular music trends.

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Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo which featured vocalist Marc Almond and musician David Ball. The duo is most known for their 1981 cover of Gloria Jones’s “Tainted Love”. The duo celebrated ten Top 40 hits in the UK and four Top 20 albums. The duo split up in 1984 and eventually reunited for a tour in 2001. The image featured on this button is an image of the duo taken during the promotion of their 1981 album “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret”, which evoked images of adult film distributors. 

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The English heavy metal band, Judas Priest, released their second album, entitled Sad Wings of Destiny in 1976. The illustration on this button is a reproduction of the album's cover art, a piece called Fallen Angel by commissioned artist Patrick Woodroffe, depicting a struggling, grounded angel surrounded by flames and wearing a devil's three-pronged cross, which was the band's symbol. It is the only Judas Priest album to feature drummer Alan Moore. 

Sad Wings of Destiny at first had little commercial success, competing with the rise of punk rock. The band supported the album with a three-month tour of the UK, and CBS Records took note. Judas Priest went on to sign with CBS Records and received a large budget to produce their next album, Sin After Sin, released the following year. 

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Signals is the ninth album from Canadian rock group, Rush. The album was released in 1982 and reached number 10 on the Billboard album charts. The album was released as a follow-up to their Moving Pictures album and continued the usage of the synthesizer and contemporary lyrics.   

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The band Rush released the boxed collectible set Archives in 1978. It contained the first three releases of the band. While it did not feature the album 2112, the artwork from that album is what appears on the cover. There were no extra features included and no additional music. The album was only released on cassette tape and vinyl.

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The Canadian rock band Rush released their fourth album 2112 in 1976, which later went gold. The concept album's song lyrics described a dystopian world set in the year 2112, which bore similarities to the plot of Ayn Rand's novella, Anthem. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was also recognized by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada as a culturally significant classic worthy of preservation in 2006.

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REO Speedwagon is an American rock band that was founded in 1967. This button is from the band's tour for their album Nine Lives, which was released in 1979 and later went gold. The album title was selected to showcase that it was the band's ninth album, and it also included nine songs.