Billy Idol - Billy Idol

Primary Artist
Billy Idol
Album Title
Billy Idol
Release Date
July, 1982 
Time
42:12 
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Review by William Ruhlmann
Billy Idol's self-titled debut album eventually broke the singer in America, but not without a struggle. In 1981, he left Generation X and launched his solo career, borrowing the group's final single, the dance-rock standard "Dancing with Myself," for his first solo release, a four-song EP called Don't Stop. Billy Idol was prefaced in June 1982 with the ballad single "Eyes Without a Face," which made the Top 40, but the album was given a second breath of life (and a higher chart peak) a year after its release when its second single, "White Wedding," finally caught on after an eye-catching video played on MTV and made the Top 40 in July 1983. Read More