Love And Other Bruises – Air Supply
When Graham Russell, a native of England, met up with Australian born Russell Hitchcock during an Australian production of Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar in 1976, neither could have had an inkling of the success they would share together over the next 10 years. With the release of their first album, Air Supply, on Australian label Rainbow Records in 1976, Air Supply, named because both founding members have air zodiac signs, began a decade of controlling the pop album and single charts by releasing one hit after another. The collection of hits would earn them the awards only a few years later. But what really started them on their multi-million selling bonanza was being named opening act for Rod Stewart’s worldwide “Foot-loose and Fancy Free” tour in 1978.
It was the sweet, whimsical and honeyed combination of Hitchcock’s voice and Grahams overtly-romantic lyrics that launched them to the top of the adult contemporary charts. According to Detroit Free Press music critic Gary Graff, “Air Supply, after all, is regarded as fare for softies. Russell’s best known works are syrupy love songs that might even put a cavity in Barry Manilow’s smile, filled with lush arrangements and harmonies.” Not a bad comparison considering Manilow was an influence on the musicians, along with the Bee-Gees, Bread, and the Beatles. It was those syrupy love songs that enabled Air Supply to release nearly an album a year for almost 20 years and take command of the pop music charts for much of the 1980s.
The first of the duo’s big hits came from their 1980 multiplatinum selling album Lost in Love, recorded with EMI Music Group. “Lost In Love,” “Every Woman in the World,” and “All out of Love,” brought Air Supply international success and acclaim. “Lost In Love” became Billboard’s Top Adult Contemporary Single of 1980. Their second album, The One That You Love, released a year later, enjoyed similar success. The saccharine sweet plea “Here I Am” solidified the band’s reputation for writing successful, albeit sappy, love songs. “People are ready to hear more songs about romance,” Hitchcock explained to Bruce Britt in the Detroit Free Press. “People are waking up to the reality that love and romance are what it’s all about. The recordings of Air Supply became a sound track for generations and elevators.
The band did not spend all their time in the recording studio though. Air Supply also toured the world extensively, crooning to a predominantly female crowd. The main attraction according to Britt was, “Hitchcock’s voice, a ringing choirboy tenor, reminiscent of a male Barbara Streisand” Yet, argues Hitchcock in the same review, “We bring the album right to the stage. And every note I sing on record, I sing in concert.” With Graham providing most of the lyrics and music, Air Supply enjoyed successful albums into the middle of the 1980s.
The 1982 Arista Records release Now and Forever, included the hit songs “Even the Nights Are Better,” and “Two Less Lonely People in the World.” In 1983, Air Supply released a greatest hits album filled with their signature heavy orchestrated ballads simply titled Air Supply Greatest Hits in 1983. The song “Making Love Out of Nothing All” was rereleased and made it to number two on the charts.
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