Anagrammed Artists Trivia Quiz

Answer: RT WESTROAD

"Atlantic Crossing" was the 1975 number one by Rod Stewart.
This was Stewart's sixth solo album and topped the UK charts and reached number nine on the Billboard 200 album charts.
"Sailing" and "I Don't Want to Talk About It" were both UK number one singles from the album.

Answer: WOOLFACT DEEM

Released in 1977 by Fleetwood Mac, "Rumours" became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Recorded in California and Florida, it was their 11th album and included the singles "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun".
It topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and went on to earn a Grammy and more than 45 million sales.

Answer: SIX COY RUM

In 1982, Roxy Music released "Avalon", it was to be their eighth and final studio album.
While it was a chart topper in the UK, Canada and Australia, it reached only number 53 on the US Billboard 200.

Answer: DANIEL FIRNS

"Fog On The Tyne" was released in 1977 by the folk-rockers Lindisfarne and was probably the band's best known album.
It stayed at the top of the UK album charts for four weeks and produced "Meet Me On The Corner" as a number five single.
(Personally I preferred their 1970 album "Nicely Out Of Tune".)

Answer: A GRUM NANY

In 1980, Gary Numan released "Telekon" to critical and popular acclaim.
Numan was a pioneer of commercial electronic music. "Telekon" was one of three successive Numan LPs to top the UK charts.

Answer: IS IT A REST, DR?

"Love Over Gold" was the 1982 chart topper by Dire Straits.
It was a number one in the UK, Canada and Australia, but reached only number 19 on the US Billboard 200.
The single "Private Investigations" reached number two in the UK.

Answer: BABA

"Arrival" was the 1976 release by the Swedish all-stars, ABBA.
Three of ABBA fans' best loved songs, "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" were on the album.
"Arrival" was the best-selling album of 1977 and topped the charts in seven countries, but reached only number 20 in the USA.
Curiously, for all their success in the rest of the world, Americans did not seem to take to ABBA - "Dancing Queen" was their sole chart topping single in the USA and none of their albums reached the top 10.

Answer: SWING

In 1975, Wings released "Venus And Mars", an album that showed Paul McCartney's writing in all of its range.
If "Band On The Run" was a hard album to follow, Wings nearly got there with "Venus And Mars".
It topped the charts in the UK, USA and Canada.
The single "Listen To What The Man Said" was a chart topper in the USA and Canada, but reached number six in the UK.

Answer: MOIRA DENIN

"The Number of the Beast" was released in 1982 by Iron Maiden.
It was their first number one album in the UK and reached number 33 in the USA - where Iron Maiden were branded "Satanists" and some of their albums were burnt in public protests.

Answer: O DEAR MOTH

Motörhead had a chart topper with their live album "No Sleep Till Hammersmith" in 1981, although it contained some tracks from earlier studio albums.
While generally classified as 'heavy metal' Motörhead founder and lead singer 'Lemmy' believed they had more of an affiliation with Punk Rock. The band was active between 1975 and 2015. 'Lemmy' died in 2015, aged 70.