Album
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Why this album mattered
Balance (1981) is a Balance album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #133 and charted for 12 weeks. Major singles from the album include "Breaking Away".
The music
- 1
(Looking for the) Magic
- 2
I’m Through Loving You
3 Breaking Away
- 4
No Getting Around My Love
- 5
Fly Through the Night
- 6
American Dream
- 7
Haunting
8 Falling in Love
- 9
Hot Summer Nights
- 10
It’s So Strange
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Aug 29, 1981#183
A sleeper hit — it hung around for 12 weeks, peaking at #133 without ever dominating the Top 10. Entered at #183, exploded upward for 6 weeks to reach #133 and fell quickly across 12 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
