November 6, 20222 yr Seconding: Duran Duran - Rio Echo And The Bunnymen - The Cutter Yazoo - Don't Go (a lack of Prince Charming may seem surprising but Kings of the Wild Frontier is my preferred album from the big two and we're already getting that today, I think the top highlights of PC are the #1s)
November 6, 20222 yr I was also going to suggest The River so I approve of your choice. I'll cast another vote for The Cutter and something from Yazoo as well.
November 6, 20222 yr Author Shall be back to starting on time this week! Room link as usual, kicking off in 15 mins
November 6, 20222 yr The opening section of this week was heavenly :wub: glad quite a few people got a good discovery out of 'Dog Eat Dog'.
November 7, 20222 yr Author Week 6 tracklist: 236 Gary Numan - Telekon // Gary Numan - We Are Glass 237 Kate Bush - Never For Ever // Kate Bush - Babooshka 238 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) // David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 239 The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta // The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 240 Barbra Streisand - Guilty // Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb - Guilty 241 ABBA - Super Trouper // ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me 242 Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier // Adam And The Ants - Dog Eat Dog 243 John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy // John Lennon - Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) 244 Phil Collins - Face Value // Phil Collins - If Leaving Me Is Easy 245 Starsound (aka Stars On 45) - Stars On 45 (aka Long Play Album) // Starsound (aka Stars On 45) - Medley (aka Boogie Nights And Other Hits) 246 Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith // Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (Live) 247 Disco Daze / Disco Nites // Edwin Starr - Contact 248 Cliff Richard - Love Songs // Cliff Richard - Constantly 249 The Official BBC Album Of The Royal Wedding Ceremony From St. Paul's Cathedral // The Bach Choir, Choir Of St. Paul's Cathedral and The Gentlemen And Children Of H.M. Chapels Royal - The National Anthem 250 Electric Light Orchestra - Time // Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight 251 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer // Meat Loaf and Cher - Dead Ringer For Love 252 Genesis - Abacab // Genesis - Abacab 253 The Police - Ghost In The Machine // The Police - Spirits In The Material World 254 The Human League - Dare // The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 255 Shakin' Stevens - Shaky // Shakin' Stevens - It's Raining 256 Queen - Greatest Hits // Queen - Don't Stop Me Now * 257 Chart Hits '81 Volume 1 / Chart Hits '81 Volume 2 // The Human League - Open Your Heart 258 ABBA - The Visitors // ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers 259 Barbra Streisand - Love Songs (aka Memories) // Barbra Streisand - Memory 260 The Jam - The Gift // The Jam - Ghosts 261 Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast // Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills 262 Status Quo - 1+9+8+2 // Status Quo - Dear John 263 Barry Manilow - Barry Live In Britain // Barry Manilow - It's A Miracle (Live) 264 Paul McCartney - Tug Of War // Paul McCartney - Here Today 265 Madness - Complete Madness // Madness - It Must Be Love 266 Roxy Music - Avalon // Roxy Music - More Than This 267 ABC - The Lexicon Of Love // ABC - The Look Of Love 268 Fame OST // Paul McCrane - Is It Okay If I Call You Mine? 269 The Kids From "Fame" - The Kids From "Fame" // The Kids From "Fame" - Starmaker 270 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold // Dire Straits - Telegraph Road 271 ABBA - The Singles - The First Ten Years // ABBA - Ring Ring 272 John Lennon - The John Lennon Collection // John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma! 273 Raiders Of The Pop Charts Part 1 / Raiders Of The Pop Charts Part 2 // Madness - Our House 274 Men At Work - Business As Usual // Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? 275 Michael Jackson - Thriller // Michael Jackson - Beat It 276 U2 - War // U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 277 Tears For Fears - The Hurting // Tears For Fears - Mad World 278 Pink Floyd - The Final Cut // Pink Floyd - The Final Cut * played this last week by mistake but this is its canonical place in the Spotify playlist Other songs played: AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long (opening song, second song from Back In Black) Queen - Bicycle Race (from #2 album Jazz - played in place of Don't Stop Me Now as a belated bonus track from last week) Madness - Baggy Trousers (from #2 album Absolutely) Bruce Springsteen - The River (from #2 album The River) The Clash - Rock The Casbah (from #2 album Combat Rock) Duran Duran - Rio (from #2 album Rio) Yazoo - Don't Go (from #2 album Upstairs At Eric's) Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter (from #2 album Porcupine) Aaron Carter - Crazy Little Party Girl (RIP) Migos - Stir Fry (RIP Takeoff)
November 7, 20222 yr Author This week was even more of a mess than I already knew it would be thanks to a couple of ~technical difficulties~ (anyone who thinks they heard a bit of 'Give Peace A Chance', you imagined it, shhh) but hopefully that's just my perfectionism and the rest of you thought it still went smoothly :kink: oops at the Royal Wedding and Barry Manilow albums not properly having any tracks available on YouTube! Super gutted to have not got to hear 80s Manilow :cry: 2016 Manilow just doesn't hit the same xx Bowie, Adam And The Ants and Genesis providing my best discoveries of the week this time! And good to be able to put a name to 'Instant Karma!' which I hadn't realised was a Lennon song ~
November 10, 20222 yr I'm putting in a bid for the RIP slot following the death of Garry Roberts of the Boomtown Rats. How about one of their early singles such as Mary Of The Fourth Form or Looking After Number One?
November 13, 20222 yr Not sure how much of today's session I'll be able to catch, hopefully I can listen in the car from about 5.30pm at least. These would be my choices from the #2s up until mid-1986: The Jam - That's Entertainment [from Snap!] Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels or Shout [from Songs From The Big Chair] The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [from The Queen Is Dead] if we get that far, otherwise something from Ultravox - The Collection The Smiths - This Charming Man [from The Smiths] is a classic but I assume will be the most streamed from their 1992 'Best I' #1 album.
November 13, 20222 yr Author Am putting the playlist for today together now (being even more last minute than usual :lol: I just didn't have the attention span for it yesterday whoops, feeling a little more with it now thankfully). So I'm not sure exactly which album we'll get up to but assuming it'll be ~45 albums as usual the list of eligible #2 albums will be roughly this (pretty sure we won't get as far as 'The Queen Is Dead'): edit: only 43 albums this week so the last 2 will be going to next week instead 1983 Snap! - The Jam Stages - Elaine Paige Under a Blood Red Sky - U2 1984-1988 1984 An Innocent Man - Billy Joel The Smiths - The Smiths The Works - Queen Cafe Bleu - The Style Council Breaking Hearts - Elton John Parade - Spandau Ballet Private Dancer - Tina Turner Diamond Life - Sade Powerslave - Iron Maiden The Woman in Red - Stevie Wonder / Dionne Warwick Waking Up with the House on Fire - Culture Club The Collection - Ultravox Now! That’s What I Call Music 4 - Various Artists 1985 Hits Out of Hell - Meat Loaf Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears Dream into Action - Howard Jones Out Now - Various Artists All Through the Night - Aled Jones / BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra and Chorus The Gift - Midge Ure Live After Death - Iron Maiden Afterburner - ZZ Top
November 13, 20222 yr My requests: Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (An Innocent Man) Queen - Machines (The Works) Ultravox - All Stood Still (The Collection) Tears For Fears - Shout (Songs From The Big Chair) Howard Jones - Hunger For The Flesh (Dream Into Action) Midge Ure - Wastlelands (The Gift)
November 13, 20222 yr I nominate The Jam - That’s Entertainment Queen - I Want To Break Free Tina Turner - Private Dancer Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell Tears for Fears - Shout
November 13, 20222 yr Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Tears For Fears - Shout
November 13, 20222 yr Backing up Bat Out of Hell and Shout (There is a Light... for next week as well x) I guess something by The Clash or Public Image Ltd. in honour of Keith Levene as well? (</3)
November 13, 20222 yr Tears For Fears, Billy Joel and The Jam for me. I'd have gone for The Longest Time as the Billy Joel track but happy to hear An Innocent Man instead. I also refer you back to the Boomtown Rats request above.
November 13, 20222 yr Oh sorry I completely missed that The Smiths will likely be an option next week instead. In that case I'd swap my 3rd choice to 'The Longest Time' by Billy Joel
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