November 13, 20222 yr Sade - Smooth Operator too <3 and The Smiths - Hand in Glove from their debut album, actually the debut does not include This Charming Man, that was only added to the US album not the UK album Edited November 13, 20222 yr by Bjork
November 13, 20222 yr Author We'll actually only be covering 43 albums this time btw, taking us up to October 1985 - it was going to be 44 but I decided to queue a slightly longer version of one of the songs to give us a better album to end on / begin with next week :magic: As such, not that anyone nominated anything from them, the Iron Maiden and ZZ Top albums actually fall into next week's potential bonus albums. This week we see the birth of that one big compilation album series (and that other one too). And only 4 albums today that were not on Spotify, plus most of the songs have music videos - hooray for getting closer to the modern day B-)
November 13, 20222 yr Author Week 7 tracklist: 279 Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night // Bonnie Tyler - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? 280 David Bowie - Let's Dance // David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 281 Spandau Ballet - True // Spandau Ballet - Lifeline 282 The Police - Synchronicity // The Police - King Of Pain 283 Wham! - Fantastic // Wham! - Club Tropicana 284 Yazoo - You And Me Both // Yazoo - Nobody's Diary 285 The Beach Boys - The Very Best Of - Volume 1 / The Very Best Of - Volume 2 // The Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari 286 Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 - 18 Greatest Hits // Michael Jackson - Got To Be There 287 Paul Young - No Parlez // Paul Young - Come Back And Stay 288 UB40 - Labour Of Love // UB40 - Cherry Oh Baby 289 Genesis - Genesis // Genesis - That's All 290 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers // Culture Club - Miss Me Blind 291 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down // Lionel Richie - Stuck On You 292 Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger // Duran Duran - New Moon On Monday 293 Now That's What I Call Music // Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance 294 Eurythmics - Touch // Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again 295 Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain // Simple Minds - Waterfront 296 Thompson Twins - Into The Gap // Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 297 Howard Jones - Human's Lib // Howard Jones - New Song 298 Now That's What I Call Music II // Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 299 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend - The Best Of // Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds 300 Now That's What I Call Music 3 // Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 301 David Bowie - Tonight // David Bowie - Blue Jean 302 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire // U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) 303 Big Country - Steeltown // Big Country - Just A Shadow 304 Paul McCartney - Give My Regards To Broad Street // Paul McCartney - So Bad 305 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome // Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Born To Run 306 Wham! - Make It Big // Wham! - Heartbeat 307 The Hits Album // Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well 308 Alison Moyet - Alf // Alison Moyet - Invisible 309 Foreigner - Agent Provocateur // Foreigner - That Was Yesterday 310 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. // Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 311 The Smiths - Meat Is Murder // The Smiths - Well I Wonder 312 Phil Collins - No Jacket Required // Phil Collins - One More Night 313 Paul Young - The Secret Of Association // Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away 314 The Hits Album 2 // Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better 315 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms // Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 316 The Style Council - Our Favourite Shop // The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down! 317 Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls // Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love 318 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood // Marillion - Pseudo Silk Kimono 319 Now That's What I Call Music 5 // Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 320 Madonna - Like A Virgin // Madonna - Like A Virgin 321 Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love // Kate Bush - Cloudbusting Other songs played: Pink Floyd - The Fletcher Memorial Home (opening song, second song from The Final Cut) The Jam - That's Entertainment (from #2 album Snap!) Billy Joel - The Longest Time (from #2 album An Innocent Man) Sade - Smooth Operator (from #2 album Diamond Life) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (from #2 album Hits Out Of Hell) Tears For Fears - Shout (from #2 album Songs From The Big Chair) The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1 (RIP Garry Roberts) Public Image Ltd. - Public Image (RIP Keith Levene)
November 13, 20222 yr Author Not the most fruitful week for great discoveries for me really, I was shamefully not really familiar with 'Cloudbusting' before and that was great, otherwise Big Country and Duran Duran are the only ones of much note. The 2 Bowie songs were both pretty good too. I did get another fab discovery from the bonuses as well in the form of that Public Image Ltd. song (which I may have only played because I accidentally typed 'public image' into the song field instead of artist on Polyhex :ph34r: but it is their most streamed song on Spotify apart from a remix anyway tbf x)
November 14, 20222 yr Thanks again Bré! Jim, Wardy and I are having another Zoom meet-up this coming Friday evening. Just let one of us know if you’d like to join. :)
November 19, 20222 yr Author Sorry for last minute change of plans but going to do tomorrow's session a bit earlier than usual (aiming for a 2pm start), hope people should still be able to make that! (It would normally be me complaining about last minute earlier starts :basil:)
November 19, 20222 yr I’m away in the Malverns with people this weekend and doesn’t look like I’ll be able to join without being antisocial unfortunately!
November 19, 20222 yr I'm in Barcelona, probably won't be able to listen at that time cos that's paella time in here :D maybe later thinking of #2s, if I remember it well A-ha peaked at #2 with their first 3 albums, so they should really get a play my fav songs from A-ha is Hunting High and Low from their debut, so voting for that Sogn if possible
November 20, 20222 yr Author A record low of 40 albums being covered this week, a lot of songs/videos in the 80s were over 5 minutes long it seems! Going up to March 1988 and a ton of classics this week. #2 albums this week for last minute bonus track suggestions: 1985 Live After Death - Iron Maiden Afterburner - ZZ Top Hits 3 - Various Artists 1986 Hunting High and Low - a-ha Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston Hits for Lovers - Various Artists Love Zone - Billy Ocean Picture Book - Simply Red Into the Light - Chris de Burgh The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths The Seer - Big Country The Final - Wham! Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel a Richie Break Every Rule - Tina Turner Scoundrel Days - a-ha Now Dance ‘’86: The 12’’ Mixes - Various Artists 1987 The Cost of Loving - The Style Council The World Won’t Listen - The Smiths Men and Women - Simply Red Running in the Family - Level 42 Raindancing - Alison Moyet Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega Clutching at Straws - Marillion Actually - Pet Shop Boys Dancing with Strangers - Chris Rea Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths The Christians - The Christians All the Best - Paul McCartney Hits 7 - Various Artists
November 20, 20222 yr a-ha - Train Of Thought The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
November 20, 20222 yr Suzanne Vega -Luka a-ha - hunting high and low a-ha - scoundrel days (any excuse to play this tbh) The Smiths - there is a light that never goes out Pet shop boys - almost anything from Actually
November 20, 20222 yr A-ha - Manhattan Skyline (Scoundrel Days) Marillion - Sugar Mice (Clutching At Straws) Pet Shop Boys - It Couldn't Happen Here (Actually)
November 20, 20222 yr The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths - Panic [from The World Won't Listen] The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before [from Strangeways Here We Come] (to make up for the absence of How Soon Is Now? last week)
November 20, 20222 yr The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Whitney Houston - How Will I Know Suzanne Vega - Luka
November 20, 20222 yr Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty Suzanne Vega - Luka Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This
November 20, 20222 yr Author Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty Suzanne Vega - Luka Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This That PSB song was a #2 hit so won't be playing it! (Maybe you can back a different PSB song?)
November 20, 20222 yr That PSB song was a #2 hit so won't be playing it! (Maybe you can back a different PSB song?) I didn't think it got as high as that and I didn't check!
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