1982 YEAR END BEST OF!!!

1982 YEAR END BEST OF!!!

Author: 80s Music Exposed May 14, 2021 Duration: 1:05:10
Send a text After entirely too many weeks of challenges, Chris and Henry and Megan throw down and FINALLY close out 1982, holding court on all that fell into our earholes, and preparing to plunge upward to the year 1983!!!! We love Buzzsprout! - Sign up to do your own podcast project using this link, which supports our show, and gets YOU a $20.00 Amazon gift card: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=138874 If you dig our work, and wanna throw us a bone to keep the lights on - Become a me...

Step back into the neon glow of the 80s with 80s Music Exposed!-80s Albums Reviewed. Hosts Chris and Henry, alongside their social media director Megan, aren't just playing the greatest hits. They're on a detailed, chronological mission, reviewing five albums from each specific month of the decade. This podcast digs deep into the sonic time capsule, from chart-topping pop and hair metal to forgotten new wave and early hip-hop records. Each episode is a conversation that wrestles these albums from their original context into our modern listening experience, asking the essential question: do these records still hold up? You'll get thoughtful commentary, personal anecdotes, and a healthy dose of debate as the trio determines which albums are worth rediscovering and which might be best left in the past. It's more than nostalgia; it's a critical and often humorous reappraisal of an entire era's musical output, one month at a time. For anyone who lived through the era or is just curious about its vast landscape, this show provides the context and deep cuts you won't find on a standard playlist. Tune in to hear if your favorites pass the test.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 69

80s Music Exposed! - 80s Albums Reviewed
Podcast Episodes
JUL '80: Joy Division, Hall & Oates, Devo, Echo, Adam Ant [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:33
Send a text JULY 1980 albums wrestled to the ground! Album reviews for: Joy Division - Closer, Devo - Freedom of Choice, Hall and Oates - Voices, Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles, Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild…
JUN '80: The Stones, Queen, ELO, Fela, The Soft Boys [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:23
Send a text JUNE 1980 Chris and Henry mix it up looking back to June 1980! Reviewing: Queen - "The Game", Rolling Stones - "Emotional Rescue", The Soft Boys - "Underwater Moonlight", Fela Kuti and Africa 70 - I.T.T. , an…
MAY '80 PT II: McCartney, Gabriel, Willie, Emmylou, Roxy Music [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:49
Send a text The long awaited May 1980 Part II! Chris and Henry roll up May looking at "Peter Gabriel 3: Melt" by Peter Gabriel, "McCartney II" by Sir Paul, "San Antonio Rose" by Willie Nelson and Ray Price, "Roses In The…
MAY '80 PT I: Cure, Pretenders, Diana Ross, The Beat, Waylon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:12
Send a text So many records came out in May we gots to split em up! BREAKDOWNS: The English Beat : I Just Can't Stop It, The Cure - Seventeen Seconds, Diana Ross - Diana, Waylon Jennings - Music Man, Pretenders - Pretend…
APR '80: Judas Priest, Pete Townsend, X, The Feelies, Budd/Eno [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:13
Send a text New breakdown on - The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms, Judas Priest - British Steel - Pete Townshend - Empty Glass, X - Los Angeles, Eno/Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror Support the show
MAR '80: Van Halen, Genesis, Billy Joel, Air Supply, Winston [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:14
Send a text Chris and Henry review: Glass Houses - Billy Joel / Duke - Genesis / Women and Children First - Van Halen / Lost In Love - Air Supply and Autumn - George Winston / In which we get our dates right, and step cl…
FEB '80: Ramones, Squeeze, Seger, Costello, Burning Spear [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:22
Send a text Chris and Henry review and talk about Squeeze - Argybargy, Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy, Bob Segar - Against The Wind, Burning Spear - Hail H.I.M., The Ramones - End of the Century - Further…
JAN '80: Rush, Ozzy, Streisand, Eno, TV Personalities [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Send a text PREMIERE - We review the most-well reviewed albums of the 80s, beginning with JANUARY 1980! Did they stand up over time? Were they duds? Did you listen to it the first time? Is it good? Should you give it ano…