APR '81: Cure, Rick James, Kim Carnes, PIL, Vangelis

APR '81: Cure, Rick James, Kim Carnes, PIL, Vangelis

Author: 80s Music Exposed September 6, 2019 Duration: 1:09:13
Send a text OUR TWENTIETH episode!!! We're back, the first in an oncoming AVALANCHE OF MONTHS! The boys again use the R.A.G.S. method to select records from April 1981, come to blows over Flowers of Romance by PIL / Public Image Limited. Other records considered include: Mistaken Identity | Kim Carnes Street Songs | Rick James Chariots of Fire | Vangelis Faith | The Cure Megan, our Social Media Maven - reviews Bryan Ferry show at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, and gives ...

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.
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1983 Year End BEST OF with JUNATIME! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:31
Send a text Weeee're baaaaaack! We simply can't be faded. Thanks to everyone who continues to remember us and keep us in the feed after the Big Hiatus! We return with an honored GUEST host - Heather Sommerhauser of JUNAT…
NOVEMBER 1983: Billy Idol, Duran Duran, Yes, Eurythmics, The The [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:56
Send a text The march to the end of 1983 continues with breakdowns and tears about Duran Duran, conflicting ideas on Billy Idol, and question marks about band Yes, the rise of the Eurythmics and The The. Rebel Yell | Bil…
CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE:  Sports by Huey Lewis and the News [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:44
Send a text Yep, we did it. We listened to it. Track by track. Was the world right about Huey Lewis? Does the album Sports deserve the cinematic spiel it was given in American Psycho? Do you want a new drug? Is sometimes…
SEPTEMBER 1983:  Mötley Crüe, Tom Waits, UB40, Pylon, MTUME [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:43
Send a text Try finding the keyboard shortcuts for the two dots in MOTLEY CRUE (I refuse). Like champs, we just come back to blow your mind once again with selection from the stack for SEPTEMBER 1983. Stick your hand in…
CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE:  Let's Dance by David Bowie [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:52
Send a text Special episode on the massively commercially successful David Bowie album Let's Dance, his first for EMI America, released 39 years ago - in April of 1983. After signing a 17 million dollar contract, he chos…