80s Music Exposed! – 80s Albums Reviewed

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Dec. 1982 - The world knows technology is coming - undercurrents of suspicion and some worry about where this is headed, and some think it’s just a cute new boyfriend/girlfriend. 

Wesley Willis wore an Eddy Grant costume! 

Killer on the Rampage | Eddy Grant
Trans | Neil Young
Shabooh Shoobah | INXS
All Four One | The Motels
Night and Day | Joe Jackson

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Henry, Chris and Megan start shutting down the year with: 

• Food comparisons 
• A band named after a beverage
• Spurious claims about Lionel Richie

Everyone must be hungry!

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CODA | Led Zeppelin
Music For A New Society | John Cale
Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie
Rip It Up | Orange Juice
Long After Dark | Tom Petty

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The long-awaited and eagerly anticipated reckoning with THRILLER by Michael Jackson is here!

Chris, Henry, and Megan deal with the best selling album of all time, and discuss the cultural impact of Michael Jackson on the world, and his tarnished legacy.

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 In October 1982, masters of the craft swung for the fences - in a bid for artistic, commercial and critical success.     
….and another band showed up also. 

Chris, Henry, and Megan help you decide which was which from this month in a decade that mattered! 

The Nightfly | Donald Fagan
1999 | Prince
Midnight Love | Marvin Gaye
H2O | Hall & Oates
Kissing To Be Clever | Culture Club

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King me! September brings us royalty with records from the

•  80s Art Rock King and Queen,  
• The 80s Soundtrack King,  
• the Kings of Progressive Rock, and 
• the Kings of Hard Rock! 

This ain't chess, this is 80s Music Exposed!

What famous 90s rock band stole their entire sound from Kenny Loggins?
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It's Hard | The Who
High Adventure | Kenny Loggins
Signals | Rush
The Dreaming | Kate Bush
Security | Peter Gabriel

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Get your Nagel posters out of the attic!
Another classic album episode-length episode!
This time discussing RIO by Duran Duran!

Duran Duran - were they annoying 80s-era teeny boppers?   Coke-addled bon vivants?
RIO - Overhyped synthpop or classic masterpiece?

Chris, Henry and Megan stake all their claims to sort out the truth!

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Decisions made: 

• There's no better mode than a Depeche type of mode. 
• Michael McDonald mode is unreachable for most humans. 
• The Go-Go's did not actually go on Vacation 
• Luther Vandross mode is also unreachable for most humans. 
• Marshall Crenshaw mode and Elvis Costello mode are actually not the same.. 

Listener reminisces with us over the Worlds Fair and more!

Records reviewed are:
Marshall Crenshaw | Marshall Crenshaw
Vacation | The Go-Go's
A Broken Frame | Depeche Mode
If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald
Forever, For Always, For Love | Luther Vandross

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It's ALL HANDS on DECK again!    And ANOTHER chapter in the ongoing Elvis Costello dispute!   And Billy Bragg appears - wat!  Other weird asides and rabbit holes to explore!


Eye of The Tiger | Survivor
Imperial Bedroom | Elvis Costello
Screaming For Vengeance | Judas Priest
Too-Rye-Ay | Dexy's Midnight Runners
So Excited! | The Pointer Sisters

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A very special SECOND of its kind episode for 80s Music Exposed:

Full episode album content - dedicated to milestone/ classic/ definitive albums from the 80s!

This episode we consider:   Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen -

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Its not a Mirage, there are men and women at work behind the Curtain - because this episode is Strait from the Heart!  Fall in love with these albums from June 1982!!!

Chris and Henry break em down again!!!!

The Nylon Curtain | Billy Joel
Strait From The Heart | George Strait
The Lexicon of Love | ABC
Mirage | Fleetwood Mac
Cargo | Men At Work

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What?  The boys did southern rock?  (well, kinda?)

Chris and Henry get in their own phone booth, dudes, and journey back to grab albums from the 80s month by month, and listen and learn!

Special Forces | .38 Special
Avalon | Roxy Music
The Gap Band IV | The Gap Band
Combat Rock | The Clash
Pornography | The Cure

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Don't be a FOOL, Toto, this ain't no Tug of War, yr about to blackout!   Instead DIVE right on in and welcome to April 1982!

Chris and Henry continue their journey back to grab albums from the 80s month by month, and listen and learn!

Records are:
Toto IV | Toto
American Fool | John Cougar
Tug of War | Paul McCartney
Diver Down | Van Halen
Blackout | Scorpions

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Shoot - Our March 1982 episode is one for the ages!  Flock on over to our podcast, Maiden!
Do you know the difference between Mike Love and Mike Score? 
Have you ever tried to work the word Asia into a podcast blurb?

Henry and Chris duke it out over records from March 1982!
Joined by our millenial in residence and social media manager Megan Maddox, setting us straight on what's what!

Shoot Out the Lights | Richard and Linda Thompson
The Golden Age of Wireless | Thomas Dolby
Asia | Asia
The Number of The Beast | Iron Maiden
A Flock of Seagulls | A Flock of Seagulls


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A very special first of its kind episode for 80s Music Exposed:

Full episode content - dedicated to milestone/ classic/ definitive albums from the 80s! 

This episode we consider:   The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five!

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Hey Lou guys - Wiilie listen to our podcast? 
We think you should Nick a copy, maybe even during your Haircut  - it should leave you in XTC! 

Chris and Henry (again) consider records from February 1982!

The Blue Mask | Lou Reed
Always on my Mind | Willie Nelson
English Settlement | XTC
Pelican West | Haircut 100
Nick The Knife | Nick Lowe

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Hey cowboy, don't be a goody two shoes, and don't save it for later - Drive to Mesopotamia - look behind the magnolia curtain, and check out our album selections from January 1982!

Chris and Henry consider records from January 1982!

Behind The Magnolia Curtain | Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Mesopotamia | The B-52's
All The Best Cowboys... | Pete Townshend
Special Beat Service | The Beat
Adam Ant | Friend or Foe

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Well we did it!  We make it through 1981, even as we make it through 2020!

END OF YEAR ROUND UP for all these records we listened to - the good, the bad, the ugly!

LISTEN IN and see which records were AWESOME and which ones stank up the joint!

The journey continues!

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Our service to you, dear listeners! Our first post-Covid episode!
We listen, you listen, and we all can listen now.

Live, from our RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS!  We are well and we hope you are also!
We are glad to be able to continue talking about records - indeed this might be the BEST TIME to discuss albums!

Damaged | Black Flag
Arcitecture & Morality | OMD
I Love Rock N Roll | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Diary of a Madman | Ozzy Osborne
LC | The Durutti Column

We present DECEMBER 1981 for your listening pleasure!

AS usual: Our millennial-in-residence, Megan keeps us honest!

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One more PRE-Covid episode in the can.  Can't stop, won't stop!

Put your worries and concerns in a box and revisit a time when you bought music at a store, and actually rubbed shoulders with others!

For your Victory Garden building ears, we review these albums from November 1981:

Tonight I'm Yours | Rod Stewart
Shake It Up | The Cars
Business as Usual | Men At Work
For Those About To Rock... | AC/DC
Movement | New Order

AS usual: Our millennial-in-residence, Megan also tells us what is the what!

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Take a break from the zombie hellscape and fill your newly aimless days with our NEW EPISODE, with NEW EQUIPMENT with DEEP MORE PLEASING VOICES discussing the days of yore.....
MORE specifically ALBUMS from OCTOBER 1981 Part Deux!
.... and Megan is with us LIVE! ON! THE! SHOW!

Albums reviewed:
Get Lucky | Loverboy
Physical | Olivia Newton John
October | U2
Quarterflash | Quarterflash
From The Lions Mouth | The Sound

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Did the boys listen to October of 1981?  
WELL - Did Merle Haggard keep coke in his guitar case?

It's not a Controversy, we Dare you to Police freeze frame yourself and listen to our podcast until you are just Haggard!

Records coming out of the cornucopia horn:

Big City | Merle Haggard
Dare | The Human League
Ghost in The Machine | The Police
Controversy | Prince
Freeze frame | J Geils Band

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HORNS STILL EXIST, WE MUST ASSURE YOU!

Another Abacab-tastic episode, Mecca sure you eat your Oates, and Faithfully go into listen Mode to the Genesis of this podcast!

Chris and Henry cover and dispute on:

Red Mecca | Cabaret Voltaire
Private Eyes | Hall & Oates
Dangerous Acquaintances | Marianne Faithful
Speak & Spell | Depeche Mode
Abacab | Genesis

Millennial hot take as usual from Megan Maddox our Social Media Director! 

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YES WE ARE STILL HERE, AND WE STILL CARE, and THE MARCH CONTINUES!
No need to talk amongst yourselves!

Another Special Double Issue Part 2 - 

Chris and Henry cover:

Tattoo You | Rolling Stones
Scissors Cut | Art Garfunkel
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash | The Replacements
Something Special | Kool & The Gang
Tin Drum | Japan

Millennial hot take as usual from Megan Maddox our Social Media Director! 
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Henry and Chris revisit records from JULY 1981 - AGAIN!
AND THIS TIME THEY MEAN IT and omg Journey is discussed (finally)!  
And OINGO BOINGO even!  OH MAI. 

Bella Donna | Stevie Nicks
Escape | Journey
4 | Foreigner
Precious Time | Pat Benatar
Only a Lad | Oingo Boingo

Megan from Detroit gives her (defends her!) pick of the month also! 
80s Exposed dropping a special double issue on ya! 

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The special double issue continues!!!!!

August 1981 perlie dew drops drops for your Xmas vacation listening pleasure!

Family Xmas making you cranky?
Let the soothing album reviews role over you, into the sweet reverie of August of 1981!

Megan the millennial (and our social media director) arrives with Thanksgiving wishes and  right in time for your Christmas!

Happy HOLIDAYS and HAPPY NEW YEAR from 80s Music Exposed!

Hit us up on Instagram/Twitter, etc!  - Offer to buy Megan a new record player!!!!!

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Well we're movin on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky!   No more kitchen!  FedEx guy channeled!  
BUT WE STILL DO SOME RECORDS! 

Henry and Chris begin reckoning with July 1981 albums: 
Whomp That Sucker | Sparks
Beauty and the Beat | The Go-Go's
Pirates | Ricky Lee Jones
Pleasant Dreams | The Ramones
High N' Dry | Def Leopard

Megan gives us her pick of the month and gives us a review of Peter Hook and the Light! 

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Henry and Chris bang out 5 albums from June - AGAIN!  June had a bunch! 

Wha'ppen? | English Beat
In the Pocket | Commodores
Kim Wilde | Kim Wilde
As Far As Siam | Red Rider
RockihnRoll | Greg Kihn Band
Chris show review - The Alarm / Modern English / and Gene Loves Jezebel (Jay Ashton version - we sort that out, too...) 

Megan discusses her pick of the month,  RIP Rick Ocasek, Eddie Money, Daniel Johnston  - she's going to see Peter Hook and Bob Dylan! 

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June was a big deal in 1981, and again we have to split it in 'Twain!

NEW EP! AN AVALANCHE OF CONTENT FORTHCOMING!  

• The kitchen's days are numbered!  
• A dog appears! 

Also - Henry and Chris review 5 selected albums from JUNE 1981!
Albums reviewed are: 
Breakin' Away | Al Jarreau
Season of Glass | Yoko Ono
Talk Talk Talk | Psychedelic Furs
Juju | Siouxsie and the Banshees
Duran Duran | Duran Duran

Also:  Megan's Pick of the Month! 
 

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We told you we had more, and we do!  Henry and Chris dig out some records from MAY 1981, and decide which you should give another spin! The HITS KEEP COMING. 

Records reviewed are: Wild Gift | X  East Side Story | Squeeze   Red | Black Uhura  Hard Promises | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  Computer World | Kraftwerk

Megan tries to decide which child is her favorite, and one of her most meaningful shows of all time! 

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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 her (completely unbiased) pick of the month! 

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We're BACK!  MARCH of 1981 looks us dead in the face and we stare back!  Reviewing records from: 

Solid Gold | Gang Of Four 
The Dude | Quincy Jones 
Face Dances | The Who 
Don't Say No | Billy Squire

Okay - and you also get The Vapors | Magnets, which was actually December.  (sorry completely accurate folks) !  

Also:  Megan's Mixtape! See us on Twitter:  @80sExposed, and Instagram: @80s374

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Henry and Chris zip back to February 1981 to decide if Phil Collins solo album was bunk.  Rush swings the bat again!  Eno makes yet a(nother) appearance (obvs)!

Records covered:
Face Value | Phil Collins
Moving Pictures | Rush
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | Brian Eno/David Byrne
Stray Cats | Stray Cats
Killers | Iron Maiden

Megan's Pick:   The Stranglers - The Gospel According to the Meninblack,  and Adam Turkel, 
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Chris and Henry boldly march into 1981, leaving behind 1980, and all that it was!  17 episodes in - a new acronym for album selection is birthed, assumptions are challenged, implications are made and drawn! 

Albums covered: Styx - Paradise Theater, Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog, Elvis Costello -Trust, dBs - Stands for Decibels, Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime

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Chris, Henry, Greg and Megan get together to throw down on all the albums reviewed for the year 1980! 
Hands were shaken, and agreements were made to keep going! 
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Chris and Henry grab the Uncle Nearest 1862, and deal with what December 1980 dealt us -  beyond the birth of Magnum PI, the breakup of Led Zeppelin, and the tragedy of the death of John Lennon. 

Records dealt out are:   Super Trouper - ABBA, Sandinista - The Clash, 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs - Dolly Parton, Sound Affects - The Jam, Fame Soundtrack - Multi  

Megan's Mixtape: - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! by Toyah

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NOVEMBER 1980 -  Henry and Chris break down records for November 1980! 
Some reckonings include: Were Steely Dan total dicks?  Motorhead or Motörhead?  Was REO Speedwagon actually a band made for your mom?  Albums reviewed: Gaucho -  Steely Dan, Ace of Spades -  Motörhead, Autoamerica - Blondie, Double Fantasy - John Lennon, Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon

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OCTOBER 1980 Part 2 -  Henry and Chris break down records to finish out OCTOBER 1980, and welcome a new member of the team!  Check out album reviews for: Dirty Minds - Prince, The River - Bruce Springsteen, Making Movies - Dire Straits, In the Flat Field - Bauhaus,  and Hawks & Doves - Neil Young

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OCTOBER 1980 -  Henry and Chris break down records from October 1980!! - another great month we had to split in TWAIN!   Records reviewed are: Seconds of Pleasure - Rockpile / Boy - U2 / Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police / Remain in Light - Talking Heads / All Shook Up - Cheap Trick 

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SEPTEMBER 1980 was such a big month that we have to split it into two parts!
Join us for fresh reviews for:  "Scary Monsters"  by David Bowie, "Black Sea" by XTC, "Wild Planet" by B-52's, "Hotter than July" by Stevie Wonder and "Triumph' by The Jacksons!  Playlist link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26aHaO0NTcukK4i6UOeAd0

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SEPTEMBER 1980 was such a big month that we have to split it into two parts! 
Join us for fresh reviews for:  George Jones -"I Am What I Am",  Tom Waits - "Heartattack and Vine", Dead Kennedys -"Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables",  Kate Bush "Never for Ever", Simple Minds - "Empires and Dance"  Playlist: https://sptfy.com/1ddy

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Setting you up for 2019 by tackling records from AUGUST 1980! Album reviews for:  I Believe In You  - Don Williams, One Trick Pony - Paul Simon, Kaleidoscope - Siouxie & the Banshees
Back in Black - AC/DC, Jealous Again - Black Flag  Catch up on the playlist and chime in with us! Twitter: 80sExposed Gmail:  [email protected]

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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 Frontier!  Catch up on the playlist and chime in with us! Twitter: 80sExposed Gmail:  [email protected]

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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. , and Olivia Newton John and ELO - Xanadu Soundtrack!  

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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 Snow" by Emmylou Harris, and Flesh and Blood by Roxy Music! 

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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 - Pretenders

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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 

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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 closer to the mic. Knock Freaking Knock, you record nerds. 

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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 defining the game!

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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 another listen!The INTRO is SET! The board is set up! Game on - straight from The Kitchen.

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