In the Pay of Big Ultravox
Put on your leg warmers, insert your shoulder pads, and warm up your synthesizers. It’s time for us to take a time machine back to the 1980s, where our panelists will participate in a draft of their favorite musical albums from that decade. This is one episode that is guaranteed to be totally awesome.
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 53 minutes)
Show Notes
- Monty - Escape from Noise - Negativland (1987)
- James - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno and David Byrne (1981)
- Antony - The Sensual World - Kate Bush (1989)
- Kelly - This Is the Day…This Is the Hour…This Is This! - Pop Will Eat Itself (1989)
- Steve - Rio - Duran Duran (1982)
- Jason - Workbook - Bob Mould (1989)
- Monty - The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O’Connor (1987)
- James - Floodland - Sisters of Mercy (1987)
- Antony - So - Peter Gabriel (1986)
- Kelly - Fantastic - Wham UK (1983)
- Steve - Prince Charming - Adam and the Ants (1981)
- Jason - Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
- Monty - Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of the 1980s - (Tracks)
- James - Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
- Antony - The Collection - Ultravox (1984)
- Kelly - Highwayman - The Highwaymen (1985)
- Steve - Oranges and Lemons - XTC (1989)
- Jason - Field Day - Marshall Crenshaw (1983)
- Monty - Glad N Greasy - The Beat Farmers (1986)
- James - Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise - Art of Noise (1984)
- Antony - Rough Night in Jericho - Dreams So Real (1988)
- Kelly - Introspective - Pet Shop Boys (1988)
- Steve - Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo (1981)
- Jason - Crowded House (1985)
Bring Out Your Dead:
Monty: Iron Man the Musical - Pete Townshend; Run DMC - Raising Hell; Soundtrack to Aliens; Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses; Good Music - Joan Jett; An Innocent Man - Billy Joel; A Kind of Magic - Queen; Open up and Say Aaah - Poison; Meanwhile Back in the States - Big Daddy; Traveling Wilburys
James: Human League - Dare!; Police - Ghost in the Machine; Madonna - Like a Virgin; Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams; NIN - Pretty Hate Machine; Pixies - Doolittle; Joy Division - Closer; Motorhead - Ace of Spaces; Kraftwerk - Computer World; PIL - Album
Antony: When In Rome Kill Me - Cud; Tracey Chapman debut album; Paul Simon - Graceland; Tony Banks - The Fugitive; B-52s - Cosmic Thing; Beastie Boys - License to Ill; Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man; Bee Gees - ESP; Philip Glass - Koyannasquatsi; Laurie Anderson - Big Science; Howard Jones - Human’s Lib; Bryan Adams - Reckless; Cocteau Twins - Garlands; Depeche Mode - 101; Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac; INXS - Kick; Don Johnson - Heartbeat; Landscape From the Tea Rooms of Mars…; Marillion - Misplaced Childhood; Men without Hats - Rhythm of Youth; Soft Cell - Nonstop Erotic Cabaret; Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles; Tone Loc - Loc’d After Dark; Yaz - Upstairs at Eric’s
Kelly: Construction Time - Depeche Mode; Neil Diamond - Jazz Singer; Stand by Me soundtrack; Good Morning Vietnam soundtrack; LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer; Nation of Millions - Public Enemy
Steve: Stone Roses (self titled); REM - Green; Louder than Bombs - Smiths; Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey; ELO - Time; Devo - Oh No It’s Devo; Tears for Fears - The Hurting; Squeeze - Argy Bargy; Glass Houses - Billy Joel; Bauhaus - The Sky’s Gone Out; Love & Rockets (self titled); Master of Puppets - Metallica; Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever; TMBG - Lincoln; My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything; Rush - Permanent Waves; Cars - Shake It Up; Go Go’s - Beauty and the Beat; ZZ Top - Eliminator; Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters; Some Great Reward; Flock of Seagulls (self titled); Men at Work - Business as Usual; Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now; Huey Lewis & the News - Sports
Jason: Ghost in the Machine - The Police; Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting; Thriller - Michael Jackson; Signals - Rush; The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range; The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears; War - U2
(thanks to Listener Brian for help with the links in the show notes)