Show Notes
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Dear Prudence" from Hyaena 1984 PLAY DEAD "Pale Fire" from Sacrosant b-side 1985 THE CHAMELEONS "Up the Down Escalator" from Script Of The Bridge 1983 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN "The Killing Moon" from Ocean Rain 1984 ULTRAVOX "Reap the Wild Wind" from 12" single 1982 THE CHURCH "Dropping Names" from Seance 1984 LOVE & ROCKETS "An American Dream" from Express 1986 MODERN ENGLISH "Someone's Calling" from After the Snow 1982 NEW ORDER "Your Silent Face" from Power, Corruption And Lies 1983 THE CURE "Primary" from Staring At the Sea - The Singles 1981 THE SMITHS "There Is a Light Than Never Goes Out" from The Queen Is Dead 1986 THE HOUSEMARTINS "Anxious" from London 0 Hull 4 1986 MIGHTY LEMON DROPS "Inside Out" from World Without End 1988 THE THREE O'CLOCK "I Go Wild" from Baroque Hoedown EP 1982 WIRE TRAIN "Love, Love" from Between Two Words 1985 TRANSLATOR "Un-Alone" from No Time Like Now 1983 THE LIFE "The One" from Alone 1987 X "4th of July" from See How We Are 1987 DUMPTRUCK "Walk Into Mirrors" from Positively Dumptruck 1986 THE PIXIES "Here Comes Your Man" from Doolittle 1989 GUADALCANAL DIARY "Litany" from 2X4 1987 RIGHT AS RAIN "Rain" from Undertown 1988 THE CONNELLS "Something To Say" from Fun & Games 1989 GRAPES OF WRATH "O Lucky Man" from Treehouse 1987 THE GO-BETWEENS "Bye Bye Pride" from Tallulah 1987 JULIAN COPE "St. Julian" from Saint Julian 1987 XTC "Earn Enough For Us" from Skylarking 1986 SPLIT ENZ "One Step Ahead" from Waiata 1981
More from 80's Underground Podcasts
The 80s Underground Facebook page got hacked...and as such, I've lost a decade of playlists. The Podcasts however, are still accessible and will be for eternity. Here's a replay from October 14, 2015....counting down the Top Singles of the decade.
U2 - Two Hears Beat As One (War) 1983 BIG COUNTRY - Tall Ships Go (Steeltown) 1984 CHAMELEONS UK - One Flesh (What Does Anything...) 1985 ULTRAVOX - Hymn (Singles) 1982 THE REPLACEMENTS - Left of the Dial (Tim) 1985 R.E.M. - Cuyahoga (Life's Rich Pageant) 1986 THE CHURCH - Dropping Names (Remote Luxury) 1984 **INTERVIEW w/ writer Lori Majewski** ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - The Killing Moon (Ocean Rain) 1984 THE SNAKE CORPS - Look East for Eden (Flesh on Flesh) 1986 THE PARACHUTE MEN - Sometimes in Vain (The Innocents) 1988 DUMPTRUCK - Carefree (For the Country) 1987 TRANSLATOR - Heaven By a String (s/t) 1985 JULIAN COPE - Trampolene (St. Julian) 1987 CONCRETE BLONDE - Happy Birthday (Free) 1989 THE GO-BETWEENS - I Just Get Caught Out (Tallulah) 1987 DREAMS SO REAL - Maybe I'll Go Today (Father's House) 1986 THE 77's - Do It For Love (s/t) 1987 MICHAEL PENN - This & That (March) 1989 GAME THEORY - Rolling With the Moody Girls (Two Steps From the Middle Ages) 1988 THE FLESHTONES - Right Side of a Good Thing (Hexbreaker) 1983 THE NILS - Young Man in Transit (s/t) 1987 THE TRUTH - Playground (Playground) 1985
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – Song From the Edge of the World (single) 1987 LOVE & ROCKETS – All in My Mind (Express) 1986 THE OPPOSITION – A Day In The Future (Intimacy) 1983 COCTEAU TWINS – Aloysius (Treasure) 1984 CLAN OF XYMOX – Agonised by Love (Medusa) 1986 LOWLIFE – Reflections of I (Rain) 1985 NEW ORDER – Sunrise (Low Life) 1985 THE CURE – The Hanging Garden (Pornography) 1982 AND ALSO THE TREES – Shaletown (single) 1987 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Lost & Found (s/t) 1987 THE SMITHS – Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Queen Is Dead) 1986 OCEAN BLUE – Myron (s/t) 1989 FOR AGAINST – Get On With it (Echelons) 1987 THE DARROWS – Is It You (Cellar Into Eaves) 1986 SGT ARMS – Walking on the Roof (single) 1982 RED ROCKERS – Til it All Falls Down (Good As Gold) 1983 ROMEO VOID – Say No (Instincts) 1984 CONCRETE BLONDE – True (s/t) 1986 THE RAVE-UPS – These Wishes (Book of Your Regrets) 1988 SCRUFFY THE CAT – My Baby She’s Alright (Tiny Days) 1987 R.E.M. – Pretty Persuasion (Reckoning) 1984 X – Surprise Surprise (See How We Are) 1987 THE REPLACEMENTS – Color Me Impressed (Hootenanny) 1983 THE DICKIES – Rosemary (Stukas Over Disneyland) 1988 BIG DRILL CAR – 5 Year Itch (Small Block EP) 1987 DIE KREUZEN – Slow (Century Days) 1988 MEAT PUPPETS – Mirage (Mirage) 1987 THELONIOUS MONSTER – So What if I Did (single) 1989 fIREHOSE – For the Singer of R.E.M. (Sometimes, Almost Always) 1988
MIGHTY LEMON DROPS - One By One (World Without End) 1988 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Lost & Found (s/t) 1987 XMAL DEUTSCHLAND - Matador (single) 1986 PETER MURPHY - His Circle & Hers Meet (Love Hysteria) 1988 CABARET VOLTAIRE - Just Fascination (The Crackdown) 1983 GARY NUMAN - Remind Me to Smile (Telekon) 1980 FRONT 242 - Operating Tracks (Geography) 1982 MINISTRY - Here We Go (With Sympathy) 1983 THE BOLSHOI - Someone's Daughter (Friends) 1986 MEN WITHOUT HATS - I Got the Message (Rhythm of Youth) 1982 HUMAN LEAGUE - Seconds (Dare) 1981 MODELS - I Hear Motion (Out of Mind Out of Sight) 1985 SHRIEKBACK - Under The Light (Jam Science) 1984 KATE BUSH - Violin (Never For Ever) 1980 THE FALL - Hit The North (The Frenz Experiment) 1987 AZTEC CAMERA - Still on Fire (Knife) 1984 THE JAZZ BUTCHER - Southern Mark Smith (A Scandal in Bohemia) 1984 THE STRANGLERS - Souls (Aural Sculpture) 1985 SQUEEZE - Hits of the Year (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti) 1985 SPLIT ENZ - Take a Walk (Time & Tide) 1982 MARSHALL CRENSHAW - Cynical Girl (s/t) 1982 HOODOO GURUS - In the Middle of the Land (Blow Your Cool) 1987 GUADALCANAL DIARY - Pray For Rain (Jamboree) 1986 R.E.M. - Box Cars/Carnival of Sorts (Chronic Town EP) 1982 RAIN PARADE - Mystic Green (Crashing Dream) 1986 THE CHILLS - Wet Blanket (Brave Words) 1987
This specialty show (originally broadcast in February 2015) counts down the Top 25 albums of 1986.