Show Notes
ENGLISH BEAT "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" from Special Beat Service 1982 THE UNTOUCHABLES "What's Gone Wrong" from Live and Let Dance 1984 THE SUBURBS "Love is the Law" from The Suburbs 1978 TALK TALK "Life Is What You Make It" from The Colour of Spring 1986 ULTRAVOX "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" from Lament 1984 PETE SHELLEY "No One Like You" from XL-1 1983 THE FOUNTAINHEAD "Sometimes" from The Burning Touch 1986 ALTERED IMAGES "Another Lost Look" from Bite 1983 DOLLY MIXTURE "Everything And More" from Remember This: The Singles Collection 1980-1984 1982 INXS "Doctor" from INXS 1980 SWING SET "Blackout" from Life Speeds Up 1986 THE X-TEENS "Kiss and Make Up Time" from Love and Politics 1984 THE LYRES "Help You Ann" from On Fire 1984 THE CRAMPS "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" from A Date With Elvis 1986 X "The New World" from More Fun in the New World 1984 T.S.O.L. "American Zone" from Change Today? 1999 THE VANDALS "Mohawk Town" from When in Rome 1984 THE MINUTEMEN "Courage" from 3-Way Tie (For Last) 1985 THE RAINYARD "So Happy Now" from A Thousand Days 1989 THE DANGTRIPPERS "When Time Runs Out" from Days Between Stations 1988 R.E.M. "Ages of You" from Dead Letter Office 1987 THE JACK RUBIES "Be With You" from Fascinatin' Vacation 1988 THE BODINES "Therese" from Therese 1986 CLOSE LOBSTERS "Skyscrapers of St Mirin" from What Is There to Smile About? 1988 RAILWAY CHILDREN "Chrysalis" from Recurrence 1988 THE SMITHS "Sweet And Tender Hooligan" from Louder Than Bombs 1987 THE PRIMITIVES "Noose" from Pure 1989 THE BLUEBELLS "I'm Falling" from The Singles Collection 1984 EURYTHMICS "Belinda" from In the Garden 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.