Published On Oct 16, 2024
On the podcast this week: an album that might just be the most bleak and depressing album ever made (and it's not one by Steven, believe it or not!), plus post-punk releases by Cocteau Twins, Felt, XTC & more!
Up next week: albums by Pete Townshend, Neil Young, Peter Hammill and more!
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:05 The Cure - Pornography
00:09:23 XTC - English Settlement
00:14:09 Siouxsie and the Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
00:16:30 Cocteau Twins - Garlands
00:17:54 The Birthday Party - Junkyard
00:20:51 Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
00:24:15 The Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now
00:26:33 The Clash - Combat Rock
00:26:46 A Certain Ratio - Sextet / I'd Like to See You Again
00:29:26 Joe Jackson - Night and Day
00:32:35 Felt - Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty
00:35:40 Orange Juice - Rip it Up
00:37:12 Killing Joke - Revelations
00:37:18 The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
00:38:41 Thompson Twins - Set
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