The U.K. 80s Singles & Albums Chart General Discussion Thread.

The main used store I frequent in Surrey always seems to have some JCM...most of my collection is from there, aside from the 1987-1993 albums that I bought new on release.

Even got the S/T from about 1998 only a couple of weeks ago from there.

Scarecrow 2CD is fine for 7.99, I don't object paying that kind of money.

EG.

 

I haven't been playing this fun game either but here are my favourite albums for 1985. What a great year!

1. Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche ’85
2. The Cure – The Head on the Door
3. a-ha – Hunting High and Low
4. Prince & The Revolution – Around the World In A Day
5. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
6. Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight
7. The Style Council – Our Favourite Shop
8. OMD – Crush
9. Dead Or Alive – Youthquake
10. Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair
11. Simple Minds – Once Upon a Time
12. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Easy Pieces
13. The Kane Gang – The Bad and Lowdown World
14. New Order – Low Life
15. Stephen Duffy – The Ups and Downs
16. Talking Heads – Little Creatures
17. Pat Benatar – Seven the Hard Way
18. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
19. Marc Almond – Stories of Johnny
20. The Church – Heyday
21. Arcadia – So Red The Rose
22. Howard Jones – Dream Into Action
23. The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
24. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Pyschocandy
25. Divinyls – What A Life

 

I'm feeling queasy just reading this!

 

Have a big selection of his albums on beermat, original Atomic Mercury's after watching a American Fool era promo piece that mixed interviews with him between the videos. He just came over as authentic.

 

A good number of my exam certificates are stylized that way and that's how I sign documents and stuff. Perhaps it's just not your style?

 

If you thought that was a bit much here’s what she had to say just a few weeks ago, a full 40 years since she last troubled the charts!

Arriving in London Paddington we caught the Elizabeth Line and it was bloody fabulous. Space age. We were with Robert’s manager David, who was a little concerned about how we’d deal with me being recognised and a lot of heads did turn but everyone was cool and smiled at us both.

I expect the police in London were warned in advance that despite the risks Toyah was bravely travelling by public transport, and were on standby in case they were needed…

 

So brave of her to attempt to blend into everyday life.

 

• HE TWO CLASSIC AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE INEVITABLE SINGES PLUS RELATED PEEL SESSION RECORDINGS.

• CAPTURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF DEAD OR ALIVE’S CAREER.

• ON BERRY-RED VINYL!

• A SEQUEL AND COMPANION RELEASE TO 2023’S CRITICALLY AND COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL ‘LET THEM DRAG MY SOUL AWAY’.

Having been ‘discovered’ working in Liverpool’s Probe Records during the punk rock explosion of the late 1970s, Pete Burns quickly found himself fronting his very own band, Nightmares In Wax, who quickly mutated into the more familiar Dead Or Alive. A star was born.

But prior to pop superstardom, tabloid-tantalising celebrity and his later revival and recognition as an icon of gay punk and pop culture, Pete led Dead Or Alive into far darker waters, as one of the earliest explorers of the post-punk Goth scene. Captured on two remarkable 7” singles originally released on Liverpool label Inevitable, the band also caught the attention of the ever-reliable John Peel, and recorded material for his seminal BBC Radio One programme.

‘Running Wild’ compiles those early singles and related Peel Session highlights, bringing the latter to vinyl for the first time. Pressed on berry red vinyl,and housed in a cover photograph by Dead Or Alive’s then manager Francesco Mellina, ‘Running Wild presents an early glimpse at the phenomenon Pete would become, and a long overdue back story accompaniment for fans and collectors alike.



TRACK LISTING

SIDE A - The Singles

1 I’m Falling

2 Flowers

3 Number Eleven

4 Namegame (Live version)



SIDE B - Peel Sessions

1 Nowhere To Nowhere

2 Running Wild

3 Number Eleven

4 Number Twelve

5 Flowers

 

Another Dead Or Alive comp.

They sure are milking it as much as possible.

Now its time for the vinyl fans.

 

The Sugarcubes brilliant debut 'Life's Too Good' was released 36 years ago.



Bjork and the rest of the sugarcubes with one of the many highlights "Motorcrash"

 

Top 20 SAW productions - chronologically (one song per artist)

00 Agents Arent Aeroplanes - The Upstroke
01 Divine - You Think You`re A Man
02 Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do
03 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
04 The Danse Society - Say It Again
05 Princess - Say I`m Your Number One
06 Brilliant - Love Is War
07 Bananarama - A Trick Of The Night
08 Mel & Kim - Respectable
09 Ferry Aid - Let It Be
10 Sam Fox - Nothing`s Gonna Stop Me Now
11 SAW - Roadblock
12 Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody
13 Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain
14 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You
15 Donna Summer - This Time I Know Its For Real
16 The Reynolds Girls - I`d Rather Jack
17 Various - Ferry Cross The Mersey
18 Cliff Richard - I Just Dont Have The Heart
19 Lonnie Gordon - Happening All Over Again

 

I'm now totally convinced she's a bit mad... I might warn the police next time I go out to the supermarket, so they can be on standby!

She's right about the Elizabeth Line though... it's amazing

 

Your #19 would be my #1!

Are all those 'pure SAW'? Or do Harding and Curnow count?

 

I've never even heard of that first song or artist.

 

Yes it's absolutely brilliant, makes travelling to Heathrow airport so much easier.

 

SAW's very first project. Kind of naff and was mostly memorable for its Relax-pastiche cover art.

But they did include it as a bonus disc in the SAW boxset.

EG.

 

Some great choices...I'd have to include Three Degrees (Heaven I Need) and Sonia (Listen To Your Heart) though at the expense of I'd Rather Jack and Ferry Aid.

EG.

 

I`d Rather Jack is - undoubtedly - very much a guilty pleasure, but a pleasure nevertheless.
I have always love the production on Ferry Aid and I though they did a great job of pairing some artists like Kim & Nik.
Their voices really gel.

 

For quite a long time, I could tell the difference between the intros of Deus & Birthday, or rather, I ofted mixed them up.

Cold Sweat is an unexpected single that really stands out for me.
That sharp guitar gives it a kind of ominous feeling.

 

I sorted my out by looking at the wiki article - list of SAW productions.
Its interesting how Lonnie Gordon snuck in there,
but her voice deserved maybe even a better song.

 

A complete (ish) SAW anthology project is something I still plan to do...along the same lines as my Miami Vice set.

They made so many great records.

EG.

 

Seeing that 1995 TOTP the other week reminded me how much I like Bjork...

EG.

 

The Sam Fox and Cliff songs are two of the worst Mike and Matt ever wrote imho, in complete contrast to the holy quintet of Kylie’s Rhythm of Love singles.

Shout out for the amazingly comprehensive A Journey Through SAW podcast by two genius Aussie journalists, Gavin and Matthew, it's a total joy. They go through every single produced by SAW, currently they are in early 1991 after 68 episodes and have interviewed pretty much everyone involved in PWL bar Pete, Kylie and bizarrely, Sonia.

 

Well!

I couldnt disagree more about that particular single - Nothing`s Gonna Stop Me Now.
For me it works perfectly.

Although I do love I Surrender from the 1987 album as well.

I agree that Cliffs one is not the best but its so catchy.....I just couldnt resist it.

 

Still annoyed that stalled at #42-ish or something like that...