Joe Jackson — Big World
I can’t think of an album that came out in 1986 that was more amazing, more important to me. And that was the year Elvis Costello’s “King of America” came out, so that’s saying...
Category: ’80s
Joe Jackson — Body and Soul
Just months after “Mike’s Murder,” this sensational album came out in March 1984; I have strong associations of this album with spring thaws and the smell of that cool air as the snow melts,...
Joe Jackson — Mike’s Murder
We only lived in Presidential Plaza in Syracuse for a year, yet there is so much music that I directly associate with that apartment. This album is definitely part of that. In part, it...
Joe Jackson — Night and Day
Well, this is the one that really launched Joe Jackson for me. June 1982 – just before my final year of college. “Steppin’ Out” hit and hit huge, both on the radio and on MTV,...
Joe Jackson — Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive
Although this came out in 1981, I didn’t get it until sometime in 1984, after “Body and Soul” came out. It’s weird how these things can get held in memory, but I think this...
Joe Jackson — Beat Crazy
I’m pretty certain I picked this up shortly after becoming enamored of Joe Jackson when “Night and Day” became such a big hit. Definitely bought it used, definitely bought it at Desertshore Records in...
Humans — Happy Hour
I don’t remember how I came by what I consider to be one of the finest New Wave albums of all time, the absolute peak of what New Wave rock meant. I have a...
The Human League — Crash
1986 was a serious moment for Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, from The Time, as Flyte Time productions. First gaining attention as an opening act for Prince, these two guys owned mid-‘80s soul and...
The Human League — Hysteria
In the ’80s, two and a half years was quite the gap between albums, but that’s how long we had to wait for the follow up to the huge-selling “Dare” from The Human League....
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