New Order – Blue Monday
This is just a 12″ single of another big song for New Order – which actually hit number 5 on the US dance charts, where nothing else they did previously ever made a mark....
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New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
As I said last time, for some reason or other, these New Order records were a gift from my college roommate, who I believe brought them back from Italy (two of these are Italian...
New Order – 1981-Factus 8-1982
My New Order records were all (as far as I can remember) a gift from my friend, former roommate and companion on our five-year musical journey, after he had moved across the country. I...
Missing Persons — Spring Session M
From 1982, the exact moment that MTV exploded and bands like Missing Persons were able to break through a very tired soundscape. New Wave and synth bands were suddenly everywhere, with bright music, bright...
Missing Persons — Missing Persons
Missing Persons was one of those bands that suddenly made a splash thanks to MTV – otherwise I likely never would have heard of them. Their video for “Words” was in heavy rotation in...
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....
The Human League — Fascination
The Human League’s next release after their platinum Dare in the US was this 1983 EP, apparently pushed out while work was still proceeding on the next full album. It’s a bit meh, honestly....
The Human League — Dare
I’ll admit, I was kinda putting off The Human League. I thought they just weren’t where my head was at these days. Blues or basic rock ‘;n’ roll? No problem. ’80s electronica? Eh… I...
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