Set is the second studio album by English pop band Thompson Twins. Released in February 1982, it was the second album they recorded for their own T Records imprint, which was released by Arista Records/Hansa. Compared to their first album, A Product Of…, Set featured a more polished sound, thanks to producer Steve Lillywhite. With … Read more
Oranges & Lemons is the eleventh studio album by English band XTC, released in 1989. The tenth studio album was actually the Dukes Of Stratosphears second release ‘Psonic Psunspot’. The name of the album came from the old English nursery rhyme, also referenced in the song “Ballet for a Rainy Day” on their previous album … Read more
Mesopotamia is an EP by new wave band The B-52s. It was produced by David Byrne of Talking Heads and was intended to be the band’s third studio album. Due to conflicts with Byrne and record label pressure, recording sessions were aborted prematurely and only six of ten songs to be completed were released as … Read more
Stella is the fourth studio album by the Swiss band Yello. It peaked at #1 in Switzerland, #23 in Austria, #26 in Sweden and #92 in UK. Released in 1985, the album contains the track “Oh Yeah”, which became famous after being featured in a variety of movies including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in 1986.
Feline is the seventh studio album by The Stranglers and was released in January 1983 (on the Epic record label in the United Kingdom). The first edition came with a free one-sided 7″ single “Aural Sculpture Manifesto”. Feline drew heavily on two of the dominant musical influences in Europe of the time, by using primarily … Read more
A very generous 2014 U.K. collection that runs 19 full tracks and contains all of the Human League’s singles of note. This includes not only the expected hits — “Mirror Man,” “Don’t You Want Me,” “Human,” “(Keep Feeling Fascination)” — but earlier 45s like “The Lebanon” and “Being Boiled,” which don’t often show up in … Read more
Unhappy with the slicker approach of Setting Sons, the Jam got back to basics, using the direct, economic playing of All Mod Cons and “Going Underground,” the simply brilliant single which preceded Sound Affects by a few months. Thematically, though, Paul Weller explored a more indirect path, leaving behind (for the most part) the story-song … Read more