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80s Music Exposed! - 80s Albums Reviewed

80s Music Exposed

Chris and Henry are on an continuing journey to visit the past, wrestle it into the unexpurgated present, … and perhaps give it the context it deserves. Joined by their social media director...

Episodes

20 of 69 episodes

1983 Year End BEST OF with JUNATIME!

Send a text Weeee're baaaaaack! We simply can't be faded. Thanks to everyone who continues to remember us and keep us in the feed...

58:31Feb 9, 2023

DECEMBER 1983: The Replacements, Billy Bragg, Cocteau Twins, Bob Dylan, Elton John

Send a text Big grab of underground/alt drops here at the end of the year, with seminal releases served up for today's listening ears?...

59:37Oct 20, 2022

NOVEMBER 1983: Billy Idol, Duran Duran, Yes, Eurythmics, The The

Send a text The march to the end of 1983 continues with breakdowns and tears about Duran Duran, conflicting ideas on Billy Idol, and questio...

61:56Sep 22, 2022

RETRO REWIND: JUN '80, Olivia Newton-John with ELO, The Stones, Queen, Fela Kuti and Africa 70, The Soft Boys

Send a text In light of the passing of Olivia Newton-John, thought we'd give folks a chance to check out our take on XANADU - please ke...

57:10Aug 25, 2022

CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE: Sports by Huey Lewis and the News

Send a text Yep, we did it. We listened to it. Track by track. Was the world right about Huey Lewis? Does the album Sports deserve the cinem...

59:44Aug 4, 2022

OCTOBER 1983: Genesis, Lionel Richie, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Nick Heyward

Send a text Just in time for your July 4th weekend! October 1983 records include one from our Patron subscribers! Was this the genesis of th...

62:31Jul 1, 2022

RETRO REWIND! From The Archives: APR '80: Judas Priest, Pete Townsend, X, The Feelies, Budd/Eno

Send a text New episodes are on the way - but here's one you might have missed from the early days of 80s Exposed (2018) - We've g...

62:13Jun 9, 2022

SEPTEMBER 1983: Mötley Crüe, Tom Waits, UB40, Pylon, MTUME

Send a text Try finding the keyboard shortcuts for the two dots in MOTLEY CRUE (I refuse). Like champs, we just come back to blow your mind...

60:43May 26, 2022

CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE: Let's Dance by David Bowie

Send a text Special episode on the massively commercially successful David Bowie album Let's Dance, his first for EMI America, released...

56:52Apr 15, 2022

AUGUST 1983: Billy Joel, XTC, OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), AC/DC, Bad Brains

Send a text Seen any good TV lately? Take some BC or STANBACK POWDER and try to ignore The Slap heard around the world, and focus on an epis...

62:42Apr 1, 2022

JULY 1983: Metallica, Big Country, Pink Floyd, Robert Palmer, Zapp

Send a text Back to a regular format show, featuring albums from JULY 1983!! Questions answered include: Was Metallica a thrash metal band?...

61:29Feb 25, 2022

CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE: Madonna by Madonna

Send a text Attention Material Girls, and all others! The long-awaited Madonna episode is here! As we get together to pass judgment on Madon...

56:16Feb 4, 2022

JUNE 1983: Talking Heads, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Midnight Star, Donna Summer, The Church

Send a text Holidays are over, but we keep on givin'! Megan, Henry, and Chris throw down on records from JUNE 1983! Did Henry interview...

59:42Jan 7, 2022

May 1983: The Fixx, Iron Maiden, New Order, Billy Bragg, Kenny Rogers

Send a text WE ARE STILL GOING! Just in time for your holiday, a new edition of 80sX comes atcha! FOR MAY 1983, what do we have for thee? Re...

62:00Dec 24, 2021

APRIL 1983: REM, B-52s, Violent Femmes, Sparks, Aztec Camera

Send a text We are up to April 1983 (alt-April?)- and there are as many 80s albums falling into our laps like rain. (Maybe like leaves since...

61:34Nov 5, 2021

MARCH 1983: ZZ Top, New Edition, Quiet Riot, Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet

Send a text Henry, Chris, and Megan jump in, hang on, and go back to the bin to cover albums from March 1983! Eliminator | ZZ Top Candy Girl...

63:40Sep 24, 2021

CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: SYNCHRONICITY by The Police

Send a text A FULL EPISODE dedicated to the Final Album By The Police - Synchronicity! Who was Scylla and Charybdis? Megan, Chris, and Henry...

58:30Aug 13, 2021

FEBRUARY 1983 : U2, Journey, Echo & the Bunnymen, Styx, The Ramones

Send a text February brings us the battle of the vocalists! We put Bono, Steve Perry, Ian McCullough, and yes uh..... Dennis DeYoung (?) in...

61:22Jul 23, 2021

JANUARY 1983 : Def Leppard, Eurythmics, Alabama, Bryan Adams, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson

Send a text Henry, Chris and Megan kick the doors down on 1983, and decide which of these albums from January 1983 are worth listening to. W...

57:42Jun 11, 2021

1982 YEAR END BEST OF!!!

Send a text After entirely too many weeks of challenges, Chris and Henry and Megan throw down and FINALLY close out 1982, holding court on a...

65:10May 14, 2021