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Listening For Pleasure II - A few more favourite albums
Songs From The Big ChairSongs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.67
I've said before that "The Hurting" was the superior album, but you can't go wrong with this one either if you're an 80s fan....
ViennaVienna by Ultravox
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £3.39
Midge Ure & company in their pomp. Pure class.....
Change: 1989-1990/RemasteredChange: 1989-1990/Remastered by Alarm
Buy new: £16.90 / Used from: £9.55
Perhaps The Alarm's best album. Worth getting for "Sold Me Down The River" alone.
Crash, Boom, BangCrash, Boom, Bang by Roxette
Buy new: £5.55 / Used from: £0.99
Per & Marie's third classic album - 'Run To You' and 'Sleeping In My Car' are the highlights.
Architecture & MoralityArchitecture & Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £1.95
Their best album without a doubt, and one of my all-time favourites albums, period.
The StrangerThe Stranger by Billy Joel
Buy used from: £5.01
Up there with "Storm Front" for the quality of the songs on it.
You and Me BothYou and Me Both by Yazoo
Buy used from: £7.95
A bit different to "Upstairs at Eric's", but that's not necessarily a bad thing....
A Night at the Opera (VINYL) [VINYL]A Night at the Opera (VINYL) [VINYL] by Queen
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £4.30
One of those albums you have to own if you're a music lover. Still sounds good after more than 30 years.
CloserCloser by Joy Division
Buy new: £5.17 / Used from: £4.60
Dark & gloomy, but a compelling listen all the same.....
NonsuchNonsuch by XTC
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £3.49
Whereas this one will brighten your spirits and get your feet tapping!
Dark Side of the MoonDark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £7.36 / Used from: £4.99
For years I wondered what all the fuss was about regarding this album - then I went out and bought it. And yes it IS that good.....
EmploymentEmployment by Kaiser Chiefs
Buy new: £3.62 / Used from: £0.48
Just to show that not all modern stuff is necessarily bad.....
Lore: Remastered & RepackagedLore: Remastered & Repackaged by Clannad
Buy new: £4.01 / Used from: £2.99
Another top offering from over the Irish Sea......
SecretsSecrets by Human League
Buy used from: £7.99
Perhaps their best offering since "Dare" - shame it didn't sell as well as it deserved to....
Oxygene 7-13Oxygene 7-13 by Jean-Michel Jarre
Buy used from: £3.28
Revisiting one of your best ever works is risky - but it works for JMJ.....
Human's LibHuman's Lib by Howard Jones
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.66
Another dose of 80s nostalgia that also happened to spawn 4 hit singles....
The Seeds Of LoveThe Seeds Of Love by Tears For Fears
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Curt & Roland's opus, but also the album that drove them apart. Took me a while to get into, but I'm glad I persevered.
The Dream Of The Blue TurtlesThe Dream Of The Blue Turtles by Sting
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.85
Of all the solo material Mr Sumner's done over the years, I still think this is his best.
Metal RhythmMetal Rhythm by Gary Numan
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.05
Probably the best of his 'middle period' albums....
RetroglideRetroglide by Level 42
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A very welcome return for Mark King and company.
Trip The Light FantasticTrip The Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Sophie's first album for 4 years - and rather good it is too....
Black CherryBlack Cherry by Goldfrapp
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'Supernature' was the bigger hit, but this isn't bad either!
InsteadInstead by Onetwo
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £13.75
Take an ex-Propaganda vocalist and one quarter of OMD and add 'em together to get this great little slice of electropop.
Forgiven Not ForgottenForgiven Not Forgotten by The Corrs
Buy new: £2.71 / Used from: £0.01
Their debut album - has a somewhat rockier edge that's missing from their later offerings
Man of ColoursMan of Colours by Icehouse
Buy new: £15.97 / Used from: £7.09
Iva Davies is perhaps Oz's best kept musical secret - this is the best of a very good group of albums he and his band turned out in the eighties.