Tag Archives: 1985

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 24]

Posted on January 8, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] So after losing 90% of their UK audience following, “Dazzle Ships,” OMD had been concerned with “breaking in America.” The heat was on and the large and lucrative American market had been, until their singing with … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 23]

Posted on January 4, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Crush | 1985 – 2 [continued from last post] When the next song began I had a hard time believing I was hearing OMD. It started out with a stupid 4/4 drumbeat and fuzztone guitar … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 22]

Posted on January 3, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Crush | 1985 – 2 [continued from this post] The next OMD album appeared right on time, as if dispensed by a musical conveyor belt of some kind. It was the summer of 1985 … Continue reading →

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REDUX: A Thousand Number One Albums In The UK

Posted on August 30, 2017 by postpunkmonk

November 25, 2013 Today on the BBC was a feature examining the thousand albums that have topped the British charts since their point of origin in July 1956. I wondered how many of those best sellers would fall  under the … Continue reading →

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Record Review: S.W.A.L.K. – The Way We Were…

Posted on July 6, 2017 by postpunkmonk

S.W.A.L.K.: The Way We Were… UK EP [1985] No Shame What The Lady Wants Turn It Down Stomp Stomp International Playboy No Shame [dub] I could not believe my luck in March when I found a US dealer selling a … Continue reading →

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Record Review: The Explorers [part 2]

Posted on April 17, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The playful “Venus De Milo” was superficially a stab at the same vibe of an early Roxy Music classic like “Virginia Plain,” but where the Roxy debut single was by turns playful and witty, it also … Continue reading →

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Record Review: The Explorers [part 1]

Posted on April 14, 2017 by postpunkmonk

The Explorers: The Explorers UK CD [1985] Ship Of Fools Lorelei Breath Of Life Venus De Milo Soul Fantasy Crack The Whip Prussian Blue Two Worlds Apart Robert Louis Stevenson You Go Up In Smoke Falling For Nightlife [Midnight Mix] … Continue reading →

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