Tag Archives: 1992

Record Review: Elektric Music – Crosstalk GER CD5

Posted on August 15, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Elektric Music: Crosstalk GER CD5 [1992] Crosstalk Intercomix Baby Come Back Context can change everything. In 1981, Kraftwerk released what is largely considered the last of their “imperial period” albums. Then, the progress of this most progressive of bands seemed … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Surviving The 90s | Tagged 1992, Crosstalk, Elektric Music, Karl Bartos, Kraftwerk, Lothar Manteuffel | 4 Comments

REVO Remastering: A Young Person’s Guide To Ultravox [REVO 088]

Posted on February 19, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Ultravox: A Young Person’s Guide To Ultravox 2xCD-R [2018] Disc 1 [Foxx] Satday Night In The City of The Dead Slipaway Wide Boys My Sex Young Savage ROckwrok Fear In The Western World Distant Smile The Man Who Dies Every … Continue reading →

Posted in A Young Person's Guide, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Scots Rock | Tagged 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, compilation, John Foxx, Midge Ure, Ultravox | 35 Comments

30 Days: 30 Albums | Befour Three O’Clock – Happen Happened

Posted on September 19, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I remember loving The Three O’Clock and seeing the Salvation Army album all over the place at every hip record store in the mid-80s and thinking “I really must get that some day.” <flash forward 33 years> I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days - 30 Albums, Record Review | Tagged 1982, 1992, Michael Quercio, Salvation Army, Three O'Clock | 2 Comments

David Bowie Memory Palace [part 26]

Posted on March 8, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1999 [continued] With the popularity in my household of “Hours…” that year, the thought finally occurred to round up all of the Rykodisc albums that I did not yet have in order to get their bonus tracks, which were conspicuously … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection | Tagged 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, David Bowie, David Live, live, Space Oddity, Stage, Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture | 4 Comments

David Bowie Memory Palace [part 17]

Posted on February 22, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1991 [continued] There was one more Bowie CD for release in 1991, and I didn’t wait to find a used copy when it was released. In spite of my famous distance from “Lodger,” I was inspired to quickly bring it … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection | Tagged 1991, 1992, 1993, David Bowie, DLX RM, Hunky Dory, Lodger, Rykodisc, Scary Monsters | 7 Comments

A Young Person’s Guide To “A Tonic For The Troops”

Posted on January 5, 2016 by postpunkmonk

One of the bands that were there from the beginning for me when the New Wave finally hit my ears were The Boomtown Rats. I had actually heard the song “Rat Trap” from “A Tonic For The Troops” played on the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Young Person's Guide, Core Collection | Tagged 1978, 1979, 1992, 2005, A Tonic For The Troops, Boomtown Rats, DLX RM | 7 Comments

Three British Bands That I Liked In The 90s: #3 – Suede

Posted on August 18, 2015 by postpunkmonk

The third and final British band to make me a die-hard fan in the 90s just barely made their winning impression at the tail end of the decade. That was Suede, who, for those who remember correctly, actually debuted in … Continue reading →