The Album Years

#18 (1978 Part 1) Blondie, The Police, Jeff Wayne, The Stranglers & more

Jan 31, 2022

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Blue Nail Covers Aren't Laughable

01:30

X T C, the Talking Heads

03:28

The Last Time Yes Sound Like a Band

03:42

Introduction

2min

The Alban Years

4min

Is It Impossible to Afflikt the Stranglers Album?

3min

I Love War of the Worlds

3min

The Fusion of Progressive Rock and the Rafete

2min

I Love This Album, It's a Big Hit, It Still Stands the Test of Time

3min

The Last Albmby Yes, That I Lose You

1min

The Last Time Yes Sound Like a Band

4min

Blue Nail Covers Aren't Laughable

2min

10.

What's the Best Album of All Time?

5min

11.

X T C, the Talking Heads

3min

12.

Ther Daby by the Magazine

2min

13.

X TC, Magazine, and Magazine - They've All Been Around for Years, You Know?

2min

14.

Mi'm Yours Is a Brilliant Single

3min

15.

Ininverted Comers - The First Album

3min

16.

Evs Costello - A Great Artist and Song Writer

2min

17.

New Wave - The Album That Crossed Over

4min

18.

The Drinking Game

2min

Steven and Tim return with 1978, a year so rich with significant albums ripe for discussion it looks like it’s going to require 4 episodes to get through them all! Part 1 takes on board Tim's suggestions for 'guilty pleasures’ (a notion which Steven strongly objects to), and the non-stop rise of the New Wave goes interstellar.

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