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Some time in the late afternoon, with the rest of the class dive-bombing the swimming pool and partying, I found myself sat in the lounge, chilling.

There is a thing called the 2nd album slump. Radiohead decided that was bollocks

I’ve never really known much about Dead Can Dance… whose voices ring out through strange and mythical soundscapes…

Released late 1987, my best friend and I bought Bad as a going-away present for our mutual best friend who was leaving for the UK.

Growing up with 80’s movies it was impossible not to hear the unmistakable new-wave ska-punk sounds of Oingo Boingo ringing out on (it seemed) every teen flick of the decade.

I first heard She Blinded Me With Science ringing out softly from the speakers of a late night tour bus as it ferried me and my fellow 7th Graders back from a school trip.

It’s not an exaggeration to state that Peter Gabriel’s SO blew up the late eighties, not least due to the astounding Aardman animated music video for Sledgehammer.