Season 1

May 22, 2019

S01E16 Bonus Episode - The Best of 1990 Part 2

And so here we are at the end of our first season. This is the second part of our bonus podcasts focusing on what our own favourite albums from 1990 are, this week we're counting down our top fives. Can …

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May 15, 2019

S01E15 Bonus Episode - The Best of 1990 Part 1

After listening to a whole year's worth of number one albums we have come to the end of our journey through 1990. And to celebrate we decided to choose our own top ten albums from the year and chat about …

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May 8, 2019

S01E14 Madonna 'The Immaculate Collection'

The second of our "cheat" episodes from 1990, or "bonus podcasts" if you're being generous, this Madonna compilation is one of Dave's favourite ever albums which will become very obvious as we go through. Will he go so far as …

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May 1, 2019

S01E13 Very Best Of Elton John

We know, we know, we said we weren't going to do any compilations or Best Ofs but just listen to the podcast and we explain our reasoning. Basically it comes down to "it's our podcast and we'll do what we …

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April 24, 2019

S01E12 Paul Simon 'The Rhythm Of The Saints'

We're into October of 1990 and in fact are at the last non-compilation album number one of the year. Paul Simon's follow-up to Graceland was much anticipated, and it obviously got to number one since we're talking about it here, …

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April 17, 2019

S01E11 The Charlatans' 'Some Friendly'

Into October of 1990 and we've hit upon an album that Krister used to love and remembers very fondly. Will it be as good as he remembers? Dave doesn't really give a shit one way or the other as this …

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April 9, 2019

S01E10 George Michael 'Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1' (and a very br…

Once again we find ourselves having to acknowledge a record featuring Pavarotti because the 3 Tenors album was number one for five weeks but we skip pretty much immediately past it and focus on George Michael's re-defining 'Listen Without Prejudice …

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April 2, 2019

S01E09 Prince 'Graffiti Bridge'

Our ninth episode takes us into August of 1990 and Prince is at number one for one week only with 'Graffiti Bridge', his soundtrack to his godawful film of the same name. We get songs about dancing, songs about sex, …

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March 27, 2019

S01E08 Elton John 'Sleeping With The Past'

Krister loves a bit of classic Elton. Dave thinks he has a voice like a malfunctioning foghorn. What will we make of this album? We also manage to talk about NWA, Madonna's 'Hanky Panky' and an absolutely astonishing Elton John …

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March 20, 2019

S01E07 New Kids On The Block 'Step By Step' (and a touch of Pavarotti)

We knew that Pavarotti was on its way so we very briefly chat about his Essential Collection but let's forget that and concentrate on the total gift that is NKOTB's 'Step By Step' album. This is by far the most …

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March 13, 2019

S01E06 Soul II Soul 'Volume 2 - 1990: A New Decade'

We're halfway through 1990 already and Soul II Soul's second album, 'Vol 2 - 1990: A New Decade" is number one in the UK charts. Dave and Krister both remember this one fondly from their youth but haven't listened to …

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March 5, 2019

S01E05 Fleetwood Mac 'Behind The Mask' (and some Carpenters too)

Throughout April and May of 1990 The Carpenters found themselves at number one for a staggering seven weeks with a Best Of compilation. But for one week in the middle of it Fleetwood Mac nicked the top spot off them …

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Feb. 26, 2019

S01E04 Depeche Mode 'Violator' (and a bit of Bowie)

In our fourth episode we go a bit off piste - the next number one album in our journey is ChangesBowie which is obviously a best of, so we make the decision to chat only briefly about that but concentrate …

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Feb. 19, 2019

S01E03 Sinead O'Connor 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got'

For episode three Dave and Krister dig into Sinead O'Connor's breakthrough album 'I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got' (you know, the one with Nothing Compares 2 U on it) while also chatting about people like Michael Bolton and …

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Jan. 31, 2019

S01E02 The Christians 'Colour'

For our second podcast we dive into UK soul/pop act The Christians' sophomore album. Be warned, this episode is not the best sound quality as one side of our conversation ended up as a corrupted file. We've done our best …

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Jan. 31, 2019

S01E01 Phil Collins 'But Seriously'

Our first podcast and what an album to start with. Phil Collins' 'But Seriously' was the first number one of the 90s and with an album of this magnitude there is plenty to talk about. But is it actually any …

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Jan. 30, 2019

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