For our 42nd cool album, we’re listening to Duran Duran’s titular debut album from 1981. This album was one of the milestones of the New Romantic movement, which grew up out of New Wave. NOTE: we are listening to the “Harvest Release” of this album. It is the first U.S. release, and opens with theContinue reading “42.1+2 Renjeaux Listens to Planet Earth+Girls On Film, from Duran Duran – Duran Duran”
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41.4-6 Renjeaux Listens to Foreign Affair+Taurus 3+Shadow on the Wall, from Mike Oldfield – Crises
The 41st stop in our cool-album-listening journey is Mike Oldfield’s eighth studio album, 1983’s “Crises.” We close out this album with the final three tracks: “Foreign Affair,” “Taurus 3,” and “Shadow on the Wall.” Please listen to Taurus 3! But please do NOT listen to “Shadow on the Wall…”
41.2+3 Renjeaux Listens to Moonlight Shadow+In High Places, from Mike Oldfield – Crises
The 41st stop in our cool-album-listening journey is Mike Oldfield’s eighth studio album, 1983’s “Crises.” While side A of this album is one long piece, side B consists of five short songs. We open side B with Oldfield’s biggest-selling single, “Moonlight Shadow,” then rise up with “In High Places,” a collaboration with Yes’s Jon Anderson.
41.1 Renjeaux Listens to Crises, from Mike Oldfield – Crises
41.1 Renjeaux Listens to Crises, from Mike Oldfield – Crises The 41st stop in our cool-album-listening journey is Mike Oldfield’s eighth studio album, 1983’s “Crises.” The opening, title track is all of side A. It’s over 20 minutes long, comprises several movements, with varying themes and variations, and contains some of the most sublime —Continue reading “41.1 Renjeaux Listens to Crises, from Mike Oldfield – Crises”
40.9 Renjeaux Listens to Whispers, from Visage – The Anvil
It’s our 40th anniversary! And we’re celebrating by pumpin’ it with the second Visage album, 1982’s “The Anvil.” This album is a pretty significant change from their first album, which takes a more funk and disco turn, while retaining a serious romanticism (and lots of whispering). We close out this cool album with what couldContinue reading “40.9 Renjeaux Listens to Whispers, from Visage – The Anvil”
25.01 Renjeaux Listens to That Was Then But This Is Now, from ABC – Beauty Stab
In the 25th volume of our album-listening adventure, we take on ABC’s surprising second album, 1983’s Beauty Stab. In this first episode, we make a Big Announcement (we now have 100 YouTube subscribers and will be holding a celebratory live stream on Sunday, April 18th!), and then we listen to the album’s first track, ThatContinue reading “25.01 Renjeaux Listens to That Was Then But This Is Now, from ABC – Beauty Stab”
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