80s Music Exposed! - 80s Albums Reviewed

1983 Year End BEST OF with JUNATIME!

Send us Fan Mail Weeee're baaaaaack!  We simply can't be faded. Thanks to everyone who continues to remember us and keep us in the feed after the Big Hiatus!

DECEMBER 1983: The Replacements, Billy Bragg, Cocteau Twins, Bob Dylan, Elton John

Send us Fan Mail Big grab of underground/alt drops here at the end of the year, with seminal releases served up for today's listening ears?   Also, Dylan and Elton

NOVEMBER 1983: Billy Idol, Duran Duran, Yes, Eurythmics, The The

Send us Fan Mail The march to the end of 1983 continues with breakdowns and tears about Duran Duran, conflicting ideas on Billy Idol, and question marks about band Yes, 

RETRO REWIND: JUN '80, Olivia Newton-John with ELO, The Stones, Queen, Fela Kuti and Africa 70, The Soft Boys

Send us Fan Mail In light of the passing of Olivia Newton-John, thought we'd give folks a chance to check out our take on XANADU - please keep in mind we recorded t

CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE: Sports by Huey Lewis and the News

Send us Fan Mail Yep, we did it.  We listened to it.  Track by track.  Was the world right about Huey Lewis?    Does the album Sports deserve the cinematic spiel it was

OCTOBER 1983: Genesis, Lionel Richie, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Nick Heyward

Send us Fan Mail Just in time for your July 4th weekend!  October 1983 records include one from our Patron subscribers! Was this the genesis of the rise of Genesis or

RETRO REWIND! From The Archives: APR '80: Judas Priest, Pete Townsend, X, The Feelies, Budd/Eno

Send us Fan Mail New episodes are on the way  - but here's one you might have missed from the early days of 80s Exposed (2018) -  We've grown a lot in 4 years

SEPTEMBER 1983: Mötley Crüe, Tom Waits, UB40, Pylon, MTUME

Send us Fan Mail Try finding the keyboard shortcuts for the two dots in MOTLEY CRUE (I refuse). Like champs, we just come back to blow your mind once again with selecti

CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE: Let's Dance by David Bowie

Send us Fan Mail Special episode on the massively commercially successful David Bowie album Let's Dance, his first for EMI America, released 39 years ago - in April

AUGUST 1983: Billy Joel, XTC, OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark), AC/DC, Bad Brains

Send us Fan Mail Seen any good TV lately?   Take some BC or STANBACK POWDER and try to ignore The Slap heard around the world, and focus on an episode chock full of LETT

JULY 1983: Metallica, Big Country, Pink Floyd, Robert Palmer, Zapp

Send us Fan Mail Back to a regular format show, featuring albums from JULY 1983!! Questions answered include:    Was Metallica a thrash metal band?    Were those bagpip

CLASSIC ALBUM EPISODE: Madonna by Madonna

Send us Fan Mail Attention Material Girls, and all others!    The long-awaited Madonna episode is here! As we get together to pass judgment on Madonna's solo albu

JUNE 1983: Talking Heads, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Midnight Star, Donna Summer, The Church

Send us Fan Mail Holidays are over, but we keep on givin'!  Megan, Henry, and Chris throw down on records from JUNE 1983! Did Henry interview David Byrne? Was Ste

May 1983: The Fixx, Iron Maiden, New Order, Billy Bragg, Kenny Rogers

Send us Fan Mail WE  ARE STILL GOING!   Just in time for your holiday, a new edition of 80sX comes atcha! FOR MAY 1983, what do we have for thee? Reach the Beach | T

APRIL 1983: REM, B-52s, Violent Femmes, Sparks, Aztec Camera

Send us Fan Mail We are up to April 1983  (alt-April?)- and there are as many 80s albums falling into our laps like rain.  (Maybe like leaves since we are recording in t

MARCH 1983: ZZ Top, New Edition, Quiet Riot, Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet

Send us Fan Mail Henry, Chris, and Megan jump in, hang on, and go back to the bin to cover albums from March 1983! Eliminator  | ZZ Top Candy Girl | New Edition Metal H

CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: SYNCHRONICITY by The Police

Send us Fan Mail A FULL EPISODE dedicated to the Final Album By The Police - Synchronicity! Who was Scylla and Charybdis? Megan, Chris, and Henry get Gordy another bee

FEBRUARY 1983 : U2, Journey, Echo & the Bunnymen, Styx, The Ramones

Send us Fan Mail February brings us the battle of the vocalists!   We put Bono, Steve Perry,  Ian McCullough, and yes uh..... Dennis DeYoung (?) in the ring to duke it o

JANUARY 1983 : Def Leppard, Eurythmics, Alabama, Bryan Adams, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson

Send us Fan Mail Henry, Chris and Megan kick the doors down on 1983, and decide which of these albums from January 1983 are worth listening to.    Was 1983 the year of t

1982 YEAR END BEST OF!!!

Send us Fan Mail After entirely too many weeks of challenges, Chris and Henry and Megan throw down and FINALLY close out 1982, holding court on all that fell into our ea