The New Pet Shop Boys Album "Nonetheless" Reviewed

The Pet Shop Boys are back with a new album called "Nonetheless", that is getting glowing reviews, after several listens we have put together our review/thoughts on the album.

Loneleness has really grown on me and I prefer the album version, superb orchestration and driving beat and bass, easy to see why it was chosen as the lead single, probably their best lead single since "Love Etc".

Feel A bit of a kraftwerk and italodisco vibe, lush orchestration, that sequenced bass-line is fabulous, really like this track, great chorus.

Why Am I Dancing? ticks all the boxes for me, uplifting, melodic and another terrific sequenced bass-line, Chris has come up with some superb music on this album and Neil is on top form on this track.

New London Boy is a beautiful ballad and definitely get the connection to "Being Boring", a beautiful sound palette, reminiscent to "A New Life" and "Do I Have To?", excellent lyrics, a very nice laid back and at times sad sounding song, a reflective lookback on life.

Dancing Star The best compliment I can give this song, is that it wouldn't be out of place on "Please", I love the sound created on this track the way it takes you back to their debut album era. A strong track although a little bit short, perfect choice for a single release.

A New Bohemia Is a track I was looking forward to due to the title alone, on first listen I was a bit disappointed, however, after several listens the track has really grown on me, it has outstanding orchestration again and that chorus grabs you after a few plays. Can now see why it has been chosen as the 3rd single.

The Schlager Hit Parade seems to be the one track on the album that the media and fans feel is the weakest track on the album, not for me, I think it is superb and is a distant cousin to "Shameless", fantastic chorus and a well constructed track, it is the one track I find myself singing around the house. Pure pop, Pure Pet Shop Boys!

The Secret Of Happiness has a 60s vibe, a beautiful song and another song on which Neils vocals are brilliant, outstanding orchestration, what more can I say...perfect!

Bullet For Narcissus First off, what a great title, we are in house music territory on this one, this is my choice for weakest track on the album but is a grower and is still a song I like.

Love Is The Law closes the album and is epic and perfection on a grand scale, flawless!

I wasn't a fan of the Price trilogy (really don't like electric, super had some good moments but not enough strong tracks to carry the album, Hotspot is the best of the trilogy bunch, but again, a few weak tracks) but this is a massive return to form and despite my reservations about James Ford producing the album he has done a fantastic job on the production, like working with Trevor Horn, Ford and the Pet Shop Boys are a perfect partnership, hopefully their will be another album produced by James Ford.

This is the strongest set of songs and best album Neil & Chris have recorded in years, it's absolutely fabulous!

9/10

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #17

Put The Needle On The Record Week #17 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome

For this weeks feature we go back to October 1984 and the Frankie Goes To Hollywood album "Welcome To The Pleasuredome".

I was a mad Frankie Goes To Hollywood fan and this album was eagerly awaited back in 1984, I bought my vinyl copy on the day of release at the small HMV in Market Street, in Manchester. There was a lot of hype about the album and to some it was seen as a disappointment, I think the problem was people had high expectations after the singles "Relax" and "Two Tribes", nothing was ever going to compete with those tracks, I know I played the 12 inch single releases of "Two Tribes" to death and still rate the Annihilation 12 inch one of the greatest 12 inch singles ever released.

Over the years I have come to appreciate this album a lot, brilliantly produced by Trevor Horn, it always takes me back to the days when I lived in a bedsit!

4 singles were released off the album, "Relax", their debut single, which got banned from the Radio 1 playlist by DJ Mike Reid....fool! (which despite the controversy it topped the UK singles chart), "Two Tribes", a masterpiece, especially the 12 inch remixes that came out, (it spent 9 weeks at Number 1 in the UK Singles chart), "The Power Of Love" (which also topped the UK Singles Chart) and "Welcome To The Pleasuredome (which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart).

Other highlights on the album include their cover versions of "Born To Run", "Ferry Cross The Mersey" and "Do You Know The Way To San Jose".

It won't come as a surprise that the album topped the UK Album Chart.

Track Listing

The World Is My Oyster (including Well & Snatch Of Fury)
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Relax
War
Two Tribes
For The Victims Of Ravishment
Ferry Cross The Mersey
Born To Run
San Jose (The Way)
Wish (The Lads Were Here)
The Ballad Of 32
Krisco Kisses
Black Night White Light
The Only Star In Heaven
The Power Of Love
Bang

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

White Lion Radio Presents...Selections From The Blitz Club

Rusty Egan has curated a special 4CD/4 Vinyl Box Set that features music he played at the Blitz Club in 1979 & 1980 and is set for release on June 28th.

To celebrate this release White Lion Radio have put together a special show, called "Selections From The Blitz Club", that includes 20 tracks that are featured on the forthcoming box set.

The show is available to listen to on Mixcloud here

PLAYLIST

The Human League - Being Boiled
Tubeway Army - Down In The Park
The Normal - Warm Leatherette
John Foxx - Burning Car
Dalek I - Dalek I Love You (Destiny)
Ultravox - Hiroshima Mon Amour
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven (Long Version)
OMD - Electricity
Ultravox - Passing Strangers
Kraftwerk - Radioactivty
Japan - Life In Tokyo (Short Version)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass (12 Inch Version)
M - Pop Muzik (12 Inch Version)
Landscape - Japan
The Cure - A Forest
Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
Telex - Moskow Diskow
Silicon Teens - Memphis Tennessee
Simple Minds - Changeling
Visage - Fade To Grey (Dance Mix)

The CD & Vinyl editions of Rusty Egan Presents Blitzed! is available at all major music retailers.

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #16

Put The Needle On The Record Week #16 David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

For this weeks feature we go back to August 1980 and the David Bowie album "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)".

I have always found it really difficult to get into a full album by Bowie, with the exception of the fabulous "Scary Monsters" album, what a superb album it is, easily his best and most cohesive album. I bought the album on after hearing the single "Ashes To Ashes" single, which is my favourite Bowie track, by strange coincidence it was the first single my long term partner bought, she also rates it as Bowie's finest track, the stars must have aligned!!

It is one of those albums on which every track could have been a single, as well as the singles released I really do like the tracks "It's No Game (No 1)" and Because You're Young" and "Teenage Wildlife".

4 singles were released off the album, "Ashes To Ashes" (which reached number 1 in the UK singles chart), Steve Strange of Visage is featured in the promo video for the song, "Fashion" (which reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart - the B side was an edited version of another track off the album "Scream Like A Baby"), the title track "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" (which reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart and once again featured an edited version of another album track "Because You're Young") and "Up The Hill Backwards" (which reached number 32 in the UK Singles Chart).

It will come as no surprise to learn the album hit number 1 in the UK album chart.

Track Listing

It's No Game (No. 1)
Up The Hill Backwards
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Ashes To Ashes
Fashion
Teenage Wildlife
Scream Like A Baby
Kingdom Come
Because You're Young
It's No Game (No. 2)

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

I-Select #105

Edition #105 of i-Select has been released today on White Lion Radio

This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands, that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Eric C. Powell & Andrea Powell - Saturn (Radio Edit)
Slave To The Squarewave - Love Unknown (Rob Stuart 2024 Remix)
Video L'Eclipse -  Signals
Melo - Glitter
Lifelong Corporation - Noises (Clean Mix)
Teleskop - Porcelain Blue
Mind Machine - Always Tomorrow
Nano Ona - Have Courage (Arvid Tuba Remix)
Vogon Poetry & Scala - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Luxxery - Strangely Familiar
Hyperfield Ft Toni Sewell - Therapy
Glenn Main - Calima In The Sky
Jigsaw Sequence - Cry
Split Vision - Greed
Eric C. Powell & Andrea Powell - World Falls Away
O!Dorian - Come On I Want You
Melo - Paralyzed
The Frost -  Modulations
Slave To The Squarewave - India (Rob Stuart 2024 Remaster)
The Subtheory Ft Pet Twin - Song Of The Damascene
Breathe Of My Leaves - Godzilla (Single Mix)
Kraftman - AZ-5 (Arvid Tuba Remix)
Ironic Sweden - Lost Eden
Lunar Plexus - I'll Watch Over You (Felicity's Lullaby)
Poppy Blond - Misty Blue Eyes
Wainscott - Say Anything
Video L'Eclipse - Another Day
Mind Machine - Mortuary You
Logic & Olivia - World In My Eyes
execunit - Rust
Melo - Cut Me Loose
After The Rain - Wearing Like a Clown (Single Version)
Eric C. Powell & Andrea Powell - The Station
Blokeacola - Lost Connection
Slave To The Squarewave - Skydiving (Rob Stuart 2024 Remix)
Glenn Main - Calima Islolation

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #15

Put The Needle On The Record Week #15 New Order - Power Corruption & Lies

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to May 1983 and the New Order album, "Power Corruption & Lies". As we know New Order was formed after the death of the Joy Division singer Ian Curtis (if you haven't seen the film "Control" about Ian Curtis & Joy Division you need to see it). The three other members of Joy Division, Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Peter Hook wanted to carry but under a different name, Gillian Gilbert became a member of New Order at this point too, the rest, as they say, is history.

"Power Corruption & Lies" was the 2nd New order album and the follow up to "Movement", which, despite being a huge Joy Division/New Order fan, is an album I have never liked, PCL however is my favourite New Order album and it saw a change in their sound, with the introduction of more synths and drum machines.

New Order were famous for not including any singles on their early releases and as such no tracks were released as singles off it, also the bands name and album title weren't included on the sleeves of their earlier albums, however, they did release the monster hit "Blue Monday", the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time and of course a regular in their live set list. It was added as a bonus track on CD editions of the album in later years.

By the way back in 1980 I had the pleasure of chatting to Anthony H Wilson (Factory label boss) and we discussed the music of Joy Division and in particular the single "Love Will Tear Us Apart", my favourite single of all  time.

I like the entire album and the highlights for me are "Age Of Consent", "The Village" and the Kraftwerkesque "Your Silent Face" (which contained the brilliant line..."you caught me at a bad time, so why don't you piss off".

The album peaked at number 4 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Age Of Consent
We All Stand
The Village
5 8 6
Your Silent Face
Ultraviolence
Ecstasy
Leave Me Alone

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Maximum 80s #123

Welcome to edition 123 of Maximum 80s here on White Lion Radio, a show that celebrates the 1980s 12 Inch Single!

This a series of shows that features some of the finest 12 Inch Singles from the 80s all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits in the 12 Inch format from the greatest decade in music history!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here
 

Playlist

Krew - Paper Heroes (Extended Mix)
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Good-Bye Bad Times (Extended Re-Mix)
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots (12 Inch Version)
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (Extended Remix)
Patrick Cowley & Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk (12 Inch Version)
Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor (Long Version)
Madonna - Deeper And Deeper (Shep's Classic 12 Inch Mix)
Ultravox - We Came To Dance (Unedited Extended Version)
Seona Dancing - More To Lose (Extended Mix)
Belinda Carlisle - (We Want) The Same Thing (Extended Summer Remix)
Imagination - Music And Lights (12 Inch Version)
Bobby O - She Has A Way (12 Inch Remix)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #14

 Put The Needle On The Record Week #14 Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to January 1988 and the Johnny Hates Jazz album, "Turn Back The Clock". I hadn't really come across this band and actually discovered their music when a friend was playing the album! I thought this was an amzing sounding album and the next day I bought a vinyl copy ot it, beautiful production and well crafted songs and it was a little different to ehat was around at that time. It is also an album I still play and enjoy listening to some 36 years later!

There were a staggering 6 singles released from the album, the debut single "Me And My Foolish Heart", which was released 2 years before the album and was retitled "Foolish Heart" on the album itself (which failed to reach the Top 100 UK Singles chart, only reaching number 112), "Shattered Dreams", the single that really launched their career (which reached number 5 in the UK Singles chart), "I Don't Want To Be A Hero" (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart), "Turn Back The Clock" (which reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart), "Heart Of Gold" (which reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart) and "Don't Say It's Love" (which reached number 48 in the UK Singles Chart).

The album reached number 1 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Shattered Dreams
Heart Of Gold
Turn Back The Clock
Don't Say It's Love
What Other Reason
I Don't Want To Be A Hero
Listen
Different Seasons
Don't Let It End This Way
Foolish Heart

The CD Edition included the following Bonus Tracks

Heart Of Gold (J Mendelsohn Mix)
Turn Back The Clock (J Mendelsohn Mix)
I Don't Want To Be A Hero (Extended Mix)

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Rubik's 80s Mix #123 (January 1980)

Edition #123 of Rubik's 80s Mix is now out on White Lion Radio and as is a New Year we have introduced a new idea into the Rubik's 80s Mix shows, each month we are going to feature songs in the charts on a specific month from the 1980s, this month we feature songs that were in the charts in January 1980.

This a series of shows that includes the very best in 80s music all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits from the greatest decade in music history!

A show guaranteed to bring back so many happy memories!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

ABBA - I Have A Dream
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
The Police - Walking On The Moon
Status Quo - Living On An Island
Blondie - Union City Blue
Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Gary Numan - Complex
The Jam - The Eton Rifles
Shalamar - The Second Time Around
KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don'Go
Kool & The Gang - Too Hot
New Musik - Living By Numbers
ELO - Confusion
The Buggles - The Plastic Age
John Foxx - Underpass
Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #13

Put The Needle On The Record Week #13 Duran Duran - Rio

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to May 1982 and the Duran Duran album, "Rio", remember those expensive video's that were made for the singles lapping it up on boats etc, back in 1982 video jukeboxes were all the rage in pubs and no matter where you went, you could always guarantee endless plays of the Duran Duran video for "Rio" on pub video jukeboxes. I'm not a massive fan of Duran Duran, however their first 3 albums were excellent, of the 3 my favourite is "Seven And The Ragged Tiger", "Rio" and the whole New Romantic scene played an important part of my late teens and early 20s.

There were 3 singles released from the album, the wonderful "Hungry Like The Wolf" (which reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart), best track on the album as well, "Save A Prayer" (which reached number 2 in the UK Singles chart), and of course the title track "Rio" (which reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart).

I was delighted when it was announced they were bringing out 2 CD remastered versions of the first 3 albums, I think it was in 2010, boy was I disappointed! The remastering was awful, the worst remasters I have ever heard, they were diabolical, these people that remaster music must be completely tone deaf!

The album peaked at number 2 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Rio
My Own Way
Lonely In Your Nightmare
Hungry Like The Wolf
Hold Back The Rain
New Religion
Last Chance On The Stairway
Save A Prayer
The Chauffer

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #12

Put The Needle On The Record Week #12 China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to April 1985 and the China Crisis album, "Flaunt The Imperfection", this was the bands 3rd album and definitely, from a recording viewpoint, is when the band hit their peak, it was one of my most played records during 1985 was one of the first records I bought after moving into a new flat, and to be fair, every track could have been released as singles. It is a fabulous album produced by Walter Becker, who apparently was interested in working with the band after hearing the track "Papua" (one of my all time favourite China Crisis songs, how it wasn't a single I will never know. Walter Becker got in contact with the band and that is how he came to produce the Flaunt album, he is also credited as part of the band for this album, playing synthesizers and percussion.

There were 4 singles released from the album, the superb "Black Man Ray", another track in my China Crisis Top 5 songs (which reached number 14 in the UK Singles chart), "King In A Catholic Style" (which reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart), "You Did Cut Me" (which only reached number 54 in the UK Singles chart), and "The Highest High" (which barely dented the top 100, peaking at number 82).

By the way I learnt to play "Black Man Ray" on the first proper Synthesizer I bought!

The album peaked at number 9 in the UK albums chart.

China Crisis are still active and touring and highly recommend seeing them live, they are superb and Gary Daly's interaction with the audience is worth the cost of the ticket alone!

One of the most underrated bands of the 80s.

Track listing

The Highest High
Strength Of Character
You Did Cut Me
Black Man Ray
Wall Of God
Gift Of Freedom
King In A Catholic Style
Bigger The Punch I'm Feeling
The World Spins (I'm Part Of It)
Blue Sea

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

i-Select #104

Edition #104 of i-Select has been released today on White Lion Radio

This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands, that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

BlakLight - Don't Assume That We Are Alright
Kraftman - AZ-5 (Radio Edit)
Church Of Trees - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Conscience - A Function Of Y
The Moons Of Jupiter - Ghosts
More - Shotgun To The Head
WeAreTwo - For Always In My Life (refix)
Bit Pixel - No Time For Regret
Knight$ - Shadows
Diakov - Under The Stars
Vague Notion - Back In The Day
Echo Image - Madsong
Permer - Together In Japan
Conscience - I Could fly (Radio Edit)
Church Of Trees - That's All
Metroland - Industry 4.0 (Economic)
Kraftman - Moskow Diskow (English Version)
Split Vision - Wrath
Lonelyklown - Lonely Night Tonight (Hotfoot Edit)
Platronic - Calling (Mitten In Der Nacht)
BlakLight - Blind Vision
Dpoint Ft e_lect - Falling Down
Steven Jones & Logan Sky - Come Back Tonight (Pole Position Remix)
Diakov - Goodbye Ivan
Disrupted Being - Deeper
The Moons Of Jupiter - Until The End Of Time
Autogramm - Diana
Cires - Take The Love
Bit Pixel - The Things You Do
Conscience - A Created World
Knight$ - Hijack My Heart
Aktivity 512 - Stereophonic
Church Of Trees - Desolation
RogueFX & Mayah Camara - Big Time
Eric C. Powell & Andrea Powell - The Getaway
Neon Space Men - Seeds Of Love
Zero Corporation - Club With No Name (Reinvention Dub)
Francesca e Luigi - Forget About The Past
Permer - Tiger Never Lion

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #11

Put The Needle On The Record Week #11 OMD - Sugar Tax

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to May 1991 and the OMD album, "Sugar Tax", this was the first of 3 OMD albums that were recorded without Paul Hunphreys, who had left the band in 1991 and the first OMD album since "The Pacific Age", that was released in 1986.

This is still one of my favourite OMD albums and has some quality tracks on it, although some of the tracks chosen as singles is questionable. There were 3 singles released from the album, the brilliant "Sailing On The Seven Seas" (which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart), I remember the radio alarm clock went off for work one morning and this song came on when the alarm went off and I thought to myself, this is OMD, i'm sure this is OMD and it was, a total surprise because I thought OMD had ended with "The Pacific Age" album! What a way to come back, the outstanding "Pandora's Box", one of OMD's best singles of all time (which reached number 7 in the UK Singles chart), "Then You Turn Away", which was never a good enough track to release as a single (hardly surprising that it only peaked at number 50 un the UK Singles Chart) and "Call My Name", which is a good track but the remix for the single version was weak to say the least and the 12 inch version is unlistenable! (again this made a poor showing on the UK Singles chart, also peaking at number 50). "Speed Of Light" should have been released as the 3rd single with a 4th single scrapped.

The album peaked at number 3 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Sailing On The Seven Seas
Pandora's Box
Then You Turn Away
Speed Of Light
Was It Something I Said
Big Town
Call My Name
Apollo XI
Walking On Air
Walk Tall
Neon Lights
All That Glitters

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

New Kraftman Album "Chernobyl" To Be Released 15th March

The brand new Kraftman album "Chernobyl" will be released on the 15th March 2024.

As you would expect from Kraftman, this is a concept album all about the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster, that occured in April 1986, the album features the 2 singles released "Meltdown To The Core" and "AZ-5", as with previous Kraftman albums it is full of wonderful melodic electronic music, inspired by Kraftwerk and OMD.

The CD edition of the album, released via Razgrom Music, includes a bonus 40 minute concept mix featuring all the album tracks and additional recorded material, this is in addition to the main 10 seperate tracks, the 8 page booklet, includes information, lyrics and photographs and a section in the booklet, has been dedicated to name all the people that have supported Kraftman releases so far.

Album Track Listing

1. Chernobyl 1986

2. Anatoly Dyatlov

3. AZ-5

4. Radiation

5. Uranium-235

6. Meltdown To The Core

7. 90 Seconds

8. Acute Radiation Syndrome

9. In The Red Forest

10. Ballad For Pripyat

11. Chernobyl Concept Mix*

*CD only

The album is available here:

Razgrom Music

https://www.razgrommusic.ru/releases/group/1592/77/

Poponaut

https://www.poponaut.de/kraftman-chernobyl-limited-edition-p-23093.html

Bandcamp

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/chernobyl

The New Album & All Other Kraftman Releases Can Be Found On Digital Stores Here

Kraftman Releases On Digital Download Stores 

The Single Meltdown To The Core is available here:

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/meltdown-to-the-core-ep

The Single AZ-5 is available here:

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/az-5-ep

Maximum 80s #122

Welcome to edition 122 of Maximum 80s here on White Lion Radio, a show that celebrates the 1980s 12 Inch Single!

This a series of shows that features some of the finest 12 Inch Singles from the 80s all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits in the 12 Inch format from the greatest decade in music history!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here
 

Playlist

OMD - So In Love (Special American Dance Remix)
Martha Ladly - Light Years From Love (Long Version)
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (The Mix Version)
The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) (Long Version)
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed (1982 Extended Mix)
Holly Johnson - Americanos (Justin Strauss Extended Mix)
Third World - Now That We've Found Love (12 Inch Version)
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love (John Potoker Extended Mix)
Depeche Mode - New Life (Remix)
Sharon Redd - In The Name Of Love (12 Inch Version)
Kim Wilde - Dancing In The Dark (Nile Rodgers 12 Inch Version)
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Bee Pop (Don't Stop) (12 Inch Version)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #10

Put The Needle On The Record Week #10 Talk Talk - It's My Life

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to February 1984 and the 2nd album released by Synthpop band Talk Talk, this is an album I had on heavy rotation in the bedsit I was living in at the time, I loved their debut album (that may appear at some point in this feature....you never know!). The album "It's My Life" has superbly crafted songs and Mark Hollis on lead vocals, what a talent he was and is sadly missed today, Hollis was the main songwriter and either wrote or co-wrote every song on the album.

Even today, I have no idea why the band changed direction musically after this album, I gave up on them after the album "The Colour Of Spring", however, the first 2 Talk Talk albums are 80s classics in my book.

The album featured 3 singles, the title track "It's My Life" (criminal that this gem only reached number 46 in the UK Singles chart!), "Such A Shame" (which only peaked at number 49 on the UK Singles chart) and "Dum Dum Girl" (which amazingly only reached number 74 in the UK Singles chart). There were definitely 2 other tracks on the album that could have been singles "It's You" and "The Last Time".

It is disappointing that this album only reached number 35 in the UK albums chart, it deserved better than that, as did the singles.

Track listing

Dum Dum Girl
Such A Shame
Renee
It's My Life
Tomorrow Started
The Last Time
Call In The Night Boy
Does caroline Know?
It's You

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin, go on, you know you want too!

Rubik's 80s Mix #122 (May 1988)

Edition #122 of Rubik's 80s Mix is now out on White Lion Radio and as is a New Year we have introduced a new idea into the Rubik's 80s Mix shows, each month we are going to feature songs in the charts on a specific month from the 1980s, this month we feature songs that were in the charts in July 1983.

This a series of shows that includes the very best in 80s music all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits from the greatest decade in music history!

A show guaranteed to bring back so many happy memories!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

New Order - Blue Monday '88
Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand
Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
Mica Paris - My One Temptation
Billy Ocean - Calypso Crazy
Climie Fisher - This Is Me
Aswad - Give A Little Love
Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
Nick Kamen - Tell Me
Icehouse - Electric Blue
The Style Council - Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There
Five Star - Another Weekend
Alexander O'Neal - The Lovers

Kraftman "AZ-5 EP" Out Today

Kraftman has released a new EP called "AZ-5" today, which features 5 tracks.

The EP features a "Radio Edit" and "12 Inch Mix" of "AZ-5" by Kraftman, a remix of the track by Arvid Tuba and 2 exclusive Kraftman recordings of the Telex track "Moskow Diskow".

"AZ-5" is taken from the forthcoming Kraftman album "Chernobyl".

AZ-5 EP Track Listing

01. AZ-5 (Radio Edit) 3:17

02. Moskow Diskow (English Version) 4:24

03. AZ-5 (Arvid Tuba Remix) 3:51

04. Moskow Diskow (English Crossing Borders) 6:35

05. AZ-5 (Detonation 12 Inch Version) 8:09

The EP is available as a Digital Download from Bandcamp:

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Bandcamp)

A 3 track edition of the EP is available on leading Digital Stores, that feature the 3 versions of "AZ-5" listed above:

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Apple Music)

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Amazon Music)

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Spotify)

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Youtube Music)

Watch the promo video for "AZ-5"

Watch the promo video for the Arvid Tuba Remix of "AZ-5"

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #9

Put The Needle On The Record Week #9 Pet Shop Boys - Please

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to March 1986 and the debut album by the Pet Shop Boys, "Please", this album had the honour of being the first album I played on the car stereo in my first car! A brilliant album and I am still a massive fan today and they are one of my all time favourite bands (although the last 3 studio albums haven't been that good, "Hotspot" being the best of the last 3 albums, "Electric" is bloody awful!).

The album featured 4 singles, the debut single "West End Girls" (which reached number 1 in the UK Singles charty), "Love Comes Quickly" (Which scraped into the Top 20, peaking at number 19 and for me was a weak choice as a 2nd single, they should have gone for "Tonight Is Forever" or "Why Don't We Live Together?"), I must admit I thought there music career was going to be a short one, after this single struggled chartwise, thankfully, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)" was a bigger hit (reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart), it also featured one of my favourite Pet Shop Boys B Sides "Was That What It Was" on the 12 inch vinyl record, and finally, "Suburbia", which was re-recorded for the single release and once again featured 2 superb B sides on the 12 Inch vinyl, "Jack The Lad" and "Paninaro" (the single reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart).

The album peaked at number 3 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Two Divided By Zero
West End Girls
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
Love Comes Quickly
Suburbia
Opportunities (Reprise)
Tonight Is Forever
Violence
I Want A Lover
Later Tonight
Why Don't We Live Together?

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Kraftman To Release New 5 Track EP

This coming Friday (March 1st) Kraftman will be releasing a new 5 track EP called "AZ-5", "AZ-5" is the button that was pressed at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant that was supposed to have aborted a safety test, instead it triggered the explosion in reactor 4 which caused the 1986 disaster.

Track listing for the EP:

AZ-5 (Radio Edit)

Moskow Diskow (English Version) (Telex Cover Version)

AZ-5 (Arvid Tuba Remix)

Moskow Diskow (English Crossing Borders)

AZ-5 (Detonation 12 Inch Version)

The EP is available via Bandcamp here

The EP will also be available at leading Digital Stores soon....

View The Promo Video For AZ-5 Below:

View The Promo Video For AZ-5 (Arvid Tuba Remix) Below:

Kraftman - Chernobyl (Album Promo Film)

Kraftman releases his new album "Chernobyl" very soon that features 10 brand new tracks, the album is a concept album all about the Chernobyl disaster.

Here is a special promo film made to promote the album:

Here is the track listing for the album:

Chernobyl 1986

Anatoly Dyatlov

AZ-5

Radiation

Uranium-235

Meltdown To The Core

90 Seconds

Acute Radiation Syndrome

In The Red Forest

Ballad For Pripyat

The CD edition will also include a complete Concept Mix, that features all 10 tracks and other recorded elements.

The CD will be available via the Kraftman Bandcamp page, Razgrom Music and Poponaut:

Kraftman Bandcamp Page

Kraftman - Chernoyl CD Via Razgrom Music

Poponaut Website 

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #8

 Put The Needle On The Record Week #8 Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to September 1987 and the 6th studio album by Depeche Mode, "Music For The Masses", one of my favourite Depeche Mode albums, it packs a punch with some wonderful tracks, such as, "Never Let Me Down Again", "Strangelove" and "Behind The Wheel".

I bought my vinyl copy of the album from HMV in Manchester (I must have spent a hell of a lot of money there in the 80s & early 90s!)

4 singles were released off the album, "Strangelove" (which reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart), "Never Let Me Down Again" (which surprisingly only reached number 22 in the UK singles chart!), by the way, the vinyl 12 inch mixes are awesome, "Behind The Wheel" (which only reached number 21 in the UK Singles Chart - again surprising) and "Little 15", which wasn't intended as a single, however, a French record label wanted to release it, I have no idea why because it is one of the weakest tracks on the album (it dented the UK singles chart reaching number 60)

The main reason I rate this album so highly were the fantastic 12 inch singles and CD singles they released, which for me is one of Depeche Mode's finest periods

In 2006 a surround Sound DTS version was released and the sound and mix are truly fantastic and well worth getting if you can get your hands on a copy.

The album peaked at number 10 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Never Let Me Down Again
The Things You Said
Strangelove
Sacred
Little 15
Behind The Wheel
I Want You Now
To Have And To Hold
Nothing
Pimpf

CD Bonus Tracks

Agent Orange
Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix)
To Have And To Hold (Spanish Taster)
Pleasure Little Treasure (Glitter Mix)

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin! By the way I play the featured albums each week when I put this feature together! 

READ PREVIOUS SELECTIONS HERE:

Put The Needle On The Record Week #1 Kraftwerk - The Man Machine

Put The Needle On The Record Week #2 Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

Put The Needle On The Record Week #3 Erasure - The Circus

Put The Needle On The Record Week #4 The Human League - Dare

Put The Needle On The Record Week #5 ABC - How To Be A Zillionaire

Put The Needle On The Record Week #6 Thompson Twins - Quick Step And Side Kick

Put The Needle On The Record Week #7 John Foxx - Metamatic

i-Select #103

Edition #103 of i-Select has been released today on White Lion Radio

This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands, that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Conny Olivetti - Navigating The Tax Free Zone
Breathe Of My Leaves - Stay (Single Mix)
Melo - The One I Love
Gary Force Field - Evolution
More - Fall Behind (Sometimes)
Positronic - Find Our Way
Split Vision - Envy
eeman & Retrograth - Testing Ground
Ironic Sweden - Universe Friend 23 (Calibeats Remix)
Exciting Valence - Just A Moment
Andy Ellis - Flower Punk Girl
Kretz - I Am A Chemical Man
RE:Active - Realtime (2024 Single Edit)
Gary Force Field - Stratospheric
O!Dorian - Punch My Heartbreak Away
Bromsen - Read about it
The Sweet Kill - Forbidden
Aerynn - Light With You
HellaMox - Heat
Vogon Poetry & Scala - Hope Of Heading Home
Change The Narrative - Audiogenika
Neon Space Men Ft Alex Braun - Sailing 7 Seas (Nuquatron Remix)
DPoint Ft E-Lect - Falling Down (Joni Panda Synthwave Remix)
eeman Ft Maria Del Rio - Question of Time
Scenius - I Want More
Gary Force Field  - Get it together
Bromsen - Merry man
Francesca e Luigi - Are You Lonely
WeAreTwo - For Always In My Life (Folk Ar Folk Remix)
Agency-V - We Can Erase You
Conny Olivetti - Troposphere

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #7

Put The Needle On The Record Week #7 John Foxx - Metamatic

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to January 1980 and the first solo album by John Foxx, who was of course the original lead singer of Ultravox. I can remember clearly buying this album at HMV in Manchester and I remember I had a dreadful cold!!

This is such a unique sounding album, it sounds cold and clinical and even to this day, nearly 45 years after its original release, it sounds futuristic.

For me this album deserves to be ranked as a classic 80s album.

The album featured just 2 singles, "Underpass" (which reached number 31 in the UK singles chart), a 12 Inch promo was also released which featured a different version of the album track "He's A Liquid" and "No-One Driving" (reached number 32 in the UK singles chart). "No-One Driving" was released as a double 7 Inch vinyl, which I still have, featuring the lead track, as well as, "Glimmer", "This City" (how this didn't make the album I will never know, it is one of THE best John Foxx tracks and is certainly in my Top 3 Foxx tracks) and "Mr No". The version of "No-One Driving is a remix of the original version of the song.

Mark Reeder produced 3 remixes of "Underpass" that are simply brilliant, I definitely recommend you check those out.

The album peaked at number 18 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Plaza
He's A Liquid
Underpass
Metal Beat
No-One Driving
A New Kind Of Man
Blurred Girl
030
Tidal Wave
Touch And Go

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin! By the way I play the featured albums each week when I put this feature together!

Maximum 80s #121

Welcome to edition 121 of Maximum 80s here on White Lion Radio, a show that celebrates the 1980s 12 Inch Single!

This a series of shows that features some of the finest 12 Inch Singles from the 80s all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits in the 12 Inch format from the greatest decade in music history!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here
 

Playlist

China Crisis - Hanna Hanna (Extended Mix)
Wa Wa Nee - Stimulation (Extended Mix)
Robin S - Show Me Love (Original 12 Inch Version)
The Human League - Love Is All That Matters (Extended Version)
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie (Special 12 Inch Club Version)
Bananarama - Cruel Summer (12 Inch Version)
Visage - The Anvil (Dance Mix)
Tight Fit - Fantasy Island (Almighty Mix)
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (12 Inch Extended Mix)
Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (Special Disco Version)
Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before (Extended Mix)
Donna Summer - Walk Away (12 Inch Version)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #6

Weekly feature: Put The Needle On The Record Week #6 Thompson Twins - Quick Step And Side Kick

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to February 1983 and a brilliant album by The Thompson Twins, "Quick Step & Side Kick", I first heard this album on cassette at a friends house and recall there were extra mixes on it and thought it was fabulous, so much so I did a tape to tape recording of the cassette (remember those days folks, the first form of pirating music!!).

The album featured 4 singles "Lies" (which surprisingly only reached number 67 in the UK singles chart), "Love On Your Side" (reached number 9 in the UK singles chart) "We Are Detective", my favourite track on the album (Which reached number 7 in the UK singles chart) and "Watching" (which reached number 33 in the UK singles chart)

The album peaked at number 2 in the UK albums chart, a solid album from start to finish!

Track listing

Love On Your Side
Lies
If You Were Here
Judy Do
Tears
Watching
We Are Detective
Kamikaze
Love Lies Bleeding
All Fall Out

And for those that are nostalgic and had the cassette that was originally released, here is the track listing for the extra tracks in that format:

Love Lies Fierce (Dub remix of "Love Lies Bleeding")
Long Beach Culture (Extended version of "Beach Culture")
No Talkin' (Dub remix of "Lies")
Rap Boy Rap (Original 12 Inch of "Love On Your Side")
Frozen In Time (Dub remix of "Kamikazi")
Fallen Out (Dub remix of "All Fall Out")

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Rubik's 80s Mix #121 (July 1983)

Edition #121 of Rubik's 80s Mix is now out on White Lion Radio and as is a New Year we have introduced a new idea into the Rubik's 80s Mix shows, each month we are going to feature songs in the charts on a specific month from the 1980s, this month we feature songs that were in the charts in July 1983.

This a series of shows that includes the very best in 80s music all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits from the greatest decade in music history!

A show guaranteed to bring back so many happy memories!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

David Sylvian & Riuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch
Marc And The Mambas - Black Heart
Eurythmics - Who's That Girl
The Cure - The Walk
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
The Thompson Twins - Watching
KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
Shakin' Stevens - It's Late
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Wham! - Club Tropicana
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Kim Wilde - Love Blonde
Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #5

Weekly feature: Put The Needle On The Record Week #5 ABC - How To Be A Zillionaire

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to October 1985 and one of the most underrated albums that was released in the 1980s, "How To Be A Zillionaire" by ABC, one of the best sounding albums I have in my collection, the production is amazing, the original CD that was released I still regard as the best sounding CD in my collection!.

The album featured 4 singles "How To Be A Millionaire" (which reached number 49 in the UK singles chart), "Be Near Me" (reached number 26 in the UK singles chart) "Vanity Kills" (Which reached number 70 in the UK singles chart) and "Ocean Blue" (which reached number 51 in the UK singles chart)

The album only peaked at number 28 in the UK albums chart, which is criminal! It is also long overdue a deluxe edition release!

For me this album is a masterpiece and the closing track "Between You And Me" is one of my all time favourite ABC tracks.

Track listing

Fear Of The World
Be Near Me
Vanity Kills
Ocean Blue
15 Storey Halo
A To Z
How To be A Millionaire
Tower Of London
So Hip It Hurts
Between You And Me

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #4

Weekly feature: Put The Needle On The Record Week #4 The Human League - Dare

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to October 1981 and one of THE greatest albums of the 80s, "Dare" by The Human League, the album catapulted The Human League to mega stardom, with superb production by Martin Rushnet.

I own 2 vinyl versions of this album, standard black vinyl and a picture disc.

The album featured 4 stunning singles "The Sound Of The Crowd" (which reached number 12 in the UK singles chart), "Love Action (I Believe In Love)" (reached number 3 in the UK singles chart) "Open Your Heart" (Which reached number 6 in the UK singles chart) and of course "Don't You Want Me" (which reached number 1 in the UK singles chart), all the singles embraced the 12 inch vinyl format. The album also hit the top of the UK albums chart and is one of those albums where virtually every track could have been a single, especially the tracks "Darkness" and "Do Or Die".

Track listing

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
Open Your Heart
The Sound Of The Crowd
Darkness
Do Or Die
Get Carter
I Am The Law
Seconds
Love Action (I Believe In Love)
Don't You Want Me

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

i-Select #102

Edition #102 of i-Select has been released today on White Lion Radio

This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands, that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Ivar Fritjof Hansen - Morning Is Rizing
Melo - Gone Forever
Maschine Brennt - The Man Machine
Neon Space Men - Sailing 7 Seas
Strange Tales - Golden Days
Autogramm - Born Losers
Montage Collective Ft Jigsaw Sequence & Pulse Lab - Battle Within
DJ Toren & Humachine - Experiment
O!Dorian - Limelight (Club Single Mix)
The Subtheory - Sophistry
Zero Corporation - London Rain (Upbeat In The Storm Mix)
BlakLight - Mercy Lies Poison Stain
Church Of Trees - Where Is Love (Rob Stuart Remix)
Melo - Don't Feel A Thing
Lucca Leeloo - Enter The Dream (Italoconnection Remix)
Eckotrigger - Impulse
Neon Space Men - Elita (Mondtraume Remix)
Noemi Aurora - Friday I'm In Love
Lunar Plexus - Rabbit Hole
Vague Notion - Cornered Animal
Conscience - A Look Inside (2023 Radio Edit)
Cathrine Fandén - Lazarus
Eternity Range - Nightingale
In Isolation Ft Matt Pop - A Certain Fractal Light (Matt Pop Club Mix)
Bromsen - Someone
Strange Tales - Love Me Again
Montage Collective Ft Pia Nesvara - Golden Fuse
Ironic Sweden - I Believe You (Train To Spain Remix)
This Silent Divide - Lucinda (isunray Remix Drive by Night Version)
Melo - Mysteria (Radio Edit)
Breathe Of My Leaves - Clarke & Bell (Matt Pop Club Mix)
Arvid Tuba - The Man Machine
Neon Space Men - Follow Me
O!Dorian - High On Love
Rogue FX & Sign Of Crows - In The Dead Of Night
Wainscott - I Miss The Feeling

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #3

Weekly feature: Put The Needle On The Record Week #3 (Erasure - The Circus)

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, is a good idea, that hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to March 1987 and Erasure's album "The Circus", this wasn't the first Erasure I bought, as I already had in my collection the album "Wonderland" (how that album wasn't massive I will never know). "The Circus" was their breakthrough album, reaching number 6 in the UK albums chart. The album featured 4 singles, the hugely successfull "Sometimes" (reached number 2 in the UK Singles chart), "It Doesn't Have To Be" (reached number 12 in the UK Singles chart), "Victim Of Love" (reached number 7 in the UK Singles chart and is one of my all time favourite Erasure tracks) and "The Circus" (reached number 6 in the UK singles chart, one of my least favourite Erasure singles, "Hideaway" should have been the 4th single).

The album came with a 4 track promo sampler 12 Inch vinyl record, which I still have, it featured the tracks "Don't Dance", "Hideaway", "If I Could" and "Victim Of Love".

Track listing

It Doesn't Have To Be
Hideaway
Don't Dance
If I Could
Sexuality
Victim Of Love
Leave Me To Bleed
Sometimes
The Circus
Spiralling

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Maximum 80s #120

Welcome to edition 120 of Maximum 80s here on White Lion Radio, a show that celebrates the 1980s 12 Inch Single!

This a series of shows that features some of the finest 12 Inch Singles from the 80s all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits in the 12 Inch format from the greatest decade in music history!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here
 

Playlist

Desireless - Voyage Voyage (Britmix)
Gung-Ho - Play To Win (The Extended Version)
Alexander O'Neal & Cherelle - Never Knew Love Like This (Extended)
Inner Life - I Like It Like That (Shep Pettibone 12 Inch Version)
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices (The Disco Mix)
Flash & The Pan - Waiting For A Train (Extended Version)
Alison Moyet - Is This Love (L.A. Mix)
S.O.S Band - Just Be Good To Me (12 Inch Version)
Mai Tai - History (Rutger Kroese 12 Inch Version)
Queen - A Kind Of Magic (Extended Version)
Madonna - Lucky Star (US Remix)
New Order - True Faith (Shep pettibone Remix)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week Number 2

Put The Needle On The Record Week #2 (Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle)

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, is a good idea, that hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to 1979 and Gary Numan's album "The Pleasure Principle", the first proper LP I bought. The album reached number 1 in the UK Albums chart 1979 and featured the singles "Cars", which was a number 1 hit in the UK's Singles chart and "Complex", a curious choice as a single, the tracks "Metal" and "Films" would have been a better choice, that said "Complex" did make number 6 in the UK's Singles chart.

Track listing

Airlane
Metal
Complex
Films
M.E.
Tracks
Observer
Conversation
Cars
Engineers

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Rubik's 80s Mix #120 (January 1981)

Edition #120 of Rubik's 80s Mix is now out on White Lion Radio and as is a New Year we have introduced a new idea into the Rubik's 80s Mix shows, each month we are going to feature songs in the charts on a specific month from the 1980s, this month we feature songs that were in the charts in January 1981.

This a series of shows that includes the very best in 80s music all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits from the greatest decade in music history!

A show guaranteed to bring back so many happy memories!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

The Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
John Lennon - Woman
Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love
Gary Numan - This Wreckage
The Look - I Am The Beat
Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music
Visage - Fade To Grey
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
Ultravox - Vienna
Blondie - Rapture
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
Matchbox - Over the Rainbow
The Beat - Too Nice To Talk To

A New Blog Feature - Put The Needle On The Record

We have a new Weekly blog feature for you, in which we highlight a classic album in the White Lion Radio vault, the feature is called "Put The Needle On The Record Week".

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #1

I think we all have albums we have n't played in years and this feature, is a good idea, that hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

To start things off we have "The Man Machine" by Kraftwerk, the first Kraftwerk LP I bought, released in 1978 (I bought the album in 1979 after hearing "Neon Lights" played on BBC Radio 1), the album features 6 tracks, including the singles "The Robots" which failed to make the UK Singles chart, "Neon Lights", which peaked at number 53 in the UK charts and of course "The Model", which was a hit in 1981 after it appeared on the Kraftwerk single "Computer Love" as a B side, DJ's started playing "The Model" and as such it was released as a single in its own right and reached number 1 in the UK singles chart.

The album peaked at number 9 in the UK Album Charts in 1982, some 4 years after its initial release.

Track listing

The Robots
Spacelab
Metropolis
The Model
Neon Lights
The Man Machine

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!