Put The Needle On The Record - Week #74

Put The Needle On The Record Week #74 Ultravox - Rage In Eden

For this weeks feature we go back to September 1981 and the Ultravox album "Rage In Eden".

"Rage In Eden" was the 5th album released by Ultravox (2nd Midge Ure era release) and was the follow up to "Vienna". It was always going to be difficult to release this album and for it to be as good as "Vienna", I must admit I wasn't overly impressed with it when it first came out, however, over the years I have re-assessed it and feel it is an excellent album, in the main. Like "Vienna" the album only featured 9 tracks and aside from "The Ascent" and "Accent On Youth" it is a good solid album, I immediately liked "The Voice", a superb song and in my Top 5 Ultravox tracks, "The Thin Wall" took a while to grow on me, whilst the tracks "Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again)" and "I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)" are also standout tracks on the album.

The album was once again co-produced by Conny Plank and the sleeve artwork was designed by Peter Saville (who is well known for his album cover designs for the likes of New Order and Joy Division.

I actually saw the band live on the tour to promote this album at the Manchester Apollo, the only time I have seen them live, from what I recall they were fabulous live.

Only 2 singles were released off the album, "The Thin Wall" (which reached number 14 in the UK Singles chart) and "The Voice" (which reached number 16 in the UK Singles chart - it deserved to do better than that!).

The album, reached Number 4 in the UK Album chart.

Track Listing

The Voice
We Stand Alone
Rage In Eden
I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
The Thin Wall
Stranger Within
Accent On Youth
The Ascent
Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again)

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

i-Select #118 (Part 2)

 White Lion Radio have released Part 2 of Edition #118 of i-Select.

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

The Gliding Faces - Lift
Nova - Frequency
Hoffman Cruise - Drive
Fragile Child - Broken Soul
Lyst - Ray Tracer
Gulvoss - Lord Of The Game
Rogue FX - Great Escape
Mayah Camara Ft Perfect Female Type - Play Your Games
The Gliding Faces - Wake Me Up Tonight (People Theatre Dungeon Remix)
Late Night Hour - Flynns Arcade
Richard Evans - Born Perfect
Arpraxis - Love Of The 80s
Dilemmachine - Fred
MTTM - Beyond The Sea
Arvid Tuba - Take Me to Metropolis
CRED - To Hold On
Power Rob & Night Rider 87 - In The Desert
JXNS - Where The Roads Unwind
Lluva - Lobo Hombre En Paris
The Gliding Faces - What We Had
Hoffman Cruise - Stardust
Fragile Child - Broken Soul
Proletarian Poetry - State Of The World

Put The Needle On The Record #73

Put The Needle On The Record Week #73 Depeche Mode - Violator

For this weeks feature we go back to March 1990 and the Depeche Mode album "Violator".

"Violator" by Depeche Mode, is regarded as the bands best album and it is hard to argue when you look at the high quality of tracks on the album, "World In My Eyes", "Halo", "Personal Jesus", "Waiting For The Night", "Enjoy The Silence" and "Policy Of Truth", that said, I do think the final 2 tracks on the album "Blue Dress" and "Clean" are fillers. On my MP3 player I have replaced the last 2 tracks with "Happiest Girl" and "Sea Of Sin", which were part of the "World In My Eyes" single release.

The album was produced by Flood and was warmly received by music critics and is one of the albums that was included in the book, 1001 albums you must hear before you die, the album sold over 7 1/2 million copies.

One observation is, that the singles released off this album are outstanding, probably the best collection of singles that have ever been released off any album.

Four singles were released off the album, "Personal Jesus" (which reached number 13 in the UK Singles chart and number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the states), "Enjoy The Silence", one of my all time favourite Depeche Mode tracks, (which reached number 6 in the UK singles chart and number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the states), "Policy Of Truth", (which reached number 16 in the UK Singles chart and number 15 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the states) and "World In My Eyes, (which reached number 17 in the UK Singles chart and number 52 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the states).

The album, reached Number 2 in the UK chart and number 7in the Billboard 200 chart.

Track Listing

World In My Eyes
Sweetest Perfection
Personal Jesus
Halo
Waiting For The Night
Enjoy The Silence
Policy Of Truth
Blue Dress
Clean

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

i-Select #118 (Part 1)

White Lion Radio have released Part 1 of Edition #118 of i-Select.

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

Conscience - Parallel worlds
Alenis - As She Dances
Psy'Aviah Ft Sorrow Stories - Healing (Lectreau's Radio Process 7inch Mix)
Demokratie - And Then (Radio Edit)
Matthew Nowhere - Echoes Still Remain
The Rude Awakening - Plastic Friend (dEk101 Adagio Mix)
April O'Neil & DMME - When The Party Is Over
Michelle Ward Ft Ed Rome - What I Wanted
Nature Of Wires - Dead To Me
Matthew Nowhere - Love Is Only What We Are (Radio Edit)
SIXMIXSIX - Unspoken
Iammilan - Why Would I Lie To You (Idiot Synchrony Radio Edit)
Alan Dreezer - Apart
Tenodi Boris Ft Kosmic Kiss - Sand Dune
Conscience - Between The lines (EP Version)
Jay Cee - Ergo I Win
Demokratie - Living A Boy's Adventure Tale (Radio Edit)
Out Runner - Blackout
Alenis - As She Dances
Matthew Nowhere Ft Lunar Twin - Transforming
Split Vision - Blasphemous Rumours (Depeche Mode Cover)
April O'Neil - Twilight Dreamscape

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #72

Put The Needle On The Record Week #72 Michael Jackson - Thriller

 For this weeks feature we go back to November 1982 and the Michael Jackson album "Thriller".

Who doesn't own a copy of the Michael Jackson album "Thriller"! It is the biggest selling album of all time, shifting 70 million copies. The album cost $750,000 to make and was recorded between April and November in 1982.

The album was Jackson's 6th studio album and features some of his biggest hits and best tracks, such as, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Thriller", "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and my favourite track off the album "Human Nature". It was produced by Quincy Jones and of course featured some groundbreaking video's, including the title track "Thriller". The album was warmly received by music critics and hit the top of the charts in many countries around the world.

Seven singles were released off the album (it only featured 9 tracks!), "The Girl Is Mine", an odd choice for first single, as for me, it is the weakest track on the album, (which reached number 8 in the UK Singles chart), "Billie Jean" (which reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart and number 1 in the States), "Beat It", (which reached number 3 in the UK Singles chart and Number 1 in the states), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", (which reached number 8 in the UK Singles chart and number 5 in the States), "Human Nature", not released as a single in the UK (Which reached number 7 in the Billboard chart in the states), "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing"), (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles chart and number 10 in the states) and "Thriller", (which reached number 10 in the UK Singles chart and number 4 in the states). .

The album, reached Number 1 in both the UK Album chartand The Billboard Top 200 in America.

Track Listing

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine (With Paul McCartney)
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
The Lady In My Life

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

Maximum 80s #136

Welcome to edition 136 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

Virgin Dance - The Dream Is Over (We Can Do It) (Extended Version)
A-Ha - Train Of Thought (US Mix)
Paul Young - Come Back And Stay (Extended Club Mix)
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix)
OMD - If You Leave (Extended Version)
The Cure - Close To Me (12 Inch Mix)
Belouis Some - Some People (The Population Boom Boom Mix)
The Book Of Love - Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls (Extended Mix)
The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (DMC Remix)
The Twins - Ballet Dancer (Long Version)
Cutting Edge - Country Boy (Special Extended Version)
Dead Or Alive - In Too Deep (Off Yer Mong Mix)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #71

Put The Needle On The Record Week #71 Marc Almond - Tenement Symphony

For this weeks feature we go back to October 1991 and the Marc Almond album "Tenement Symphony".

As well as being a massive Soft Cell fan, I also enjoy the electronic side of Marc Almond's solo work and "Tenement Symphony", his 7th album as a solo artist is excellent and includes my favourite Marc Almond solo track "My Hand Over My Heart", a song written with Dave Ball, the other half of Soft Cell, it is a stunning tracks, other gems on this album include "Jacky", "Meet Me In My Dream" (another track co-wrote with Dave Ball) and "The Days Of Pearly Spencer". I don't think it quite reaches the heights of his album "The Stars We Are", that is his best album, along with "The Velvet Trail" (highly recommend this album, a stunning piece of work, with every track being outstanding).

The album features some top notch artists that helped with the recording of the album, the likes of Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Dave Ball, JJ Belle and a host of other fabulous musicians.

Three singles was released off the album, "Jacky" (which reached number 17 in the UK Singles chart), "My Hand Over My Heart" (which reached number 33 in the UK Singles chart....criminal!! it should have made number 1) and "The Days Of Pearly Spencer" (which reached number 4 in the UK Singles chart).

The album, surprisingly, only reached number 39 in the UK Album chart.

Track Listing

Meet Me In My Dream
Beautiful Brutal Thing
I've Never Seen Your Face
Vaudeville and Burlesque
Champagne
Prelude
Jacky
What Is Love
Trois Chansons de Bilitis (Extract)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer
My Hand Over My Heart

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

Rubik's 80s Mix #136 (March 1987)

White Lion Radio have released edition #136 of Rubik's 80s Mix, on this show, we feature tracks that were in the charts, in March 1987.

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Playlist For The Show:

Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender
Mel & Kim - Respectable
Alison Moyet - Weak In The Prescence Of Beauty
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Watching The Wildlife
Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight
The Style Council - Waiting
Fine Young Cannibals- Ever Fallen In Love
Kool & The Gang - Stone Love
Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
U2 - With Or Without You
The Mission - Severina
The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
Boy George - Everything I Own
Pepsie & Shirley - Heartache
Dead Or Alive - Hooked On Love