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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #188 to #186

June 5, 2022June 5, 2022 Dan Seeger

188. The Jam, The Gift (1982) “For me, the songs on The Gift have less stops and starts,” Rick Buckler, drummer of the Jam, observed several years after the release of the band’s final album. “This is what I’m getting … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #188 to #186

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #191 to #189

May 29, 2022December 16, 2023 Dan Seeger

191. X, See How We Are (1987) The sixth X record, See How We Are, found the Los Angeles band in transition. On their previous studio outing, Ain’t Love Grand, they undertook a shift that proved faulty. They parted ways … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #191 to #189

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #194 to #192

May 22, 2022 Dan Seeger

194. Big Audio Dynamite, This is Big Audio Dynamite (1985) “We put on a great show, unless you turn up hoping to see the old Clash,” Mick Jones explained as his band Big Audio Dynamite embarked on a tour to … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #194 to #192

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #197 to #195

May 15, 2022 Dan Seeger

197. The Bongos, Beat Hotel (1985) RCA Records thought this new band they signed held some promise of crossing over. There were already some little inklings that the Bongos had the makings of mass appeal. Two of the singles from … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #197 to #195

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #200 to #198

May 8, 2022 Dan Seeger

200. Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon (1987) “We were trying to take it somewhere else — a step further or something, just to not repeat what we’d done,” David Hidalgo, guitarist and vocalist of Los Lobos, later … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #200 to #198

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #203 to #201

May 1, 2022 Dan Seeger

203. JoBoxers, Like Gangbusters (1983) Subway Sect was a band that spun like a revolving door. Their first single, released in 1978, featured them playing with fervor and fury. By the early nineteen-eighties, their sound shifts entirely to lounge-tinged pop … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #203 to #201

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #206 to #204

April 24, 2022 Dan Seeger

206. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love (1985) After releasing four studio albums in the span from 1978 to 1982, Kate Bush was conspicuously absent. Following the release of her 1982 album, The Dreaming, Bush retreated to the countryside, in part, … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #206 to #204

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #209 to #207

April 17, 2022 Dan Seeger

209. Yes, 90125 (1983) As work commenced on the album 90125, Yes was no more. The venerable prog rock band, already unsettled by lineup changes and other internal complications, decided to call it quits after the tour in support of … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #209 to #207

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #212 to #210

April 10, 2022 Dan Seeger

212. M+M, Mystery Walk (1984) Like John Mellencamp finally completing the long, compromise-laden transition away from the unwanted performing pseudonym that stuck him with Cougar as a moniker for more than a decade, Martha Johnson and Mark Gane were finally … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #212 to #210

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College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #215 to #213

April 3, 2022 Dan Seeger

215. Mighty Lemon Drops, World Without End (1988) “We have found ourselves musically,” David Newton, guitarist for the Mighty Lemon Drops, told Sounds shortly before the release of the band’s third LP, World Without End. “With this album, our influences … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 1000, 1979 – 1989 — #215 to #213

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