Tag: 1986
Song Of The Day: Psychic TV, “Good Vibrations”
We remember the late, great frontperson for Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV by revisiting one of their more surprising and joyous moments in their amazingly vast and diverse career.

Song Of The Day: Janet Jackson, “Nasty (Cool Summer Mix)”
Taken from the A&M Records release, Control: The Remixes.
Soul Asylum: While You Were Out/Clam Dip & Other Delights (Omnivore)
Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum’s third album offered a glimpse of promise for the young band, and soon marked their farewell from the independent rock world. This reissue also includes an odds and ends EP that humorously pay tribute to their new record label.

Soul Asylum: While You Were Out/Clam Dip & Other Delights (Omnivore)
Minneapolis rockers Soul Asylum’s third album offered a glimpse of promise for the young band, and soon marked their farewell from the independent rock world. This reissue also includes an odds and ends EP that humorously pay tribute to their new record label.

Song Of The Day: Felt, “Sandman’s On The Rise Again”
Taken from the Creation Records EP, Rain Of Crystal Spires.

Song Of The Day, Felt, “Candles In A Church”
Taken from the Creation Records EP, Ballad Of The Band.
Felt: Forever Breathes The Lonely Word (Cherry Red)
We are dedicating this week to the Creation Records era the wonderful band Felt, whose records were reissued last week. We start with what is easily their masterpiece, a 1986 album that should have been starting point, but unfortunately proved to be their apex. It’s a stunning album that’s as fresh now as it was three decades ago.

Felt: Forever Breathes The Lonely Word (Cherry Red)
We are dedicating this week to the Creation Records era the wonderful band Felt, whose records were reissued last week. We start with what is easily their masterpiece, a 1986 album that should have been starting point, but unfortunately proved to be their apex. It’s a stunning album that’s as fresh now as it was three decades ago.

Working Week: Compañeros (Cherry Red)
British jazz trio Working Week found themselves with a surprise hit record in 1985, prompting their label to pressure them into making a quick follow-up. That album, 1986’s Compañeros, was the result–a quickly created album of superb, enjoyable, and politically aware jazz/pop songs.