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YouTube video by Saffi's cool punk playlist Victim's Family - Liars, Pigs and Thieves

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Day 15

Liars, Pigs And Thieves
Victims Family – Things I Hate to Admit (1988)

The slide guitar/hardcore/jazz/noise mashup you’ve been looking for

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YouTube video by Jan Knudsen Joe Jackson - 1982 - Steppin' Out - Album Version

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Day 14

Steppin’ Out
Joe Jackson (1982)

For some reason several early Joe Jackson tracks are especially evocative for me - this is one of them

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YouTube video by Mission Of Burma - Topic Academy Fight Song

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Day 13

Academy Fight Song
Mission of Burma – Signs, Calls and Marches (1981)

A post-punk classic

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Purple toadflax still flowering strongly #WildFlowerHour

YouTube video by NenehCherryVEVO Neneh Cherry - Manchild

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Day 12

Manchild
Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi (1989)

Famously written using (almost) every chord on her Casio keyboard

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YouTube video by Lard - Topic The Power Of Lard

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Day 11

The Power Of Lard
Lard – Power of Lard EP (1989)

Jello Biafra and Ministry join forces to rant about lard

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YouTube video by Bob Mould - Topic Sunspots

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Day 10

Sunspots
Bob Mould – Workbook (1989)

An unexpected finger style guitar intro to his solo debut

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YouTube video by funkjazzmusic Kool and the Gang - Lets Go Dancin (Live New Orleans 1983)

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Day 9

Let’s Go Dancin’
Kool & The Gang - As One (1982)

Joyous occasion

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YouTube video by Public Enemy - Topic She Watch Channel Zero?!

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Day 8

She Watch Channel Zero?!
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)

Sampling Slayer to excellent effect

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YouTube video by Toasted Plaid The Crystalized Movements - Stone Cathedral

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Day 7

Stone Cathedral
The Crystalized Movements – Mind Disaster (1984)

Fuzzed out garage psychedelia

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Thanks to @andrewneal66.bsky.social for pointing out that Thrilled Skinny came out in 1989 - definitely a contender for #5debutalbums8589 when it comes though... #5debutalbums8084

Damn - not sure where I got that date from! Thanks for spotting - will move it to my already lengthy 85-89 list...

The Associates – The Affectionate Punch 1980 Bad Brains – S/T 1982 Bad Religion – How Could Hell Be Any Worse? 1982 Cocteau Twins – Garlands 1982 Crystalised Movements – Mind Disaster 1983 Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables 1980 Descendents – Milo Goes To College (1982) Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1980 Half Japanese – Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts 1980 Husker Du – Everything Falls Apart 1983 Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth 1984 Minor Threat – S/T 1984 Minutemen - The Punch Line 1981 Mission Of Burma – Vs 1982 REM – Murmur 1983 Suicidal Tendencies – S/T 1983 Talk Talk – The Party’s Over 1982 Teardrop Explodes – Kilimanjaro 1980 Tears For Fears – The Hurting 1983 Thrilled Skinny - They Said We Wouldn't But We Did 1983 Thee Milkshakes – Talkin ‘Bout…Milkshakes 1981 Violent Femmes – S/T 1983 Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth 1980

My very early starting point for #5debutalbums8084 - looking forward to expanding this with some new-to-me recommendations

YouTube video by Heaven17VEVO Heaven 17 - Temptation

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Day 6

Temptation
Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap (1983)

I think I actually like this more now than at the time

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YouTube video by Richard & Linda Thompson - Topic Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?

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Day 5

Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed?
Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights (1982)

Darkly melodic highlight from what might be the world’s only co-written breakup album

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YouTube video by Napalm Death - Topic You Suffer

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Day 4

You Suffer
Napalm Death – Scum (1987)

I have the 7” of this which is notoriously hard to play as the track only occupies a single groove - has a band ever encapsulated its essence quite so succinctly?

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Hi Richard – what a great new challenge! I’m going for

1: The Shins – Oh, Inverted World (5 pts)
2: New Pornographers – Mass Romantic
3: Metric – Old World Underground...
4: Mclusky – My Pain And Sadness Is More Sad And Painful Than Yours
5: Coachwhips – Hands On The Controls

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YouTube video by skivtoppen Philip Jap - Save Us

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Day 3

Save Us
Philip Jap (1982)

From my very early single-buying days, and half-forgotten until this challenge…

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YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic Your Emotions

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Day 2

Your Emotions
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980)

My first encounter with hardcore punk, and gateway to much of my 80s musical experiences, thanks to the highly eclectic Norwich Record Library…

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YouTube video by Sinéad O'Connor Sinead O'Connor - Jerusalem (Live in 1990)

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Jerusalem
Sinead O’Connor – The Lion And The Cobra (1987)

That voice…

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YouTube video by remhq R.E.M. - So Fast, So Numb (Official Audio)

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Day 30

So Fast, So Numb
New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1996)

This grabbed me from the first time I heard it - I’d be happy for that chorus to go on forever

Thanks to @tansleyjames.bsky.social for another excellent challenge

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This curious little creature, like a taxiing glider aircraft, has the wonderful name of Flutter Fly! This is Toxonevra muliebris, in Rye, East Sussex.
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YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic Finest Worksong (Remastered)

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Day 29

Finest Worksong
Document (1987)
 
Best track on my second favourite album, and certainly their finest opener.

What we want and what we need has been confused

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McLusky – My Pain And Sadness Is More Sad And Painful Than Yours

It might not hit the consistent peaks of ‘Mclusky Do Dallas’, but there are hooks aplenty buried within the ferocious post-punk noise #5debutalbums0004

Coachwhips - Hands On The Controls

This is new to me - great proto-punk garage noise which reminds me of Rancid Hell Spawn, but with actual guitars and drums rather just a massively distorted Casio keyboard #5debutalbums0004

YouTube video by Matenak REM - Let me in

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Day 28

Let Me In
Monster (1994)
 
Monster’s bleak masterpiece, I love the looseness and barely contained distortion of Mills’ guitar and how Buck’s organ line floats high above at the end. This live version is magnificent

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This only happens to you once

Today we are celebrating #Railway200, as 200 years ago, #OTD 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened.

To mark this milestone, we thought we’d look at some of the ways Parliament and the railways have intersected in the last 200 years: (🧵 1/6)
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YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic Fall On Me (Remastered 2006)

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Day 27

Fall On Me
Life’s Rich Pageant (1986)
 
One of my absolute favourites, the intertwining vocals on the ear worm chorus are a thing of wonder

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