On the podcast this week: an album that might just be the most bleak and depressing album ever made (and it's not one by Steven, believe it or not!), plus postpunk releases by Cocteau Twins, Felt, XTC & more!

Up next week: albums by Pete Townshend, Neil Young, Peter Hammill and more!

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:05 The Cure Pornography
00:09:23 XTC English Settlement
00:14:09 Siouxsie and the Banshees A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
00:16:30 Cocteau Twins Garlands
00:17:54 The Birthday Party Junkyard
00:20:51 Bauhaus The Sky's Gone Out
00:24:15 The Psychedelic Furs Forever Now
00:26:33 The Clash Combat Rock
00:26:46 A Certain Ratio Sextet / I'd Like to See You Again
00:29:26 Joe Jackson Night and Day
00:32:35 Felt Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty
00:35:40 Orange Juice Rip it Up
00:37:12 Killing Joke Revelations
00:37:18 The Fall Hex Enduction Hour
00:38:41 Thompson Twins Set

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