The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion

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Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983)

 

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R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)

 

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Billy Bragg - Life’s a Riot with Spy vs Spy (1983)

 

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Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (1984)

 

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Lloyd Cole and the Commotion - Rattlesnakes (1984)

 

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Husker Du - Zen Arcade (1984)

 

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The Specials/Special AKA - In the Studio (1984)

 

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Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

 

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Julien Cope - Fried (1984)

 

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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)

It's been awhile, but definitely a nice, enjoyable synthpop album with just the right amount of lounge schmatz with some of the covers (e.g. "Do You Know the Way to San Jose")

I had forgotten about the cover of Bruce's "Born to Run" which is just OK but an interesting choice just the same.

 

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Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985)

Personally I would have put Making Movies on this list before this one (or even their debut).

 

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Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985)

Personally I would have put Making Movies on this list before this one (or even their debut).

Beloved by many audiophiles for amazing sound quality at the dawn of the digital age.

 

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Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985)

Another example of an album I really enjoy and yet constantly forget about (probably because I discovered it much later than my "formative years")

 

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Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

 

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^ This bird has flown with two Bushes in the hand.

P. S. No, I don't have a clue what that means, either.

 

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^ This bird has flown with two Bushes in the hand.

P. S. No, I don't have a clue what that means, either.

Norwegian wood not know either.

 

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Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985)

 

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Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985)

Already two from Dexys Midnight Runners? Isn't this their third studio album?

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The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985)

 

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Already two from Dexys Midnight Runners? Isn't this their third studio album?

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This is indeed their third album - an album that was initially panned by critics and suffered from lack of a single and no publicity from the band. It's good but much more subdued than their first two. Big Dexys fan here (as much as one can be for a three album group - not counting decades-later reunion) - would definitely include their debut, a classic. I like Too-Rye-Ay, their most popular, but wouldn't put that one or this one on a list like this one.
That being said, as I don't break this one out too often, happy to spin it today