Tim's Listening Party

• Frankie Goes To Hollywood

  This episode, Tim Burgess is joined by Holly Johnson for a Listening Party.Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome stands out as one of the most iconic album releases of the 1980s. Musically it soundtracked the middle of the decade as Frankie dominated the charts, this album containing 3 consecutive number one singles in the UK.They also dominated the conversations of the time, the record steeped in controversy, with on air bans, shocking videos and less controversially, everyone wearing Frankie Says Relax t shirts.Welcome to the Pleasuredome was released on 29th October 1984 on ZTT.

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• Royal Blood

  This episode, Tim Burgess is joined by one of Britain’s best bands to talk about their brilliant debut on its 10th anniversary.Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher from Royal Blood remember their self-titled first album that gave us hits like Figure It Out and Little Monster.Their debut record went to Number One in the UK, went double platinum and won them the Brit award for Best British band in 2015. It announced this incredibly loud two-piece onto the rock music scene and Tim asked Mike & Ben how it felt to be given the title ‘the saviours of rock’.Royal Blood was released on 25 August 2014 on Warner Brothers.

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• Elvis Costello

  This episode Tim Burgess is joined for a Listening Party by Elvis Costello, to talk about his 1986 album, King of America.Which has been re-released as King of America and Other Realms, a new 6 disc box set including the remaster of this classic album, a previously unreleased live concert, demos, outtakes, live recordings, so much there to discover.Elvis Costello has rightly been lauded one of the greatest songwriters of his generations.His music embraces jazz, country, classical, rhythm and blues, rock n roll, Tin Pan Alley, with Dylan-esque lyricism which is underpinned by punk ethics & traditions. His genre-spanning career has seen him cross paths with everyone from Allen Toussaint to The Roots, Paul McCartney to Burt Bacharach, and his genius has been rewarded with a BAFTA, multiple Grammys and Ivor Novello awards.King of America was released on 21st February 1986 on F Beat & Columbia.

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• Nile Rodgers & Chic

  This episode, Tim Burgess is joined for a listening party by Nile Rodgers, to talk about Chic’s 1979 album, their third record, Risque.Nile Rodgers, along with his band Chic’s contributed to music cannot be understated. They are one of the most important artists in the popularisation of disco music in the 1970s.Nile Rodgers himself is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, with a unique style that he continues to lend to leading artists to this very day. He also remains a hugely in-demand record producer, his CV boasting credits on some of the biggest recordings from the likes of Daft Punk, Duran Duran, Madonna, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, INXS the B52-s, Pharrell Williams and so many more.Risque was released on 30th July 1979 on Atlantic.

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• Sigur Ros

  Earlier in 2024, Tim Burgess recorded a very special episode with Kjartan Sveinsson from Sigur Ros for their 2002 album, (), at Iceland Airwaves Festival.It was the first time we had held a Listening Party Live in the actual space that the album was recorded, so we'd like to give a huge thanks to everyone at Sundlaugin Studio for making that happen. Thanks also to Iceland Music and the Record in Iceland project.Iceland is famous for its incredible landscape with waterfalls, volcanos and hot springs, its famous for its fishing, its famous for Bjork. Sigur Ros are certainly up there with one of Iceland’s finest exports, making so much intriguing music since their debut in 1997, including their third record that they discussed, ().() was released on 28th October 2002 on FatCat & Bad Taste.

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