1982 Post-Punk: The Cure, XTC, Cocteau Twins & more! | The Album Years Podcast

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 post-punk 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 Buy Tim Bowness' eighth studio album Powder Dry (out now!) here: https://burningshed.com/store/timbowness Get tickets for Steven Wilson's The Overview Tour in 2025: https://stevenwilsonhq.com/tour-dates For more info about The Album Years, visit https://thealbumyears.com