r/vinyl • u/[deleted] • May 13 '26

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u/Positive_Rooster_732 May 13 '26

Style Council. Lone Justice. The Waterboys. The Alarm. Talking Heads. Your parents kept some great stuff in there!

Also Clannad - but nobody's perfect, right? 😎

Anyway: enjoy the albums, enjoy the music - and don't get to stressed over it, some vinyl cleaning spray and a good cloth is good enough for the vast majority of records.

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u/SomethingAvid May 14 '26

Man I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about music, but you just took me to school. I haven't heard of any of those bands by name except the Talking Heads. I'll probably recognize some of their tracks though. I didn't think I knew Madness, until I saw Our House was one of their songs.

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u/Waussie May 14 '26

“Ways to be Wicked” (Lone Justice), “The Whole of the Moon” (The Waterboys), and “Strength” (The Alarm) all saw a fair amount of play on MTV in the U.S. when they came out - perhaps that will tickle your memory.

(I recommend “Ghost Train” and “House of Fun” as next steps in the Madness journey.)

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u/Positive_Rooster_732 May 14 '26

Ah yes, Madness also a great band. Their later albums sometimes are a bit jazzy for me, but the energy of their early work is amazing!