Episode 55: Erasure - The Innocents (1988) Part 3

 

By popular demand (well, by the sincere request of her co-host), Sarah is back to provide the information on the latest episode of the Permanent Record Podcast. Brian and Sarah are once again joined by art designer, Classic Pop Magazine contributor, and 80s music aficionado Andrew Dineley to wrap up the discussion on Erasure's 1988 worldwide hit album, "The Innocents." 

Part 3 - Track by Track, Continued

The lack of singles and videos on Side Two of this album doesn't give our three hosts any problems in terms of discussion material. However, at least one of them does have a couple of problems with the track selection and track listing. The three do find common ground with their mutual enjoyment of The Kick Horns' contributions to the album, and they all seem to feel there was at least one more single-worthy track on this side--but is it the same song for each of them?  Brian, Andrew, and Sarah cover a rather wide variety of subjects as they talk about Side Two, including waltzes, questionable rhyming,  evangelists, 80s politics, Liza Minnelli, and Glen Miller! Oh, and of course lots more talk about Vince and Andy too!

Heart of Stone Sixty-Five Thousand Yahoo! Imagination Witch in the Ditch Weight of the World 

Part 4 - Extra Credit

Brian decides the presence of the special guest co-host is a good excuse to change up the format of the Extra Credit section.  This episode's is now a two-part segment.  For part one, do you remember two weeks ago when Andrew mentioned that he had reached out to designer Paul Khera with a few questions?  Well, Mr. Khera has written back, and along with answers concerning his experience working with the band and details about his photographs, he also tells us which track was going to be the fourth single before everyone's focus turned to "Crackers International!"  We have read numerous theories about this on the internet, but this is the real answer from someone who was there at Mute in 1988!  And for part two, Andrew is subjected to a mini Q & A session on various Erasure subjects and then a question about someone Brian has been crushing on for years - someone who used to live in Liverpool with Andrew! 

Part 5 - Final Review and Rating

Finally, after many hours of discussion, the time has come for the Thrilling Threesome to give their final reviews and ratings of "The Innocents." There has been no shortage of effusive praise during the course of the three episodes, so it's not likely that anyone will be giving this classic album a low rating. But does it get five stars from all three hosts? There's only one way to know-- listen until the very end!

 

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