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Wednesday, Nov 2 2022, 7AM
Hey Wednesday, it's time for The Morning Show - and today we are celebrating the music of 1988!
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Nothing's Shocking, the debut studio album by Jane's Addiction, was released in 1988.
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
This is the first track on Surfer Rosa, the follow-up to the Pixies debut EP Come On Pilgrim. Surfer Rosa is also John's favorite album, and happens to be from 1988.
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
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Pixies played live in the KEXP studio in February 2014! Watch here: www.youtube.com
Lincoln is the second studio album by They Might Be Giants, released in 1988. - www.theymightbegiants.com
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Bummed is the second studio album by English rock band Happy Mondays, released in 1988. - www.happymondaysofficial.co.uk
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Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The House of Love is the second and eponymous album by British alternative rock band the House of Love, released in 1988 - www.thehouseoflove.co.uk
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Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
This cover of Velvet Underground's Sweet Jane is from The Trinity Session, which is the second album by Cowboy Junkies, released in 1988.
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
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This was also a "cassingle" that John had. A cassette single (CS), also known by the trademark cassingle, or as the trademark Cassette Single, is a music single supplied in the form of a Compact Cassette. The cassette single was first introduced in 1980.
Fast Car was released as the lead single of the debut and eponymous album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1988. - www.tracychapman.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Ancient Heart is the debut studio album by British pop/folk singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, released in 1988. - Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
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Tanita Tikaram is of Malaysian and Indo-Fijian parentage and is the sister of actor Ramon Tikaram. Her debut album Ancient Heart was released when she was 19. - www.tanita-tikaram.com
I'm Your Man is the eighth studio album by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, released in 1988. - www.leonardcohen.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Dream of Life is the fifth studio album by Patti Smith, released in 1988. - www.pattismith.net
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Celebrating the power of music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
This is the title track of The Waterboys fourth and best-selling album, released in 1988.
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Starfish is the fifth album by the Australian rock band The Church, released in 1988. - www.thechurchband.net
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Today is the debut studio album by Galaxie 500, released in 1988 - galaxie500.bandcamp.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Title track off the fifth studio album from the Scottish band, released in 1988.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Peek-a-boo was released in 1988 as the first single from the band's ninth studio album, Peepshow.
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Bring the Noise is the second track on "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," the second studio album by Public Enemy, released in 1988. - www.publicenemy.com
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Turn it up! Bring the noise & music of 1988, & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
N.W.A released their debut album 'Straight Outta Compton' in 1988.
The album was produced by N.W.A members Dr. Dre, DJ Yella, and Arabian Prince, with lyrics written by N.W.A members Ice Cube and MC Ren along with Ruthless rapper The D.O.C.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
It Takes Two, the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, was released in 1988.
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
33-45-78 is the debut album by the Stereo MC's!
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
"A Little Respect" is a song written and recorded by the English synth-pop duo Erasure, released in 1988. - www.erasureinfo.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Information Society is the debut studio album by American synth-pop band Information Society, released in 1988. - informationsociety.bandcamp.com
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Pure energy & music of 1988 celebrating 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The Sugarcubes's first album, Life's Too Good, was an unexpected hit in 1988.
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
"Pop Song 89" is the opening track and third single released from R.E.M.'s sixth studio album Green, released in 1988. - remhq.com
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Hi, hi, hi, hi!
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Euphrates is the longest river in Western Asia, and also this song on the Pixies debut album 'Surfer Rosa.'
Surfer Rosa is also one of John's favorite album, and happens to be from 1988.
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by Jane's Addiction, released in 1988.
Jane's Addiction plays Climate Pledge Arena with Smashing Pumpkins on Saturyday, November 12 - janesaddiction.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP and first major release by the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney, released in 1988.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Ultramega OK is the debut studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released in 1988.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Cult of Personality is the opening track and second single from Vivid, the debut studio album by Living Colour, released in 1988. - livingcolour.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Rattle and Hum is a hybrid live/studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988, while the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was released on 27 October 1988.
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Rebel Without a Pause is the first single from the 1988 Public Album album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The Land of Rape and Honey is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1988. - ministryband.com
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
The 1988 track "Having an Average Weekend" was used as the theme to the Canadian sketch comedy TV show The Kids in the Hall.
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Good morning John!
Thanks for making every morning better and birthdays less painful! I love that KEXP is celebrating 1988 today, my sister was born that year and to hear all of these jams on my birthday today is bringing me all of the smiles. KEXP is a gift for our ears and souls!
Can you please play The Mighty Lemon Drops "Inside Out" or The Sugarcubes "Birthday" both from 1988?
Hope you and your family are feeling better!
-Eric
Lovely is the debut studio album by English indie pop band The Primitives, released in 1988.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
This is a 1988 song about a superhero named Tony...
This is also one of John's favorite albums.
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Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Hi John, great start to 1988! Like you, first found pixies that year. Saw them live in a small club in Bristol UK - supported by my bloody valentine. blew my mind and changed my view of music forever. Would love to hear something from ‘Isn’t anything’ if you can squeeze it in.
Hope the voice improves - or you can start a new career singing Leonard Cohen covers!
Adam
Bug is the third studio album by Dinosaur Jr., released in 1988. - www.dinosaurjr.com
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Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
"Victoria" is a song written by Ray Davies of the Kinks. It is the opening track on the band's 1969 concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). A version by the Fall was a UK Top 40 hit in 1988.
Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
"Buffalo Stance" is a song by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, released in 1988.
Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Strictly Business was released in 1988 by hip-hop duo EPMD.
EPMD is an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars". Parrish Smith stated that the name evolved from the original: "We were originally known as "EEPMD" (Easy Erick and Parrish the Microphone Doctor), but chose to go with EPMD because it was easier to say. - bit.ly
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Happy 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org
Birth, school, work, death...
This 1998 album was the second from sharp-dressed English band The Godfathers.
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Celebrating the music of 1988 & 50 years of KEXP! - www.kexp.org