Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite music of 1986.

Show notes:

• Recorded in the backyard of CompCon HQ

• Phil's #5: Solid effort from the Pretenders, which was basically just Chrissie Hynde at this point

• Jay's #5: Metallica hits their high point

• Neighborhood dogs start chiming in

• Phil is a big fan of Ratt n' Roll

• Phil's #4: The debut of the Van Hagar era

• Eddie fully embraces synths, poppier sound

• Didn't realize until recently that the riff of "Best of Both Worlds" is identical to Kool and the Gang's "Celebration"

• Jay's #4: David Lee Roth's out VH's VH

• The best Dave solo album

• Phil's #3 and Jay's #2: R.E.M. starts embracing power chords

• Jay's #3: John Lydon teams up with studio musicians to create a classic

• Steve Vai, Ginger Baker and others show up

• Phil's #1: The Smiths in the middle of a strong run of albums

• Johnny Marr elevates this album

• Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: Husker Du's last great record

• First major label album featured more pop hooks

• Grant Hart and Bob Mould each bringing in great songs

• Favorite songs: "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (Phil), "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (Jay)

• Check out my Spotify playlist "Hits of the Year," which collects all the favorite songs we picked from 1970 onward

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.