Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite albums of 1982.

Show notes:

• Recorded via Zoom

• Phil's #5: Steely Dan singer goes solo

• Jazzy feel is a logical extension from Gaucho

• Jay's #5 and Phil's #3: R.E.M. makes its debut with iconic EP

• Influential on many bands who followed

• Different sounds coming out of the underground

• Phil's #4: His image has been tarnished, but Michael Jackson released a monster album

• Videos from this album broke a lot of ground

• Being mistaken from MJ

• Jay's #4: Peter Gabriel stays weird but starts breaking through in the U.S.

• Dark subject matter and interesting sonics

• Set himself up for huge commercial breakthrough in a few years

• Jay's #3: Mission of Burma's first full-length album

• Wasn't well-known, but very influential on alt-rock artists

• Played with U2 in Boston

• Jay's #2: Another influential debut release, this time from Bad Brains

• Ferocious live performers

• One of the great album covers of all time

• Phil's #1: A jazz-influenced masterpiece from Joe Jackson

• No guitar to be found

• Very cosmopolitan feel

• Phil's #2 and Jay's #1: Prince breaks through to the mainstream

• Prince didn't care what anybody thought about him

• In the middle of an incredible run of great albums

• When mixtape songs are taken too literally

• Favorite songs: "Breaking Us In Two" (Phil), "Delirious" (Jay)

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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.