Jul 13, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min · 30 segments
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It
had to be in our list because we all went and saw them earlier this year, so if it didn't make the list of this podcast, then I'd be very, very shocked.
I mean, I feel aggrieved on behalf of Icehouse that it missed the top 25, but if this is the album it had to miss too, I'm okay with that.
We've waxed lyrical about this album plenty.
I mean, it's got Black Bugs on there, Polyester Girl, which is the biggest selling single and the song formerly known as, which is obviously there.
And when we went to see it, it's the absolute closer to the set.
And yeah, it's just a it's a great I mean, I did like to play the first album.
There's some good stuff on there.
But this one was – it really hit the – it really hit a popularity thing in Australia at the time.
It really sort of caught the mood and caught the moment.
So it was a good album.
It certainly was.
I think Art was actually a really good album too.
But this is certainly the – this is the album.
There's no question about it.
Yeah.
A
Oh, you don't want to read
them out, Richard? Don't be soft.
I piss alone and I will lick your arse off.
He got there.
There we go.
It
had to be in our list because we all went and saw them earlier this year, so if it didn't make the list of this podcast, then I'd be very, very shocked.
I mean, I feel aggrieved on behalf of Icehouse that it missed the top 25, but if this is the album it had to miss too, I'm okay with that.
We've waxed lyrical about this album plenty.
I mean, it's got Black Bugs on there, Polyester Girl, which is the biggest selling single and the song formerly known as, which is obviously there.
And when we went to see it, it's the absolute closer to the set.
And yeah, it's just a it's a great I mean, I did like to play the first album.
There's some good stuff on there.
But this one was – it really hit the – it really hit a popularity thing in Australia at the time.
It really sort of caught the mood and caught the moment.
So it was a good album.
It certainly was.
I think Art was actually a really good album too.
But this is certainly the – this is the album.
There's no question about it.
Yeah.
A
Oh, you don't want to read
them out, Richard? Don't be soft.
I piss alone and I will lick your arse off.
He got there.
There we go.
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