Guys, I pay you the highest compliment by saying you remind me of the banter I used to have with my college guy friends. Megan, I’m so impressed by how articulate you are about the music despite not growing up with it. You three are just so much fun to listen to, and I love going back in time to re-enjoy this music that I adored then and still do now. Xo

Good concept but cringe. This one is for friends and family only. And by friends, I mean that person you know who listened to the radio growing up but only paid attention to their favorites, doesn’t know how to use Wikipedia and somehow you don’t find annoying to listen to.

I found y’all 2 weeks ago. This was my first ep and I’ve now gone back to the start and I’m up to Aug 80. Such a great show! Instantly accessible and your laid back style is exactly what my daily commute needs.

I have listened to six full episodes so far, out of sequence, and I REALLY am enjoying this podcast. My one criticism, which is pretty consistent with other 80s podcasts, is that the music taste is overall pretty white-centric. At the start of the series, just going by the show notes, it took them five months to review their first album by a black artist (Diana Ross in May 80). That seems to improve a little as the podcast picks up momentum, but something like the Sugarhill Gang in February 1980 is something I wish they had noticed for its historical value as an early rap album (debatably the first one). Grace Jones’s Warm Leatherette would have been interesting to hear a review of (that sounds incredibly niche, but only to someone who doesn’t recognize her as a pioneer), and S.O.S. by the SOS Band in June 1980 launched the careers of Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam Harris as hit producers. They have a rationale for what albums they review, but it might be helpful to expand the “stuff we like” category as a way to redress the biases of the gatekeepers that they are leaning on for their picks. Maybe “stuff people should know about” would be a more useful way to think of it. The hosts’ revelation that they confuse Diana Ross and Donna “Summers” told me more than I wanted to know about their awareness of R

It is ok.

You guys are worlds better than that other 80s music podcast that copied your format and even your font, started four months after you, and seems funded by music industry project managers. Authentic content from two guys who genuinely love music and the 80s will prevail.

I think one of my biggest beefs with this show is that the criteria used to decide what song to review is based on if the album was a five star rated album on the all music guide, and if the album was Grammy nominated. So given that if my favorite 80’s songs happened to be singles there won’t be any mention of them. A big portion of what imo shaped the 80’s sound was derived from KROQ’s DJs in the 80s being taste makers and curating music that radio stations all over the US would emulate and copy. But you only needed a hit single to have radio play or be popular in the clubs. I’m going to keep listening but much of the music reviewed is boring and you only hear one portion of a single song in the review. It would be nice to hear a better sampling of what’s on each record. (Edit) I’m glad I kept listening. More of the sound I was thinking of is starting to creep into the show, but you also proved my point skipping over joy divisions love will tear us apart single, which doesn’t appear on an album.

These guys turned me on to Barbara Streissand!

I’m really enjoying this!

I have listened to al the episodes so far and really like that these guys sound like regular people and not professional critics. They do know alot about music, but it's not like I'm listening to people who work at MTV or something. The show definitely is getting better each episode and it's cool to be reminded of albums I forgot about and get excited about listening to them again. Also, I have never heard of some of the artists covered and really liked them. Keep it up guys!

Great job delvingbinto the 80’s albums one month at a time. Fun and cool!

Maybe this is something that will be remedied as the show progresses, but there’s is a ton of misinformation in this show regarding albums chosen. First off, the show is trying to cop 80s All Over’s format of going month by month by release date, which is totally fine. However, they claim to start in January 1980 yet spend what seems like the first half of the show talking about Streisand and Ozzy records that were both released in September 1980 respectfully. After Rush’s Permanent Waves, they just to a Television Personalities record that wasn’t released until 1981! Maybe this is nit picky, but if you’re going to have a gimmick please do your research and adhere to it. The hosts are meh. They seem serviceable at best. Drew and Scott have wonderful banter and their show seems prepared but not rehearsed, because, well, they’re professionals. This just sounds like two dudes talking. Again, shows are often a slow start and need to find their footing, so I’ll stay subscribed and give it a few more episodes. I hope it improves. I also feel this is a huge undertaking that won’t really work with music the way it does for films. There are way less major film releases than albums, and they are also, despite some insight and critique, more objectively ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ This show may quickly devolve into two guys and their music picks, and, honestly, who wants that?