NO ENCORE: THE REVISIT | 1987

Roll up, roll up, and return to the year 1987 as NO ENCORE turns the clock back once more to assess the state of the Irish music scene from a bygone era.

For this late ’80s edition, Dave Hanratty and Kieran McGuinness are joined by Ruairi Lynch aka Bantum, Irish Independent scribe John Meagher, and Michael Moloney of noughties art-rockers Director.

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The five albums discussed on this episode are…

U2-Joshua-Tree

U2 – The Joshua Tree

VAN MORRISON POETIC CHAMPIONS COMPOSE

Van Morrison – Poetic Champions Compose

Lion and the Cobra

Sinéad O’Connor – The Lion and the Cobra

That Petrol Emotion – Babble

Cry Before Dawn Crimes of Conscience

Cry Before Dawn – Crimes of Conscience

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