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Echo & The Bunnymen Ocean Rain
15:09|1984 saw the release of what is regarded by many as the band's greatest album. It is superb and this was a very difficult choice; picking only three songs from an album full of them. So which three songs are the absolute must-haves? There is an accompanying Spotify playlist by the same name, One Album 3 Songs, with all songs featured from all podcasts in the series.
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The 3 best Christmas songs...ever!
15:18|Every year around early December we are inundated with festive songs, usually the same hoary old chestnuts! In this episode host Paul Dempsey reveals the three best songs for Christmas!
ABBA Voulez-Vous
17:52|1979 was a year that served up dozens of classic albums and your host Paul Dempsey explains why this offering from the Swedish Quartet is one of them - Forget novelty Euro-Kitsch this album is a delight that offers up disco, pop, rock and ballads - But which three songs make the list?
Reggatta De Blanc
21:01|A classic album with some brilliant songs. The peroxide power pop trio set the world alight in 1978 and shone brightly for the next five years. Your host Paul Dempsey picks out the three essential tracks from this, their second album - an album that made them a world wide sensation
Green
17:45|Emerging from the relative obscurity and security of college radio and indie rock this album launched REM on to the world stage with its eclectic mix of folkish introspection and loud, confident powerpop. Your host Paul Dempsey picks the definitive tracks. Catch up with the songs on the accompanying playlist.
Sign O The Times
14:33|How do you pick three songs from an artist as eclectic as Prince? A task made even more difficult when that album is a double album crammed with great songs and hit singles! Your host, Paul Dempsey looks at the fantastic tour de force that is...Sign 'O' The Times
Bridge Over Troubled Water
14:44|How do you choose three tracks from one of the greatest albums of all time? This is probably the hardest choice yet! Join your host Paul Dempsey as he discusses the album that opened the seventies and found a home in millions of record collections worldwide!