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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!

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?

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

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.

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

In this episode your host Paul Dempsey explains why this pop confection is one of the best albums of the Eighties. Chock full of hooks, superb tunes, fantastic lyrics and a wry and articulate expression of heartbreak. A feast for the feet, the heart and the brain!

Contrary to Rock folklore this is the album that changed everything! This episode discusses a how the band altered how albums would be viewed and your host, Paul Dempsey, shares which tracks demonstrate this change.

How does a band follow up a smash hit like the album Parallel Lines? Host Paul Dempsey reckons this, the Band's fourth album is even better!