TWO GUYS. FIVE ALBUMS. ONE DECADE WITH A LOT TO ANSWER FOR.

80s Music Exposed is Chris and Henry listening to five albums from every month of the 1980s—whether they want to or not—and arguing about what still hits, what aged like milk, and what the hell everyone was thinking.

THE TERMS OF THE INVESTIGATION

NOSTALGIA MAY TESTIFY. IT DOES NOT GET TO PRESIDE.

Every month gets five albums and a hearing. No genre immunity. Blockbusters, cult records, sacred cows, and dollar-bin disasters: all admissible. We love this music. That does not mean it gets away with everything.

THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE

CHRIS + HENRY

Two obsessive listeners with long memories, strong opinions, and no shared custody arrangement for the canon.

The show went dormant. Life got complicated. A marriage ended. The records remained. Now Chris and Henry are returning to finish the decade—older, less patient, and still unable to agree about Lionel Richie.

RETURN TO THE EVIDENCE

SIXTY-NINE RECOVERED TRANSMISSIONS.

Start with the archive. The next file is 1984.