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Off The Chart: 7 September 1986

Off The Chart: 7 September 1986

Come back with us to this day in 1986 for another Off The Chart! As always we’ll bombard you with hits you’d forgotten about or didn’t remember in the first place, along with three of the week’s new albums, a look at what else was going on in the world, a quick jaunt down under to look at the Australian chart, and the top five singles in full.

  • Who released a double album although their record company only paid for one?
  • Which duo released two self-titled albums twenty years apart?
  • And who went from singing about sex and violence to quoting Dylan Thomas?

Tune in and find out!


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Spotify playlists

If you’ve missed a previous edition they’re all on our Mixcloud page, or for a taster of the music we play, listen to our Spotify playlist Way Off The Chart including one track from each show!

We also have a Spotify playlist for our #ICEOTWF feature, including all (well, most) of the international hits we’ve played since the feature began in March 2017. There are all sorts of oddities in here, all of which were hits somewhere in the world but not in the UK!

Off The Chart: 15 September 1986

15 September 1986

This week we’re shining a torch into the ear of 1986 on Off The Chart as we revisit the UK charts of this day 34 years ago. As always we’ll have a load of hits you might not remember, as … read more

Off The Chart: 14 April 1988

Off The Chart: 14 April 1988

It’s another locked down edition of Off The Chart! Join Steve and Julian as they struggle with yet another inadequate piece of software in an attempt to bring you hits, headlines and hilarity from this day in 1988, plus the … read more

Now Parlez 11

Now Parlez 11

It’s episode 11 of Now Parlez, our ongoing series in which Steve and Julian from Off The Chart take a look at the early Now That’s What I Call Music albums and play some tracks from an original vinyl copy. … read more

Off The Chart: 18 March 1988

Off The Chart: 18 March 1988

A new look, a new feature, but mainly the same old nonsense from Steve and Julian as they dissect the UK singles chart of 18 March 1988. There’s a load of hits you never hear anymore, three tracks from a … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 20 January 2017

Marillion - Marbles in the Park

It’s as you were on the album chart as George Michael clings on to the number 4 spot with his 1998 best-of set Ladies and Gentlemen; Twenty Five, Symphonica and Faith all fall heavily but Wham!’s The Final is still … read more

Off The Chart: 3 September 1986

Off The Chart: 3 September 2016

Time to discover with absolute horror that all these records are thirty years old! We’re looking at the chart of 3 September 1986 on this week’s Off The Chart, as Steve and Julian play some of the hits you don’t … read more