1982 Innovative Pop: Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, ABC, Simple Minds & more! | The Album Years Podcast

It’s the first episode of our series on the year 1982 and we begin by talking about innovative pop records that not only defined the era but also embraced emerging production technologies at the time. This is none more evident than on records such as The Dreaming by Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel 4 (Security), ABC’s The Lexicon of Love, Roxy Music’s Avalon - all albums that pushed the boundaries of what pop music could be! 00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:37 Kate Bush - The Dreaming 00:14:10 Peter Gabriel - 4 (Security) 00:23:15 Rupert Hine - Waving Not Drowning 00:28:57 ABC - The Lexicon of Love / Roxy Music - Avalon 00:37:40 Laurie Anderson - Big Science 00:41:26 The Fun Boy Three 00:43:10 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream Buy Tim Bowness’ eighth studio album Powder Dry (out now!) here: Get tickets for Steven Wilson’s The Overview Tour in 2025: For more info about The Album Years, visit