Radio Musicola is Nik Kershaw's

Nik Kershaw

Nik Kershaw is an English singer-songwriter. The one time jazz-funk guitarist was a mid-1980s teen idol. His 50 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 beat all other soloists...

 third album. It was released in 1986 by MCA Records.

The album deals with subjects of integrity - media skepticism (particularly towards tabloid journalism), privacy, insecurity and mass produced run-of-the-mill pop ("Why can't you let us do it like Joni

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

does it? There you go again, giving it your very best - trying so hard to make it sound like all the rest"). The subject is reflected in the cover art concept. The LP release features 1950's style spoof advertisements with the song titles woven in, some of which was replicated in the CD booklet.

Track listing

1. "Radio Musicola" – 5:53
2. "Nobody Knows" – 4:21
3. "L.A.B.A.T.Y.D." – 4:14
4. "What the Papers Say" – 3:33
5. "Life Goes On" – 5:02
6. "Running Scared" – 5:03
7. "James Cagney" – 5:20
8. "Don't Let Me Out of My Cage" – 4:34
9. "When a Heart Beats" – 4:30 (only available on compact disc & cassette)
10. "Violet to Blue" – 6:16

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position	Total weeks
Canadian Albums Chart	87	5
UK Albums Chart	47	3

Singles

• When A Heart Beats #27
  • B-side - Wild Horses
• Nobody Knows #44
  • B-side - One Of Our Fruit Machines Is Missing
• Radio Musicola #43
  • B-side - LABATYD

External links

• Patrick Dailly: Taking Pop to pieces - "Life Goes On"