When I was a kid, my mom tossed out, “Yuppies are just hippies who grew up and got jobs.” If she’s right, this would be their cynical anthem.
It also features one of the most iconic videos of the 1980s (from the studio that later brought us Wallace & Gromit).
Surely this is one of the greatest albums of the decade. Surely the Memphis Horns heard here are part of the reason why.