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Album of The Week and Professor Brian Cox

Professor Brian Cox chooses the Tracks of My Years. Plus there's PopMaster, Record and Album Of The Week and your love dedications

Professor Brian Cox chooses the Tracks of My Years all this week with Ken.

Brian Cox, OBE, is a professor of particle physics at the University Of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. Born and raised in Oldham, he initially embarked on a music career, playing keyboards with D:Ream, who released the number one hit 'Things Can Only Get Better' in 1994. During that time, Cox began to study physics at the University of Manchester, eventually making a transition from aspiring pop idol to science star.

A charismatic speaker, he has been an ever-present personality on the 大象传媒. In 2009, Cox and comedian Robin Ince also began co-hosting the popular 大象传媒 Radio 4 show Infinite Monkey Cage, which takes an irreverent look at the world through scientists鈥� eyes.

In 2012, Brian was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield. He also holds two Guinness World Records 鈥� Most Tickets Sold For A Science Show and Most Tickets Sold For A Science Tour 鈥� which he continually breaks, as he did with his 2019 sell-out live tour 'Universal: Adventures In Space And Time'.

He's currently in the middle of a new tour called 'Horizons', which promises to take us 'on a dazzling cinematic journey', and is the story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state-of-the-art LED screen technology arenas will be filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and a time before the Big Bang.

The next two tracks Brian has chosen are by OMD and Thin Lizzy.

Plus there's PopMaster, Record and Album Of The Week and your love dedications. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Tue 23 Aug 2022 09:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor & Wuh Oh

    Hypnotized

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Philadelphia International.

  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Craig David & Galantis

      DNA

      • 22.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.

  • Hue and Cry

    Labour Of Love

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lizzo

    2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

    • Special.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Love Don't Cost A Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Spandau Ballet

    True

    • The Ultmate 80's Ballads (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Robbie Williams

    Lost

    • XXV.
    • Columbia.

  • Alannah Myles

    Black Velvet

    • Red Hot Metal (Various Artists).
    • Dover Records.

  • Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias

    Could I Have This Kiss Forever

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Tears for Fears

    Long Long Long Time

    • The Tipping Point.
    • Concord Records Inc.

  • Girls Aloud

    Call The Shots

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Tom Grennan

    All These Nights

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Westlife

    World of Our Own

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers

    Just The Two Of Us

    • Grover Washington Jr: In The Name Of Love - The Elektra Years (1979-1984).
    • SoulMusic Records.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Calvin Harris

      Potion (feat. Dua Lipa & Young Thug)

      • Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2.
      • Columbia.

  • George Harrison

    Got My Mind Set on You

    • George Harrison - Cloud Nine.
    • Dark Horse.
    • 1.

  • Cat Burns

    ghosting

    • Emotionally Unavailable.
    • Since 93.

  • Oasis

    She's Electric

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    Too Much For One (Not Enough For Two)

    • N.K-Pop.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

      Enola Gay

      • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
      • Global Television.
      • 3.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Don't Believe A Word

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Vertigo.

  • Rosa Linn

    SNAP

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

    • The Blow Monkeys - Choices.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Aug 2022 09:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2