the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy
ABC - lexicon of love
orange juice - you can't hide your love forever
omd - s/t
the wedding present - bizarro
josef k - entomology (although released post 80s they were all recorded in the 80s)
the fire engines - lubricate your living room
au pairs - playing with a different sex
young marble giants - colossal youth
wire - a bell is a cup until it is stuck
i took out:
talking heads - fear of music
gang of four - entertainment
because they were released in 1979.
i also did have two orange juice albums in there but i thought it a bit much. it is really hard to choose.
also in no order because that would actually be impossible.
Was The Cure 'Disintegration' '89 or '90?
Because if it was '89 that must be up there. If not go for '17 seconds' or 'Faith' or one of that crowd.
it was '89
i'm not a huge cure fan. like them, but meh. i know they were pretty influential and stuff but they never really struck a chord with me. apart from the fact my mum used to look like robert smith.
*STRUCK
not stuck. jeeeeesus, i cannot write threads on the music board. you lot must make me nervous.
10!
That's totally impossible. I was looking through the Pitchfork Top 80s Albums the other day, there's so much good stuff on there.
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/54
i know. i just picked my faourite 10.
i guess i should have asked what everyone else's favourite 10 was. :(
i'm not authorised to pick the "best 10 without DiSpute"
OK...
Dexy's - Don't Stand Me Down
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Big Black - Atomizer
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
Black Flag - Damaged
Birthday Party - Junkyard
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
X - Los Angeles
Actually...take out Junkyard and put in Hex Enduction Hour..
or Surfer Rosa, or Repeater or Computer World or Nation of Millions or 3 Feet High and Rising or Remain in Light or My Life in the Bush of Ghosts or Bummed. It's totally impossible
Repeater
is 1990! otherwise it'd have been in mine too.
Really?
I've realised that I also left out Double Nickels...Think I'll give up.
I bought that yesterday
I can't stop listening to it. great cover too.
Reign in Blood!!
I'd totally forgotten about 80s metal! I'm not even a massive metal fan but theres loads of good metal from the 80s that could potentially break into my top 10
You forgot
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Pixies - Sufa Rosa
XTC - Skylarking
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Arcitecture & Morality
Prince - Purple Rain
re: omd
s/t is better.
and the others, not fussed about. heh
Llody Cole and the Commotions
Rattlesnakes needs to be there. And perhaps Bunnymen.....Heaven Up Here or Ocean Rain.
These were coming from me too
I was going to say Crocodiles by Echo though...
The production on s/t is horrible
My favourite is Dazzle Ships
Your list is wrong for the fact that...
you've missed out "Sign 'O' The Times", which is, according to some (and I'd probably agree) the greatest album of the 80s.
read my post above.
i should have stated at the start, that these are MY personal favourites. i just wanted to compare top 10s :'(
Okay,
my bad :-)
no way
Purple Rain completely destroys it. The first half of both discs would challenge PR song for song, but still fail as a singular piece. Add in It, Beautiful Night and all that guff and you have a wildly inconsistent album
I'm the opposite,
I think the sum of the album is greater than its parts. I think it's what Prince was trying to create and achieve that's more impressive than anything else, if ya get me. But then, I would agree with you that if you removed a few of the weaker songs, the album would be a lot stronger. But then, I would say that for The White Album too. If you removed guff like Honey Pie, Do it in the Road and Piggies etc, then the album would be a lot stronger.
Is this open to anyone?
Cos if so mine are:
Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Elton John - Too Low For Zero
The Human League - Dare
Paul Simon - Graceland
Squeeze - East Side Story
A little predictable, obvious choices in there, but most of my 80s album listening was influenced by my Dad, so there it is.
YES
:D you got the idea right!
No Brothers In Arms?
Certainly Not!
Thankfully my Dad never was a Dire Straits fan. :)
Joy Division - Closer
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
they'd probably get in my top 10
also
Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
and probably others that i cant think of right now
Scary Monsters (and super creeps)
Porcupine - EATB
Heaven Up Here - EATB
Kaleidoscope - Siouxsie
Faith - Cure
Psychocandy - JAMC
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Isn't Anything - MBV
Daydream Nation - SY
Power, Corruption, and Lies - NO
Hmm (in no real order)
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Paul Simon - Graceland
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Prince - Purple Rain
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
R.E.M.- Lifes Rich Pageant
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
doh!
put in Surfer Rosa in place of Isn't Anything
in no order
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
Sonic Youth - Sister
Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start Fires?
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Beat Happening - Black Candy
Meat Puppets - II
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Big Muff
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
not sure about the last one.
i'm trying to not list more than 1 album by the same band. i'm tempted by a Black Flag record, but reading back through it, it literally looks like i'm listing stuff straight out of Our Band Could Be Your Life...
and reading that pitchfork list
Murmur and Vs. are great shouts too.
Altern 8 - Full On
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
the stone roses deserve to be deleted from existance.
along with the smiths.
contraversial.
contrOversial
we've spoke about this
Oh dear
whatever you do, don't look at my top 10
don't worry.
i'm not a music fascist or anything, i just hate those two bands so much. bad memories.
Did Morrissey make you chew his quiff
The The - Infected
I thought all DiSers loved that album.
And just for me The Perfect Prescription by Spacemen 3, it is genuinly in my top ten of all time, but since ive already had an argument on here about it today, Ill just bring it up again.
I don't know anywhere near enough 80s music
but here's my effort:
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
New Order - Technique
Pixies - Doolittle
Stone Roses - s/t
OMD - Dazzle Ships
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Public Enemy - Nation of Millions
REM - Green
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
I very nearly put the Joshua Tree in there but didn't want to embarrass myself
galaxie 500 = win.
Green
Is a really good shout. So overlooked in their catalogue.
THE DEFINITIVE LIST
1) Altern 8 - Full On/Mask Hysteria
2) The Stone Roses - The Stones Roses
3) NWA - Straight Outta Compton
4) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
5) Pixies - Surfa Rosa
6) Duran Duran - Duran Duran
7) Rick James - Street Songs
8) Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
9) The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
10) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
mine:
The Wonder Stuff - Eight-legged Groove Machine
Sonic Youth - Sister
Pixies - Doolittle
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
the Replacements - Let It Be
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
the Police - Synchronicity
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Faith No More - The Real Thing
the replacements <3
Here's four that I can see from my WMP.
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back
Beat Happening - Jamboree
Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You?
And why has no-one mentioned C86? Surely the single greatest and most important compilation of all time?
Personally
and in no order
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Television Personalities - And Don't The Kids Just Love It
Gang Of Four - Solid Gold
The Fall - Bend Sinister
The Smiths - s/t
Joy Division - Closer
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love...
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
Fugazi - 13 Songs misses out by mere months.
I love the 80's!
Some overlap with the original poster...
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (ahem)
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Josef K - The Only Fun in Town
Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
The Smiths - The Smiths
XTC - Skylarking
It's heartening to see the Postcard bands feature
That would probably have never happened before the Domino reissues.
The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels
Associates - Sulk
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
REM - Life's Rich Pageant
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
ABC - Lexicon of Love
Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine
Joy Divison - Closer
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
should feature in a top ten.
I would say a Monochrome Set album, but their singles do it for me better than a whole album.
Songs About Fucking
yes
ooooooooooooooowwww
how did i miss the monochrome set?? FAIL.
hail to Bauhaus
In The Flat Field
I knew my list was missing something immense!
yes!
not easy
1) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
2) Joy Division - Closer
3) The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
4) Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions
5) The Smiths s/t
6) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
7) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
8) R.E.M. - Murmur
9) Sonic Youth - Sister
10) R.E.M. - Green
My favourite stuff from the 80's in no order:
Paul Simon - Graceland
DEVO - Oh No! It's DEVO
Hall & Oates - H2O
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Huey Lewis and the News - Fore!
Oingo Boingo - BOI-NGO
Spandau Ballet - True
Wham! - Fantastic
Michael Jackson - Thriller
let's have a crack
The Cure - KMKMKM
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine
Killing Joke s/t
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Rapeman - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
Blondie - Eat To The Beat
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1. The Replacements - Let It Be
2. Pixies - Doolittle
END OF LIST.
No Mission of Burma anyone?
Surprised.
anyway, my fave albums of the 80s;
1 - Pixies - Doolittle
2 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
3 - The Smiths - Queen is Dead
4 - Joy Division - Closer
5 - Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
6 - REM - Green (or Murmer, can't decide)
7 - JAMC - Psychocandy
8 - Mission of Burma - VS
9 - Slayer - Reign in Blood
10 - Husker Du - Zen Arcade
OMG
Can I have Signals, Calls and Marches? I'm having Signals, Calls and Marches.
GOOD THREAD
What's with all the gay indie choices though? 80s is all about THE FUNK, preferably with a bit of slap bass thrown in for good measure;
Scritti Politti- Cupid & Psyche '85
Talking Heads- Speaking In Tongues
Prince- Dirty Mind
Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Arthur Russell- Another Thought
Gary Numan- I, Assassin
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Scritti Politti- Provision
Public Enemy- It takes a nation...
Level 42- S/T (YESSSSSSSS)
+ notable mentions for Brothers I Arms and The Stone Roses
I WIN
WINNER (so far...)
From what I can gather, PUBLIC ENEMY- IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK is leading with 6 consecutive votes. Pretty good going considering we're all part of the white, privileged, middle class elite.
A few come to mind
J&MC - Psychocandy
Skids: The Absolute Game
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The House of Love - s/t
The Railway Children : Recurrence
Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain; Knife & Love
New Order - Low Life (etc.)
Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (etc.)
U2 War
my favourite forgotten track: Destroy the Heart (HofL)
I know I'm forgetting something huge but......
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
R.E.M. - Murmur
The Smiths - S/T
Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
The Cure - Disintegration
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
Minute Men - double nickles on a dime
Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Nirvana - Bleach
Edit:
Sisters Of Mercy (are off my list)
AC/DC - Back In Black (is on!)
and talking heads isn't 80s!
I seem to remember Talking Heads ruling the 80's
I was getting sick of it
Make it "Remain In Light" then
yeah they did, but if you read what i put at the top, that album was released in '79
/pedant.
This is really hard, damn you Lauren
In no particular order, and subject to debate:
Black Flag - My War (I like how painful it sounds)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (This totally counts, Adam)
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me (pips Bug to the post, just)
Minor Threat - Out of Step (Betray alone means this makes the list)
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Posted too early, arse
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
Sonic Youth - Evol
I know I left out Faith No More and Mudhoney and Bad Brains, but lists are too restrictive.
But it's an EP, Philip
ok
queen is dead
hounds of love
it takes a nation
purple rain
daydream nation
treasure
skylarking
let it be
zen arcade
16 lovers lane
who is treasure by Jamie?
i don't think i know that one
Cocteau Twins
It's rather great too.
Obviously the best album ever made was from the 80's
so it tops this and every other list
1 The Fall - Hex Enductoin Hour
2 The Fall - Grotesque
3 The Fall - Perverted By Language
4 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
5 Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
6 Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
7 Big Black - Atomier
8 Meat Puppets - II
9 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
10 Husker Du - Zen Arcade
ooh
1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
3. The Cure - Pornography
4. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
5. Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
6. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
7. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
8. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
9. Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe
10. Rites of Spring - s/t
just my tuppence, like.
I doubt I could find one
well...maybe one or two. No way ten though
I'll give this a go then
1. Disintegration - The Cure
2. Pump - Aerosmith
3. Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
4. Strangeways here we come - The Smiths
5. Scary m onsters and Super Creeps - David Bowie
6. Purple Rain - Prince
7. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
8. The Real Thing - Faith no More
9. Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destrcution
10. All systems go - Donna Summer
God, I'm spesh
9. Appetite for destruction - Guns and Roses
HEADS UP
pixies - doolittle
talking heads - remain in light
public enemy - it takes a nation....
prince - purple rain
the raincoats - odyshape
guns 'n' roses - appetite
de la soul - 3 feet high and rising
michael jackson - thriller
misfits - walk among us
danzig - s/t
Good topic:
1. Faith No More "The Real Thing"
2. Mission Of Burma "Signals, Calls..."
3. Elvis Costello "Get Happy"
4. Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense"
5. The Smiths "The Queen Is Dead"
6. Sonic Youth "Daydream Nation"
7. Husker Du "New Day Rising"
8. The Replacements "Pleased To..."
9. Prince "Purple Rain"
10. Rites Of Spring "Rites Of Spring"
the raincoats <3 <3 <3
seventh dream of teenage heaven
by love & rockets
everything else that would be on my list has already been mentioned.
My list would include
MBV- Isn't Anything
REM - Murmur, Life's Rich Pagaent
The Smiths- Queen is Dead
The Replacements- Let it Be
Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle
Dinosaur Jnr. - You're Living All Over Me
Sonic Youth- Sister
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Definetly...
-Joy Division - Closer
-Stone Roses - Stone Roses
-Nirvana - Bleach
-NWA - Straight Outta Compton
-Black Flag - Damaged
-Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk
-Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destrcution
-New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
-The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
-Pixies - Sufa Rosa
In no order.
The Replacements: Tim
The Replacements: Let It Be
Husker Du: Zen Arcade
Pixies: Dolittle
Public Enemy: Nation of Millions
The Smiths: Strangeways
Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska
Mission of Burma: Vs
Beastie Boys: Pauls Boutique
U2: The Joshua Tree