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Old 10.21.2008, 08:11 PM   #1
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i figure if i am gonna do this list, it better be now, before i get too busy with other things

interestingly i am rather surprised more people are ready to jump onto this list then the last one, maybe more time has passed to appreciate this decade, but to each their own

same deal as before

-> only albums released from January 1st, 1980 to December 31st 1989 included! No reissues, deluxe editions or whatever. No singles either, only albums...and EPs are fine

-> Points will be: 25 for #1, 24 for #2, 23 for #3, etc.

-> if you wish to do less then 25, it's fine, but i totally recommend doing as much many as you can

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Old 10.21.2008, 08:26 PM   #2
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"doing as much many"...you're lucky tim gunn doesn't have a guide to
grammar, yo.

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Old 10.21.2008, 08:43 PM   #3
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1. john fahey - god, time, and causality (for real this time!)
2. captain beefheart - ice cream for crow
3. the fall - grotesque (after the gramme)
4. dun - eros
5. pixies - surfer rosa
6. sonic youth - confusion is sex
7. captain beefheart - doc at the radar station
8. big black - songs about fucking
9. glenn branca - the ascension
10. renaldo and the loaf - arabic yodeling
11. wipers - over the edge
12. melvins - gluey porch treatments
13. thinking fellers union local # 282 - tangle
14. misfits - walk among us [fixed!]
15. the fall - hex enduction hour
16. birthday party - junkyard
17. napalm death - scum
18. minutemen - what makes a man start fires?
19. big black - atomizer
20. my bloody valentine - isn't anything
21. husker du - zen arcade
22. the residents - title in limbo
23. rapeman - two nuns and a pack mule
24. bad religion - no control
25. the smiths - louder than bombs


That was REALLY hard. So many great albums! You all might be surprised by my inclusion of the smiths at the bottom, but man that album has so many great songs on it.. and I can't think of the 80's without thinking of the smiths.. so they had to be on there.
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Old 10.21.2008, 08:46 PM   #4
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i actually don't want to do 50 but i'll do 35.

edit since comps might be allowed!
35. chrome- 3rd from the sun
34. the jesus and mary chain- psychocandy
33. the vaselines- son of a gun ep
32. big black- songs about fucking
31. fugazi- s/t
30. mudhoney- superfuzz bigmuff
29. minor threat- salad days ep
28. big black- bulldozer ep
27. conflict- it's time to see who's who
26. beat happening- black candy
25. faith/void split
24. flex your head
23. sonic youth- bad moon rising
22. sonic youth- sister
21. redd kross- born innocent
20. discharge- see nothing hear nothing say nothing
19. fugazi- margin walker
18. nirvana- bleach
17. black flag- my war
16. husker du- zen arcade
15. the minutemen- double nickels on the dime
14. beat happening- s/t
13. beat happening- jamboree
12. crass- christ the album
11. sonic youth- evol
10. minor threat- out of step
9. the shop assistants- the shop assistants aka will anything happen
8. gorilla biscuits- s/t ep
7. sonic youth- daydream nation
6. negative approach- s/t ep
5. young marble giants- colossal youth
4. black flag- damaged
3. crass- penis envy
2. rites of spring- s/t
1. minor threat- first two eps on one record
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Old 10.21.2008, 08:46 PM   #5
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I hate to nit-pick, but I will (as I found myself dealing with same problem with the same album). Static Age was recorded in 1978 and not released until 1997.

Also, I was severely pissed to learn that Unknown Pleasures came out in 1979.
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Old 10.21.2008, 08:48 PM   #6
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Oh fuck, really? Thanks for that then. I seriously thought it was recorded in the year 1980. I'll change it to walk among us!
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Old 10.21.2008, 08:51 PM   #7
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opps i forgot closer on my list. oh well. and the minutemen now that's a big opps. can't go back now though.
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Old 10.21.2008, 08:57 PM   #8
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sure you can, i ain't gonna start tabulating for a while, give people more time ti edit it
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Old 10.21.2008, 09:01 PM   #9
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when's the deadline? i have some re-listening to do
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Old 10.21.2008, 09:05 PM   #10
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Okay, my 25

#1 Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth
#2 Walk Among Us - Misfits
#3 You Made Me Realise - My Bloody Valentine
#4 Doolittle - Pixies
#5 Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
#6 Seventeen Seconds - The Cure
#7 Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
#8 Closer - Joy Division
#9 In The Flat Field - Bauhaus
#10 You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr
#11 Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine
#12 Surfer Rosa - Pixies
#13 Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth
#14 Earth A.D. - Misfits
#15 Damaged - Black Flag
#16 First Two 7" on a 12" (Minor Threat/In My Eyes) - Minor Threat
#17 Sister - Sonic Youth
#18 Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen
#19 Album-Generic Flipper - Flipper
#20 Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
#21 Combat Rock - The Clash
#22 Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring
#23 Group Sex - Circle Jerks
#24 Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure
#25 The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
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i think i shall go about til this time next week, or a day over
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[quote=Sonic Youth 37]Okay, my 25


#16 First Two 7" on a 12" (Minor Threat/In My Eyes) - Minor Threat


that would've been my number one but i thought we couldn't include comps or anything.
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I'm going to stick to one album per group, or else I would have far too much Sonic Youth compared to everybody else.

1) Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth
2) Zen Arcade - Husker Du
3) Halber Mensch - Einsturzende Neubauten
4) Youth of America - The Wipers
5) Atomizer - Big Black
6) This Nation's Saving Grace - The Fall
7) Double Nickels On the Dime - Minutemen
8) Los Angeles - X
9) Prayers on Fire - The Birthday Party
10) Sun City Girls - Sun City Girls
11) Dreams Less Sweet - Psychic T.V.
12) Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) - Glenn Branca
13) Chrome - 3rd from the Sun
14) Let it Be - Replacements
15) Damaged - Black Flag
16) It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
17) Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
18) Children of God - Swans
19) Ride the Lightning - Metallica
20) Heaven Up Here - Echo & the Bunnymen
21) Gang of Four - Solid Gold
22) Gone Fishing - Flipper
23) Rembrandt Pussyhorse - Butthole Surfers
24) Chair Beside a Window - Jandek
25) Dial M for Motherfucker - Pussy Galore
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Okay, my 25


#16 First Two 7" on a 12" (Minor Threat/In My Eyes) - Minor Threat


that would've been my number one but i thought we couldn't include comps or anything.

Hmm...might have to get panto to clarify this. It was released as a single LP in 84, so I'm not sure how it'll work out.
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Hmm...might have to get panto to clarify this. It was released as a single LP in 84, so I'm not sure how it'll work out.

I'm sure he'll probably accept any comps. or whatever, because realistically they won't carry over to the compiled chart anyway. By nature of a lot of people not thinking of them as albums, they probably won't acquire enough points for his final list.
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25. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
24. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
23. Prince - Sign o the Times
22. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
21. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
20. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
19. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
18. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
17. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
16. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
15. The Cure - Disintegration
14. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
13. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
12. The Cure - Pornography
11. R.E.M. - Reckoning
10. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
9. The Cure - Faith
8. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
7. The Fall - Perverted by Language
6. Pixies - Doolittle
5. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
4. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. Joy Division - Closer
2. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
1. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
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Hmm...might have to get panto to clarify this. It was released as a single LP in 84, so I'm not sure how it'll work out.

i'm going to include flex your head and the dischord year in 7 inches collection in my list if comps are allowed.
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1. Einstuerzende Neubauten - Haus der Luege
2. Laughing Clowns - Ghosts of an Ideal Wife
3. Ed Kuepper - Electrical Storm
4. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
5. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
6. The Verlaines - Bird-Dog
7. Haunted Henschel - Child
8. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
9. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
10. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
11. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
12. The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
13. Ed Kuepper - Everybody's Got To
14. Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
15. The Gordons - First Album + Future Shock EP
16. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
17. The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
18. The Wedding Present - George Best
19. The Scientists - Blood Red River
20. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
21. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
22. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
23. The Saints - Casablanca
24. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
25. Candlemass - Nightfall
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1 Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
2 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3 New Order - Power Corruption Lies
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I could find 50 but it's too hard to rank them ( even my top 3 is loose ).
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