Top 50 albums of the 1980s as picked by you - Page 6

The Earl Of Slander · 10.27.2008, 03:22 PM

I'm in the US until Saturday so I don't have access to my collection, and thus can't compile a "proper" top 25. So here's just a rattled "off the top of my head" attempt:

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Pixies - Doolittle
Sonic Youth - EVOL
Glenn Branca - The Ascension
Wire – Chairs Missing
The Fall – Hex Endunction Hour
Big Black – Songs About Fucking
My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
Sonic Youth – Confusion Is Sex
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime
Mission Of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches
Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me
Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Ciccone Youth – The Whitey Album
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Birthday Party – Junkyard
Boredoms - Onanie Bomb Meets The Sex Pistols
Beat Happening – Jamboree
The Cure – Disintegration
Butthole Sufers - Locust Abortion Technician
Sebadoh – Freed Man
Naked City - s/t

Well I'm horribly unsatisfied with that... Ah well.

Pookie · 10.27.2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

Bogshed? Fucking Bogshed? I don't believe I've just seen that name here, I really don't.

I don't believe my musical tastes are being questioned by a reeky rough-hewn giglet.

The Earl Of Slander · 10.27.2008, 04:58 PM

Also wow, I just looked properly back at my list, and, much as it's probably expected on this board, serious pasty white guitars alert...

DJ Rick · 10.27.2008, 06:25 PM

Most black musicians in "R&B" in the 80s made pasty white pop music, too.

Kool & the Gang sang "Joanna"
Lionel Richie sang "Penny Lover"
Philip Bailey broke from Earth Wind & Fire to duet w/ Phil Collins

It was a real travesty, that decade. (by and large, anyway)

batreleaser · 10.27.2008, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ Rick

Most black musicians in "R&B" in the 80s made pasty white pop music, too.

Kool & the Gang sang "Joanna"
Lionel Richie sang "Penny Lover"
Philip Bailey broke from Earth Wind & Fire to duet w/ Phil Collins

It was a real travesty, that decade. (by and large, anyway)

yeah, but you also got hip hop. take the good with the bad, and for underground rock the 80s still cant be beat.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.27.2008, 07:53 PM

yeah, but on the other hand you could do a top 25 of 80s hiphop records and you'd have more than enough amazing records to choose from.

EDIT: too slow!

ZEROpumpkins · 10.27.2008, 10:46 PM

I haven't heard enough 80's music to do many, but here's some I'd consider my top ten:
1. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
4. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
5. Husker Du - New Day Rising
6. Sonic Youth - Sister
7. Big Black - Atomizer
8. Fugazi - 13 Songs
9. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
10. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

ZEROpumpkins · 10.27.2008, 10:49 PM

Overall top 5 Prediction (no order):
You're Living All Over Me
Surfer Rosa
Daydream Nation
Songs About Fucking
Isn't Anything

I win an internet and a half if I'm right.

uhler · 10.27.2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

I haven't heard enough 80's music to do many, but here's some I'd consider my top ten:
1. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
4. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
5. Husker Du - New Day Rising
6. Sonic Youth - Sister
7. Big Black - Atomizer
8. Fugazi - 13 Songs
9. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
10. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

i was goin to say 13 songs is a comp but i used the minor threat album two epes on one album so i don't have any room to talk.

ZEROpumpkins · 10.27.2008, 10:56 PM

It's a bit of a gray area I guess. panto said that EP's were fine, and it's two put together so haha. Otherwise I can just vote for the EP's separately.

Pookie · 10.28.2008, 01:49 AM

If we're including EPs, then I'm going to add Metal Circus to my list.

atsonicpark · 10.28.2008, 02:07 AM

Pookie has great tastes.

DJ Rick · 10.28.2008, 04:47 AM

I'm not saying anything bad about hip hop...I specifically singled out R&B....it died an ugly death in the 80s.

Death & the Maiden · 10.28.2008, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Overall top 5 Prediction (no order):
You're Living All Over Me
Surfer Rosa
Daydream Nation
Songs About Fucking
Isn't Anything

I win an internet and a half if I'm right.

There's a high chance that Sister, EVOl and Bad Moon Rising could also be in or around the top five.

ZEROpumpkins · 10.28.2008, 05:19 AM

Yeah, you're probably right actually. I haven't read anyone elses responses though, so it was a blind guess.

Onani Nic · 10.28.2008, 05:27 AM

1. The Replacements – Let It Be
2. Wipers – Youth of America
3. Black Flag - Damaged
4. Flipper – Generic Flipper
5. Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
6. Alan Vega – Alan Vega
7. Negative Approach – S/T EP
8. Napalm Death – Scum
9. Angry Samoans – Back From Samoa
10. Adolescents - Adolescents
11. Descendents – Milo Goes To College
12. The Replacements – Sorry Ma
13. Venom – Welcome To Hell
14. Redd Cross – Born Innocent
15. Void / Faith Split (only for the Void side)
16. Angry Samoans – Inside My Brain
17. Royal Trux – Royal Trux
18. Slayer – Reign In Blood
19. Husker Du – New Day Rising
20. Saint Vitus – Born Too Late
21. The Replacements – Tim
22. Pussy Galore – Right Now
23. D.R.I – Dirty Rotten LP
24. Venom – Black Metal
25. Dio – Holy Diver

Pookie · 10.28.2008, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice(in the 90s thread

Nah, it was more in reference to something Pookie says quite a bit - if you were around at the time (I wasn't) Pixies were for gays.

I think I said Pixies were for women, gays and indie kids.

It's interesting to see the differences between the lists of people who aren't old enough to remember the 80s and old fellas like me who most definitely are.

I would always choose Kollaps by Einsturzende Neubauten (as opposed to the albums other people have listed), Rembrandt Pussyhorse (over Locust Abortion Technician or Hairway To Steven), Yo! Bum Rush The Show (over It Takes A Nation...), Cop (over Filth) and so on, because I remember these albums coming out.

In each case these records were my first exposure to these bands and I clearly remember the impact each had on me.

And I'm not saying that it means my selections are better. Even though they clearly are.

blunderbuss · 10.28.2008, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

I think I said Pixies were for women, gays and indie kids.

I was about to argue that point, on the basis that Pixies rocked my soul when they first came on the scene, until I remembered that at that time I was an indie kid. Mind you, all the Blast First crew were very appealing to indie kids at the time, they were a different breed to what they are now. Those were the days when "indie" still referred to a way of releasing music, rather than a type of music. Indie died when all the indie bands started wanting careers in music, rather than music being an artistic outlet. I blame The Smiths.

radarmaker · 10.28.2008, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

There's a high chance that Sister, EVOl and Bad Moon Rising could also be in or around the top five.

I already predicted a SY clean sweep of the 80's top 5 in the 90's thread. Though I guess Isn't Anything might edge out either Confusion or Bad Moon.

I'm looking forward to the 70's list, because at least that one won't be clogged up with SY albums...

batreleaser · 10.28.2008, 09:00 AM

yeah i was hoping someone would do a 70s list

10.27.2008, 03:22 PM	#101
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	I'm in the US until Saturday so I don't have access to my collection, and thus can't compile a "proper" top 25. So here's just a rattled "off the top of my head" attempt: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Pixies - Doolittle Sonic Youth - EVOL Glenn Branca - The Ascension Wire – Chairs Missing The Fall – Hex Endunction Hour Big Black – Songs About Fucking My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything Sonic Youth – Confusion Is Sex Galaxie 500 - On Fire Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime Mission Of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth Tom Waits – Rain Dogs Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden Ciccone Youth – The Whitey Album Pixies - Surfer Rosa Birthday Party – Junkyard Boredoms - Onanie Bomb Meets The Sex Pistols Beat Happening – Jamboree The Cure – Disintegration Butthole Sufers - Locust Abortion Technician Sebadoh – Freed Man Naked City - s/t Well I'm horribly unsatisfied with that... Ah well. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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10.27.2008, 04:58 PM	#103
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Also wow, I just looked properly back at my list, and, much as it's probably expected on this board, serious pasty white guitars alert... __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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10.27.2008, 06:25 PM	#104
DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	Most black musicians in "R&B" in the 80s made pasty white pop music, too. Kool & the Gang sang "Joanna" Lionel Richie sang "Penny Lover" Philip Bailey broke from Earth Wind & Fire to duet w/ Phil Collins It was a real travesty, that decade. (by and large, anyway) __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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10.27.2008, 07:53 PM	#106
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,214	yeah, but on the other hand you could do a top 25 of 80s hiphop records and you'd have more than enough amazing records to choose from. EDIT: too slow!
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10.27.2008, 10:46 PM	#107
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	I haven't heard enough 80's music to do many, but here's some I'd consider my top ten: 1. Husker Du - Zen Arcade 2. Pixies - Doolittle 3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 4. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me 5. Husker Du - New Day Rising 6. Sonic Youth - Sister 7. Big Black - Atomizer 8. Fugazi - 13 Songs 9. Big Black - Songs About Fucking 10. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation __________________
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10.27.2008, 10:49 PM	#108
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Overall top 5 Prediction (no order): You're Living All Over Me Surfer Rosa Daydream Nation Songs About Fucking Isn't Anything I win an internet and a half if I'm right. __________________
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10.27.2008, 10:56 PM	#110
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	It's a bit of a gray area I guess. panto said that EP's were fine, and it's two put together so haha. Otherwise I can just vote for the EP's separately. __________________
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10.28.2008, 01:49 AM	#111
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	If we're including EPs, then I'm going to add Metal Circus to my list.
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10.28.2008, 04:47 AM	#113
DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	I'm not saying anything bad about hip hop...I specifically singled out R&B....it died an ugly death in the 80s. __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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10.28.2008, 05:19 AM	#115
ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Yeah, you're probably right actually. I haven't read anyone elses responses though, so it was a blind guess. __________________
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10.28.2008, 05:27 AM	#116
Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	1. The Replacements – Let It Be 2. Wipers – Youth of America 3. Black Flag - Damaged 4. Flipper – Generic Flipper 5. Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales 6. Alan Vega – Alan Vega 7. Negative Approach – S/T EP 8. Napalm Death – Scum 9. Angry Samoans – Back From Samoa 10. Adolescents - Adolescents 11. Descendents – Milo Goes To College 12. The Replacements – Sorry Ma 13. Venom – Welcome To Hell 14. Redd Cross – Born Innocent 15. Void / Faith Split (only for the Void side) 16. Angry Samoans – Inside My Brain 17. Royal Trux – Royal Trux 18. Slayer – Reign In Blood 19. Husker Du – New Day Rising 20. Saint Vitus – Born Too Late 21. The Replacements – Tim 22. Pussy Galore – Right Now 23. D.R.I – Dirty Rotten LP 24. Venom – Black Metal 25. Dio – Holy Diver __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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10.28.2008, 09:00 AM	#120
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	yeah i was hoping someone would do a 70s list
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