100 greatest albums of the 80's according to pitchfork

Alex's Trip · 04.13.2006, 09:51 PM

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Pretty good list.

hey alex · 04.13.2006, 09:53 PM

Yea, I've seen it before. DDN is #1. I think I can agree with that... I mean, there might be thing si like better, depeneding on the day, but it's easily the indeal apex of 80s alternative.

nomadicfollower · 04.13.2006, 09:54 PM

Good top 10...
010: Joy Division
Closer
009: Public Enemy
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
008: Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
007: Pixies
Surfer Rosa
006: The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
005: R.E.M.
Murmur
004: Pixies
Doolittle
003: Beastie Boys
Paul's Boutique
002: Talking Heads
Remain in Light
001: Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation

Alex's Trip · 04.13.2006, 09:56 PM

I wouldn't have put two pixies albums on the top 10 though. I think a top ten should really show they variety of the decade. The rest of the list is good. Anyway, I was disappointed that Bad Moon Rising didn't make it.

TheDom · 04.13.2006, 09:56 PM

Yeah, it actually is.

One question I have: How does Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun beat Meat Puppets II by like 20?

noumenal · 04.13.2006, 09:59 PM

Murmur kicks ass.

krastian · 04.13.2006, 11:42 PM

Yeah Murmur is great.....so is REM.

RockerNino · 04.13.2006, 11:44 PM

yea, they did a good job with the 90s list too. DDN rules.

Inhuman · 04.13.2006, 11:50 PM

Hmm, The Whitey Album should be on.

golden child · 04.14.2006, 12:05 AM

its a pretty good list, needs bleach though

acually, the 90s list sucks

Flen flyys · 04.14.2006, 12:36 AM

A piece of shit list. Pixie's fucking love affair and no Throwing Muses or Suzanne Vega.

dietzer123 · 04.14.2006, 01:18 AM

i'm just glad to see some they might be giants on there! i'm one hundred percent accordian-core until the day i die!

hey alex · 04.14.2006, 01:46 AM

it's too soon... well, maybe was, too soon to have a truly awesome 90's list.

I'm glad television personalities was on the list. I got into them from that list. It's a really out of place album for 1981

IntoTheGroovey · 04.14.2006, 01:50 AM

Not a bad list. I haven't heard a lot of the records from about 50 - 100, but I'd add NIN's pretty hate machine (that was 89 I think).

Glice · 04.14.2006, 04:19 AM

Yarr. Nice to see the Fall and Prince in the top 20. Although in a just world the top three would contain The Fall, half man half biscuit and purple rain, but we can't always get what we want, can we?

Hip Priest · 04.14.2006, 04:22 AM

Good to see Duran Duran there, but the only reason for picking 'Rio' above 'Duran Duran' or 'Seven and the Ragged Tiger' is 'Save a Prayer' (a very good reason). The other two are better LP's, and 'Seven and the Raagged Tiger' in particular has a grandiose pop majesty that cannot be denied ('Tiger Tiger', New Moon on Monday', 'Union of the Snake').

Signpost · 04.14.2006, 04:28 AM

What? There's no Swans album?

Hip Priest · 04.14.2006, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glice

...in a just world the top three would contain The Fall, half man half biscuit...

Top would be 'A Secret Wish' by Propaganda. THen The Fall and SOnic Youth.

NO place for either of the GAye Bykers on Acid's classics, 'Drill Your Own Hole' and 'Stewed to the Gills'? Bah, humbag and balderdash. And not enough Public Enemy on the list.

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Originally Posted by Glice

we can't always get what we want, can we?

IN many cases the LP's picked are by the right bands, but I think are the wrong LP's. So you're right.

johnnywinternoshow · 04.14.2006, 06:01 AM

I've got these
prince - dirty mind
pixies - come on pilgrim
big black -songs about fucking
beastie boys - licensed to ill
dino jr - living all over me
stone roses - s/t
eno&byrne - life in bush of ghosts
SY - sister
The Fall - saving grace
Public enemy - a nation of 1000000s
tom waits - rain dogs
pixies - surfer rosa
pixies - doolittle
sy - Daydream nation
thought I would have had more than that

no melvins?!

Alex's Trip · 04.14.2006, 08:09 AM

They can't get every single band that released an album on the list...

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hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	Yea, I've seen it before. DDN is #1. I think I can agree with that... I mean, there might be thing si like better, depeneding on the day, but it's easily the indeal apex of 80s alternative. __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Good top 10... 010: Joy Division Closer 009: Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 008: Tom Waits Rain Dogs 007: Pixies Surfer Rosa 006: The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 005: R.E.M. Murmur 004: Pixies Doolittle 003: Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 002: Talking Heads Remain in Light 001: Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
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Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	I wouldn't have put two pixies albums on the top 10 though. I think a top ten should really show they variety of the decade. The rest of the list is good. Anyway, I was disappointed that Bad Moon Rising didn't make it. __________________ KALOPSIA
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TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	Yeah, it actually is. One question I have: How does Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun beat Meat Puppets II by like 20?
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RockerNino bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 170	yea, they did a good job with the 90s list too. DDN rules.
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dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	i'm just glad to see some they might be giants on there! i'm one hundred percent accordian-core until the day i die! __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	it's too soon... well, maybe was, too soon to have a truly awesome 90's list. I'm glad television personalities was on the list. I got into them from that list. It's a really out of place album for 1981 __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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IntoTheGroovey bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 197	Not a bad list. I haven't heard a lot of the records from about 50 - 100, but I'd add NIN's pretty hate machine (that was 89 I think). __________________ The owls are not what they seem.
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Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Good to see Duran Duran there, but the only reason for picking 'Rio' above 'Duran Duran' or 'Seven and the Ragged Tiger' is 'Save a Prayer' (a very good reason). The other two are better LP's, and 'Seven and the Raagged Tiger' in particular has a grandiose pop majesty that cannot be denied ('Tiger Tiger', New Moon on Monday', 'Union of the Snake'). __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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johnnywinternoshow the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,006	I've got these prince - dirty mind pixies - come on pilgrim big black -songs about fucking beastie boys - licensed to ill dino jr - living all over me stone roses - s/t eno&byrne - life in bush of ghosts SY - sister The Fall - saving grace Public enemy - a nation of 1000000s tom waits - rain dogs pixies - surfer rosa pixies - doolittle sy - Daydream nation thought I would have had more than that no melvins?!
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Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	They can't get every single band that released an album on the list... __________________ KALOPSIA
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