Best Album Of...(Volume 1)

Bee OK · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:41 pm

The Cure album from 1984 was The Top wasn't it? Not close to their best but every time Indie 103.1 plays a song from this album I turn it up. The Remastered edition of it might bring this album to life and it's next along with The Glove.

My favorite would have to be the Smith's brilliant Hatful of Hollow album, which I happen to like best out of all of the Smiths albums. It doesn't really even count because it's a collection but there is nothing that is even close to this good that came out that year. Not even that big of a Smith's fan, truth be told, but this is mesmerizing and played it about a month ago and loved it. Probably the only reason why I remembered it came out that year.

The purple one is brilliant as well but it's no HoH…

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

BeeOK Wrote:

The Cure album from 1984 was The Top wasn't it? Not close to their best but every time Indie 103.1 plays a song from this album I turn it up. The Remastered edition of it might bring this album to life and it's next along with The Glove.

My favorite would have to be the Smith's brilliant Hatful of Hollow album, which I happen to like best out of all of the Smiths albums. It doesn't really even count because it's a collection but there is nothing that is even close to this good that came out that year. Not even that big of a Smith's fan, truth be told, but this is mesmerizing and played it about a month ago and loved it. Probably the only reason why I remembered it came out that year.

The purple one is brilliant as well but it's no HoH…

Yeah, I omitted Hatful of Hollow for precisely the fact that it's a comp. Still, it's an excellent choice.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:50 pm

I don't get the inclusion of the Let's Active album in the list. Nobody's gonna vote for it - unless Monty's true identity is Mitch Easter - and nobody should vote for it.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:51 pm

I've never heard Let's Active.

I voted Minutemen.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Radcliffe Wrote:

I don't get the inclusion of the Let's Active album in the list. Nobody's gonna vote for it - unless Monty's true identity is Mitch Easter - and nobody should vote for it.

I figured I'd get a query about this - I included it because I like it, but in retrospect it probably doesn't belong.

Sketch · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:54 pm

This is cool, Spade. If you get stuck on the lighter years, check this out.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

sketchyams with gunpowder Wrote:

This is cool, Spade. If you get stuck on the lighter years, check this out.

Thanks, Sketch! Looks cool.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:58 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

BeeOK Wrote:

The Cure album from 1984 was The Top wasn't it? Not close to their best but every time Indie 103.1 plays a song from this album I turn it up. The Remastered edition of it might bring this album to life and it's next along with The Glove.

My favorite would have to be the Smith's brilliant Hatful of Hollow album, which I happen to like best out of all of the Smiths albums. It doesn't really even count because it's a collection but there is nothing that is even close to this good that came out that year. Not even that big of a Smith's fan, truth be told, but this is mesmerizing and played it about a month ago and loved it. Probably the only reason why I remembered it came out that year.

The purple one is brilliant as well but it's no HoH…

Yeah, I omitted Hatful of Hollow for precisely the fact that it's a comp. Still, it's an excellent choice.

If it doesn't count then place my vote for the Mats. Lloyd Cole, This Mortal Coil and Cocteau Twins would be very close behind. Making Prince drop down quite a bit, what a great year for music.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:58 pm

I went Replacements.

M. Oldfield's 'Discovery' and R. Hitchcock's 'I Often Dream of Trains' are some other favs from '84.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:05 pm

I also went with Purple Rain, but it was tough as I love Let it Be and Ocean Rain a whole lot.

chowgurt · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:09 pm

dr winston o'boogie Wrote:

I voted for Minutemen to keep it simple. But the ninny in me feels obligated to point out that your list doesn't include:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Pogues - Red Roses for Me
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
REM - Reckoning

I'd rank those 4 higher than anything on your list other than the Minutemen or The Fall

YES!!! Glaring omissions.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

chowgurt Wrote:

dr winston o'boogie Wrote:

I voted for Minutemen to keep it simple. But the ninny in me feels obligated to point out that your list doesn't include:

Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Pogues - Red Roses for Me
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
REM - Reckoning

I'd rank those 4 higher than anything on your list other than the Minutemen or The Fall

YES!!! Glaring omissions.

well if someone would've just set this up for 13 or 14 options on a poll...

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:13 pm

"Unforgettable Fire" just barely nips "Let It Be" and "Purple Rain".

Just barely.

And I'll jump on the "this is a good thread idea" bandwagon while I'm at it.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:15 pm

Yailvon Bloorsdale Wrote:

And I'll jump on the "this is a good thread idea" bandwagon while I'm at it.

Of course, there's a danger this thread could lead to discussions about music.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:19 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Yailvon Bloorsdale Wrote:

And I'll jump on the "this is a good thread idea" bandwagon while I'm at it.

Of course, there's a danger this thread could lead to discussions about music.

Not while I'm logged in it won't.

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:26 pm

Purple wins for me. U2 close 2nd. Let It Be not even cloase to those IMO.

puma · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:46 pm

Duh, Prince.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:21 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

I don't get the inclusion of the Let's Active album in the list. Nobody's gonna vote for it - unless Monty's true identity is Mitch Easter - and nobody should vote for it.

Don't think that I am.

But -

wikipedia Wrote:

Mitch Easter is a musician and producer, most notable for his work with R.E.M., though he has worked with many other acts and was the frontman for the band Let's Active.

Born in 1954 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Easter was deeply involved in music from an early age. He played in a number of school bands, some of them with his childhood friend Chris Stamey. The two eventually formed The Sneakers, who released a number of singles and an album in the late 1970s. Stamey and fellow bandmate Will Rigby eventually formed The dB's and moved to New York. Easter did likewise, but soon returned to Winston-Salem to set up Drive-In Studio in his parents' garage.

Drive-In Studio became an integral part of the local indie-rock scene, recording a number of bands at knock-down rates. It was at this time that Easter formed Let's Active with then-girlfriend Faye Hunter and drummer Sara Romweber. Around the same time, Easter worked with R.E.M. to record their debut single Radio Free Europe. This initial work led to a number of collaborations with the band, with Easter producing their debut EP and (with Don Dixon) their first two albums. Let's Active toured with R.E.M., which led to a recording contract with I.R.S._Records.

Let's Active released an EP and three albums before splitting up. Easter had by then become known primarily as a producer, and worked with a number of artists, some of them perhaps because of his influence on the early R.E.M., Pavement included.

So, he could be my dad. Don't know on that.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I'm telling you guys - tomorrow's is gonna be a ballbuster. And no, it's not 1977.

djdan · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:51 pm

Yailvon Bloorsdale Wrote:

"Unforgettable Fire" just barely nips "Let It Be" and "Purple Rain".

Just barely.

And I'll jump on the "this is a good thread idea" bandwagon while I'm at it.

I'll go with this. I'd put "Reckoning" right there too. These might be my favorite four records of the entire decade.

Buck_Wild · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:28 am **Posts:** 232

Let's Active was a pretty talked about group back then. #23 ain't bad a showing. Jangle pop, right? I've never heard it. Why is it so good?:

The 1984 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll

Albums
1. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (Columbia) 1757 (136)
2. Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain (Warner Bros.) 1687 (136)
3. Los Lobos: How Will the Wolf Survive? (Slash) 1123 (102)
4. The Replacements: Let It Be (Twin/Tone) 937 (76)
5. Tina Turner: Private Dancer (Capitol) 808 (80)
6. R.E.M.: Reckoning (I.R.S.) 793 (76)
7. The Pretenders: Learning to Crawl (Sire) 702 (72)
8. Hüsker Dü: Zen Arcade (SST) 658 (58)
9. Lou Reed: New Sensations (RCA Victor) 586 (60)
10. Run-D.M.C.: Run-D.M.C. (Profile) 523 (55)
11. Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual (Portrait '83) 517 (50) *
12. Bangles: All Over the Place (Columbia) 458 (52)
13. Ramones: Too Tough to Die (Sire) 405 (38)
14. Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime (SST) 362 (35)
15. The dB's: Like This (Bearsville) 350 (40)
16. Womack & Womack: Love Wars (Elektra '83) 272 (28) *
17. Laurie Anderson: Mister Heartbreak (Warner Bros.) 267 (28)
18. Rubén Blades y Seis del Solar: Buscando America (Elektra) 257 (20)
19. Laurie Anderson: United States Live (Warner Bros.) 247 (14)
20. Meat Puppets: Meat Puppets II (SST) 213 (26)
21. Neville Brothers: Neville-ization (Black Top) 204 (21)
22. The Smiths: The Smiths (Sire) 187 (14)
23. Let's Active: Cypress (I.R.S.) 176 (18)
24. Tom Verlaine: Cover (Warner Bros.) 156 (19)
25. Van Halen: 1984 (Warner Bros.) 156 (13)
26. Del-Lords: Frontier Days (EMI America) 155 (20)
27. Linton Kwesi Johnson: Making History (Island) 153 (14)
28. George Clinton: You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish (Capitol '83) 149 (16) *
29. U2: The Unforgettable Fire (Island) 149 (15)
30. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats: Aura (Island) 149 (14)
31. Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Sire) 148 (17)
32. ZZ Top: Eliminator (Warner Bros.) 148 (14) *
33. Peter Wolf: Lights Out (EMI America) 135 (16)
34. The Gospel at Colonus (Warner Bros.) 130 (15)
35. Lyres: On Fyre (Ace of Hearts) 114 (12)
36. The Everly Brothers: EB 84 (Mercury) 110 (12)
37. P. Funk All-Stars: Urban Dancefloor Guerillas (CBS Associated/Uncle Jam '83) 110 (11) *
38. Del Fuegos: The Longest Day (Slash) 108 (12)
39. The Special AKA: In the Studio (Chrysalis) 102 (10)
40. Rickie Lee Jones: The Magazine (Warner Bros.) 101 (11)

Also:

Half Japanese: Sing No Evil (their best? Or maybe Charmed Life?)
Big Black: Racer-X (OK, technically not an LP but still worth noting)
Redd Kross: Teen Babes From Monsanto
Rank & File: Long Gone Dead (reissued)
Black Uhuru: Anthem

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

jangle pop, yeah. If you like Shoes and the dBs and the like, with a little more of an edge to it, Let's Active is the band for you.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:28 pm

Buck_Wild Wrote:

20. Meat Puppets: Meat Puppets II (SST) 213 (26)

Hey, I don't think anybody's mentioned this.

Probably my 3rd favorite of that year after The Minutemen and The Fall.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i went with the Mats - tough decision though.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:45 pm

My lord...

How dare you force me to choose between "Double Nickels" and "Purple Rain".

Today I'm going for the skinny MoFo w/the high voice...and I'll probably regret it big time tomorrow

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