Best Albums Lists....1980

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:10 pm

1. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
2. AC/DC - Back In Black
3. Bruce Springsteen - The River
4. The Grateful Dead - Go To Heaven
5. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
6. Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
7. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
8. U2 - Boy
9. Rush - Permanent Waves
10. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
11. Judas Priest - British Steel

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:11 am

Haha. This is the first one of my dreadful 1978-1987 Missing Like Shakespeare Period.

01. Bruce Springsteen :: The River
02. Dead Kennedys :: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:11 am

I'm floored by the lack of love for The Feelies album here, I think Dead & Alive and I are the only one's to rank it. Are people unfamiliar with it or do many agree with billy g that it is overrated?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:43 am

I just haven't listened to it very much.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:30 am

billy g Wrote:

I always thought that those Feelies and Softboys albums were terribly overrated.

crazy motherfucker

duckyboy · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:43 am

1. The Feelies--Crazy Rhythms
2. Dexy's Midnight Runner's--Seaching for the Young Soul Rebels
3. Television Personalities--And Don't the Kids Just Love it...
4. Soft Boys--Underwater Moonlight
5. Joy Division--Closer
6. Undertones--Hypnotised
7. The Jam--Sound Affects
8. X--Los Angeles
9. Young Marble Giants--Colossal Youth
10. The Only Ones--Baby's Got a Gun
11. The Teardrop Explodes--Kilimanjaro
12. Swell Maps--Jane from Occupied Europe
13. David Bowie--Scary Monsters

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

duckyboy Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

I always thought that those Feelies and Softboys albums were terribly overrated.

crazy motherfucker

And I say that as a fan of the Feelies and Robyn Hitchcock. I just don't get why THAT feelies album of all of them gets the love. Its the only one that I didn't feel the need to keep. I probably sold it over 15 years ago and sometime since its been given this cult status. I can only assume its because its hard to find, because i don't think the music warrants it. I'm not a softboys hater, would just much rather listen to Element of Light or I often Dream of Trains or something of that ilk if I'm in in a Hitchcock mood.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:52 am

Ex Lion Tamer Wrote:

I'm floored by the lack of love for The Feelies album here, I think Dead & Alive and I are the only one's to rank it. Are people unfamiliar with it or do many agree with billy g that it is overrated?

I've never heard it; I was 5 in 1980 so my scope is a little limited.

Although I don't have any problem ranking an album as mainstream as Back In Black #2 on my list. That album (like Appetite for Destruction) exists on a plane that defies genres and popularity.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:58 pm

In no particular order, with the exception of number 1.

The Forgotten Rebels - In Love with the System <--not in the list
Joy Division * Closer (Factory)
X * Los Angeles (Slash)
David Bowie * Scary Monsters (RCA)
Echo & the Bunnymen * Crocodiles (Sire)
Joy Division * Substance (Factory/WB)
Motörhead * Ace Of Spades (Roadracer)
Martha & the Muffins * Metro Music (Dindisc)
The Clash * Sandinista! (Epic)
XTC * Black Sea (Geffen)
Prince * Dirty Mind (WB)
AC/DC * Back In Black (Epic)
Ozzy Osbourne * Blizzard Of Ozz (Jet)
U2 * Boy (Island)
The Ramones * End of the Century (Sire)
Rolling Stones * Emotional Rescue (Virgin)
Billy Joel * Glass Houses (Columbia)
Joan Jett * Bad Reputation (Blackheart)

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Spade Kitty Wrote:

# Talking Heads * Remain In Light (Sire)
# X * Los Angeles (Slash)
# David Bowie * Scary Monsters (RCA)
# Echo & the Bunnymen * Crocodiles (Sire)
# Colin Newman * A-Z (Restless/Beggars Banquet)
# The Pretenders (Sire/Rhino)
# The Soft Boys * Underwater Moonlight (Rykodisc)
# English Beat * I Just Can't Stop It (Sire)
# Motörhead * Ace Of Spades (Roadracer)
# The Associates * The Affectionate Punch (Fiction)
# The Damned * The Black Album (Big Beat)
# John Cooper Clarke * Snap, Crackle & Bop (Epic)
# Stiff Little Fingers * Nobody's Heroes (EMI)
# Joy Division * Still (Factory)
# Dead Kennedys * Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (Alternative Tentacles)
# The Teardrop Explodes * Kilimanjaro (Mercury)
# XTC * Black Sea (Geffen)
# Japan * Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Virgin)
# Bauhaus * In the Flat Field (Beggars Banquet)
# The Cramps * Songs the Lord Taught Us (I.R.S.)
# The Monochrome Set * Love Zombies (Virgin)
# Wall Of Voodoo * Wall Of Voodoo (The Index Masters) (Restless)
# The Monochrome Set * A Strange Boutique (Virgin)
# The Psychedelic Furs (Columbia)
# U2 * Boy (Island)
# The Only Ones * Baby's Got A Gun (Columbia)
# The Vapors * New Clear Days (UA/Liberty)
# Angel City * Face To Face (Epic)
# The B-52's * Wild Planet (WB)
# Adam & the Ants * Kings of the Wild Frontier (Epic)
# Roxy Music * Flesh + Blood (Virgin)

Add The Jim Carroll Band "Catholic Boy"...glaring ommission.

The only year the beats '80 is '79. Any one of these could by my fave, and most made my Listmania.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:45 pm

Ex Lion Tamer Wrote:

I'm floored by the lack of love for The Feelies album here, I think Dead & Alive and I are the only one's to rank it. Are people unfamiliar with it or do many agree with billy g that it is overrated?

It's a good album. Just not as good as about 30 others in that year.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:33 pm

1. Joy Division - Closer (Factory/Qwest)
2. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (Fiction/Elektra)
3. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (Beggars Banquet)
4. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kaleidoscope (Polydor/Geffen)
5. The Pretenders – The Pretenders (Sire)
6. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (RCA)
7. X - Los Angeles (Slash)
8. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz (Jet)
9. Fad Gadget – Fireside Favorites (Mute)
10. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M)
11. Blondie – Autoamerican (Chrysalis)
12. Queen - The Game (Elektra)
13. Visage – Visage (Polydor)
14. Ultravox – Vienna (Chrysalis)
15. Olvia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra – Xanadu OST (Jet)

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

1. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
2. Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
3. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
4. Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs
5. Judas Priest - British Steel
6. The Jam - Sound Affects
7. AC/DC - Back in Black
8. Rush - Permanent Waves
9. Genesis - Duke
10. Kiss - Unmasked

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:49 pm

I just listened to that Rockpile album for the first time last night. Pretty disappointing. I guess I was expecting something a little more rockin' for some reason.

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

Drinky Wrote:

I just listened to that Rockpile album for the first time last night. Pretty disappointing. I guess I was expecting something a little more rockin' for some reason.

wow, I think it's pretty damn rockin'

it doesn't get much more uptempo than "Heart" as far as pub rock goes...

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:05 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

1. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
2. Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
3. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
4. Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs
5. Judas Priest - British Steel
6. The Jam - Sound Affects
7. AC/DC - Back in Black
8. Rush - Permanent Waves
9. Genesis - Duke
10. Kiss - Unmasked

Please tell me that's your personal list and not the aggregate.

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:41 pm

1. Tom Waits * Heart Attack And Vine
2. Minutemen * Paranoid Time EP
3. Talking Heads * Remain In Light
4. Elvis Costello & the Attractions * Get Happy!
5. David Bowie * Scary Monsters
6. Bruce Springsteen * The River
7. Ramones * End of the Century
8. The Soft Boys * Underwater Moonlight
9. Magazine * The Correct Use of Soap
10. The Human League * Travelogue
11. Swell Maps * Jane From Occupied Europe
12. Bob Marley & The Wailers * Uprising
13. Suicide * II (Martin Rev/Alan Vega) – burned copy
14. Mink DeVille * Le Chat Bleu

* James Chance & The Contortions * Soul Exorcism (I have ‘Exorcise the Funk’ and ‘I Danced w/ a Zombie’ on mixes – would-be Top 10 material.)

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

Radcliffe Wrote:

Please tell me that's your personal list and not the aggregate.

Spade Kitty Wrote:

10. Kiss - Unmasked

You can't be serious.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:45 pm

Spade Kitty Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

Please tell me that's your personal list and not the aggregate.

Spade Kitty Wrote:

10. Kiss - Unmasked

You can't be serious.

I'm hoping neither of us are.

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

just kidding guyz

kiss sucks, amirite

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

Aggregate top 10:

1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light (70)
2. Joy Division - Closer (62)
3. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (36)
4. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (33)
5. AC/DC - Back in Black (31)
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles (30)
7. Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (28)
8. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (26)
9. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (24)
t10. Bruce Springsteen - The River (23)
t10. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy! (23)

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Spade Kitty Wrote:

Aggregate top 10:
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles (30)

There's hope for us yet.

harry · **Posted:** Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:54 am

Moxie Wrote:

1
14. Mink DeVille * Le Chat Bleu

Nice.

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