A stone-cold classic:

A ton to list from this year.

REM - Murmur
Violent Femmes - S/T
Bad Brains - Rock for Light
The Ramones - Subterranean Jungle
The Fleshtones - Hexbreaker
Black Flag - My War
X - More Fun in the New World
Minutemen - Buzz and Howl Under the Influence of Heat
Swans - Filth
Killing Joke - Fire Dances
ESG - Come Away with ESG
The The - Soul Mining
Suicidal Tendencies - S/T
The replacements - Hootenany
Bob Marley - Confrontation
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
The Jam - Snap! (a compilation but lots of singles not on other albums)
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Butthole Surfers - S/T
Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock



and perhaps the best album ever....


Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones

Always liked this album...possibly due to burnout from every other Floyd album, possibly due to some pretty great songs:



Side A somehow morphed into the Best. Acid. Music. Ever at one point in my life:

Billy Bragg - Life's A Riot With Spy vs. Spy

Political, charged, folk rock. For me, probably the best thing Billy Bragg every put out, and is wonderfully melodic yet intense at the same time.


Circle Jerks - Golden Shower of Hits

Right up there with Group Sex, this is packed full of great hardcore fury and fun. Standouts include "Coup d'etat" and "When the Shit Hits the Fan."


Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood

Australian pop/rock at its best. Just a beautiful, jangly record and includes the semi-hit "Cattle and Cane."

Agree that's an underrated Pink Floyd album, than again I am one of those that considers the Roger Waters years the best.

And love that Circle Jerks album, the Jerks on 45 medley at the end always makes me smile.

Maybe not the most critically acclaimed of his albums, but it is, nonetheless, my favorite. "That Summer Feeling", "Give Paris One More Chance", and "The Neighbors" are undeniable Jojo classics. Yet it is "Not Yet Three" (told from the p.o.v. of a 2-year-old who does not want to go to sleep) and "You're the One for Me" (my wedding song) that are my absolute favorites on here.
Love this record.

Also... Whodini's first album, although I'm seeing a bit of a hip hop dry spell with the first wave fizzling and Run DMC still backstage getting ready to blow shit up in 84.

I don't think I've ever heard this, although I've always been a fan of the follow-up, Escape.

Pretty similar actually. The Haunted House Of Rock is a good track and the "hit" off it.

That album isn't much either compared to their next two.

Also, must be mentioned because well, it's pretty good:

+1
The Stones
TWaits
Violent Femmes
JRichman
PGlass

mcaputo only looks at pictures

+1's replacements, rem, new order, violent femmes, and that pink floyd - "not now john" is a helluva tune.

i'll add:



and, perhaps too obvious (or more likely i have my years tagged incorrectly):

That Rain Parade is one I like to drag out still from time to time.

And War for me is the U2 high point by a long shot. I never really gave a crap about pretty much anything they released after that album, but I really played the shit out of War, and still pull it out as well.

i tried with that Rain Parade and that The Three O'Clock but neither really made much of an impression. pleasant, but not that great imo.

+1 on a ton of these; really good year.

+1's:

REM
Violent Femmes
Ramones
X
The The
Bob Marley
New Order
The Jam
Tom Waits
XTC
Echo & The Bunnymen
The Church
U2

I'll add:












Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
The B-52's - Whammy
Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock
The Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once
Mink Deville - Where Angels Fear to Tread
Randy Newman - Trouble in Paradise
Guy Clark - Better Days
NRBQ - Tapdancin' Bats
NRBQ - Grooves in Orbit
The Style Council - Introducing the Style Council
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Split Enz - Conflicting Emotions
Marshall Crenshaw - Field Day
UB-40 - Labour of Love
Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
The Waterboys - S/T
The Wipers - Over the Edge
The Lords of the New Church - Is Nothing Sacred?
Nate Morgan - Journey into Nigrita

& I have a softspot for this one but haven't heard it in probably 20 years:



Payolas - Hammer on a Drum

BG, your post should win an award for "most bad album covers collected in one place"

Some good additions there among the bad covers (and among some music that personally makes me cringe).

I'm particularly fond of that Plimsouls album, that Lords of the New Church one, and the Elvis Costello. Good Yellowman too record and despite it being nothing but covers, that UB40 album is great and did a ton to expose a much wider audience to a really good selection of reggae classics.

Not their best, but Chicago hardcore pretty much started with this release.

'YOU'VE GOT THE EYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYES OF A STRANGER!"

What, no word from Sssqqquuuiiirrrgggllleee or PopTodd about this?

Forgot.
Great album, though.

I have this on vinyl, but haven't listened to it in quite some time. I think I'll get it out soon. Thanks for mentioning it.

Green on Red - Gravity Talks
Jason and the Scorchers - Fervor
The Cramps - Smell of Female
Alan Vega - Saturn Strip
John Hiatt - Riding With the King
The Heats - Burnin' Live
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
Translator - No Time Like Now
Beat Farmers - Live at the Spring Valley Inn 1983

and it's already been mentioned, but it needs a pic: