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Favorite 80's album?

dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
edited August 2009 in Other Music
Anybody have one? If I had to choose just one...here's mine:

The Cult - Love (awesome album)
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
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  • jamburgerjamburger Posts: 1,775
    3. Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time
    2. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
    1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
  • zisforzisfor Posts: 19
    David & David - Boomtown
  • peacegirlpeacegirl Posts: 841
    if I can only choose one....Purple Rain
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    One? Really? since the OP picked a GREAT album, I'll stick to it .... one ....

    Some punk love for the Clash or my hometown Neighborhoods? Do I go with my college radio loves like REM or The Cure ... my metal days, Metallica? Queensryche? Black Sabbath (with Dio)???

    ugh.

    one?

    i tihnk I got to go with ...

    Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

    whew .... [lights up a cigarette] ... that was mind blowing.

    (note, if London Calling was released 4 weeks later, thus, in 1980, that would have won out)
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  • DB41DB41 Posts: 539
    jamburger wrote:
    3. Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time
    2. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
    1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses


    I'm in agreement on #2.
    Mine is The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    seriously 1?

    well i think i'll go back to my punk days and choose agent orange's living in darkness


    jimed14 wrote:
    (note, if London Calling was released 4 weeks later, thus, in 1980, that would have won out)


    well it was released in december of 79...even rolling stone bypassed this fact in naming it the best album of the 80's ;):D
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    The best one..... Appetite For Destruction

    Master of Puppets, the only only really kickass Metallica album......This one has gotten a bad rap recently with all the Death Magnetic comparison.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Boy by U2...or was that a 1979 release?
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    jimed14 wrote:
    One? Really? since the OP picked a GREAT album, I'll stick to it .... one ....

    Some punk love for the Clash or my hometown Neighborhoods? Do I go with my college radio loves like REM or The Cure ... my metal days, Metallica? Queensryche? Black Sabbath (with Dio)???

    ugh.

    one?

    i tihnk I got to go with ...

    Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

    whew .... [lights up a cigarette] ... that was mind blowing.

    (note, if London Calling was released 4 weeks later, thus, in 1980, that would have won out)


    Good call, one was tough...but you guys all pulled through ;).

    Now, I must say...I'm glad you mentioned Sabbath w/ Dio. The Mob Rules is a fucking awesome record!!!
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    DewieCox wrote:
    The best one..... Appetite For Destruction

    Master of Puppets, the only only really kickass Metallica album......This one has gotten a bad rap recently with all the Death Magnetic comparison.


    While Master of Puppets is awesome, don't let it take away from the true winner of Metallica's catalogue....Ride The Lightning. That album is Metallica's forgotten great..
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    dcfaithful wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    The best one..... Appetite For Destruction

    Master of Puppets, the only only really kickass Metallica album......This one has gotten a bad rap recently with all the Death Magnetic comparison.


    While Master of Puppets is awesome, don't let it take away from the true winner of Metallica's catalogue....Ride The Lightning. That album is Metallica's forgotten great..

    Not even close for me. Sanitarium, Leper Messiah, and the title track trump every other Metallica album, imo. Fade to Black is good though.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    DewieCox wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    The best one..... Appetite For Destruction

    Master of Puppets, the only only really kickass Metallica album......This one has gotten a bad rap recently with all the Death Magnetic comparison.


    While Master of Puppets is awesome, don't let it take away from the true winner of Metallica's catalogue....Ride The Lightning. That album is Metallica's forgotten great..

    Not even close for me. Sanitarium, Leper Messiah, and the title track trump every other Metallica album, imo. Fade to Black is good though.

    Yeah, agreed. For me, Master Of Puppets, and Ride The Lightning are really the only two valuable Metallica albums..
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dasvidanadasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,349
    I think Joshua Tree (U2) or In My Tribe (10000 Maniacs) are mine. I would have said London Calling too-especially Lost in the Supermarket-classic!
    It's nice to be nice to the nice.
  • dasvidanadasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,349
    Oh, and I forgot the Alarm-one of the best live shows of the decade!
    It's nice to be nice to the nice.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    John Martyn - Grace and Danger

    Okay, it was recorded in 1979, but it came out in 1980. That'll do for me, even if the eighties did technically commence on January 1st 1981. :mrgreen:
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    norm wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:
    (note, if London Calling was released 4 weeks later, thus, in 1980, that would have won out)


    well it was released in december of 79...even rolling stone bypassed this fact in naming it the best album of the 80's ;):D

    I mean, that's somewhat underestandable ... you have to think between 1970 and 1989, 99.9% of it's play came in the 80s over the 70s.
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  • ozzykillerozzykiller Isle Of Wight , UK Posts: 109
    Having grown up in the 80"s ,looking back the music pretty much sucked with a few exceptions.
    Bruce Springsteen,The Jam,Duran Duran and early stuff from the likes of The Pixies,Sonic Youth,Bad Religion and Social Distortion.
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    The Clash - London Calling

    Honorable Mention - Straight Outta Compton : N.W.A.
    NERDS!
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    There's a ton since that was the height of my music loving and concert going.

    London Calling....THE CLASH
    Purple Rain/1999.....PRINCE
    Black In Black.........AC/DC
    Master Of Puppets/...And Justice For All......METALLICA
    The Unforgetable Fire/War/The Joshua Tree....U2
    So......PETER GABRIEL
    Vivid.........LIVING COLOUR
    Remain In Light/Speaking In Tongues......TALKING HEADS
    Run DMC........RUN DMC
    Shaboo Shabaah/Listen Like Thieves....INXS
    Skylarking.......XTC
    1984/5150.....VAN HALEN
    Thriller.....MICHAEL JACKSON
    The Principle In Moments/Now and Zen.....ROBERT PLANT
    Private Dancer.....TINA TURNER
    Lisensed to Ill......THE BEASTIE BOYS
    Red............BLACK UHURU
    Computer World......KRAFTWERK
    Abacab/Three Sides Live...GENESIS
    Let's Dance.....DAVID BOWIE
    Hysteria/Pyromania.......DEF LEPPARD
    Traveling Wilbury's Vol. I.......THE TRAVELING WILBURYS
    The Specials.........THE SPECIALS
    Disintergration.....THE CURE
    Paid In Full.....ERIC B & RAKIM
    Nothing's Shocking...JANE'S ADDICTION
    It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back....PUBLIC ENEMY
    Ghost In The Machine/Synchronicity......THE POLICE
    3 Feet High and Rising...DE LA SOUL
    Empty Glass.......PETE TOWESEND
    Radio.......LL COOL J



    I can't think of anymore right now but I'm forgetting a few I'm sure of it.

    Peace
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  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    Lots and lots of good ones, but if I have to choose one it's Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    Can't narrow it down to one, but...

    All of R.E.M.'s 80's records, Pixies "Doolittle" and "Nothing's Shocking" by Jane's Addiction. Also "Scary Monsters" by Bowie and "Kick" by INXS.

    Oh yeah, U2's "The Joshua Tree."

    Edit: Seriously, I just played "Nothing's Shocking" for a friend tonight who had never heard it before!
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    gleemonex wrote:
    Lots and lots of good ones, but if I have to choose one it's Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction.

    That is a damn good choice. Maybe I shouldn't have left it at just one? ;)
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Lots of good mentions. But the ones I likely listened to most in the 80's was

    Oingo Boingo ~ Only a Lad

    followed closely by

    Madness ~ Absolutely
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    g under p wrote:
    There's a ton since that was the height of my music loving and concert going.

    London Calling....THE CLASH
    Purple Rain/1999.....PRINCE
    Black In Black.........AC/DC
    Master Of Puppets/...And Justice For All......METALLICA
    The Unforgetable Fire/War/The Joshua Tree....U2
    So......PETER GABRIEL
    Vivid.........LIVING COLOUR
    Remain In Light/Speaking In Tongues......TALKING HEADS
    Run DMC........RUN DMC
    Shaboo Shabaah/Listen Like Thieves....INXS
    Skylarking.......XTC
    1984/5150.....VAN HALEN
    Thriller.....MICHAEL JACKSON
    The Principle In Moments/Now and Zen.....ROBERT PLANT
    Private Dancer.....TINA TURNER
    Lisensed to Ill......THE BEASTIE BOYS
    Red............BLACK UHURU
    Computer World......KRAFTWERK
    Abacab/Three Sides Live...GENESIS
    Let's Dance.....DAVID BOWIE
    Hysteria/Pyromania.......DEF LEPPARD
    Traveling Wilbury's Vol. I.......THE TRAVELING WILBURYS
    The Specials.........THE SPECIALS
    Disintergration.....THE CURE
    Paid In Full.....ERIC B & RAKIM
    Nothing's Shocking...JANE'S ADDICTION
    It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back....PUBLIC ENEMY
    Ghost In The Machine/Synchronicity......THE POLICE
    3 Feet High and Rising...DE LA SOUL
    Empty Glass.......PETE TOWESEND
    Radio.......LL COOL J



    I can't think of anymore right now but I'm forgetting a few I'm sure of it.

    Peace
    Excellant, excellant call on "Abacab" and "Three Sides Live"....the artistic height of that band in the post-Gabriel era.

    "Ghost in the Machine" is my favorite album by the Police...big fan back in the day....saw them live on that tour.

    "So"....Peter Gabriel's big money making album, not my favorite of his...but glad to see him rake in the bucks.

    "Unforgettable Fire" = My favorite U2 disc...despite never wanting to hear "Pride (In the Name of Love) ever again.

    I would add King Crimson's "Three of a Perfect Pair," Rush's "Moving Pictures," and Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love."
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    this one is easy:

    Traveling Wilburys Volume 1

    Classic album! I was only 6 years old at the time, but remember my parents always playing this non stop.
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    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Sanitarium
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Springsteen Tunnel of Love
    and
    Flock of Seagulls
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses.
    ..truly a defining musical event. 8-)
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
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