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Essential 80's Albums

Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
edited January 2014 in Other Music
I think this decade gets over looked quite often. Especially when you read a favorite albums list which tends to be heavy on albums from the 70s & 90's.
So I thought it would be interesting to hear about some of your favorite music from the 80s, maybe a top 10?

Tim - The Replacements
Nebraska - Springsteen
Pretty Hate Machine - NIN
Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty

Also just start listening to The Smiths so I might add them to my list once I listen to more of their stuff.
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  • nickburrows14nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    Those 4 you mentioned, all of REMs 80s albums, the Unforgettable Fire and Joshua Tree by U2.
    Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
    Happy up here in my tree
  • jopetto75jopetto75 Posts: 397
    Every Stevie Ray Vaughan album
    until next time......
  • jopetto75jopetto75 Posts: 397
    edited December 2013
    And u2 the cure as well
    Post edited by jopetto75 on
    until next time......
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    War, Unforgettable Fire, and Joshua Tree - U2
    Thriller and Bad - Michael Jackson
    The River, Nebraska, and Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
    Document - REM
    Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
    The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel
    Tug of War - Paul McCartney
    License to Ill - Beastie Boys
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  • nickburrows14nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    Oops, forgot Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys
    Happy up here in my tree
  • ryph raphryph raph Posts: 887
    edited December 2013
    Nirvana / Bleach 1989
    Pixies / Surfer Rosa 1988
    The Minutemen / Double Nickels on the Dime 1984
    REM / Reckoning 1984
    Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Uplift Mofo Party Plan 1987
    Mothers Milk 1989
    Soundgarden / Louder Than Love 1989
    Iron Maiden / Anything released 1980 thru 1988
    Lou Reed / New York 1989
    King Crimson / Discipline 1981

    I could continue . . . :mrgreen:
    Post edited by ryph raph on
    10-26-91 Cleveland
    4-2-92
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    8-26-98
    4-25-03
    5-20-06
    8-21-08 E.V. Chicago
    10-31-09 Philadelphia
    5-09-10 Cleveland
    5-10-10 Buffalo
    6-26-11 E.V. Detroit
    10-11-13 Pittsburgh
    10-12-13 Buffalo
    10-29-13 Charlottesville
    4-18-16 Hampton
    8-22-16 Chicago

  • thefunkygibbonthefunkygibbon Posts: 37
    Marillion - Misplaced Childhood, one of my all time favourites
  • jamburgerjamburger Posts: 1,775
    slicingupeyeballs.com did a poll for the best of each year of the 80's (more college/alternative) this past year. Click through... http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/11/25/best-albums-of-1989/

    I tend to agree with a lot of the top 10's here.
  • Spoony CSpoony C Posts: 278
    Not mentioned yet (unless I missed them somehow):

    Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
    Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

    Both just phenomenal albums, IMO, with almost no filler.
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  • ryph raphryph raph Posts: 887
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    13 Songs- Fugazi
    :mrgreen:
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    4-2-92
    7-29-92
    5-4-95 Hovercraft / Cleveland
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    10-31-09 Philadelphia
    5-09-10 Cleveland
    5-10-10 Buffalo
    6-26-11 E.V. Detroit
    10-11-13 Pittsburgh
    10-12-13 Buffalo
    10-29-13 Charlottesville
    4-18-16 Hampton
    8-22-16 Chicago

  • Nowhere ManNowhere Man Posts: 345
    jamburger wrote:
    slicingupeyeballs.com did a poll for the best of each year of the 80's (more college/alternative) this past year. Click through... http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/11/25/best-albums-of-1989/

    I tend to agree with a lot of the top 10's here.


    Great find, nice selections as well.
    Tough to find a list like that, especially breaking down each year!
  • hinsey21hinsey21 Posts: 583
    A couple of my favs...

    Stone Roses-Stone Roses
    Prince Sign o Times/Purple Rain
    Joy Division-Closer
    Talking Heads-Remain In Light
    Echo And The Bunnymen-Ocean Rain
    The Cure-Seventeen Seconds
    The Smiths-Disocgraphy
    Jesus and Mary Chain-Pyschocandy
    Tears for Fears-Songs From The Big Chair
    Sisters Of Mercy-Floodland
    Replacements-Let It Be
    Husker Du-Zen Arcade
    Cocteau Twins-Treasure
    Talk Talk-Spirit Of Eden
    Happy Mondays-Bummed
    Pixies-Surfer Rosa
    Beastie Boys-Pauls Boutique
    Tom Waits-Rain Dogs
    Paul Mccartney-II
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,543
    My absolute favourite 80s record is

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    Followed closely by

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    As well as some of the ones already mentioned (Pretty Hate Machine, Paul's Boutique, Document, Louder Than Love) I'd also add these to the list:

    Faith No More - The Real Thing
    Green River - Dry As A Bone
    Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
    Prince - Sign O the Times
    Sonic Youth - Sister
    Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
    Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
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  • BIGDaddyWilBIGDaddyWil Posts: 3,067
    Another Prince album….1999……great fuckin' stuff!
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    Metallica- Master Of Puppets
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    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Some personal faves that haven't been mentioned yet (but should have been for pete's sakes):

    Billy Squier, Don't Say No
    Rolling Stones, Tattoo You (best rock album of the 80s)
    Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast
    Journey, Escape
    Judas Priest, Screaming for Vengeance
    Peter Gabriel, So
    The Police, Ghost in the Machine
    Scorpions, Blackout
    Scorpions, Love at First Sting
    Yes, 90125
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  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    thefunkygibbon wrote:
    Marillion - Misplaced Childhood, one of my all time favourites
    God yes! Love that album!

    Many great ones already listed but I have to add Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring. To this day still one of my favourite albums of all time.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
    Husker Du - New Day Rising
    Pixies - Doolittle
    Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
    Nirvana - Bleach
    Faith No More - The Real Thing
    Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
    Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
    Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
    R.E.M - Document
    The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
    Dead Kennedy's - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
    Black Flag - Damaged
    Bad Brains - Bad Brains
    Circle Jerks - Group Sex
    Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
    Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
    De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
    NWA - Straight Outta Compton
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    Travelling Wilburys!
    Vancouver, BC - 2005
    Vancouver, BC - 2009
    Vancouver, BC - 2011
    Vancouver, BC - 2013
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,948
    Not a Michael Jackson fan but would think Thriller should be on the list.
  • thefunkygibbonthefunkygibbon Posts: 37
    rcs wrote:
    thefunkygibbon wrote:
    Marillion - Misplaced Childhood, one of my all time favourites
    God yes! Love that album!

    Many great ones already listed but I have to add Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring. To this day still one of my favourite albums of all time.

    Talk Talk were so underated, Spirit of Eden was a beautifully haunting album, and also one of my favourites as was Laughing Stock
  • EdsonNascimentoEdsonNascimento Posts: 5,521
    You guys have a weird definition of essential.

    G n R Appetite for Destruction
    Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    You guys have a weird definition of essential.

    G n R Appetite for Destruction

    This hasn't been listed yet?

    We are weird. It is arguably the most essential 80's rock album.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • CAVSTARR313CAVSTARR313 Posts: 8,756
    Dead Milkmen- Big Lizard in my Backyard
    Anthrax- I'm the Man EP
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    The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
    Underneath this smile lies everything...
  • JT_JamFanJT_JamFan Posts: 170
    Whoa!!!
    thefunkygibbon wrote:
    Marillion - Misplaced Childhood, one of my all time favourites


    Didn't think I would find another Marillion fan here! Absolutely one of the best things that happened in 1985!
    Escape is never the safest path....

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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,169
    Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy (89) and Infidels (83)
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
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  • 2LightYears2LightYears Posts: 69
    Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
    Cincinnati, Columbus 2000
    Baltimore 2013
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,169
    Neil Young's Freedom (89)
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
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