Poll--The Weakest Link: BEST SELLING RECORDS OF THE 1980s Round 1

tbergs

REO Speedwagon, Hi Infidelity

josevolution said:

God most of these just remind me of Coke’d up nights I can’t stand any of these albums.

Bobby and Whitney probably did more coke than the rest of the list combined. They were not a good match for each other.

brianlux

Asia, Asia

Everybody in the 80's was coked up.  If you hadn't at least tried it, you probably lived in a convent. 

Coke didn't make artists create mediocre records.  A mediocre listening public was responsible for that.

tempo_n_groove

Asia, Asia

I thought Culture Club and The Police were bigger worldwide in the 80's?  Even U2 I'm surprised is not on here.  They were the biggest thing in the world at one time.  Joshua Tree I thought was up there.

F Me In The Brain

Michael Jackson, Thriller

All of this talking down about cocaine.

A Chappelle/Rick James would say -- "Cocaine, a helluva drug!"

MedozK

tempo_n_groove said:

I thought Culture Club and The Police were bigger worldwide in the 80's?  Even U2 I'm surprised is not on here.  They were the biggest thing in the world at one time.  Joshua Tree I thought was up there.

1983 - Synchronicity (top album for 10 weeks) was overshadowed by Thriller (top album for 22 weeks)
1987 - Joshua Tree was up against Slippery When Wet. (Teen girls buying albums was prolly the deciding factor there)

MedozK

Asia and Bobby Brown have been eliminated in Round 1

tempo_n_groove

Asia, Asia

MedozK said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I thought Culture Club and The Police were bigger worldwide in the 80's?  Even U2 I'm surprised is not on here.  They were the biggest thing in the world at one time.  Joshua Tree I thought was up there.

1983 - Synchronicity (top album for 10 weeks) was overshadowed by Thriller (top album for 22 weeks)
1987 - Joshua Tree was up against Slippery When Wet. (Teen girls buying albums was prolly the deciding factor there)

OK so they were hugely successful albums too just overshadowed.

MedozK

tempo_n_groove said:

MedozK said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I thought Culture Club and The Police were bigger worldwide in the 80's?  Even U2 I'm surprised is not on here.  They were the biggest thing in the world at one time.  Joshua Tree I thought was up there.

1983 - Synchronicity (top album for 10 weeks) was overshadowed by Thriller (top album for 22 weeks)
1987 - Joshua Tree was up against Slippery When Wet. (Teen girls buying albums was prolly the deciding factor there)

OK so they were hugely successful albums too just overshadowed.

Yea, the years they were released you just happen to have bigger albums.

Pap

Bobby Brown, Don't Be Cruel

eeriepadave said:

tbergs said:

Pap said:

That's your prerogative.