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80: Magazine The Correct Use Of Soap 81: The Human League Dare 82: Thomas Dolby The Golden Age Of Wireless 83: Marillion Script For A Jester's Tear 84: Madonna Like A Virgin 85: The Damned Phantasmagoria 86: Genesis Invisible Touch 87: Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 88: Siouxsie and the Banshees Peepshow 89: Malcolm McLaren Waltz Darling
My personal Top 10 Albums of the 1980s: : 1. X- Los Angeles (1980) 2. Bad Religion- No Control (1989) 3. Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980) 4. Dead Milkmen- Big Lizard In My Backyard (1985) 5. The Replacements- Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981) 6. Black Flag- Damaged (1980) 7. The Clash- London Calling (1980-US Release Date) 8. Husker Du- Warehouse: Songs & Stories (1987) 9. The Godfathers- Birth School Work Death (1988) 10. Fugazi- 13 Songs (1989)
I remember reading a news review of Let's Dance by David Bowie. "If you only buy one album this year make it this one" So got it the next day 😀 🎶 (pun intended)
Some excellent picks throughout the decade. For 1980 it's Back in Black by AC/DC! I heard that so many times in University in dorm rooms and I still love it, and even got the "Maxi-cut" first pressing from Australia off Discogs a year or so ago. And the end of the decade, fully agree on Disintegration! What a terrific album start to finish, and I just had to go see them in concert that year when it was released! Cheers
It's an album I hadn't listened to in a very long time until it was reissued a couple months ago, and I completely forgot how incredible that album is.
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 🎶 was my 1st CD Then felt compelled to purchase a seperates system Nad Amp B&W speakers & a Yamaha cd player to play it on - 6 months after Id bought the cd 😂 🇬🇧
I feel like 1988's Surfer Rosa gets left out of the conversation around the best 80's albums often. My theory is that it was so ahead of it's time that it doesn't feel like an 80's album. It's hard to compete with Straight of Comptom for a music-changing album, but Surfer Rosa holds its own there IMO. I don't think you get Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, or the other early-90's sounds that changed rock music forever.
1980 - AC/DC - Back in Black 1981 - Van Halen - Fair Warning 1982 - John Mellencamp - American Fool 1983 - Def Leppard - Pyromania 1984 - Van Halen - 1984 1985 - ZZ Top - Afterburner 1986 - Metallica -- Master of Puppets 1987 - G’N”R - Appetite For Destruction 1988 - Living Colour - Vivid 1989 - Motley Crue - Dr.Feelgood
2 cure albums? no new wave? postpunk? The cure might be considered postpunk I guess. btw... This reminds me I need to get that foil cover version of apettite for destruction.
@@TheVinylDen thanks for the heads up! man but I might be alone on this but i prefer the skulls and cross cover. Maybe if the original cover was always the cover id have nostalgia for it or something but I grew up with the skulls cover. I need that one.
For me, Thriller is overrated, even if it is the best selling blah blah blah....Yes, it has three timeless hits on it, but the rest is a bunch of mediocre deep cuts I could have written myself...
@@jimbob2427 gotta love the words “crazy” and “wild” and “work” and “imagine” and seeing people “big mad” with their “trash takes”, lets go, send it, no cap
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80: Magazine The Correct Use Of Soap
81: The Human League Dare
82: Thomas Dolby The Golden Age Of Wireless
83: Marillion Script For A Jester's Tear
84: Madonna Like A Virgin
85: The Damned Phantasmagoria
86: Genesis Invisible Touch
87: Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
88: Siouxsie and the Banshees Peepshow
89: Malcolm McLaren Waltz Darling
Thomas Dolby is such an underrated pick! There are so many good tracks on that one.
Tough subject haha! Keep them coming sir. Maybe you can do best albums of particular years in particular genres
1983 pick is spot on. I own the original press I purchased when I was in high school. Still rocks.
My personal Top 10 Albums of the 1980s:
:
1. X- Los Angeles (1980)
2. Bad Religion- No Control (1989)
3. Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980)
4. Dead Milkmen- Big Lizard In My Backyard (1985)
5. The Replacements- Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash (1981)
6. Black Flag- Damaged (1980)
7. The Clash- London Calling (1980-US Release Date)
8. Husker Du- Warehouse: Songs & Stories (1987)
9. The Godfathers- Birth School Work Death (1988)
10. Fugazi- 13 Songs (1989)
Here’s my impression of the comments you’re getting “No words on your thoughts - my list - ten albums - bye” but without the bye
Also 1981 The Police-Ghost in the Machine one of my all time favorites!
I remember reading a news review of Let's Dance by David Bowie. "If you only buy one album this year make it this one"
So got it the next day 😀 🎶
(pun intended)
Some excellent picks throughout the decade. For 1980 it's Back in Black by AC/DC! I heard that so many times in University in dorm rooms and I still love it, and even got the "Maxi-cut" first pressing from Australia off Discogs a year or so ago. And the end of the decade, fully agree on Disintegration! What a terrific album start to finish, and I just had to go see them in concert that year when it was released! Cheers
I just saw The Cure last year and was really impressed with the show they put on. I'm sure they were even better on the Disintegration tour!
I've returned to Don Henly's "Building the perfect Beast" so many times 🎶
It's an album I hadn't listened to in a very long time until it was reissued a couple months ago, and I completely forgot how incredible that album is.
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 🎶 was my 1st CD Then felt compelled to purchase a seperates system Nad Amp B&W speakers & a Yamaha cd player to play it on - 6 months after Id bought the cd 😂 🇬🇧
Those kinds of things are awesome. Like when you get a new thing so you want to clean up the rest of the house around it
I feel like 1988's Surfer Rosa gets left out of the conversation around the best 80's albums often. My theory is that it was so ahead of it's time that it doesn't feel like an 80's album. It's hard to compete with Straight of Comptom for a music-changing album, but Surfer Rosa holds its own there IMO. I don't think you get Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, or the other early-90's sounds that changed rock music forever.
Also 1987 U2- The Joshua Tree
It was one I strongly considered, but Appetite was such an iconic album (not that The Joshua Tree wasn't).
1980 - AC/DC - Back in Black
1981 - Van Halen - Fair Warning
1982 - John Mellencamp - American Fool
1983 - Def Leppard - Pyromania
1984 - Van Halen - 1984
1985 - ZZ Top - Afterburner
1986 - Metallica -- Master of Puppets
1987 - G’N”R - Appetite For Destruction
1988 - Living Colour - Vivid
1989 - Motley Crue - Dr.Feelgood
2 cure albums? no new wave? postpunk? The cure might be considered postpunk I guess.
btw... This reminds me I need to get that foil cover version of apettite for destruction.
Last year GNR released a foil cover version with the original artwork. Last time I looked on Discogs they weren't crazy expensive.
@@TheVinylDen thanks for the heads up! man but I might be alone on this but i prefer the skulls and cross cover. Maybe if the original cover was always the cover id have nostalgia for it or something but I grew up with the skulls cover. I need that one.
Powerslave
For me, Thriller is overrated, even if it is the best selling blah blah blah....Yes, it has three timeless hits on it, but the rest is a bunch of mediocre deep cuts I could have written myself...
Mediocre is crazy
@@jimbob2427 gotta love the words “crazy” and “wild” and “work” and “imagine” and seeing people “big mad” with their “trash takes”, lets go, send it, no cap
Most people wouldn’t admit that friend but you’re not wrong
@ someone’s on drugs