Top 5 albums of the 1980's ?

Oooh This is tough!!!

in no particular order

1 "Joshua Tree" U2 2."Appetite for Destruction" Guns n Roses 3."New Day Rising" Husker Du 4."Let It Be" The Replacements 5. "master of Puppets" Metallica

Ones that just missed

"Back in Black" AC/DC "Operation: Mindcrime" Queensryche "Pyromania" Def Leppard "Sign o' The Times" Prince

I thought you were serious until I saw Def Leppard

1. JD--Closer
2. Hüsker Dü--Zen Arcade
3. Mission of Burma--Vs.
4. New Order--PCL
5. Peter Schilling-Error in the System

Of course, there several others that could probably be listed at other times in my top five, depending on my mood.

Matt

dimpkins wrote: I thought you were serious until I saw Def Leppard

Apropos what about "The number of the Beast" by Maiden?

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. New Order - Power Corruption And Lies
3. The Cure - Pornography
4. A Flock of Seagulls - Listen
5. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

dimpkins wrote: I thought you were serious until I saw Def Leppard

Snob....:p

all records that radically changed my tastes and opinions at the time. best...? i don't know.

Joy Division - Closer New Order- Power, Corruption + Lies The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World... Big Black - Atomizer Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation... House Hallucinates... Pump Up the World (various artistes) The Clash - Sandinista Husker Du - New Day Rising Peter Gabriel - 3rd Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm the Studio

Cheryl a rock opera - John Otway

Can't believe people can vote for FAT BOB

Joy Division - Closer The Cure - Pornography New Order - Low Life Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here The Sisters Of Mercy - First and Last and Always

New Order - Power Corruption And Lies The The - Soul Mining Malcolm Mclaren - Duck Rock Kraftwerk - The Man Machine OMD - Architecture And Morality

(honorable mentions for Doolittle by Pixies and Document by REM)

And some other albums that I like from the eighties....

Sad Lovers and Giants - Feeding the Flame Fields Of The Nephilim - The Nephilim The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge Pixies - Doolittle Clan Of Xymox - Medusa The Mission - Children The Names - Swimming Nick Cave - Tender Prey Killing Jole - Night Time Bauhaus - Mask Siouxsie An dThe Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

And Many More ....

A Secret Wish -Propaganda PC & L - New Order Soul Mining/Infected - The The (can't choose between the two) Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths

Top cds (clarification for those that go bonkers cause I listed compilations)

1. New Order - Substance
2. Cure -Disintegration
3. Depeche Mode -101
4. The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
5. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit, Dead Vegtables
6. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Can't count so

PCL Technique Closer Stone Roses Soul Mining - The The Infected - The The Crocodiles - Bunnymen George Best- Wedding Present Psychocandy - JAMC Queen is dead Meat is murder Anything by the Chameleons Speaking in tongues- Talking Heads

1. Closer- JD
2. Fresh Fruits for Rotten Vegetables- Dead Kennedys
3. Technique- NO
4. Script of the Bridge- Chameleons
5. Louder than Bombs- The Smiths

all these votes for script of the bridge , its funny cos hooky thinks its the nearest anyone has come to sounding like joy division

1. CHAMELEONS - Script/What Does Anything mean (can't choose)
2. DEPECHE MODE - Black Celebration
3. OMD - Architecture & Morality
4. SMITHS - The Queen Is Dead
5. PET SHOP BOYS - Disco

Oh can I have another 5? COCTEAUS - Treasure HUMAN LEAGUE - Dare KRAFTWERK - Computerworld NO - Lowlife BIG COUNTRY - The Crossing

Bere wrote:

dimpkins wrote: I thought you were serious until I saw Def Leppard

Apropos what about "The number of the Beast" by Maiden?

that's the first album i ever bought, i wouldn't list it anywhere near the top 100 albums from the 80's now though

1. NO - SUBSTANCE
2. NO - TECHNIQUE
3. PSB - PLEASE
4. DEF LEPPARD - HYSTERIA
5. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD

My list (only one album per artist):

1. ...And Justice For All - Metallica
2. Low Life - New Order
3. Electric - The Cult
4. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
5. Tears For Fears - The Hurting

Indeed!

Some great LPs we've not yet mentioned:

Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night A pity they didn't release Isn't It Midnight instead of Family Man.

Double - Blue The best album if you need to pull (or so I believe)...

Pet Shop Boys - Actually

Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again The Best protest album of all-time (or so I believe)...

Talk Talk - It's My Life

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream

New Order - Substance Pet Shop Boys - Actually Kraftwerk - Computervelt Human League - Dare OMD - Architecture and Morality

Low Life/New Order Ocean rain/Echo and the Bunnymen Dare/Human League Pornography/The Cure Stone Roses/Stone Roses

Bere wrote:

But personally:

" Huey Lewis & The News "Fore"

Was gonna say Human League - Reproduction.

But it was 1979 :\ohwell:

In no particular order..

Low Life - New Order

Bummed - Happy Mondays

Infected - The the (late 80's wasnt it )

Warehouse,Songs and stories - Husker Du

Force - ACR

top 5? how? hre's a top ten, but that's without any serious thought

house of love (creation one) surfer rosa (cd version with added c'mon pilgrim) queen is dead lifes rich pageant low life psychocandy this nations saving grace kilmanjaro treasure the stone roses

edit - & just realised left the the out, which is wrong