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superpanavision70mm
04-29-2006, 12:09 AM
Ok, List your favorite recordings from the 1980's.....easily the most bizarre decade of music.

kexodusc
04-29-2006, 02:40 AM
Ok, List your favorite recordings from the 1980's.....easily the most bizarre decade of music.
I won't bother listing all the recordings but this is what I took out of the 80's (among other things):
Rush, Genesis, had great stuff early on.

Metallica, Megadeth of course...And Guns N' Roses.

I think Stevie Ray Vaughan had "Texas Flood" and "In Step" in the 80's, no?

Jane's Addiction started late in the decade, as did Nine Inch Nails.

Can't forget Iron Maiden...

I try to forget an aweful lot of the rest of the 80's though...Whitesnake, anyone?

rob7
04-29-2006, 12:06 PM
Armored Saint, Queensryche, one or two of the Priest cds.

Troy
04-29-2006, 01:49 PM
Stan Ridgway- Mosquitos
XTC- Big Express
Ultravox- Vienna
Group 87
Zappa- Tinseltown Rebellion
The Bears
King Crimson- Discipline
Pete Townshend- White City
Wall of Voodoo- Dark Continent
They Might Be Giants- s/t
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
Crowded House- Temple of Low Men
Rupert Hine- Immunity
Thinkman- The Formula
Oingo Boingo- Only a Lad
Thomas Dolby- Flat Earth
Peter Gabriel- Security
Rush- Moving Pictures
The Dukes of Stratosphere- Chips off the Chocolate Fireball
Joe Jackson- Night and Day

Stone
04-29-2006, 04:16 PM
The entire catalog of The Smiths and the following come to mind:

Close Lobsters - What Is There To Smile About
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Black Flag - Damaged
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Violent Femmes - s/t
Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Husker Du - New Day Rising; Flip Your Wig; Warehouse
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Stone Roses - s/t
The Cure - The Head On the Door
The Replacements - Let It Be; Tim; Pleased To Meet Me
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy; Darklands
Jane's Addiction - s/t; Nothing's Shocking
Fugazi - s/t EP
Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Connells - Boylan Heights
Wonder Stuff - The Eight Legged Groove Machine
Corrosion of Conformity - Technocracy EP
Wild Swans - Bringing Home the Ashes
The The - Infected
Lucinda Williams - s/t
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Rites of Spring - s/t

I'm sure I forgot some.

MindGoneHaywire
04-30-2006, 06:40 AM
Wow, that's a great list, and with very few exceptions, I'd be very happy with it. I'd add the following, some of which I think Davey had posted...

Johnny Thunders—Hurt Me
Roxy Music—Avalon
Beastie Boys—Licensed To Ill, Paul’s Boutique
Elvis Costello—Get Happy!!!
The Clash—London Calling
Psychedelic Furs—Talk Talk Talk
Joe Jackson’s Jumping Jive!
Ramones—Pleasant Dreams, End Of The Century, Too Tough To Die, Animal Boy
Husker Du—Zen Arcade
Fear—The Record
Circle Jerks—Group Sex
Bad Religion—No Control
The Cult—Love, Electric
Public Enemy—Yo! Bum Rush The Show, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
LL Cool J—B.A.D.
Run-DMC—Raising Hell, Tougher Than Leather
The Minutemen—Three-Way Tie (For Last)
Bruce Springsteen—Nebraska
Violent Femmes
Lou Reed—New York
Cowboy Junkies—The Trinity Session

GMichael
04-30-2006, 06:59 AM
Too many to list them all.
Anything by Rush, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, or VH.

Bernd
04-30-2006, 07:10 AM
Too many man too many:

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (his last great album)

The Waterboys - Any

The Rainmakers - Any

Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy

Daniel Lanois - Acadie

Martin Stephenson and the Daintees - Boat to Bolivia

And many many more already mentioned.

Peace

Bernd:16:

Ex Lion Tamer
05-01-2006, 06:06 AM
Favorite '80s albums...

Violent Femmes
London Calling
Get Happy
The Queen is Dead
Crazy Rhythms & It's Only Life
A Bell is a Cup
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Head on the Door
Skylarking
New Day Rising
High Land, Hard Rain
Strange Times
Ocean Rain
From The Lions Mouth
Sound Affects
Psychedelic Furs
Solid Gold
I Just Can't Stop It
Fervor
Viva Hate
New York
Kaleidescope
Graceland
Pontiac
So
Lucinda Williams
On Fire
At The Chelsea Nightclub
Signing Off
Night Nurse
King Yellowman
The Pretenders
If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Second Edition
Avalon
Murmer
Gun-Shy
Go For It
Fear of Music
Aural Sculpture
How Will The Wolf Survive
Mind Bomb
Stone Roses
Tim
Spirit of Eden
In A Chamber
The Days of Wine & Roses

Ex Lion Tamer
05-01-2006, 06:09 AM
Stan Ridgway- Mosquitos
XTC- Big Express
Ultravox- Vienna
Group 87
Zappa- Tinseltown Rebellion
The Bears
King Crimson- Discipline
Pete Townshend- White City
Wall of Voodoo- Dark Continent
They Might Be Giants- s/t
Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
Crowded House- Temple of Low Men
Rupert Hine- Immunity
Thinkman- The Formula
Oingo Boingo- Only a Lad
Thomas Dolby- Flat Earth
Peter Gabriel- Security
Rush- Moving Pictures
The Dukes of Stratosphere- Chips off the Chocolate Fireball
Joe Jackson- Night and Day

Troy, have you heard "Feline" byThe Stranglers? I think you'd like it.

Dusty Chalk
05-01-2006, 10:59 AM
Talking Heads, Remain in Light, The Name of This Band is...
Planet P Project, Pink World
Marillion, Misplaced Childhood (all four Fish albums)
Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring and Spirit of Eden (all their albums, actually)
Tear Garden, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning
King Crimson, Discipline
Oingo Boingo -- all three of the glorious trifecta: Only a Lad, Nothing to Fear and Good for Your Soul (and So-Lo and Dead Man's Party, for that matter)
The The, Infected & Soul Mining
New Order, Power Corruption & Lies and Low-Life
Yello, Stella and One Second
Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses, Black Celebration and Construction Time Again
Ultravox, Vienna, Rage in Eden, Quartet, Lament
Midge Ure, The Gift, Answers to Nothing
Fixx, Shuttered Room, Reach the Beach
Peter Gabriel, (that third album) and Security
Joe Jackson, Beat Crazy
Rush, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures
Tangerine Dream, Tangram, Exit, Logos, White Eagle, Hyperborea, Tyger
Klaus Schulze, Dig It
Al Di Meola, Splendido Hotel, Electric Rendezvous
Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin, Passion Grace & Fire
Keith Jarrett, Concerts, Dark Intervals, Paris Concert
Pink Floyd, A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Legendary Pink Dots, The Golden Age, Any Day Now, Island of Jewels, Asylum, The Lovers
Jean-Michel Jarre, Les Chants Magnetiques (Magnetic Fields), The Concerts in China, Zoolook
Blue Oyster Cult, Fire of Unknown Origin
Human League, Dare
Bauhaus, Dare, In The Flat Field, Burning from the Inside
Soft Cell, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Orchestra Manouevres in the Dark, Architecture & Morality, Orchestra Manouevres in the Dark, Organisation, Dazzle Ships and Junk Culture
Ministry, With Sympathy, The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, Twitch
Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine
Laurie Anderson, Big Science, Mister Heartbreak, United States Live
Vangelis, Soil Festivities, Chariots of Fire
Mike Oldfield, QE2, Five Miles Out, Crises, The Killing Fields

As usual: I'm sure I'm forgetting something...

Stone
05-01-2006, 11:15 AM
My list is most like Troy's:

Fixx, Shuttered Room, Reach the Beach


As much as I like some of the songs on these albums, I've never found them to be all that good overall. I just listened to both of these recently because a co-worker of mine asked me about The Fixx. I think I found them even more underwhelming than I did when they were released. Have you been a fan of these since they came out, or have you recently taking a liking to these?



Ministry, Twitch
...

This one, which isn't talked about much, could definitely be on my list too.

dean_martin
05-01-2006, 11:40 AM
I'm in the midst of a Dinosaur Jr revival so I'll add "You're Living All Over Me" and a couple from their SST label mates Sonic Youth - "Evol" and "Sister".

Dusty Chalk
05-01-2006, 11:51 AM
As much as I like some of the songs on these albums, I've never found them to be all that good overall. I just listened to both of these recently because a co-worker of mine asked me about The Fixx. I think I found them even more underwhelming than I did when they were released. Have you been a fan of these since they came out, or have you recently taking a liking to these?I've been a fan of them since they came out, more or less. Reach the Beach in particular, is one of those albums that just seems to go way too fast, because every track on it is so strong, despite it being a 'normal' length, and not particularly fast-tempoed or energetic, it just seems to really rock from beginning to end.

Shuttered Room though, I have to admit, I have my favourite tracks on (the two big hits and "The Fool").

I have to add:

Comsat Angels, Land and Chasing Shadows
Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Mob Rules
Metallica, ...And Justice for All, Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Kill 'em All
Megadeth, So Far So Good...So What? and Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Stranglers, Dreamtime
New Model Army, Thunder and Consolation, Ghost of Cain, No Rest for the Wicked
Golden Earring, Cut, N.E.W.S.
Tonio K., Amerika
Devo, New Traditionalists (just to be a little different)

I really wish I could think of more rockers. I just wasn't that into hair metal like Queensryche or indie metal like Big Black or the Minutemen.

And I should change my initial statement -- my tastes (from the 80's, anyway) match yours, Jim Clark's and Dave G.'s a lot, too (were they to pipe in).

3-LockBox
05-01-2006, 09:56 PM
Ok, List your favorite recordings from the 1980's.....easily the most bizarre decade of music.

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin / Club Ninja
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Rush - Moving Pictures / Signals / Grace Under Pressure
Yes - 90125
Donald Faygen - The Nightfly
Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Devo - New Traditionalists / Oh No! It's DEVO
Roger Waters - Radio KAOS
Ozzy Ozbourne - No Rest For The Wicked
Kieth Richards - Talk Is Cheap
Thomas Dolby - Aliens Ate My Buick
New Order - Technique
XTC - Skylarking / Oranges and Lemons
Robert Plant - Principle Of Moments
Pixies - Doolittle
Fixx - Reach The Beach
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
John Mellencamp - Lonesome Jubilee
DIO - Holy Diver / Last In Line
The Firm - s/t
Billy Squier - Don't Say No
Peter Gabriel - So
Genesis - Abacab
ZZ Top - Eliminator
AC/DC - Back In Black
Zebra - s/t
The Kinks - State Of Confusion
The Cars - Shake It Up / Heartbreak City
Prince - Around The World In A Day / Sign 'O' The Times
Police - Zenyatta Mendatta / Ghosts In The Machine / Synchronicity


Well...that's all I could think of at the moment...and yeah, there are some notables missing, but I'm taking the question to its literal hilt and listing '80s albums that I actually listened to in the '80s.

I know as soon as I hit the submit reply button I'll go, "Doh!"

superpanavision70mm
05-01-2006, 10:01 PM
Ok, so what are 80's songs and or artists that we still listen to today? Are there people on this list that are still making valuable contributions to the world of music???

3-LockBox
05-01-2006, 11:22 PM
Ok, so what are 80's songs and or artists that we still listen to today? Are there people on this list that are still making valuable contributions to the world of music???

Good question!

The hard fact is, there are only about 10 of these albums I still listen to, and only three or four of these artists have continued to make albums past the '80s or '90s...and only one or two of them as of late.

BTW: Where's your list?

superpanavision70mm
05-02-2006, 12:48 AM
Well, I don't have a list yet...but I guess I could make one here quickly...

Don Henley's BUILDING A PERFECT BEAST
Metallica's MASTER OF PUPPETS
David Bowie's LET'S DANCE & SCARY MONSTERS
Sting's THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES
Tears for Fears SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR
Depeche Mode MUSIC FOR THE MASSES
Alan Parsons Project EYE IN THE SKY
Billy Idol WHIPLASH SMILE
Queen THE GAME
Peter Gabriel SO
Beastie Boys LICENSE TO ILL
Run DMC RAISING HELL
Aerosmith PERMANANT VACATION
John Mellencamp AMERICAN FOOL
Bryan Adams CUTS LIKE A KNIFE
Echo & The Bunnymen OCEAN RAIN
Culture Club COLOUR BY NUMBERS
Neil Young FREEDOM
Van Halen 1984
Air Supply LOST IN LOVE
Rush MOVING PICTURES and SIGNALS
Elvis Costello IMPERIAL BEDROOM
Paul Simon GRACELAND
AC/DC DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
The Scorpions LOVE AT FIRST STING
Public Enemy IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK
Deep Purple PERFECT STRANGERS
Moody Blues THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
Human League DARE!
Whitney Houston Self Titled
Tom Petty FULL MOON FEVER
Lindsey Buckingham LAW AND ORDER
Stevie Nicks BELLA DONNA
The Cure THE HEAD ON THE DOOR
The Smiths THE QUEEN IS DEAD
New Order TECHNIQUE
U2 WAR
The Cars HEARTBEAT CITY
A-Ha HUNTING HIGH AND LOW
Naked Eyes BURNING BRIDGES
Alphaville FOREVER YOUNG
Toto TOTO IV
The Red Hot Chili Peppers MOTHER'S MILK

Swish
05-04-2006, 06:40 PM
The entire catalog of The Smiths and the following come to mind:

Close Lobsters - What Is There To Smile About
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Black Flag - Damaged
Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Violent Femmes - s/t
Oingo Boingo - Only a Lad
Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Husker Du - New Day Rising; Flip Your Wig; Warehouse
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Stone Roses - s/t
The Cure - The Head On the Door
The Replacements - Let It Be; Tim; Pleased To Meet Me
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy; Darklands
Jane's Addiction - s/t; Nothing's Shocking
Fugazi - s/t EP
Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Connells - Boylan Heights
Wonder Stuff - The Eight Legged Groove Machine
Corrosion of Conformity - Technocracy EP
Wild Swans - Bringing Home the Ashes
The The - Infected
Lucinda Williams - s/t
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Rites of Spring - s/t

I'm sure I forgot some.

...until you and J came by and laid down some great titles. I think we good fit the Dream Syndicate in there somewhere, and maybe Richard and Linda Thompson's "Shoot Out the Lights".


Swish