the race for second.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
Associates v Kate Bush blarhghaghagh
― the magic butterfly made everyone feel relaxed (Abbbottt), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
Sentimental vote for Combat Rock
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
some albums just missing the Top 25 include: 26 Flipper - Album - Generic Flipper, 27 Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw, 28 Mission of Burma - Vs., 29 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (IV)/Security, 30 The Birthday Party - Junkyard, 34 Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember, 35 Bad Brains - Bad Brains, 36 The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour, 37 Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's, 38 The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses, 42 X - Under the Big Black Sun, 43 Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 57 Siouxsie and The Banshees - A Kiss in the Dreamhouse.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
no Lou Reed?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
Amazing, amazing albums:
ThrillerJuju MusicAvalonRioSpecial Beat ServiceThe NightflyThe Lexicon of LoveShoot Out the Lights
Just below:
Midnight LoveThe Dreaming
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i meant to add that one, he was 32
xpost
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
This is harder than the 1981 poll but I'm going for Juju Music because it's the one album on the list to which I can listen anytime anywhere.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:39 (eleven years ago) link
PORNOGRAPHY
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:40 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry Laurie, this is Prince.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
god I forgot Prince!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
It's Prince, but it's really Duran Duran.
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:43 (eleven years ago) link
gun club trolls galore on these lists
― cock chirea, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
The Lexicon of Love is probably my favourite album of all time but really want to vote for Sulk as it's is up there too and probably needs the votes.
These lists are just full of amazing albums. Thriller, 1999, The Dreaming, Too Rye Ay, Pornography, Rio, New Gold Dream and You Can't Hide Your Love Forever are all classic too.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
pornography vs big science
― cock chirea, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
^^sounds like a cool album title of its own
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
the 81 poll was mostly bands, this one has a much bigger percentage of solo artists (check the top 5). it struck me as odd.
― cock chirea, Thursday, 21 June 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
english settlement
― ciderpress, Thursday, 21 June 2012 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
xtc it is
― nakamura, Thursday, 21 June 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow
1982 was awesome
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 June 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
too-rye-ay or the dreaming
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 June 2012 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
no Hex is some total bullshit
1999
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 21 June 2012 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
voting Pornography over Thriller, Lexicon Of Love and Shoot Out The Lights
― da croupier, Thursday, 21 June 2012 05:37 (eleven years ago) link
Voting New Gold Dream with Thriller, Lexicon of Love and Sulk close behind. Such a great year for New Pop.
Some other favourites of mine missing:
Fleetwood Mac - MirageBrian Eno - Ambient 4: On LandDescendents - Milo Goes to CollegeGrace Jones - Living My Life
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:00 (eleven years ago) link
voted Avalon
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Thursday, 21 June 2012 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
26 Flipper - Album - Generic Flipper, 27 Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
These would be my #1 and #2 for the year. From the list, I don't think I have a vote--the monuments at the top never meant all that much to me at the time, and they mean less now.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 June 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
Miami and Under the Big Black Sun were my other two favourite albums that year; Trans was the one that horrified me.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:00 (eleven years ago) link
XTC! With apologies to Laurie Anderson and Kate Bush. I might even like their albums better as a whole, but I grew up near the Settlement pictured on the front cover and its nearby roundabouts, I can't not vote for them.
(It is a great album too; I just often have to skip a track or two. But not always the same ones, so...)
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:05 (eleven years ago) link
I actually haven't voted yet, because now I think it might be The Clash. Although it's probably really still Prince. Or Duran Duran.
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
The Cure - Pornography
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
Shoot Out The Lights just barely over The Nightfly, with Pornography and Number Of The Beast nipping at their heels.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
English Settlement is taking this if me and my socks have anything to say about it
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
Combat Rock, with Elvis, R&L Thompson and Laurie Anderson tied for 2nd.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Thursday, 21 June 2012 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
My gut says ABC, but a careful analysis could've led me to Roxy, XTC, RT or Associates. Love this period with unbounded passion.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 21 June 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
God, didn't even register that Kate Bush was on this list too.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 June 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
1999/The Dreaming/The Nightfly...1999 by a gnats pube cos it blew my mind as a 12 year old...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Thursday, 21 June 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, here are my top four from this year
1. Thomas Dolby - Golden Age of Wireless2. XTC - English Settlement3. Falco - Einzelhaft4. Wall of Voodoo - Call of the West
It's criminal that Dolby's not on the list, but XTC is a nice consolation prize, I guess
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 June 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
The Nightfly
― o. nate, Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
1999.
never need to hear Thriller again, fuck that record.
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
19 mf'n 99
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 21 June 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
Prince vs Iron Maiden raaaggggh fuck u this poll
;_;
how am I supposed to choose?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 June 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
This one was pretty easy for me. Went with Pornography.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Big Science
― emil.y, Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
thought this was hard until i got to The Dreaming
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
this poll is really, really weird. when i said in the first post that this was a race for second, what i meant is Thriller is going to run away with this. well it doesn't look like one person so far has voted for MJ.
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 June 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, June 21, 2012 5:05 AM (13 hours ago)
ha! OTM on English Settlement. I have been playing it a lot lately and I noticed the same thing. Snowman and Yacht Dance used to drive me nuts; Knuckle Down is the one that's getting no love at the moment. But the key thing is it changes. And the good stuff is sooo good.
― the magic butterfly made everyone feel relaxed (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 June 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
I finally found Sulk on vinyl and I was really surprised how different all the mixes were. And the sequencing. It seems like there's 20 versions of that album. It's confusing but I like it.
― the magic butterfly made everyone feel relaxed (Abbbottt), Friday, 22 June 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
Gotta go with New Gold Dream
― windjammer voyage (blank), Friday, 22 June 2012 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
xp Sounds like you got the poor US remix version of "Sulk". Accept no subatitutes, get the UK edition!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 22 June 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
Went for Thriller narrowly ahead of Pornography.
― pandemic, Friday, 22 June 2012 09:30 (eleven years ago) link
Despite being a long term John Cale fan, I have still never heard Music for a New Society. Not helped by the fact that copies of it seemingly cost a small fortune. Why isn't it available these days?
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Friday, 22 June 2012 09:36 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, we're probably due some sort of JC remasters/reissues campaign, maybe we'll see it then. Or maybe never, who knows?
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Friday, 22 June 2012 09:38 (eleven years ago) link
this is literally impossible
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Friday, 22 June 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Thriller...Thriller /dave chappelle voice
― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Friday, 22 June 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Good year! I was so into Imperial Bedroom in high school. But then I grew up and discovered Combat Rock. 1999 and Juju Music also classics obviously
― broom air, Friday, 22 June 2012 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
i love that i cut this off at number 25 as 20 would not have been enough and 26 to 30 just doesn't have enough to be included.
the number 25s, so far, have included Three Imaginary Boys, Zenyatta Mondatta, Street Songs and this entry The Dreaming all phenomenal albums.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
eh you shoulda gone the full 50 options imo
― here's my lumber, so jack me maybe (some dude), Saturday, 23 June 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
^agree, but you've kept it consistent throughout; no shame in that.
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Saturday, 23 June 2012 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
I constantly get reminded that I need to hear Juju Music and Big Science. Still doubt anything will match The Nightfly for me.
― gospodin simmel, Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
love a lot of these (Music for a New Society, especially) but this has got to be Nebraska.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
x2, with Big Science secnd.
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Nebraska is p awesome
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Saturday, 23 June 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
lexicon
― second only to popcorn (or something), Saturday, 23 June 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
so i'm come to a year where i feel like i can be objective, my Top 5:
1 Pornography2 Avalon3 Rio4 The Lexicon of Love5 Combat Rock
Upstairs at Eric's would be number two if included and i don't know 199, feel like i need to change that.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 June 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 June 2012 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 25 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
No votes for Rio?
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Pornography, i figured that album would get a few votes but not enough to place second.
love you ILM.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
Blech. Nobody actually listens to Thriller, come on. Wait, if people here are claiming to enjoy Combat Rock, then maybe they actually enjoy Thriller too, I don't know, I can't imagine enjoying more than a track here and there off these things. The whole fucking albums?
My 1982 enduring faves: Hex Enduction Hour, Generic Flipper, Pinky Blue.
Juju Music is great of course, so I hope everyone will be ready to vote for Aura in 1984.
What I actually loved from 1982 whilst actually experiencing the wonders of 1982: Imperial Bedroom, On Land, Special Beat Service, Lexicon of Love, The Dreaming. I still like some songs from the last three - I think Martin Fry is an unacknowledged influence on Stephen Merritt, and of course there are riches on the Beat and Bush records - but within a year or two I realized that Imperial Bedroom is a real bad record. On Land I would have to hear again, on my copy the pops are louder than the music.
In 1982 my friends and I bought tickets for Asia on the basis the involvement of John Wetton and the other prog people in the group. Then the album came out. This band had so little material that they played "Heat of the Moment" during their concert, Carl Palmer did a revolving drum solo with a gong, and then for their encore they played: "Heat of the Moment." Afterwards we went back to my friend's house and ate mushrooms and listened to On Land.
― Vic Perry, Friday, 29 June 2012 06:38 (eleven years ago) link
Nobody actually listens to Thriller, come on.
lol at you and your face
― The Reverend, Friday, 29 June 2012 10:05 (eleven years ago) link
I meant to vote for Rio, forgot. ;_;
It was certainly the album that meant the most to me at the time. LOL @ tweengirls etc.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Friday, 29 June 2012 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
^^ Me too, since I figured Prince was going to walk with this, I could vote my heart. Then I forgot to vote, and everyone lost. ;_;
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Friday, 29 June 2012 11:45 (eleven years ago) link
Poor showing for Kate Bush.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 29 June 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
tbh besides 1999, my top picks would be Hex and Album Generic, and I do not actually listen to Thriller anymore (besides Billie Jean of course)
― can you believe they put a man otm (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 29 June 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
― Julie Derpy (Phil D.), Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:43 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM. Of stuff not on the ballot, Hex Enduction Hour and Golden Age of Wireless probably tie for album of the year for me. I ADORE English Settlement and 1999 but both are too long.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 29 June 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
I never even heard of ABC. Really digging the first song so far off Lexicon of Love.
― musicfanatic, Monday, 30 July 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot to vote in this one :(
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2013/05/01/best-albums-of-1982/
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
Nice list dude, I own 39 and have chunks of probably 20-30 more on compilations. I'd rank The Sound and Comsat Angels in my top 10 but it'd be really hard to rank some of these albums as any could be a renewed favorite today.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
Good list but Associates, Kim Wilde, Klaus Nomi, Orange Juice and Scritti should be way higher.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Many acclaimed albums this year!.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 October 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
Good little write up Alfred. You're right about this year and it's incredibly good, even looking at this poll and something like Rio doesn't even get a vote.
― the future is now, Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link