Now this is how it started: THE ILX 1980s ALBUM POLL RESULTS!!

That's all I have time for today, I'll try to continue the countdown tomorrow.

u r a hero

Whaddya mean that's all you have time for?

Who broke my heart? Tuomas! Thomas!

(just kidding)

that was a wonderful write-up for 3 feet high and rising

hex was my #2...sorry B-52s =(

I'm delighted to see The Lexicon Of Love so high it was my number two. It's the album I've played the most throughout my life, it's outlasted any musical phases I've been through.

It's one of those great albums that is full of great moments that get me everytime. The bass kicking in on Show Me, the dramatic intro to Poison Arrow and of course the bit's where Martin speaks. Also it's so good that there are four classic singles on the album yet there's even better with Date Stamp which has to be one of the most perfect songs of all time.

Great poll/thread, but I think of A Different World as more 90s (87-93), especially the vibe in the picture.

Wow, I am shocked that 3 Feet High and Rising is so low. Makes me worried about what's actually going to be at the top of this list.

Would have thought the Steely Dan samples would have been beyond the pale for you!

xpost Too early for predictions?

I'd guess 5. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 4. PE - Millions 3. Prince - Times 2. Smiths - Queen is Dead 1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

I'd be surprised if Daydream Nation is No. 1.

There's the small matter of 2 Jacko albums? But hey this is ILM.

I can see Thriller in the top 10, but I think Bad will struggle to somewhere in the 20s.

You think Bad will make it at all?!? Yikes.

I suspect Bad will not be on the list at all. And I agree, can't see Daydream Nation as number 1. Maybe Prince of the Smiths or PE though.

xp

closer will be in the top 5. and i am not sure if surfer rosa will be in front of doolittle. what about madonna and the beastie boys? they will both be in the top ten, i guess. daydream nation won't be no. 1 because it is shite and ilm knows it.

Disintegration, Closer, Hounds Of Love, Purple Rain and Appetite for Destruction will all be pretty high eh? Vote splitting will dash Talk Talk's chances. Shock win for the Alarm might still happen though.

Not to mention Oingo Boingo.

list is pretty rad so far - good job dudes - its order is pretty o_O but whatevs

thanks for yr seal of approval

Where is Depeche Mode in this?

Were they even nominated? I don't remember seeing them on the list. Their stock is low.

Several Depeche Mode albums were nominated, though I'm not sure if anybody cares

I predict a minimum of 20 of the following 25 will appear in the top 34:

1999, Children of God, Closer, Computer World, Daydream Nation, Disintegration, Doolittle, In the Flat Field, Isn't Anything, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Murmur, Music for the Masses, Psychocandy, Purple Rain, Remain in Light, Sister, Spirit of Eden, Surfer Rosa, Swordfishtrombones, The Colour of Spring, The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Thriller, Tin Drum, Zen Arcade

I've pretty much given up hope for my personal favorites like Prayers on Fire, Head Over Heels, Horse Rotorvator, Halber Mensch, and Mambo Nassau appearing in the less than 9 slots remaining.

thanks for yr seal of approval

― Chillwave Is an Ill Wave (askance johnson), Saturday, November 28, 2009 1:31 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

o wasnt talkin abt u askance johnson

black celebration might have gotten a good number of votes maybe?

Really poor showing for metal on this list.

xpost it got one from me ;-)

Kinda depends on how many of us will deny our thrash metal years.

Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Reign in Blood, and are there enough votes for Powerslave?

I didn't vote cos bollocks to that really but then I have nobody to blame that To Mega Therion won't claim a Totally Fucking Deserved spot.

I'd take a guess at Remain In Light being number one. I think most of the other bands who will be high up will suffer from split voting, especially Prince and The Smiths.

I'm still waiting on my number one which I thought would make it easily but this has been a really unpredictable list on the whole. At this stage though I can rule out a few things I voted not being included, I guess Kid Creole & The Coconuts just aren't that popular on here.

i'm predicting a very strong showing for a certain Ms. Bush

http://taszara.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/laura-bush-killed-a-guy.jpg

http://www.twolia.com/blogs/zoboxrox/files/2009/03/barbara_bush_beautiful-7557361.jpg

saw that comin

I figure Thriller and Graceland will (rightly) place highly.

And So.

so ilx will resemble a Mojo or Q list?

i have still some hopes for outsiders like house of love, rattlesnakes, youth of america (will definitely be there), fire of love (ditto), miss america (probably not) etc. to show up

House Tornado is more likely than House Of Love IMO.

Finally all of my picks are being mentioned as contenders - I'll need to check out this "Q Magazine", it sounds spiffing.

Double Nickels in the top 5 or I'm permabanning somebody at random.

i know the quotes are shite (& i'm sorry) but i'm pretty honored to be quoted for both the Fall albums that placed...esp. honored to have my quote hot on the heels of that Mark S De La Soul quote, seeing that Sinker is kind of a hero of mine and I have that whole thread saved on my PC

top three will prolley be Sign o the Times, The Queen Is Dead, and Remain in Light. Sister & Daydream Nation will prolley be on the lower end of the top 10--perhaps right next to each other??? If Surfer Rosa makes top 10 I will be very pleased, though I expect it to be #11...

If AR Kane's 69 makes the list, that wd be awesome...

I think there's a good chance Purple Rain will be towards the top of the list -- maybe higher than Sign??

maybe...my best guess would be #10 though...I'll bet Thriller will beat PR...

I am kind of surprised to see ABC place so high! I think I voted for that record. I know I put it on the other day while cooking...it's got such a good energy to carry you through any task. "Date Stamp" was the song that took me by surprise last go round, such great chemistry between the singers.

I am guessing maybe Britishers voted for it, tho, bcz everyone I know thinks it is the squarest shit ever.

Was going to say I'm surprised to see ABC place so low, TBH.

(I guessed it was more popular on ILX than in general)

your friends have bad taste.

my favorite discoveries from this thread so far have been laurie anderson, prefab spout (on the strength of two listens this seems amazing), and e2-e4, which i can see becoming my default late night/reading/scootering home at sunset soundtrack. the feelies didnt really jump out at me, and i continue to be perplexed by the love for world of echo, which still sounds to me like they left the tape running in the studio and a.r. just wandered around plucking and plonking things and humming to himself while he waited for his ride, although, full disclosure -- i dont think ive ever made it to the end. still waiting for it to click for me.

im still not sure if my #1 will make it.