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

i'm really unsure as to what the top 26 is gonna look like.

i hoped Appetite would at least get to the top 10

lol how much time do u spend posting to ilm????

There's definitely appreciation for that record around here. But whether or not it comes from the same people who vote in polls has now been settled publicly.

i think it's mostly going to look like the list has already looked so far (i.e. more Sonic Youth, Prince, R.E.M., Cure, Husker Du, Smiths and Talking Heads albums)

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It was my no. 2, behind Kiss Me x 3.

I doubt we're going to see any honouring of the fire at this point. (Was Killing Joke even nominated?)

you know how wmc promised to go postal if double nickels on the dime didn't go top 5? spirit of eden is my equivalent, although by 'postal' i probably mean 'not particularly bothered'

SO anxious to see when Kate Bush shows up! It would make absolutely no sense if she didn't.

one of spirit of eden or rio to be top 5. that is all i ask for, ilx.

where's new gold dream btw? is it top 25? :D

Duran Duran's Rio?

yes! there isn't another one, is there?

there are a lot of rivers in this world

i don't think double nickels will be in the top 5 but spirit of eden like closer will hopefully be in there. plus the queen is dead, daydream nation and a pixies album. sign of the times will also be up there. shit, that is already one too many.

I think Kraftwerk may do well with the renewal in interest in their back catalogue.

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I make it 6 too many.

Sorry, 5. Sign o' the Times is okay.

I'd fully expect sign of the times to win but prince might suffer vote splitting which could possibly let in joy division or kate bush or even the smiths or the pixies unless they suffer from vote splitting too.
But i still think Sign Of The Times will win.

Would be great if Kraftwerk won mind you

1. nation of millions
2. pauls boutique
3. doolittle
4-26. some other shit

Architecture & Morality should do pretty well. i wonder if both The Dreaming and HoL will still make it, i'm guessing yes.

a&d will do well in between #101 and 200, maybe. one kate bush album would be enough for me.

26. Prince - Dirty Mind [1980] (210 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)

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Seek: "Dirty Mind" - Prince makes the new-wave/disco traffic genuinely two-way. Lots of other stuff too but that's my favourite Prince track.

Destroy: The man's own version of "Nothing Compares 2 U". Argh.

― Tom, 7. helmikuuta 2001 3:00

My only rockist objection with Dirty Mind: The complete absence of wah-wah wankery. (I don't think a token "Bambi" solo per longplayer is too much to ask, especially if it could enable the album to break the 30-minute barrier.)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, 25. helmikuuta 2008 21:06

Uh-uh. This album is PUNK. Wah-wah wankery/being over 30 minutes = not PUNK.

― The Reverend, 25. helmikuuta 2008 21:17

1)his ability to experiment within the pop form....DM doesn't really showcase any of these

I don't get this at all. How did Dirty Mind not "experiment within the pop form"?? Before it came out, "Bambi" or no "Bambi", Prince was just this disco kid who had a good Top 40 hit; it was a totally outlandish move, both musically and conceptually. There were probably precedents as far as punk-funk went (in fact, I think Rick James had invented the phrase), but Dirty Mind really didn't sound much like them, or like anybody else. It really seemed like a whole new thing at the time.

― xhuxk, 28. helmikuuta 2008 2:41

(Really, though, probably the only song on it that sounds punk is "Sister." I'm not sure what punk Prince was listening to at the time, though I wouldn't be surprised if he'd heard some Ramones. And he'd probably heard the Stones more than them. But Controversy still seemed closer to 1981 commercial dance-oriented-rock new wave, somehow.)

― xhuxk, 28. helmikuuta 2008 3:50

I really wish there was more synth pop in the list. I thought with Thomas Dolby and OMD being in low down there would be a fair bit to come. My number one is of that genre and I'm starting to think it may have missed out.

for some reason I don't think the pixies will be top 5, maybe that's because I don't like the pixies?

another prince album, yawn.

Yes but it's the best Prince album.

Dirty Mind isn't my favourite among his output, but it's hardly a yawnable album.

the only good thing about all those prince albums in the end will be that he won't win the poll due to vote-splitting, haha!

Anyway, that's it for tonight, countdown continues tomorrow.

thanks tuomas! With only 25 spots left, it seems likely that some canonical shit will actually get left off??

I really wish there was more synth pop in the list. I thought with Thomas Dolby and OMD being in low down there would be a fair bit to come. My number one is of that genre and I'm starting to think it may have missed out.

Human League?

100. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains [1984] (75 points, 5 votes)
98. (tie) Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Hole [1984] (76 points, 5 votes)
98. (tie) Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription [1987] (76 points, 5 votes)
97. Big Black - Atomizer [1986] (77 points, 8 votes)
96. Associates - Sulk [1982] (79 points, 6 votes)
95. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking [1988] (79 points, 7 votes)
94. Def Leppard - Pyromania [1983] (80 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
93. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless [1982] (80 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
92. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships [1983] (80 points, 9 votes)
91. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell [1986] (80 points, 10 votes)
90. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II [1984] (81 points, 9 votes)
89. Prince and the Revolution - Parade [1986] (83 points, 10 votes)
88. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love [1987] (86 points, 7 votes)
87. Pet Shop Boys - Actually [1987] (86 points, 8 votes)
86. Pet Shop Boys - Please [1986] (87 points, 8 votes)
84. (tie) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine [1989] (87 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
84. (tie) Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues [1983] (87 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
83. David Bowie - Scary Monsters [1980] (89 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
82. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail [1985] (91 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote)
81. The Beat (aka The English Beat) - I Just Can't Stop It [1980] (91 points, 13 votes)
80. Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1985] (93 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
79. The The - Soul Mining [1983] (93 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
78. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash [1985] (93 points, 16 votes)
77. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun [1985] (94 points, 8 votes)
76. U2 - The Joshua Tree [1987] (95 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
75. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual [1983] (95 points, 9 votes)
74. Galaxie 500 - On Fire [1989] (96 points, 10 votes)
73. X - Wild Gift [1981] (97 points, 9 votes)
72. The Chills - Kaleidoscope World [1986] (98 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
71. Roxy Music - Avalon [1982] (99 points, 10 votes)
70. Laurie Anderson - Big Science [1982] (99 points, 11 votes)
69. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 [1985] (100 points, 7 votes)
68. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies [1983] (100 points, 16 votes)
67. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes [1983] (101 points, 12 votes)
66. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen [1985] (104 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)
65. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly [1982] (105 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
63. (tie) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs [1985] (106 points, 12 votes)
63. (tie) Cocteau Twins - Treasure [1984] (106 points, 12 votes)
62. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing [1981] (106 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
61. Arthur Russell - World of Echo [1986] (108 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
60. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full [1987] (111 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
59. Mekons - Fear and Whiskey [1985] (111 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes)
58. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [1987] (112 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes)
57. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa [1984] (112 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote)
56. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant [1986] (112 points, 12 votes)
55. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me [1987] (115 points, 13 votes)
54. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. [1984] (118 points, 14 votes)
53. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska [1982] (120 points, 14 votes)
52. Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [1981] (120 points, 17 votes)
51. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man [1988] (121 points, 11 votes)
50. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms [1980] (123 points, 13 votes)
49. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane [1988] (125 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote)
48. XTC - Skylarking [1986] (127 points, 16 votes)
47. Steely Dan - Gaucho [1980] (128 points, 9 votes)
46. R.E.M. - Reckoning [1984] (131 points, 14 votes)
45. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station [1980] (133 points, 11 votes)
44. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace [1985] (136 points, 13 votes)
43. Sonic Youth - EVOL [1986] (143 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
42. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising [1985] (146 points, 14 votes)
41. The Cure - Pornography [1982] (148 points, 9 votes)
40. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels [1980] (148 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
39. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 [1984] (154 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes)
38. New Order - Substance [1987] (156 points, 16 votes)
37. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising [1989] (164 points, 23 votes)
36. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour [1982] (166 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)
35. ABC - The Lexicon of Love [1982] (173 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
34. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow [1984] (173 points, 16 votes)
33. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs [1987] (174 points, 20 votes)
32. Prince - 1999 [1982] (191 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
31. Sonic Youth - Sister [1987] (199 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
30. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade [1984] (200 points, 13 votes)
29. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth [1980] (200 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
28. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses [1989] (201 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes)
27. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction [1987] (201 points, 18 votes)
26. Prince - Dirty Mind [1980] (210 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)

i don't think "vote-splitting" is that solid a concept here, lots of artists have multiple albums on the list and several of them, including Prince, have as good a shot at #1 as anyone.

there is closer on the list, all joy division votes will go to it. under normal conditions that should be enough to win.

disintegration may well be top 5 fwiw, if i'd been voting tactically i'd have given it megapoints in an effort to get it ahead of some of its rivals, but i wasn't voting tactically so i didn't actually vote for it in the end :-/

So far it's a good list.

surely underwater moonlight has to make it if a hitchcock solo album scraped the top 100, right?

i didn't vote for disintegration neither, i voted for another cure album which hasn't shown up yet. tactical voting is the worst, really. disintegration will be in the top 20, maybe even top 10 but i doubt it will crack the top 5.

Not necessarily. I can't be the only person who listens to 10x as much solo Hitchcock as I do Soft Boys (not that I don't like Soft Boys, but they just don't cross my mind as often).

Kinda bummed by the Swans absence here. Damn you to hell!

i voted for 'faith' as well as 'pornography' but 'faith' was always a no-hoper...yeah, between 5 and 10 sounds about right for disintegration

dude i haven't heard that swans record yet...maybe i should

i wouldn't give up on faith, its chances are better than those for 17 seconds for which i voted. it's a shame but there were too many good cure albums in the 80s.

surely underwater moonlight has to make it if a hitchcock solo album scraped the top 100, right?

I don't actually remember seeing this on the list of nominations. I almost certainly would have voted it for it had it been there. Unless I just completely missed it.

Children of God? It's on Spotify, but pc speakers might not do it justice.

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i.e. it might not demolish your front room.

nice to see sister place so high - was my only #1 pick, and while i 2nd guess many of my other choices, i've got no regrets about this one. as perfect an album as sonic youth (or the decade) ever produced. and while i rated daydream nation just as highly in its day, it hasn't aged anywhere near as well. dn's gray cinderblock density is certainly impressive, as a statement, but i prefer the variety and wildness of what came before (evol too).

appetite for destruction placing in the top 30 makes me smile. would have loved to see it break the top 10, but yeah, that was never gonna happen.

plus isn't dirty mind synth-pop? at least in part?

I'm wondering if there's any more metal/hard rock to come? Is Back In Black in with a shot? Can't think of anything else that'd make it this high up.

Unfortunately I cant see Black Flag , Butthole Surfers or Swans making it now :(

I'm wondering if there's any more metal/hard rock to come? Is Back In Black in with a shot? Can't think of anything else that'd make it this high up.

Surely Master Of Puppets and Reign In Blood will be in the next 5 places

wow, so ultramagnetic's critical beatdown won't even chart?