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

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?

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

Ah yeah, of course. Would like to see Slayer in there somewhere (wouldn't mind Master Of Puppets either though I didn't vote for it).

Mind you, getting ilx metal fans to vote is like getting blood from a stone so no guarantees either will make it, but they should.

4 of the top 32 sounds about right for PRINCE.
80's Prince still gets played all the time around my parts. It still sounds super fresh.
easily the writer/producer/performer of the decade.

It feels too obvious to even bother writing it.
Let me now tell you how great the sun, moon, and the stars are...

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

― DustyLoops, Sunday, 29 November 2009 22:16 (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dude i'm gonna be happy if 6/100 are hiphop albums

I'll bet EPMD just missed.

I'm really nervous about the Beastie Boys. If it's on the list, I'm glad it's doing better than I thought.

2 of my favorites I'm starting to give up on are TMBG and the Pyschedelic Furs.

i think hiphop will be better represented than country and metal somehow
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yeah but country and metal suck

Its pretty funny there is no metal (G&R aside so far) considering at one point in the 80s, it was all about the hair metal - Bon Jovi, Poison, Europe, G&R, Metallica...

And late to the party but I'm suprised at the complete "buh?" UK response to the first Femmes album. I thought it was one of those embedded 80s canon albums - it certainly has been in Australia for decades. Even little kids recognise the opening riff of "Blister".

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.

― Gavin in Leeds, Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:13 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

i had reign in blood, psychic...powerless, the number of the beast, youth of america, born too late, ace of spades and dial 'm' for motherfucker on my list, but i dunno man. really thought theindie/punk stuff had a solid shot at the bottom end of the list - but i can't see pussy galore, the butthole surfers or even the wipers cracking the top 25.

suppose slayer, iron maiden and metallica have better odds, but i ain't got my fingers crossed...

There's a staggering amount of huge 80s missing completely from this list (I didnt see the noms so I'm not sure what was there). Wither Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, even *cough* Genesis?

King Crimson ffs!

Trayce, I think everyone knows 'Blister in the Sun', but they were pretty much a one-hit wonder - as far as I'm aware, no albums ever broke through in Britain.

is Spandau Ballet a ilm favourite?

as any fule kno ultravox were better when they had an exclamation mark, and genesis when they had a gabriel, i.e. 70's 70's 70's

lol also king crimson

agree w trayce that there is tons of stuff missing that i wouldn't in a million years have voted for had it been present

Yeah ok ok you lot, give it a rest ;P

(also I said Spandau for lols tbh)

they were pretty much a one-hit wonder - as far as I'm aware, no albums ever broke through in Britain

Violent Femmes' legacy isn't built on actual "hit" hits. It's one of those albums that gets passed down from older sibling to younger sibling, parent to child, high school friend to middle school friend, etc.

they were also played on 'collage radio.' did britain have the equivalent of this in the 80's.