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

would say the lex will be happy its not top 10 but i dont think hes interested in an 80s poll.

Remain In Light is arguably TH's canonical album and easily their canonical 80s album, it's not even up for debate that it'll be here.

For what it's worth, last.fm has 1.3m plays for Remain In Light vs. 1.2m for Stop Making Sense (vs. 900k plays for Fear of Music) so I don't think it's totally clear cut. Plus Stop Making Sense has the better version of "Once in A Lifetime" and is better generally.

does the lex remember the 1980s?

Nah, that placement seems about right. I love it, but only put one Smiths album on my ballot (Louder than Bombs). If anyone else voted like I did, spreading votes around and not going to heavily on any one artist, it could easily have slipped to 11.

controversial! hoping it would make top 5

Hounds of Love is top 10!

I think we can safely say Master Of Puppets, Back In Black, Number Of The Beast and Reign In Blood wont be placing now.

Could Meat is Murder make still it???

Otherwise the only one left on my ballot that has any chance of appearing is Hounds of Love.

uh... "still make it"

:(

The only "metal" albums I voted for were Appetite and Hysteria, but that doesn't mean I didn't want to see more of it on the list.

Meat is Murder won't make it - the Smiths' albums received wisdom is exactly as per this poll. Shame as I think Meat is Murder is their best and it was my #4, also because it was the album that blew me away first all those years ago and led to me ending up here eventually I suppose. I love the sound - it's just let down by the shocking title track.

(Tuomas, that's your cue if it's #10)

I was hoping "Strangeways, Here We Come" would chart. That's my favorite Smiths album. Don't remember if it was even nominated.

I do love the Smiths as a singles band. But ranking an album that high that has arguably up to four duds (Frankly Mr. Shankly, I Know It's Over, Never Had No One Ever, Some Girls Are Bigger) versus three killers (Bigmouth, There Is A Light, The Boy With A Thorn) is madness.

I used to really dislike Purple Rain's The Beautiful Ones, Computer Blue and Baby I'm A Star, but I guess they're alright. Just not top 30 material for me. In regards to Thriller, I have these words, "Th' doggone girl is mine..."

In no context is "I Know It's Over" a dud.

11 albums, 10 slots.

Doolittle
Paul’s boutique
Murmur
Thriller
Hounds Of Love
Daydream Nation
Remain In Light
Purple Rain
Sign o’ The Times
Thriller
Nation Of Millions

Paul's Boutique was #13. Pay attention.

you have Thriller twice, problem solved. xp

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)
25. The Clash - Sandinista! [1980] (211 points, 11 votes, 3 first place votes)
24. The Cure - Disintegration [1989] (218 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
23. The Human League - Dare [1981] (219 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
22. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything [1988] (229 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)
21. Paul Simon - Graceland [1986] (237 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
20. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy [1985] (243 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)
19. The Replacements - Let It Be [1984] (252 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote)
18. Joy Division - Closer [1980] (255 points, 24 votes)
17. Kate Bush - The Dreaming [1982] (269 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes)
16. New Order - Technique [1989] (273 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes)
15. Pixies - Surfer Rosa [1988] (273 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
14. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden [1988] (274 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes)
13. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique [1989] (291 points, 25 votes, 1 first place vote)
12. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime [1984] (300 points, 15 votes, 3 first place votes)
11. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead [1986] (307 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)

really shocked @ no depeche mode

really shocked @ no madonna

Straight Outta Compton
Doolittle
Murmur
Thriller
Hounds Of Love
Daydream Nation
Remain In Light
Purple Rain
Sign o’ The Times
Nation Of Millions

Heh i find this amusing

43. Sonic Youth - EVOL [1986] (143 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
42. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising [1985] (146 points, 14 votes)

31. Sonic Youth - Sister [1987] (199 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
30. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade [1984] (200 points, 13 votes)

I voted for all 4

Computer World, not Straight Outta Compton. Mark my words. xxpost

Does that mean Warehouse will come in ahead of Daydream Nation? xxp

The only "metal" albums I voted for were Appetite and Hysteria, but that doesn't mean I didn't want to see more of it on the list.

An 80s metal poll would be fun. I only had two in my list, but I get in a mood and listen only to metal for a couple months a year. Piece of Mind, From Enslavement To Obliteration, Terrible Certainty, Don't Break The Oath, All For One, Seven Churches, Blood & Thunder, Black Metal, Law Of Devil's Land! \m/

I forgot to mention in previous post, some of the albums just from 1986 I like better than Queen Is Dead besides the three I voted for that didn't yet show up in the poll:

The Feelies - The Good Earth
The Woodentops - Giant
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Gun Shy
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Your Funeral . . . My Trial
Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
Scratch Acid - Just Keep Eating
Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty
The Chameleons - Strange Times
Died Pretty - Free Dirt
The Church - Heyday
Shriekback - Big Night Music
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
The The - Infected

I used to really dislike Purple Rain's The Beautiful Ones... but I guess {it's} alright. Just not top 30 material for me.

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, December 1, 2009

This is close to SB territory imo. Resisting on the off-chance that somehow the vocal track on your LP/cassette/CD/mp3 is somehow missing.

Im surprised Bleach didn't make the top 100. I thought it might've snuck in at 90 something. Wonder if it missed out by much? Perhaps a few people voted for it but wasnt in anyones top 5.

xpost ecause never having heard the vocal is the only possible explanation.

Life's Rich Pageant and Raising Hell are both in this poll, but that might not be the point you're making. xxxp

Does that mean Warehouse will come in ahead of Daydream Nation? xxp

fwiw Flip Your Wig got a vote from me not warehouse.

An 80s metal poll would be fun. I only had two in my list, but I get in a mood and listen only to metal for a couple months a year. Piece of Mind, From Enslavement To Obliteration, Terrible Certainty, Don't Break The Oath, All For One, Seven Churches, Blood & Thunder, Black Metal, Law Of Devil's Land! \m/
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 21:24

I'm not sure an 80s metal poll would be a great idea, glam shite like poison and its shitty ilk might dominate as old fart ilxors get nostalgic!

Plus I don't see Tuomas running a metal poll!

I happen to love "glam shite" as much as all the other stuff. Don't be such a curmedgeon!

Yeah, per Tuomas' request, I didn't include the ones I voted for that didn't yet show up. I also would include Evol and Atomizer. xxxp

albums here I have never heard, to my knowledge (or can't remember):

Tunnel Of Love
Indestructible Beat Of Soweto
Cupid & Psyche 85
Steve McQueen
16 Lovers Lane
Stone Roses
Isn't Anything

Doubt I would like them. Maybe the Go-Betweens.

xp
I am not sure an 80s metal poll would get many voters either. This poll has 2 hard rock records and zero metal, the winner in an 80s metal poll could end up having 5 votes or so

I would vote in said poll Herman, get to it!

nah, im busy enough with NOMINATIONS THREAD for ILX METAL ALBUMS Of 2009 (Closes December 20)

scott should run it, people who wont vote in the above poll will vote in one just because Scott is running it.

double nickels' high placement does much to mollify. maybe i just wanna see more of my dorm room boombox favorites on the list.

and i'm surprised by all the mock surprise at surfer rosa. it stacks up just fine against the likes of prince and public enemy, but only if you accept that it's an entirely different kind of music. same goes for, like, talk talk and the friggin housemartins. plus "watered down big black" is just moronic. pixies sound almost nothing like big black, except for the fact that they both involve hollering nerds and tinny guitars.

now that i think about it, i remember liking the membranes a lot. songs of love and fury, kiss ass godhead. wonder why i didn't nominate them? or the three johns...

the 80s were, now that i think about it, quite a long time ago.

now that i think about it

I bought a Three Johns album on the cheap once because people I trusted said it would be good. I did not like it one bit.

I count 15 albums so far that I hadn't heard prior to the start of this poll - I've since listened to three of them (Tabula Rasa, Violent Femmes, Fear & Whiskey) and loved them all. I might try and give the other 12 a go although I'm already sure I'd hate Hysteria...

the Three Johns did their best work on EPs and singles, none of the LPs really nail it to my ears. Seek out the Demonocracy singles compilation for true enjoyment.

which three johns album was it though? i don't know all their stuff, but the singles comp "rock & roll in the demonocracy" is fantastic. or at least half great. get pink-headed bug, awol & english white boy engineer stuck in my head all the time, and i haven't heard it in years. should track down a copy i guess...

hey, i said that!

how is spirit of eden only at 14

also rio isn't going to be here. what the actual fuck.

I had to go look at album covers to remember which one it was: The World By Storm from 1986. I honestly don't remember much about it at all except not liking it.

if i had ordered my ballot i'd have put spirit of eden first and miss america second. i'd like to know if margaret o'hara made the top 200.