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

Here's mine too, I would change a fair few of these already. Missing out Talking Heads, Duran Duran and Pet Shop Boys was a big mistake.

1.The Human League-Dare
2.ABC-The Lexicon Of Love
3.Associates-Sulk
4.Prince-Dirty Mind
5.Dexys Midnight Runners-Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
6.Cameo-Word Up
7.New Order-Technique
8.Talk Talk-Spirit Of Eden
9.Dexys Midnight Runners-Don't Stand Me Down
10.Felt-Forver Breathes The Lonely Word
11.Orange Juice-You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
12.Magazine-The Correct Use Of Soap
13.Prince-Sign O' The Times
14.Grace Jones-Warm Leatherette
15.Kraftwerk-Computer World
16.Yellow Magic Orchestra-Naughty Boys
17.Kid Creole & the Coconuts-Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places
18.Happy Mondays-Bummed
19.John Foxx-Metamatic
20.Grace Jones-Nightclubbing
21.Kano-Kano
22.Go Betweens-Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express
23.Prefab Sprout-Steve McQueen
24.Thomas Dolby-The Golden Age Of Wireless
25.Kid Creole & The Coconuts-Tropical Gangsters/Wiseguys
26.Chic-Real People
27.New Order-Low-life
28.Diana Ross-Diana
29.OMD-Dazzleships
30.REM-Murmer

My ballot:

1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2. Slapp Happy - Acnalbasac Noom
3. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
4. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
5. X - Wild Gift
6. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station
7. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
8. The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme)
9. Boredoms - Soul Discharge
10. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
11. Pixies - Doolittle
12. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
13. John Zorn - Naked City
14. Michael Jackson - Thriller
15. Bob Dylan - Saved
16. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
17. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
18. Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
19. Metallica - Master of Puppets
20. Pet Shop Boys - Please
21. R.E.M. - Green
22. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
23. Fred Frith - Gravity
24. John Cougar - American Fool
25. Daryl Hall & John Oates - H2O
26. The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
27. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
28. Steely Dan - Gaucho
29. The Cure - Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea: The Singles
30. AC/DC - Back in Black

By my count 15 made it.

Straight Outta Compton has a four great tracks and then all these other tracks that are just there. It is important record, and its social impact puts on a level that I think only a few things in all of the arts reach, but there are easily 100 albums from 80-89 that make better listens from beginning to end.

But I was a week shy of three-years-old when it came out, so what the fuck do I know? Maybe the old heads still let it play through, but I think I can count one finger the number I've times I've heard the end of something 2 dance 2

More than any of that though, this just wasn't a good poll for hip-hop

I don't understand the appeal of Kate Bush. I don't think I want to.

15 out of 30, in order from 1 to 30
The Human League – Dare!
Kraftwerk - Computer World
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Associates – Sulk
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock
Colourbox - s/t
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Rattlesnakes
The The - Soul Mining
The Blue Nile – Hats
Soft Cell - The Art of Falling Apart
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Joy Division - Closer
The Todd Terry Project - To the Batmobile Let's Go
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shocked
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Philip Glass - Solo Piano
The Proclaimers - This Is the Story
Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric's

Disappointed that Blue Nile didn't make it, thought they might have snuck in around 80-100.

I'll try to post some additional data (#101-#150 spots

100-150!? We need everything that got points! Need, neeeeed...

Great work, Tuomas -- thanks a lot! :D

My ballot - 17/30

Starred items did not chart; double-starred items did not chart TO ILM'S INTRNAL SHAEM

1. Prince - 1999
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
4. Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion And The Cobra**
5. R.E.M - Murmur
6. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton**
7. Def Leppard - Pyromania
8. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required**
9. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
10. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense*
11. Roxy Music - Avalon
12. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
13. Paul Simon - Graceland
14. Michael Jackson - Thriller
15. Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk**
16. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)**
17. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire*
18. Madonna - Like A Prayer*
19. Peter Gabriel - 3**
20. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
21. Peter Gabriel - So*
22. AC/DC - Back in Black**
23. Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
24. Smiths - Louder than Bombs
25. U2 - The Joshua Tree
26. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
27. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
28. Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, & the Lash
29. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell*
30. Dire Straits - Making Movies*

My ballot. As I said upthread, I wish I'd switched EVOL and Daydream Nation. 15 of my 30 made it.

1. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
2. Sonny Sharrock - Guitar
3. John Zorn - Naked City
4. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
6. Bad Brains - s/t
7. King Crimson - Discipline
8. Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
9. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
10. The Clash - Sandinista!
11. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy!!
12. The Pretenders - s/t
13. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
14. Talking Heads - The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
15. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
16. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
17. Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years
18. Sonic Youth - EVOL
19. Jon Hassell / Brian Eno - Fourth World, Vol.1: Possible Musics
20. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
21. Joy Division - Substance
22. Prince and the Revolution - Parade
23. R.E.M. - Murmur
24. Sonic Youth - Sister
25. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
26. Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
27. X - Wild Gift
28. Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man’s Sac
29. Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman - Song X
30. The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It

Here's my ballot with placings next to the top 100 albums. It was difficult enough to narrow the nominations list to 30 albums, so I didn't bother ordering them -- all are fantastic and irreplaceable. I also limited myself to one album per artist, for no reason in particular.

A-ha - Hunting High and Low
A.R. Kane - 69
Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
The Cure - Disintegration (#24)
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (#37)
Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
EPMD - Strictly Business
Peter Gabriel - So
The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (#49)
The Human League - Dare! (#23)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (#20)
Kraftwerk - Computer World (#8)
Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Peter Murphy - Deep
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (#22)
New Order - Technique (#16)
Pet Shop Boys - Please (#86)
Prince - Dirty Mind (#26)
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (#2)
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (#69)
Sonic Youth - EVOL (#43)
Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire
Swans - Children of God
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
This Heat - Deceit
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (#29)

Well, this:
Why's everybody so sure Remain in Light is in?
looks silly now, I guess. I love TH and voted for two of their records, neither of which was among the three that placed. I guess I just have no idea what most people are looking for in their Talking Heads!

My ballot:

Number of my votes in top 100: 15
Top on my ballot that didn't make it: #4, Teardrop Explodes, Kilimanjaro
Vote I was most surprised to see place: Dexys, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Vote I was most surprised to see not place: REM, Document, I guess, though actually I'm not that surprised by any of them.

1. R.E.M., Murmur
2. Pixies, Doolittle
3. R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant
4. Teardrop Explodes, Kilimanjaro
5. Violent Femmes, s/t
6. Julian Cope, St. Julian
7. Housemartins, London 0 Hull 4
8. Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy
9. R.E.M., Document
10. Pixies, Surfer Rosa
11. Talking Heads, The Name of This Band is Talking Heads
12. R.E.M., Reckoning
13. R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction
14. R.E.M., Green
15. The Orange Juice, You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
16. They Might Be Giants, Lincoln
17. Genesis, Abacab
18. Dexys Midnight Runners, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
19. Jesus and Mary Chain, Darklands
20. Michael Jackson, Thriller
21. The Chills, Brave Words
22. Joy Division, Closer
23. The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
24. New Order, Substance
25. Prince, Purple Rain
26. The Smiths, Louder than Bombs
27. Bangles, Different Light
28. Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth
29. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
30. Pretenders, Learning to Crawl

aw, St. Julian

Biggest surprise for me: no Elvis Costello

Yeah, that was a surprise... I would've thought Imperial Bedroom at least had a good shot.

how many voters were there in dis ting anyhoo?

An ballot:

1. (17) Kate Bush - The Dreaming
2. (--) Throwing Muses - s/t
3. (--) Stump - A Fierce Pancake
4. (--) Propaganda - A Secret Wish
5. (82) Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail
6. (36) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
7. (08) Kraftwerk - Computer World
8. (04) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
9. (22) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
10. (--) The Proclaimers - This Is the Story
11. (63) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
12. (78) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
13. (--) Coil - Horse Rotorvator
14. (29) Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
15. (--) Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
16. (86) Pet Shop Boys - Please
17. (21) Paul Simon - Graceland
18. (--) Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
19. (23) The Human League - Dare!
20. (11) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
21. (--) Madness - 7
22. (92) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships
23. (--) The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
24. (--) Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
25. (44) The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
26. (--) Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate
27. (--) Soft Cell - The Art of Falling Apart
28. (--) Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
29. (--) Colourbox - s/t
30. (--) The Waterboys - This Is the Sea

50 pct turnout there.

Costello put out his consensus best work in the '70s. Biggest surprise is no Depeche Mode! xxxpost

Various - Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
Michael Shrieve - Transfer Station Blue
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
Harold Budd / Elizabeth Fraser / Robin Guthrie / Simon Raymonde - The Moon and the Melodies
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Various - Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Vol. 1
Jon Hassell / Brian Eno - Fourth World, Vol.1: Possible Musics
Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
Roxy Music - Avalon
Sade - Stronger Than Pride
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Chris & Cosey - Heartbeat
Durutti Column - Another Setting
King Sunny Ade and His African Beats - Juju Music
Various - Mutant Disco: A Subtle Dislocation of the Norm
Arthur Russell - World of Echo

11/30 isn't bad i guess.

UMM WHAT ABOUT THE COMPLETE LACK OF SADE. WTFILM

I wouldn't have voted for Depeche Mode but yeah, I'm really surprised to not see it there.

I wouldn't have voted for Depeche Mode but yeah, I'm really surprised to not see it there.

I keep hearing about this Sade chick but I have never heard her in my lifetime.

1. New Order - Technique
2. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
4. The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
5. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
6. The Wedding Present - Bizarro
7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
8. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
9. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
10. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
11. Morrissey - Viva Hate
12. The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
13. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
14. The Wedding Present - Tommy
15. Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
16. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
17. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
18. XTC - Black Sea
19. Joy Division - Closer
20. The Specials - More Specials
21. ABBA - The Visitors
22. The Cure - Disintegration
23. Julee Cruise - Floating Into the Night
24. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
25. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
26. Paul McCartney - Tug of War
27. Kraftwerk - Computer World
28. The Wedding Present - George Best
29. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
30. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It

Thanks Tuomas. It would be interesting to see 101-150 or 200, if you're able to. Great poll. I've picked up the few albums that I didn't already have, except for World of Echo, which should be ready tonight. It's certainly had me re-considering some of these albums. For example, I've had Hounds Of Love for about ten years, but I've always sort of lost focus after the first half. I just re-listened to it, and the second half certainly isn't bad. It just never clicked before. I'll have to listen more. Seems like it could benefit from a remaster. I had the tape of Sign O' The Times since it came out and got pretty sick of it. I remember people asking to take it off halfway through at a party in the mid-90s because they were sick of it. I believe it was replaced by Master Of Puppets which did liven things up. I'm listening to it now, and could still do without half the songs. I got to see PE perform Nation of Millions last year at Pfork, which was great. Anyone else see it? RIL was my #1.

Let's do a little number-crunching. Here's the top hundred grouped by number of votes:

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)
82. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail [1985] (91 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote)

96. Associates - Sulk [1982] (79 points, 6 votes)
94. Def Leppard - Pyromania [1983] (80 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
83. David Bowie - Scary Monsters [1980] (89 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
80. Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1985] (93 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)

95. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking [1988] (79 points, 7 votes)
93. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless [1982] (80 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
88. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love [1987] (86 points, 7 votes)
79. The The - Soul Mining [1983] (93 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
76. U2 - The Joshua Tree [1987] (95 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
72. The Chills - Kaleidoscope World [1986] (98 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
69. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 [1985] (100 points, 7 votes)
58. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [1987] (112 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes)

97. Big Black - Atomizer [1986] (77 points, 8 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)
77. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun [1985] (94 points, 8 votes)
65. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly [1982] (105 points, 8 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)

92. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships [1983] (80 points, 9 votes)
90. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II [1984] (81 points, 9 votes)
75. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual [1983] (95 points, 9 votes)
73. X - Wild Gift [1981] (97 points, 9 votes)
57. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa [1984] (112 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote)
49. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane [1988] (125 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote)
47. Steely Dan - Gaucho [1980] (128 points, 9 votes)
41. The Cure - Pornography [1982] (148 points, 9 votes)

91. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell [1986] (80 points, 10 votes)
89. Prince and the Revolution - Parade [1986] (83 points, 10 votes)
74. Galaxie 500 - On Fire [1989] (96 points, 10 votes)
71. Roxy Music - Avalon [1982] (99 points, 10 votes)
66. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen [1985] (104 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)

70. Laurie Anderson - Big Science [1982] (99 points, 11 votes)
61. Arthur Russell - World of Echo [1986] (108 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
51. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man [1988] (121 points, 11 votes)
45. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station [1980] (133 points, 11 votes)
40. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels [1980] (148 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
35. ABC - The Lexicon of Love [1982] (173 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote)
25. The Clash - Sandinista! [1980] (211 points, 11 votes, 3 first place votes)

67. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes [1983] (101 points, 12 votes)
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)
56. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant [1986] (112 points, 12 votes)
43. Sonic Youth - EVOL [1986] (143 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
39. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 [1984] (154 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes)

81. The Beat (aka The English Beat) - I Just Can't Stop It [1980] (91 points, 13 votes)
55. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me [1987] (115 points, 13 votes)
50. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms [1980] (123 points, 13 votes)
44. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace [1985] (136 points, 13 votes)
30. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade [1984] (200 points, 13 votes)
17. Kate Bush - The Dreaming [1982] (269 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes)

54. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. [1984] (118 points, 14 votes)
53. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska [1982] (120 points, 14 votes)
46. R.E.M. - Reckoning [1984] (131 points, 14 votes)
42. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising [1985] (146 points, 14 votes)
36. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour [1982] (166 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)
26. Prince - Dirty Mind [1980] (210 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote)

28. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses [1989] (201 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes)
16. New Order - Technique [1989] (273 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes)
12. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime [1984] (300 points, 15 votes, 3 first place votes)

78. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash [1985] (93 points, 16 votes)
68. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies [1983] (100 points, 16 votes)
48. XTC - Skylarking [1986] (127 points, 16 votes)
38. New Order - Substance [1987] (156 points, 16 votes)
34. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow [1984] (173 points, 16 votes)

52. Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [1981] (120 points, 17 votes)
32. Prince - 1999 [1982] (191 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
29. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth [1980] (200 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
23. The Human League - Dare [1981] (219 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
21. Paul Simon - Graceland [1986] (237 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)

27. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction [1987] (201 points, 18 votes)
19. The Replacements - Let It Be [1984] (252 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote)
14. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden [1988] (274 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes)

24. The Cure - Disintegration [1989] (218 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
22. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything [1988] (229 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)

33. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs [1987] (174 points, 20 votes)

31. Sonic Youth - Sister [1987] (199 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
15. Pixies - Surfer Rosa [1988] (273 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)

37. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising [1989] (164 points, 23 votes)
20. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy [1985] (243 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)

18. Joy Division - Closer [1980] (255 points, 24 votes)

13. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique [1989] (291 points, 25 votes, 1 first place vote)

11. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead [1986] (307 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote)

7. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [1988] (356 points, 28 votes, 3 first place votes)
5. Prince - Sign “☮” the Times [1987] (381 points, 28 votes, 2 first place votes)

8. Kraftwerk - Computer World [1981] (338 points, 29 votes)

6. R.E.M. - Murmur [1983] (359 points, 30 votes, 2 first place votes)

10. Pixies – Doolittle [1989] (323 points, 31 votes)

9. Michael Jackson - Thriller [1982] (331 points, 35 votes)
4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (422 points, 35 votes, 2 first place votes)
3. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain [1984] (423 points, 35 votes, 2 first place votes)

1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light [1980] (568 points, 37 votes, 4 first place votes)

2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988] (478 points, 39 votes, 2 first place votes)

Curtis that is astonishing that you've never heard Sade! "Smooth Operator" is just one of those songs I imagine everyone knowing.

I'm seeing a lot of [Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra] up in these ballots. Wouldn't be surprised if it's #101.

19/30
1) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2) Husker Du - Zen Arcade
3) Talking Heads - Remain In Light
4) New Order - Movement
5) The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
6) Flipper - Album
7) REM - Murmur
8) Sonic Youth - Sister
9) The Pixies - Doolittle
10) X - Wild Gift
11) The Clash - Combat Rock
12) The Replacements - Let It Be
13) Husker Du - New Day Rising
14) Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
15) Prince - Controversy
16) Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
17) The Police - Synchronicity
18) XTC - Skylarking
19) Sonic Youth - Evol
20) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
21) The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
22) Michael Jackson - Thriller
23) Colourbox - S/T
24) Throwing Muses - S/T
25) The dB's - Repercussion
26) Big Black - Atomizer
27) Tom Tom Club - S/T
28) New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
29) The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
30) Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking

And here's what it looks like if the top 100 are ranked by average points per vote. I think this one's pretty interesting:

100. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash [1985] (93 points, 16 votes) (Average: 5.81)
99. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies [1983] (100 points, 16 votes) (Average: 6.25)
98. The Beat (aka The English Beat) - I Just Can't Stop It [1980] (91 points, 13 votes) (Average: 7)
97. Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [1981] (120 points, 17 votes) (Average: 7.06)
96. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising [1989] (164 points, 23 votes) (Average: 7.13)
95. XTC - Skylarking [1986] (127 points, 16 votes) (Average: 7.93)
94. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell [1986] (80 points, 10 votes) (Average: 8)
93. Prince and the Revolution - Parade [1986] (83 points, 10 votes) (Average: 8.3)
92. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes [1983] (101 points, 12 votes) (Average: 8.42)
91. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. [1984] (118 points, 14 votes) (Average: 8.43)
90. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska [1982] (120 points, 14 votes) (Average: 8.57)
89. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs [1987] (174 points, 20 votes) (Average: 8.7)
86. Cocteau Twins - Treasure [1984] (106 points, 12 votes) (Average: 8.83)
86. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing [1981] (106 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 8.83)
86. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs [1985] (106 points, 12 votes) (Average: 8.83)
85. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me [1987] (115 points, 13 votes) (Average: 8.85)
84. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships [1983] (80 points, 9 votes) (Average: 8.89)
82. Laurie Anderson - Big Science [1982] (99 points, 11 votes) (Average: 9)
82. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II [1984] (81 points, 9 votes) (Average: 9)
81. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant [1986] (112 points, 12 votes) (Average: 9.33)
80. R.E.M. - Reckoning [1984] (131 points, 14 votes) (Average: 9.36)
79. Michael Jackson - Thriller [1982] (331 points, 35 votes) (Average: 9.457)
78. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms [1980] (123 points, 13 votes) (Average: 9.461)
77. Sonic Youth - Sister [1987] (199 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 9.48)
76. Galaxie 500 - On Fire [1989] (96 points, 10 votes) (Average: 9.6)
75. Big Black - Atomizer [1986] (77 points, 8 votes) (Average: 9.63)
74. New Order - Substance [1987] (156 points, 16 votes) (Average: 9.75)
73. Arthur Russell - World of Echo [1986] (108 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 9.82)
72. Roxy Music - Avalon [1982] (99 points, 10 votes) (Average: 9.9)
71. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen [1985] (104 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 10.4)
70. Pixies – Doolittle [1989] (323 points, 31 votes) (Average: 10.42)
69. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising [1985] (146 points, 14 votes) (Average: 10.43)
68. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace [1985] (136 points, 13 votes) (Average: 10.46)
67. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual [1983] (95 points, 9 votes) (Average: 10.56)
66. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy [1985] (243 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 10.57)
65. Joy Division - Closer [1980] (255 points, 24 votes) (Average: 10.63)
64. Pet Shop Boys - Actually [1987] (86 points, 8 votes) (Average: 10.75)
63. X - Wild Gift [1981] (97 points, 9 votes) (Average: 10.78)
62. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow [1984] (173 points, 16 votes) (Average: 10.81)
59. Pet Shop Boys - Please [1986] (87 points, 8 votes) (Average: 10.83)
59. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine [1989] (87 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 10.83)
59. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues [1983] (87 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 10.83)
58. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man [1988] (121 points, 11 votes) (Average: 11)
57. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction [1987] (201 points, 18 votes) (Average: 11.17)
56. Prince - 1999 [1982] (191 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.24)
55. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking [1988] (79 points, 7 votes) (Average: 11.29)
54. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless [1982] (80 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.43)
53. The Cure - Disintegration [1989] (218 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.47)
52. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique [1989] (291 points, 25 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.64)
51. Kraftwerk - Computer World [1981] (338 points, 29 votes) (Average: 11.66)
50. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun [1985] (94 points, 8 votes) (Average: 11.75)
49. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth [1980] (200 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.76)
48. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead [1986] (307 points, 26 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.81)
47. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour [1982] (166 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.86)
46. Sonic Youth - EVOL [1986] (143 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 11.92)
45. R.E.M. - Murmur [1983] (359 points, 30 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 11.97)
44. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything [1988] (229 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 12.05)
43. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (422 points, 35 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 12.06)
42. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain [1984] (423 points, 35 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 12.086)
41. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Doc at the Radar Station [1980] (133 points, 11 votes) (Average: 12.091)
40. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988] (478 points, 39 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 12.26)
39. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love [1987] (86 points, 7 votes) (Average: 12.29)
38. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa [1984] (112 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 12.44)
37. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [1988] (356 points, 28 votes, 3 first place votes) (Average: 12.71)
36. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 [1984] (154 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 12.83)
35. The Human League - Dare [1981] (219 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 12.88)
34. Pixies - Surfer Rosa [1988] (273 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13)
33. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly [1982] (105 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.13)
32. Associates - Sulk [1982] (79 points, 6 votes) (Average: 13.17)
31. The The - Soul Mining [1983] (93 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.29)
30. Def Leppard - Pyromania [1983] (80 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.33)
29. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses [1989] (201 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 13.4)
28. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels [1980] (148 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.45)
27. U2 - The Joshua Tree [1987] (95 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.57)
26. Prince - Sign “☮” the Times [1987] (381 points, 28 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 13.61)
25. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full [1987] (111 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.88)
24. Mekons - Fear and Whiskey [1985] (111 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 13.88)
23. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane [1988] (125 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.89)
22. Paul Simon - Graceland [1986] (237 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 13.94)
21. The Chills - Kaleidoscope World [1986] (98 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 14)
20. The Replacements - Let It Be [1984] (252 points, 18 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 14)
19. Steely Dan - Gaucho [1980] (128 points, 9 votes) (Average: 14.22)
18. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 [1985] (100 points, 7 votes) (Average: 14.29)
17. David Bowie - Scary Monsters [1980] (89 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 14.83)
16. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains [1984] (75 points, 5 votes) (Average: 15 points)
15. Prince - Dirty Mind [1980] (210 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 15)
14. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Hole [1984] (76 points, 5 votes) (Average: 15.2 points)
13. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription [1987] (76 points, 5 votes) (Average: 15.2 points)
12. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden [1988] (274 points, 18 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 15.22)
11. Talking Heads - Remain in Light [1980] (568 points, 37 votes, 4 first place votes) (Average: 15.35)
10. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade [1984] (200 points, 13 votes) (Average: 15.38)
9. Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1985] (93 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 15.5)
8. ABC - The Lexicon of Love [1982] (173 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 15.73)
7. The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [1987] (112 points, 7 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 16)
6. The Cure - Pornography [1982] (148 points, 9 votes) (Average: 16.44)
5. New Order - Technique [1989] (273 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes) (Average: 18.2)
4. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail [1985] (91 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote) (Average: 18.2)
3. The Clash - Sandinista! [1980] (211 points, 11 votes, 3 first place votes) (Average: 19.81)
2. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime [1984] (300 points, 15 votes, 3 first place votes) (Average: 20)
1. Kate Bush - The Dreaming [1982] (269 points, 13 votes, 3 first place votes) (Average: 20.69)

Here's my ballot, and where they placed if they did (11/30 overall):

1. The Clash - Sandinista! #25
    2. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains #100
    3. Fugazi - 13 Songs
    4. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
    5. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique #13
    6. Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
    7. Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
    8. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963
    9. The Cult - Love
    10. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising #37
    11. Fishbone - Truth and Soul
    12. Loop - Fade Out
    13. The Misfits - Walk Among Us
    14. Peter Murphy - Deep
    15. The Replacements - Let It Be #19
    16. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
    17. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
    18. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
    19. The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
    20. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
    21. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow #34
    22. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash #78
    23. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms #50
    24. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly #65
    25. Def Leppard - Pyromania #94
    26. INXS - Listen Like Thieves
    27. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking #95
    28. Judas Priest - British Steel
    29. The Traveling Wilburys - Vol. 1
    30. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Fegmania!

Thanks again Tuomas. Lots of fun complaining.

I don't understand the appeal of Kate Bush. I don't think I want to.

― Fellini.Kuti, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 4:26 PM

grats on yr new SB "Fellini" O_O

15/30 of mine made it. LOL, I bet I'm the only one to vote for the Police...

1. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
2. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
3. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
4. Steely Dan - Gaucho
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
6. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
7. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
8. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
9. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
10. Boredoms - Soul Discharge
11. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Fegmania!
12. XTC - Black Sea
13. Prince - Sign ‘O’ the Times
14. Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
15. Tom Verlaine - Flash Light
16. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
17. Rush - Moving Pictures
18. Michael Jackson - Thriller
19. Shriekback - Oil and Gold
20. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
21. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
22. Duran Duran - Rio
23. R.E.M. - Murmur
24. Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
25. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
26. Metallica - Master of Puppets
27. Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
28. Voivod - Nothingface
29. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
30. The Police - Ghost in the Machine

That Top 100 by average is interesting. I like seeing what people like passionately.

17/30 for my ballot, albums that didn't place in bold:

1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2. Prince - Sign ‘O’ the Times
3. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
4. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
5. The Pretenders - s/t
6. Peter Gabriel - So
7. Violent Femmes - s/t
8. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
9. Kix - s/t
10. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
11. The Replacements - Let It Be
12. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
13. Sonic Youth - Sister
14. Paul Simon - Graceland
15. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
16. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
17. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy!!
18. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
19. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
20. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
21. R.E.M. - Reckoning
22. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
23. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
24. Sonic Youth - EVOL
25. Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
26. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
27. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
28. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate
29. "Weird Al" Yankovic - In 3-D
30. Klark Kent - s/t

The Dreaming and Double Nickels benefitted the most from fan-intensity, while Thriller and Doolittle benefitted the most from everyone-likes-it-a-bit.

1. R.E.M. – Murmur
2. Prince – Dirty Mind
3. The Replacements – Let It Be
4. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
5. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel Of Love
6. Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime
7. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
8. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
9. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
10. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
11. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
12. ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
13. Hüsker Dü – Flip Your Wig
14. Kraftwerk – Computer World
15. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
16. Michael Jackson – Thriller
17. Manuel Göttsching – E2-E4
18. Associates – Sulk
19. R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant
20. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
21. Diana Ross – Diana
22. The Feelies – The Good Earth
23. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
24. Metallica – Ride The Lightning
25. Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
26. Prince & The Revolution – Parade
27. Slayer – Reign In Blood
28. Swans – Children Of God
29. Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden
30. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times

23/30! Can't complain really. Thanks Tuomas.

1. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail
2. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
3. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
4. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
5. Big Black - Atomizer
6. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
7. John Zorn - Naked City
8. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
9. Nurse with Wound - The Sylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion
10. Devo - Freedom of Choice
11. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
12. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
13. Slayer - Reign in Blood
14. The Art of Noise - (Who's Afraid of?) the Art of Noise
15. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
16. Faith No More - The Real Thing
17. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
18. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
19. Metallica - Master of Puppets
20. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
21. Eurythmics - Touch
22. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
23. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
24. Bad Brains - s/t
25. Shriekback - Oil and Gold
26. Tones on Tail - Pop
27. Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
28. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
29. Sinéad O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
30. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless

That Top 100 by average is interesting. I like seeing what people like passionately.

That mollifies me quite a bit re: Double Nickels

Here's mine:

1. (4) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
2. (21) Paul Simon - Graceland
3. (1) Talking Heads - Remain in Light
4. (-) The Smiths - Meat is Murder
5. (29) Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
6. (87) Pet Shop Boys - Actually
7. (17) Kate Bush - The Dreaming
8. (76) U2 - The Joshua Tree
9. (13) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
10. (28) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
11. (-) Talking Heads - The Name of this Band is Talking Heads
12. (9) Michael Jackson - Thriller
13. (-) INXS - Kick
14. (-) Michael Jackson - Bad
15. (78) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
16. (-) Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
17. (16) New Order - Technique
18. (54) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
19. (34) The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
20. (5) Prince - Sign of the Times
21. (-) Duran Duran - Rio
22. (-) Kate Bush - The Sensual World
23. (-) Peter Gabriel - So
24. (-) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
25. (-) Philip Glass - Solo Piano
26. (57) Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
27. (11) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
28. (-) Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
29. (-) Dire Straits - Making Movies
30. (-) Amina Claudine Myers Trio - The Circle of Time

9 from my top 10
15 from my top 20
17 from my top 30

(though five of the last six are in there to make sure The Queen Is Dead scores less than Frankie Goes to Hollywood, so it's really 16 out my top 25 - Arvo Part scoring was just an accident!)

btw people that didnt vote for eurythmics sweet dreams are really missing out. with all of my whining about master of puppets and straight out of compton and songs about fucking, that is the one i am most stunned and upset about not placing.

like if you had told me that 2 of my top five werent going to place i prob wouldnt have picked that over both foetus albums and atomizer

John Justen I don't know it beyond the hits but will download it tonight, please tell your excellent puppy Henry.

It's a really really good record. I should've voted for it myself, but I kind of rushed my ballot.

My ballot. No calculation, no representation, just what I'd take to the desert island:

1. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
2. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
3. Swans - Children of God
4. Throwing Muses - s/t
5. Coil - Horse Rotorvator
6. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
7. Big Black – Atomizer #97
8. Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
9. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy #20
10. Arthur Russell - World of Echo #61
11. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
12. Talking Heads - Remain in Light #1
13. Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
14. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
15. Joy Division – Closer #18
16. Cocteau Twins – Treasure #63
17. Peter Gabriel - Passion
18. XTC – Skylarking #48
19. A.R. Kane – 69 #108
20. Brian Eno / David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts #52
21. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love #4
22. Sonic Youth – Sister #31
23. Mission of Burma - Mission of Burma (Rykodisc compilation)
24. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
25. Jon Hassell - Power Spot
26. The Chameleons - Strange Times
27. R.E.M. – Murmur #27
28. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
29. Killing Joke - What's THIS For…!
30. New Order – Substance #38

Not one of my top 6 got in, hence I expect the 101-150 to be heavy with my picks.

18. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
― bearinthebumpercaremoticon.jpg (jjjusten),

I would have had this on my list instead of Swordfishtrombones but it wasn't on the nominee list.

My ballot
17/30
1. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
4. The Replacements - Let It Be
5. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
6. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust
7. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
8. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
9. R.E.M. - Murmur
10. The Clash - Sandinista!
11. Bruce Springsteen - The River
12. Prince - Dirty Mind
13. X - Wild Gift
14. The Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll
15. Neil Young - Freedom
16. Sonic Youth - Sister
17. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
18. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
19. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
20. Human Switchboard - Who's Landing In My Hangar?
21. The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
22. The Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
23. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
24. Vulgar Boatmen - You and Your Sister
25. Peter Gabriel - 3
26. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
27. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
28. Dire Straits - Making Movies
29. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
30. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights

18. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
― bearinthebumpercaremoticon.jpg (jjjusten),

I would have had this on my list instead of Swordfishtrombones but it wasn't on the nominee list.

― EZ Snappin

It was added a couple posts down from the nominations master list.

Here's the 100 most critically acclaimed albums from the 80's according to Acclaimed Music, compared with how they did on our list (DNP=Did Not Place; NE=Not Elligible):

1 (2)Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988]
2 (5) Prince - Sign 'O' the Times [1987]
3 (11)The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead [1986]
4 (9) Michael Jackson – Thriller [1982]
5 (1)Talking Heads - Remain in Light [1980]
6 (76) U2 - The Joshua Tree [1987]
7 (18) Joy Division – Closer [1980]
8 (3) Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain [1984]
9 (28) The Stone Roses [1989]
10 (10) Pixies – Doolittle [1989]
11 (27) Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction [1987]
12 (6) R.E.M. – Murmur [1983]
13 (7) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [1988]
14 (19) Paul Simon – Graceland [1986]
15 (37) De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising [1989]
16 (20) The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy [1985]
17 (15) Pixies - Surfer Rosa [1988]
18 (DNP) Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones [1983]
19 (DNP) AC/DC - Back in Black [1980]
20 (DNP) N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton [1988]
21 (63) Tom Waits - Rain Dogs [1985]
22 (13) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique [1989]
23 (53) Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska [1982]
24 (54) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. [1984]
25 (DNP) Metallica - Master of Puppets [1986]
26 (DNP) Pretenders [1980]
27 (91) Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell [1986]
28 (32) Prince and The Revolution – 1999 [1982]
29 (NE) The Smiths [1984]
30 (DNP) Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill [1986]
31 (30) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade [1984]
32 (4) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love [1985]
33 (23)The Human League - Dare! [1981]
34 (DNP)Peter Gabriel – So [1986]
35 (66) Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good [1985]
36 (DNP) Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom [1982]
37 (19) The Replacements - Let It Be [1984]
38 (DNP) The Police – Synchronicity [1983]
39 (78) The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash [1985]
40 (52) Brian Eno/David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [1981]
41 (DNP) Bruce Springsteen - The River [1980]
42 (DNP) U2 – War [1983]
43 (31) Sonic Youth – Sister [1987]
44 (DNP) Slayer - Reign in Blood [1986]
45 (12) Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime [1984]
46 (65) Donald Fagen - The Nightfly [1982]
47 (40) Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels [1980]
48 (35) ABC - The Lexicon of Love [1982]
49 (60) Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full [1987]
50 (67) Violent Femmes [1982]
51 (16) New Order – Technique [1989]
52 (NE) Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables [1980]
53 (DNP) Black Flag – Damaged [1981]
54 (95) Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking [1988]
55 (24) The Cure – Disintegration [1989]
56 (DNP) Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights [1982]
57 (DNP) Madonna - Like a Prayer [1989]
58 (DNP) Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!! [1980]
59 (DNP) Lou Reed - New York [1989]
60 (NE) Tracy Chapman [1988]
61 (DNP) R.E.M. – Document [1987]
62 (14) Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden [1988]
63 (DNP) Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast [1982]
64 (DNP) X - Los Angeles [1980]
65 (42) Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising [1985]
66 (48) XTC – Skylarking [1986]
67 (71) Roxy Music – Avalon [1982]
68 (DNP) New Order - Low-Life [1985]
69 (DNP) U2 - The Unforgettable Fire [1984]
70 (68) New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies [1983]
71 (26) Prince - Dirty Mind [1980]
72 (8) Kraftwerk – Computerwelt [1981]
73 (DNP) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain [1984]
74 (25) The Clash - Sandinista! [1980]
75 (DNP) Lloyd Cole and The Commotions – Rattlesnakes [1984]
76 (NE) Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show [1987]
77 (41) The Cure – Pornography [1982]
78 (NE) The Jam - Sound Affects [1980]
79 (DNP) Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith [1981]
80 (DNP) Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III) [1980]
81 (83) David Bowie - Scary Monsters [1980]
82 (50) The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms [1980]
83 (NE) Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One/Keep On Movin' [1989]
84 (44) The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace [1985]
85 (84) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine [1989]
86 (DNP) Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 [1985]
87 (DNP) The Replacements – Tim [1985]
88 (DNP) The Cure - The Head on the Door [1985]
89 (NE) Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded [1987]
90 (DNP) King Sunny Adé - Juju Music [1982]
91 (DNP) Motörhead - Ace of Spades
92 (87) Pet Shop Boys – Actually [1987]
93 (22) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything [1988]
94 (NE) George Michael – Faith [1987]
95 (DNP) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense [1984]
96 (51) Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man [1988]
97 (NE) Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms [1985]
98 (34) The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow [1984]
99 (DNP) Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories [1987]
100 (55) Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me [1987]

WmC where is Soul Discharge on your ballot? I never imagined a Naked City fan who wasn't a Boredoms lover!

94 (NE) George Michael – Faith [1987]

Okay wait! This just blew my mind.

How did that album get overlooked in the process?

I love that Sam Cooke live album but voting for it in an 80s poll just seemed wrong.

18. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
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I would have had this on my list instead of Swordfishtrombones but it wasn't on the nominee list.

― EZ Snappin

It was added a couple posts down from the nominations master list.

AARGH! What's the point of having a damn master list? I didn't see any point of reading the thread after THE MASTER LIST. Pish.