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

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
― 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.

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.

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

― Biodegradable (Derelict), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 22:57

Throwing Muses has 50 pts from you and me, so with a few more votes that should be highish I suppose. (Last placing: 75 pts.)

thankig u for the extra sabermetrics, Grillz, v. interesting stuff

xpost -- I am a Boredoms lover, they just didn't make the final cut. I think of them more in terms of live performance memories than records/artifacts.

I nommed Frank's Wild Years, but went with Rain Dogs in the end, somewhat strategically.

thinking back, pretty surprised about Architecture and Morality's absence.

someone should do a poll on what didnt make the list but should have

Number 1 on that poll should be The Blue Mask.

Oh fuck, just realized I voted for Follow the Leader when I meant to vote for Paid in Full. I demand a retabulation!

Prince - Dirty Mind
Michael Jackson - Thriller
EPMD - Strictly Business
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Prince - Sign ‘O’ the Times
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
Janet Jackson - Control
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
Bad Brains - I Against I
Inner City - Paradise
Marvin Gaye - In Our Lifetime
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Prince - 1999
Cameo - Word Up!
Anita Baker - Rapture
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
ESG - Come Away with ESG
The Egyptian Lover - On the Nile
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
AC/DC - Back in Black
Diana Ross - Diana
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Wise Guy / Tropical Gangsters
Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show

btw

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

This is kinda shitty of me to say this but I don't think you really understand N.W.A unless you fuck with "Something 2 Dance 2".

Here is my ballot. A tad dissapointed that neither the Cramps, or King Sunny Ade or the Dururtti Column placed.

1. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
2. The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column
3. Nuno Canavarro - Plux Quba
4. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
5. The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle
6. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats - Aura
7. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (ECM 1984)
8. Kraftwerk - Computer World
9. Sun City Girls - s/t
10. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
11. The Stone Roses - s/t
12. Schoolly D - Saturday Night! - The Album
13. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963
14. The Durutti Column - LC
15. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
16. Sonic Youth - EVOL
17. Arthur Russell - World of Echo
18. This Heat - Deceit
19. Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
20. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
21. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
22. ESG - Come Away with ESG
23. The Misfits - Walk Among Us
24. Pixies - Doolittle
25. The Cure - Standing on a Beach / Staring at the Sea: The Singles
26. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
27. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture
28. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - Rockin' and Romance
29. Madonna - Like a Virgin
30. Big Black - Songs About Fucking

Anita Baker - Rapture

I was half expecting this to show up somewhere, at least until we got into the 50-41 range.

oh, N.W.A should be bolded too haha, my brain just assumes they are in any given canon

Paid in Full would be at #54 if not for my error.

What's 100-150, Tuomas?

*101-150

Did anyone else choose not to rank their ballot, or am I alone there?

And 151-200?

Would you like to destroy your ego? Then why not calculate just how much impact you have on this 1 out of 168,116 threads of on this tiny corner of human existence. This tiny virtual corner. Without my vote:

Thriller would’ve tied with Doolittle for #9
Graceland would’ve been five places lower at #26
Appetite for Destruction drops five places to #32
The Stone Roses drops three places to #31
Hatful of Hollow drops two places to #35
Born in the USA drops one to tie at #55
The Joshua Tree drops eleven to #87
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash drops eight to #86
Actually drops off entirely

and the mystery #101 makes it onto the list. Sorry #101 - now I feel I have used my life to do great wrong.

That's too much math for me.

TBH, the biggest suprise was the absence of Control in the final tally. Its a great record, denser in tunage/hit singles than any Madonna album, and represents (by proxy) other Jam & Lewis productions. Clearly forward looking R & B is in decline on ILM since the days of Aliyah worship.

Growing list of things I'm legitimately surprised didn't place

Control
Faith
PG(3)
Straight Outta Compton
Tango in the Night
The Lion and the Cobra

I'm surprised these weren't here...

Tim
Pleased To Meet Me
Warehouse
Los Angeles
Back In Black
Mekons Rock n' Roll

Would you like to destroy your ego? Then why not calculate just how much impact you have on this 1 out of 168,116 threads of on this tiny corner of human existence. This tiny virtual corner.

Here's my ballot:

1. Paul Simon - Graceland
2. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
3. Prince - Dirty Mind
4. Prince - Sign O' the Times
5. Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
6. The Replacements - Let It Be
7. Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
8. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
9. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
10. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

11. Pixies - Doolittle
12. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
13. Van Halen - 1984
14. Metallica - Master of Puppets
15. Run-DMC - Raising Hell
16. Michael Jackson - Thriller
17. Madonna
18. AC/DC - Back in Black
19. Violent Femmes
20. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

21. Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
22. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
23. Def Leppard - Hysteria
24. R.E.M. - Murmur
25. Nirvana - Bleach
26. U2 - War
27. ESG - Come Away With ESG
28. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy!!
29. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
30. Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock

And here's how things would have looked if I hadn't voted. It's seismic in some places, inconsequential in others. The biggest thing is that we would have gone down to 4/100 rap albums.

?. Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell [1986] (72 points, 10 votes)
*100. ???????
*99. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains [1984] (75 points, 5 votes)
*97. (tie) Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Hole [1984] (76 points, 5 votes)
*97. (tie) Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription [1987] (76 points, 5 votes)
*96. Big Black - Atomizer [1986] (77 points, 8 votes)
*95. Associates - Sulk [1982] (79 points, 6 votes)
*94. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking [1988] (79 points, 7 votes)
*93. Def Leppard - Pyromania [1983] (80 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
*92. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless [1982] (80 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
*91. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships [1983] (80 points, 9 votes)
*90. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full [1987] (81 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
*89. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II [1984] (81 points, 9 votes)
*88. Prince and the Revolution - Parade [1986] (83 points, 10 votes)
*87. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love [1987] (86 points, 7 votes)
*86. Pet Shop Boys - Actually [1987] (86 points, 8 votes)
*85. Pet Shop Boys - Please [1986] (87 points, 8 votes)
*83. (tie) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine [1989] (87 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
*83. (tie) Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues [1983] (87 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
*82. David Bowie - Scary Monsters [1980] (89 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
*81. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Nail [1985] (91 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote)
*80. The Beat (aka The English Beat) - I Just Can't Stop It [1980] (91 points, 13 votes)
*79. Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto [1985] (93 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote)
*78. The The - Soul Mining [1983] (93 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
*77. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash [1985] (93 points, 16 votes)
*76. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun [1985] (94 points, 8 votes)
*75. U2 - The Joshua Tree [1987] (95 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
*74. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual [1983] (95 points, 9 votes)
*73.Tom Waits - Rain Dogs [1985] (95 points, 11 votes)
*72. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes [1983] (95 points, 12 votes)
*71. Galaxie 500 - On Fire [1989] (96 points, 10 votes)
*70. X - Wild Gift [1981] (97 points, 9 votes)
*69. The Chills - Kaleidoscope World [1986] (98 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote)
*68. Roxy Music - Avalon [1982] (99 points, 10 votes)
*67. Laurie Anderson - Big Science [1982] (99 points, 11 votes)
*66. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 [1985] (100 points, 7 votes)
*65. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies [1983] (100 points, 16 votes)
*64. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen [1985] (104 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)
*63. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly [1982] (105 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote)
*62. Cocteau Twins - Treasure [1984] (106 points, 12 votes)
*61. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing [1981] (106 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote)
*60. Arthur Russell - World of Echo [1986] (108 points, 11 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] (156 points, 22 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 - Dirty Mind [1980] (185 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
*31. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction [1987] (190 points, 17 votes)
*30. Prince - 1999 [1982] (191 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
*29. Paul Simon - Graceland [1986] (197 points, 16 votes)
*28. Sonic Youth - Sister [1987] (199 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote)
*27. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade [1984] (200 points, 13 votes)
*26. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth [1980] (200 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
*25. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses [1989] (201 points, 15 votes, 2 first place votes)
*24. The Clash - Sandinista! [1980] (211 points, 11 votes, 3 first place votes)
*23. The Cure - Disintegration [1989] (218 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote)
*22. The Human League - Dare [1981] (219 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes)
*21. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything [1988] (229 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)
*20. The Replacements - Let It Be [1984] (241 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
*19. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy [1985] (243 points, 23 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] (280 points, 24 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)
10. Pixies – Doolittle [1989] (315 points, 30 votes)
9. Michael Jackson - Thriller [1982] (325 points, 34 votes)
8. Kraftwerk - Computer World [1981] (338 points, 29 votes)
*7. R.E.M. - Murmur [1983] (354 points, 29 votes, 2 first place votes)
*6. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [1988] (356 points, 28 votes, 3 first place votes)
5. Prince - Sign “O” the Times [1987] (361 points, 27 votes, 2 first place votes)
4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love [1985] (422 points, 35 votes, 2 first place votes)
3. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain [1984] (423 points, 34 votes, 2 first place votes)
2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988] (472 points, 38 votes, 2 first place votes)
1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light [1980] (557 points, 36 votes, 4 first place votes)

Oh fuck, just realized I voted for Follow the Leader when I meant to vote for Paid in Full. I demand a retabulation!

Would've popped it up to #51

#54, actually. It was my #11 vote, so only would have gotten 8 points out of it.

agree w/revs assessment of the importance of something 2 dance 2