The ILM 1980s Anti-Rolling Stone Canon (FREE PUSSY RIOT) Rock Poll Results - ALBUMS! Top 20! ends today

you know you can REALLY hear the precursor to a lot of the Venture Brothers music on Hole

I could've conceivably voted for any of the minutemen noms but restricted myself to a single album

xp Absolutely! It only adds to my love of the Venture Bros.

Minutemen are such an effortlessly loveable band I think.

same thing w/ einsturzende, halber mensch is the one I went for as being best emblematic of their various impulses and prolly the one I listen to most, tho I think drawings of patient OT is a more beserk listening experience overall

some ppl hate the minutemen tho

61 Wipers - Youth Of America 788 Points, 12 Votes One #1
http://assets2.subpop.com/assets/images/main/4115.jpg

I'm surprised to see covers I don't recognize at all from bands I was/am at least very aware of (e.g. that last Einsturzende, and also one earlier from Meat Puppets, I think).

re no foetus in the top 50 : i agree, but still, the fact that all 3 of the classic trilogy gets some ilm love in such a massive wide ranging list proves that this is the place for me.

my vinyl copy of hole is a double 12" w/ the album on one and a compilation of EP tracks on the other: http://www.discogs.com/Scraping-Foetus-Off-The-Wheel-Hole/release/137835

the 12" version of "wash it all off" just can't be played loud enough

http://youtu.be/TUC72cAWnsM

i had to buy that too just to get "halo flaming lead" though i love the alternate sleeve design too.

yeah i have that vinyl edition of hole (as well as the standard cd ..)

yeah, "halo flaming lead" also a great song

I still feel burned about not nomming "wash it all off" in tracks poll

60 Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales 799 Points, 15 Votes
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_McMR-F2_M70/SxMoYUMdvQI/AAAAAAAAATY/HS8XWxsQnAQ/s1600/celtic_frost_morbid_tales_2005_retail_cd-front.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1nVOo104uqLySBUVU7MrZJ

mark e/stirmonster did you guys see the top 100 of the big all in 80s poll? Foetus were in that twice

I have a similar story to DJP's uncomfortable ministry car ride but I'll save it for when the album places

Previous 80s poll on ilm

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)
10. Pixies – Doolittle [1989] (323 points, 31 votes)
9. Michael Jackson - Thriller [1982] (331 points, 35 votes)
8. Kraftwerk - Computer World [1981] (338 points, 29 votes)
7. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation [1988] (356 points, 28 votes, 3 first place votes)
6. R.E.M. - Murmur [1983] (359 points, 30 votes, 2 first place votes)
5. Prince - Sign “O” the Times [1987] (381 points, 28 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, 35 votes, 2 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)
1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light [1980] (568 points, 37 votes, 4 first place votes)

I'm guessing mark e and jjj were behind the Foetus entries then too

yes, saw that.

ha. more than likely. i am consistent if nothing else.

xpost

no butthole surfers or Einsturzende Neubauten though
xps

minutemen above husker du etc too in that poll

happy to be proven wrong about my Minutemen prediction! after we got to the top 80 w/ no non-Double Nickels albums i thought it was a lost cause.

no black flag either. Need to go looking on that thread to see if the full results are there

some dude parts of the poll esp in the top 100 are predictable but not all of it! I'm sure there's plenty of "didn't think it would be this high/low" moments

And I do believe this next one falls into that category

59 Young Gods - L'eau Rouge 815 Points, 16 Votes
http://cdn.hmvdigital.ca/static/img/sleeveart/00/000/300/0000030034_500.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3pIbqidFqx4fVljrJwAaAs

It was on my ballot but forget where

bottom half of mine. thought it was long gone.

the memory of seeing hardcore biker dudes recoil in horror when the young gods live act (tv sky tour) consisted of one big mutha sampler/keyboard and little else will always bring a smile to my face.

d'accord

I saw them in NYC on the l'eau rouge tour and they were awesome, but the young gods are definitely a singles band for me

I had an a-ha moment years ago when I figured out where the gtr sample in "envoye!" comes from

and now I can't remember for the life of me

if you do, please post back as i'd love to know.

58 Motorhead - Ace of Spades 824 Points, 16 Votes One #1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Ace_of_Spades.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/46a9whRz5DF0PC97HrZrqz

oh god it's killing me now

and it's not like it was anything obscure, it's like motorhead or ac/dc or maiden or something

speak of the devil

can I get a TOO LOW for ace of spades?

TOO LOW

ty

too low.

eh

http://thegreatsouthernbrainfart.com/wp-content/uploads/LEMMY-611x1024.jpg

born to lose.

Not sure if there was any official ruling on live albums, but would have voted the hell out of No Sleep Til Hammersmith if it had been nommed.

57 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 851 Points, 17 Votes, One #1
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Z2Hc1NpluI/TWaWJpqJa1I/AAAAAAAADiI/Ffa7OmjOPak/s1600/Celtic%2BFrost%2B-%2BTo%2BMega%2BTherion%2B%2528Remastered%2529%2B-%2BFront.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5LpNIeCeLCo0DremauTebR

if live albums were verboten then I wasted my #1 vote on public castration and these results are invalidated

I know it's an extremely minority opinion but not a big fan of no sleep til hammersmith, which incidentally was not recorded at hammersmith

I nommed and voted for Y&T's Open Fire, I didn't realize live albums werent' allowed. :/ doh silly me for not reading the manual haha

I doubt it'll place now though, lol

unless there's a lot of lurking Y & T fans

HA