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

i could easily name 500 80's albums that are better than that my bloody valentine album on here.

just so you know.

a wild card: Throwing Muses debut

I'd consider myself as Muses fan, and even I don't like that album more than several others.

i do!

Fat Skier, Hunkpapa, Real Ramona, House Tornado >>>>> debut.

Oooh no I prefer the debut over all else of theirs.

"Billy Jean" was 3rd and "Beat It" 52nd on the 80s singles poll. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" wasn't nominated. Thriller doesn't commit enough sins to be omitted, although I suggest 30 lashes for "The Girl is Mine."

throwing muses debut is better than 59 albums on this list so far.

No idea what the missing 10th will be. Back In Black maybe? I doubt it'll be any of my choices, unless everyone thinks Tango In The Night is too obvious to mention.

with Trayce on the TM debut. It easily has the tightest rhythm section to grace jangle pop, outside of the occassional Pylon single.

rio is better than 89 of the albums on this list so far but i promise this is the last i'll talk of it on this thread. unless it's the mystery 10th.

Rio *is* a good album, and I'm as suprised as you and Crut that they and DM (and madonna, heck) arent on here.

Enough with the Rio talk, sonny. You'd never shown the slightest interest in Duran before yesterdya evening.

Computer Love will probably be tenth

This was the review where I decided I could no longer trust Robert Christgau:

When friends turn psychotic, I withdraw. I haven't found black leotards sexy since I broke up with Sheila in 1962. I'm rarely persuaded that verbal dissociation reflects any social problems but the poet's own. So while I'm happy to grant the originality and even craft of Kristen Hersh's quavery free-form folk-punk, I'd do the same for the art of H.P. Lovecraft, Anaïs Nin, or Diamanda Galas. Fans of whom will pay more mind to Hersh's buzz than I do. C

I can't believe this poll will likely not have Straight Outta Compton. That's kind of mindblowing to me.

xxxp Martian - The 10th could be Back In Black, Deceit, Youth of America, Reign In Blood or Master Of Puppets. Probably the latter. I really, really doubt it will be Computer Love.

ILM was never OG, and excepting "Express Yourself", the second side of Compton is nowhere near as good. I'd go so far as to say I like Yo, Bum Rush the Show more.

others: the tenth, so many suggestions including

Master of Puppets
JuJu
A Secret Wish
Peter Gabriel 3
Computer World
Colour of Spring
Love
Low-life
Back in Black
Deceit
Youth of America
Reign in Blood

maybe ilm will, like, not automatically vote an REM record into its top 10

(that's the assumption that's annoying me the most, by far. why does it have to be this way? someone convince me.)

I wish the tenth was something totally wtf leftfield like Locust Abortion Technician or Children Of God

xxxp: That's fine, I'm not discounting anyone's individual opinion of it, but I can't believe that there aren't collectively enough people voting for it to push it onto this list. Besides, The Chronic and Doggystyle both placed in the top 50 of the 90s poll, and I would expect Straight Outta Compton to be more ILM-friendly than either of those.

unless everyone thinks Tango In The Night is too obvious to mention

I voted it highly, and really expected it to make the list. I doubt it's top 10, though.

man 100-150 is going to be good

The Chronic

I'd give this album negative points if I could, but that's because I heard it about 6,000 times one summer when my downstairs neighbor would play it full blast all day every day.

I had it in my top 10 fwiw

(straight outta compton, not tango in the night)

in an era dominated by Rob Base and Young MC, it definitely cleared a few cobwebs

(nb i would vote the fuck out of some Rob Base and Young MC in a singles poll)

Singles polls probably have more shiftable results over time, based on how songs age, nostalgia, etc. People's favorite albums are usually set in stone early on.

prolly should have voted the Pretty In Pink soundtrack a bit higher on that basis

Listening to the Madonna debut-- WTF was I thinking not throwing this a vote. It belongs in my top 20.

I had no idea ILM was so into REM until this poll.

if this was just British ilxor's voting i would expect no R.E.M

I had no idea anyone was so into REM until ILM!

i should have voted, then the church might have had a hope of appearing in this poll

or section 25

I ranked Starfish really high, but it's not going to make it. :(

I didnt vote either, i should pay more attentiomn to ILM :/

I didn't vote for some reason (did I know about it?), but just want to say, this has been engrossing reading all day. Big ups to Tuomas for doing this.

'70s (re)poll nominations begin in a couple days. Make sure you're all on board for the process at the beginning.

Can't wait! I also can't stand the suspense with this poll -- WHICH LP WILL REIGN?

predictions

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

but was will be the 10th?

― djmartian, Tuesday, December 1, 2009 5:57 PM

Computer World, Straight Outta Compton or Peter Gabriel (3) are my guesses. Tango in the Night as a long shot shockah.

i kinda have doubts about thriller tbh. not saying it won't make it, and if i was a bookie, i'd say the odds are in its favor, but i still got my doubts...

rest seem otm. computer world seems like it's got about as good a chance as thriller, especially given that a number of people seem super concerned about it. (assuming they voted, but who knows?)

would love to see reign in blood or master of puppets take up the slack, but i'm not holding my breath.

i might be naive but i still hope 'colour of spring' has a chance

yeah, that's another one that lots of posters seem concerned with, so it seems reasonable to hope. plus ilm talk talk cru pretty dedicated in general.

So which of these would people be most disappointed to see NOT place (at all)?

i can assure you that Murmur would be the least-missed one

If Murmur ends up highly ranked, wouldn't it by definition NOT be the least-missed one?

the question was if it failed!

anyway if hounds of love didn't show i think there'd be blood on the streets - KB kroo be hardcore