Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1979!!

I met her briefly through a friend when she was living in SF in 1982. I was awestruck and could barely manage a "hello." She seemed like a kind person

I have never heard anything by her

20 Jazz Funk Greats. It's one of the most urgent and beautiful records I've ever heard.

― kraudive, Saturday, April 6, 2019 4:57 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its great innit. Would be quite happy if it won

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should i poll the winners in a run-off?

This is the hardest one yet. Went for Metal Box

should i poll the winners in a run-off?

― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:32 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do the second place ones too, why not

2nd place? I thought the bee ok precedent set was the winners

nah there's a whole bunch of threads like this one: The bridesmaids poll: Acclaimed Music number 2 & 3 runoff from the 1980's polls

ok i'll do whatever finished 2nd. if its ties I'll inc all of them

I'm surprised no one here seems to know of Graham Parker. I actually saw him live opening for someone circa 1986 - "Wake Up (Next to You)" was a US hit around that time. I was unfamiliar with most of his work but enjoyed it.

This is maybe the first year I remember actually hearing these records when they were new, though many of my faves which skew toward pure pop aren't here. Am I the only one who like's Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door? How about Steve Forbert's Jackrabbit Slim? And yeah, the B-52's and Van Morrison should have been here.

There's been a UFO album on a bunch of these lists. Am i missing out by being completely unfamiliar with this band?

Anyway, Tusk for the win.

Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero?

New dn.

Do you?

Never used a GH so don't know... (can play a real guitar though!)

Probably would, i'm guessing

hah i wasnt referencing the video game. Maybe I should have said Guitar God?

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Yeah, I disagree with the order of these results completely. Particularly the entire Top 10.

there were too many great albums to fit them all into the top 10

"Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero?"

ZZ Top 'Deguello' probably should show up on this thread somewhere.

Tubeway Army - Replicas 0

Yeah, fuck off.

I wish Live at the Witch Trials, Y, A Trip to Marineville had each gotten some votes

i like the pop group better than gang of four myself, i guess that's a minority opinion?

I don't rate either of them!

keep wondering how our current era compares with this in history

not feeling as much greatness, but realize that is a failure of imagination

I guess a lot of ignored, misunderstood or disparaged music from today will be recognized like this in the future

Sure there will be plenty of people to vote for This Heat or Wire

lol

Thought Lodger would have done better.

I voted for Chrome thinking that somebody had to. Nice to see a couple others repped for it.

ok i'll set up a run off of top 2 in each year poll

thanks to all who voted.

Please take part in the 80s series of polls that Michael B has volunteered to do next.

The 1969-79 Series of Polls - The Run-off of the Top twos!

Shout out to the other Movies voter.

Now, bring on Howard Jones, The Thompson Twins and the rest of the all-time greats of the 1980s!

if he forgets nkotb or bros they will hang him from the rafters

"slightly modified"?

https://www.discogs.com/artist/45761-Dramatis

― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Saturday, 6 April 2019 19:28 (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Numan's backing band circa '81 formed Dramatis after Numan announced his "retirement", but none of its members were on Tubeway Army or Replicas. Paul Gardiner (who was) continued to work with Numan on 'Stormtrooper in Drag' etc. and Jess Lidyard (the drummer on those records) featured on Dance. None of the members of Dramatis had any legal claim to the name Tubeway Army.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 6 April 2019 19:32 (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

When the "Dramatis" album was reissued by Charly records, it was renamed "The Dramatis Project" and the artist name became "Tubeway Army Featuring Gary Numan"

(Gary sang/wrote one track)

Yes, that's correct, but you're talking about a re-release of an album which was then 19 years old and neither Numan nor Dramatis had anything to do with it. It was completely misleading, and Dramatis were actually pissed off about it.

Also, Numan only sang on 'Love Needs No Disguise', he didn't have anything to do with the writing of it.

154 got 1 vote and London Calling 16? Dear God I'm glad I've not been paying attention

If you had then it would have got 2

It is truly disgraceful.

Michael B has taken over for the 1980s
Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1980!!

I didn't vote in this one, no B-52's or Drums and Wires, probably my two most played of that year. And then I couldn't decide between Slits and Gang of Four. I thought Lodger would be much higher.

Why does Tusk get so much love? It's a mess.

Oh God these results are terrible😖😖

London Calling 16 is like the '16 election of ILM

LOLLLLLL

i like the pop group better than gang of four myself, i guess that's a minority opinion?

100% blindingly obvious & correct opinion

I tell you what, this is an outrage, and we need to re-distribute some of the vote-wealth of the top percentage to the equally deserving albums who only got one or two or even zero votes

119 votes!