Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1980!!

Voted for Gabriel.

We need rushomancy’s list in this thread.

nice selection, i'm gonna sit on this for a while before choosing, great to see abba showing up. the rsm isn't one of the ones i've heard

like i said previously, i don't really click with the '80s like i do the '70s - here's the the non-listed records that strike my fancy from 1980

a. kalma - interfrequence
aksak maboul - un peu de l'ame des bandits
alex chilton - dusted in memphis (and elsewhere)
v/a - miniatures
the brothers johnson - light up the night
chet baker - leaving
colin newman - a-z
confusional quartet - s/t
dannie richmond w/jack walrath - last mingus band a.d.
the cramps - songs the lord taught us
diamond head - lightning to the nations
diana ross - diana
gaznevada - sick soundtrack
gentle giant - civilian
gregorio paniagua - batiscafo
hazel dickens - hard hitting songs for hard hit people
herbert f. bairy - traumspiel
hugh hopper & alan gowen - two rainbows daily
ian macfarlane - back from beyond
iron maiden - s/t
jah wobble - the legend lives on
john paul young - the life of ermie scub
john stubblefield - midnight sun
kraldjursanstalten - s/t
laurie spiegel - the expanding universe
munju - brot + spiele
n'draman blintch - cosmic sounds
negativland - s/t
random hold - the view from here
richard pinhas - east/west
terry riley - shri camel
roman bunker - dein kopf ist ein schlafendes auto
sven torstenson - drugs
toninho horta e orquestra fantasma - terra dos passaros
tradition - captain ganja and the space patrol
wurtemburg - rock fantasia opus 9
yes - drama
zamla mammaz manna - familiesprickor
22 band - venez voir!!

out of the ones above the one i keep coming back to most is probably "two rainbows daily"

― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Friday, April 12, 2019 1:10 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I love Shri Camel, The Expanding Universe

Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July

Guys, I know I always vote for Stevie but ... this album is so damned good!

My gut says Killing Joke. But I'll have to think on it.

xp don't know how anything can top Talking Book, Innervisions, Songs in the Key of Life, this doesn't feel like Stevie Wonder's year to me

Pretenders over a half-dozen contenders but would have voted Squeeze, Argybargy, had it been an option.

I don't know the Stevie album and will have to remedy.

Other standouts for me this year:

Moebius and Plank, Rastakraut Pasta
Akiko Yano, Gohan ga dekita yo
Jim Carroll Band, Catholic Boy

fwiw here was my unfinished 1980 list

AC/DC - Back in Black ,
Angel Witch - Angel Witch ,
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell ,
Circle Jerks - Group Sex ,
Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire ,
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables ,
Devo - Freedom Of Choice,
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels ,
Echo and The Bunnymen - Crocodiles ,
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden ,
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids.
John Foxx - Metamatic,
Joy Division- Closer ,
Judas Priest - British Steel ,
Killing Joke - Killing Joke ,
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap,
Motörhead - Ace of Spades ,
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz,
Prince - Dirty Mind ,
Roky Erickson and the Aliens - Roky Erickson and the Aliens (5 Symbols) ,
Steely Dan - Gaucho,
Swell Maps - ...In "Jane From Occupied Europe",
Talking Heads - Remain in Light ,
The Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle ,
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight ,
The Sound - Jeopardy,
The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro,
Tuxedomoon - Half Mute,
U2 - Boy,
X - Los Angeles,
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth,

If it were songs, Summertime in England by some distance, but Remain in Light or Gaucho for me.

Jon Hassell & Brian Eno - Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics.

Travelogue may be the one that's genuinely meant the most, although Kings Of The Wild Frontier was everything in actual 1980.

Apart from N'Draman Blintch whom we were all jamming in 1980 of course.

My #1 is missing (Cultosaurus Erectus) but this is still a killer list. Voting for Dead Kennedys over Pop Group, mainly on account of how great East Bay Ray sounds through out, and how it culminates in him going after Richard Lloyd's lunch money in Holiday in Cambodia

(Also great to see rushomancy rep for that Gaznevada album...glad to see somebody else round here digs that album)

Have you heard The Units album on the list, DAM?

Gaucho, just over Remain in Light - this was a really great year though.

fuck, this is hard.

metamatic vs. dirty mind vs. gaucho vs. get happy

I would have considered voting for Telekon or Vienna or Empires and Dance but unfortunately none of them are there. Fortunately Gentlemen Take Polaroids is there, so naturally I'm voting for that. Brilliant record.

This being ILM, though, I can already predict that the Top 3 will be "1,000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" stalwarts such as Closer (which is a classic, but a very boring choice) and the overrated Remain in Light, as well as the patchy Gaucho.

I don't really care for any of these albums tbh.

Also missing that I really like:

Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites
Kate Bush - Never For Ever
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Organisation
Paul McCartney - McCartney II
Rush - Permanent Waves
Squeeze - Argybargy
The Buggles - The Age of Plastic
Skids - The Absolute Game
Visage - Visage
XTC - Black Sea
John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
U2 - Boy
Split Enz - True Colours
The Jacksons - Triumph
Genesis - Duke
Yes - Drama
The Damned - The Black Album
Diana Ross - Diana

Lots of favourites on this list but this is definitely The Feelies for me

This being ILM, though, I can already predict that the Top 3 will be "1,000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" stalwarts such as Closer (which is a classic, but a very boring choice) and the overrated Remain in Light, as well as the patchy Gaucho.

i voted colossal youth, it's how i'm feeling today

Closer would have definitely got my vote at one time. I would just be a lot more likely to listen to Gabriel now. (Unknown Pleasures otoh...) Scary Monsters #3.

Oh yeah, Blizzard of Ozz came out in 1980 too, didn't it? Still remains his best post-Sabbath work.

Colossal Youth gets my vote. It is perfect and totally unique.

I own half of these! Voting for Comsat Angels. But there's still lots on my missing list:

Buggles - The Age Of Plastic
The Damned - The Black Album
The Durutti Column - The Return Of...
Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites
Fire Engines - Lubricate Your Living Room
Vic Godard & Subway Sect - What's The Matter Boy?
Jon Hassell & Brian Eno - Possible Musics
Mo-dettes - The Story So Far
The Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique / Love Zombies
Mr. Partridge - Take Away - The Lure Of Salvage
Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls - s/t
Colin Newman - A-Z
Pere Ubu - The Art Of Walking
The Psychedelic Furs - s/t
Roedelius - Selbstportrait II
The Saints - The Monkey Puzzle
Simple Minds - Empire and Dance
Skids - The Absolute Game
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (this would've been my top pick)
The Sound - Jeopardy
Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
Toy Love - s/t
The Undertones - Hypnotised
V/A - The Blues Brothers soundtrack
V/A - From Brussels With Love
X - Los Angeles
X (Au) - X-Aspirations
XTC - Black Sea

would've voted for Black Sea if it was an option, but let's go with Remain In light

The Residents, "The Commercial Album" ftw.

In the absence of Hassell/Eno, I'll probably end up going with Joy Division again. I like Peter Gabriel's III, but it feels less consistent to me than Closer.

for me this is Remain in Light vs. Freedom of Choice vs. Crazy Rhythms

this is actually the toughest choice so far, I'm kinda weighing Side 1 of Remain in Light vs. Side 2 of Crazy Rhythms and the all-around catchiness of Freedom of Choice, I just find it hard to go against Remain in Light here

other albums I could've voted for: Black Sea by XTC (surprised not to see this one) and Neurovision by Telex (really great if you're into the Kraftwerk/YMO thing, plus it's got that ultra-dry Belgian-style humor to it). I also really like Welcome Plastics, Murdered by the Music by Yukihiro Takahashi, and that first Kurtis Blow album, plus isn't B-2 Unit from 1980? Damn this year was stacked!!!!

The River

This being ILM, though, I can already predict that the Top 3 will be "1,000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" stalwarts such as Closer (which is a classic, but a very boring choice) and the overrated Remain in Light, as well as the patchy Gaucho.

― willem, Friday, April 12, 2019 8:20 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

perfect

will jandek be showing up on these polls ?

No.

cool, see you in 1990

*high fives*

Voted for Gaucho. But Diana really should have been on there too.

dang! didn't notice english beat before i voted for devo (just on account of my mood. cld just as easily gone for Prince, SD, X, or mayhap Get Happy)

where's the barbra streisand - Guilty album from 80? My mum had that

xp

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Barbra-streisand-guilty-album.jpg

that's the one. My mums 2 faves are Shirley Bassey and Barbra Streisand but she has some 80s Diana Ross albums and a greatest hits CD. None of that Supremes nonsense :D

Another classic from 1980. Shamefully out of print!

https://img.discogs.com/WthrWaNAkyC7q8DoYaZ44Q6He4c=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7915709-1488976957-7059.jpeg.jpg

My #1 and #2 aren't here (Undertones' Hypnotised and Numan's Telekon), which means my vote will go to... Prince! Or maybe The B-52's.

Can't believe you forgot
https://i.imgur.com/neN6GWn.jpg

Freedom of Chemise

A real goodie bag:

https://img.discogs.com/Ox2ij5iXjRhR7HvfZz2bzrLrCck=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-11447137-1516492178-9728.jpeg.jpg

Mustn't forget this classic single by Scotland's own Sheena Easton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3vZYOYNYU

Bellshill Indie before it became cool

I love a bunch of stuff here but I'm going for the Units because I was surprised and delighted to see it on the list

(but also feeling kinda bad for not voting "Jane From Occupied Europe" or Bass Culture)

never understood any love the pretenders got. Her voice is like nails on chalkboard to me

I listened to it there a couple of days ago and it still sounds great. The bonus tracks on the extended version of the album are fantastic too.

I'd vote Los Angeles if it was on here, can make a case that Crocodiles is underrated and highly influential.

never understood any love the pretenders got. Her voice is like nails on chalkboard to me

― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:29 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't mind her voice and think they were a decent pop band in their prime, but 9.5 times out of 10 I'd rather listen to Blondie.

Remain In Light is top 20 all-time for me. Maybe top 10.

This is Talking Heads vs Colossal Youth, and they’re both amazing albums.

My vote goes to Colossal Youth because it was a more influential record to me, even if in reality it had no precedent or spiritual followers. It feels like a record outside of time and place and it’s pretty much perfect in its own terms.

This is Talking Heads vs Colossal Youth, and they’re both amazing albums.

My vote goes to Colossal Youth because it was a more influential record to me, even if in reality it had no precedent or spiritual followers. It feels like a record outside of time and place and it’s pretty much perfect in its own terms.

Albums not in this list that would be in mine:

Aqsak Maboul - Un peu de l'âme des bandits
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
Max Roach - M'Boom
Pylon - Gyrate

I'd vote Los Angeles if it was on here

I dont get whats the big deal about X tbh

Seem like a band Americans like.

xxp

Max Roach - M'Boom

such a fine + underrated album is that!

eyeroll at y'all talking shit about diana ross's 1980 record, it's a chic organization joint and it's fucking great

??? where are the posts talking shit about this album cos I can't see any at all

re: X, I still remember my first time hearing Los Angeles

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

not sure how Remain In Light is in both the 1979 and 1980 polls, always thought of it as from 1980, voting for it in this one

ok I forgot that thread title was a mistake

that will be confusing when searching for the real 1979 poll

I asked the mods to delete it

I hope they delete the right one! haha

i knew talking heads would walk it but 28 votes? wow

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

good showing for colossal youth

Oh my! Like, what a fuckin' surprise!

joy division 1 vote

Joy Division with only 1 vote! Shocking!

Yes, that was a surprise. Two out of three ain't bad, as Meat Loaf once sang.

I can think of about 40 albums released in 1980 that mean more to me than Remain in Light, but whatever.

to ilx they are just demos for the real project

Ha! Yeah, I can see how one would think that...

ilx is of course wrong

sorry to the lone voter for The Beat, I know it's as good as Crocodiles but 'All That Jazz' came on shuffle recently and I lost my mind.

I voted for Closer, which I suppose makes it the 1980 album for people who don't care for 1980.

This is amazing footage, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwXebq6FMAw

Where's the 1981 poll? :D

Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1981!!

Campreverb: no problem

In case folks are interested, did an 8-mix collection of post-punk/new wave from 1980:

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/folder.jpg?w=1024

https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/post-punk-1980-box-set/

A Certain Ratio · Animals & Men · The Associates · Au Pairs · Bauhaus · The Beat · The Blackouts · Blondie · Blancmange · David Bowie · Bow Wow Wow · The Boys Next Door · Glenn Branca · The Breakers · Buggles · Buzzcocks · The Cars · Chris Carter · Alex Chilton · Chrome · Colored Minds · The Comsat Angels · Elvis Costello & The Attractions · The Cramps · The Cure · Dalek I · Delta 5 · Deutsch Amerikanische Freundshaftt · Devo · The Diagram Brothers · Din a Testbild · Doctor Mix & The Remix · Dome · Dow Jones & The Industrials · The Durutti Column · Essendon Airport · Factrix · Fad Gadget · Family Fodder · The Feelies · Final Program · Fire Engines · Flowers · Flying Lizard · Free Agents · Friction · John Foxx · Peter Gabriel · Gang of Four · Girls At Our Best · The Gist · The Go-Go’s · The Gordons · Half Japanese · The Human League · Husker Du · Ike Yard · Implog · Indoor LifeIn Camera · INXS · The Jam · Japan · Grace Jones · Josef K · Joy Division · Kid Creole & The Coconuts · Killing Joke · Krisma · Lizard · Ludus · Magazine · Manicured Noise · Marilyn · Martha & The Muffins · Material · Minutemen · Missing Persons · Mission of Burma · Mr. Partridge · Moderne · The Mo-Dettes · The Monchrome Set · Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls · MX-80 Sound · Nasmak · Neonbabies · New Musik · Colin Newman · Gary Numan · Iggy Pop · The Only Ones · Orange Juice · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark · Our Daughter’s Wedding · Pink Military · Pink Section · Plastics · Polyrock · Poly Styrene · The Pop Group · Pretenders · Prince · Psychedelic Furs · Pylon · Reptile Ranch · Martin Rev · Reversible Cords · Rinder & Lewis · The Room · Roxy Music · Ryuichi Sakamoto · The Selecter · Simple Minds · Siouxsie & The Banshees · The Slits · Smokey · Sods · Soft Cell · The Sound · The Specials · Squeeze · Richard Strange · The Stranglers · Swell Maps · Talking Heads · Teardrop Explodes · Television Personalities · Telex · This Heat · Tuxedomoon · Ultravox · Units · Urban Verbs · Les Vampyrettes · The Vapors · Alan Vega · Virgin Prunes · Visage · Scott WIlk & The Wall · Wipers · Xex · XTC · Yello · Y Pants · Yellow Magic Orchestra · Young Marble Giants

I voted for /Closer/, which I suppose makes it the 1980 album for people who don't care for 1980.

Tbf I may be the one who merely voted in spirit.