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

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)

Closer

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

Some places list Slapp Happy's Acnalbasac Noom as a 1980 release. Bob Dylan's Saved would be another contender. I'd go with Doc at the Radar Station from this list. My favorite post-Trout-Mask Beefheart.

Acnalbasac Moon was indeed released in 1980, but recorded in 1974, and I personally wouldn't consider it eligible. Probably one of my top ten records of all time though.

i can never decide whether i like casablanca moon or acnalbasac noom better

i don't think of it as a 1980 release but i also don't think of "the modern lovers" as a 1976 release

a couple more 1980 records i've discovered recently and want to recommend:

don slepian - the sea of bliss
carambolage - s/t

but i also don't think of "the modern lovers" as a 1976 release

why?

Same reason, I assume.

Anyone else voting The Beat?

tom d otm, i think of it as an archival release

immediately made sure seventeen seconds was there. voted for it.

❤ Austin tho Gaucho is also on here.

glad somebody voted for seventeen seconds, it deserves love in this poll

was feeling torn between beefheart and the fall but uh i just put on "is this real?" and now i'm super torn ! torn to shreds by wipers

YOU BETTER BEWARE

I thought you said you wouldn't be around til 1990, you cunt

“Group Sex” vs. “Dirty Mind” is a really hard choice (and I’m not just making a joke)

both are all-time great

No other choice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjKGJ9RFo78

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

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.