that Hoodoo Gurus album is great rock n'roll fun, everyone should check it out
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Purple Rain just over Reckoning, Ocean Rain and Some Great Reward.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
Here's an old top 25 of mine from facebook
Bathory - Bathory ,Black Flag - My War , Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A., Butthole Surfers - Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's SacCirith Ungol - King of the Dead , Echo and The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain , Husker Du - Zen Arcade, Julian Cope - Fried , Julian Cope - World Shut Your MouthLloyd Cole and The Commotions - RattlesnakesManuel Göttsching - E2-E4 , Meat Puppets - II, Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath , Metallica- Ride the Lightning , Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime , Paul Chain Violet Theater - Detaching From Satan, Prince - Purple RainSaint Vitus - Saint Vitus , Scott Walker - Climate Of HunterScraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Hole, Swans - Cop, The Replacements - Let It Be , The Smiths - The Smiths , Trouble - Psalm 9,U2 - Unforgettable Fire
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
As for favourites of 1984 that aren't represented here, well, for once I can't think of many and this list mostly seems to have it covered, but the ones that aren't represented are:
Blancmange - Mange ToutHeaven 17 - How Men AreJulian Cope - World Shut Your MouthOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Junk CultureRush - Grace Under PressureSoft Cell - This Last Night in Sodom (my actual favourite LP of 1984)Talk Talk - It's My LifeThe Stranglers - Aural SculptureXTC - The Big Express
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
Purple Rain
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
This might be my favourite year of the '80s for albums, there are a dozen records that would be the best in another year. Can't decide between Let It Be and Treasure.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
It's no 1980 or 1981, but yes, still a great year.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
Voted for A Walk Across The Rooftops. My second Blue Nile vote of the day!
― kitchen person, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
Ocean Rain - advertised as 'the best album ever made' which for me is the truth!
― Valentijn, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
as much as I wanna be the one guy voting for something stupid it's gonna be Purple Rain for me
― frogbs, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
1983 featured far fewer of my favorite albums than I expected. This one is back up there, with 18 or 20 albums I love. Gonna be tough.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
Purple Rain & Born in the USA are a tie for me. though the contrarian in me wants to vote for the best U2 album.
― campreverb, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
The production on Ocean Rain is absolutely sublime.
Purple Rain & Born in the USA are a tie for me. though the contrarian in me wants to vote for the best U2 album.― campreverb, Friday, May 10, 2019 5:39 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― campreverb, Friday, May 10, 2019 5:39 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You'll have to wait until the 1993 poll to do that!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
double nickels might not be the very best album on this, but it certainly the most album on this list. and i adore the whole thing, even the dumb parts (especially the dumb parts). gonna roll with that, save my prince vote for a different year.
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
a common misconception!
― campreverb, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
that Hoodoo Gurus album is great rock n'roll fun, everyone should check it out― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:32 (one hour ago) Permalink
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:32 (one hour ago) Permalink
Absolutely, pretty sure I played it more than Prince, Huskers, 'Mats, or Minutemen.
― While My Guitar Gently Wheedly-Wheedly-Wheedly-Weeps (Dan Peterson), Friday, 10 May 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
ok, let's take a look at '84
alaska y dinarama - deseo carnalalport astazio and the kwana-moto band - rugarearthur moreira lima - ernesto nazareth: brazilian tangos and waltzesbiting tongues - librevillecamera obscura - s/tv/a - repo man soundtrackv/a - soft selection 84v/a - hold up omnibusdiethelm & famulari - valleys in my headv/a - break the silence tapeharuomi hosono - video game musiciron maiden - powerslave (??? why not on your list ???)john greaves - parrot fashionsv/a - zulu jive umbaqangakarantamba - ndigalkirk lightsey & harold danko - shorter by twokukl - the eyeleticia garcia - magamaquiaverica em canturbanomarco antonio araujo - lucasmatia bazar - aristocraticamaurice deebank - inner thought zonemiharu koshi - parallelismeneil - neil's heavy concept albumpale cocoon - cocoonpekka airaksinen - buddahs of golden lightpiry reis - caminho do interiorrimarimba - on dry landsaccharine trust - surviving you alwaysskeleton crew - learn to talkspinal tap - this is spinal taptelectu - rosa-cruztony scott - african bird"weird al" yankovic - in 3-dichiko hashimoto - beauty
boy, pickings are sure starting to get thin! and '85 is going to be even worse in terms of the music i can suggest...
voted bronski beat as one of the three records that overlapped between my prelim list and yours
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
I voted "Fried"!
I know!
― Mark G, Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
Sophie’s choice between Brilliant Trees and Swoon but in the end Sylvian by a whisker
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 12 May 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
It's between Purple Rain and It'll End in Tears for me. Since Prince is probably going to get a lot of votes, thought I'd put in a vote for an underdog and voted the latter. But I'm pulling for Purple Rain to win.
― Hyper-Capitalists Against the Entertainment Business (I M Losted), Sunday, 12 May 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
Missing:
Berlin - Love LifeLizzy Mercier Descloux - Zulu RockPretenders - Learning to CrawlThompson Twins - Into the GapXTC - The Big Express
Still, I went with Sade. 1st place is wrapped up by Purple Rain, I assume.
― nonsense upon stilts (Sanpaku), Sunday, 12 May 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
My missing faves are The Orange Juice and Cristina's Sleep It Off, but neither of those would be top 10 for me - all of those are here (Replacements, Bruce, Smiths, Sade et al.). Vote goes to REM again, though.
― dorsalstop, Sunday, 12 May 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
no Nick Cave , From Her To Eternity?
― Stevolende, Sunday, 12 May 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I'm no big U2 fan, but you have to respect the murk of Unforgettable Fire. But the correct answer here is Double Nickels.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Sunday, 12 May 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
easy choice here: brilliant trees.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 12 May 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
been meaning to listen to that again
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
Why wasn’t “Love Wars” on this list?
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
Ouch... yeah, very big omission.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
quite a year innit : purple rain, who's afraid of the art of noise?, reckoning, bathory, e2-e4...
but meat puppets - II
― rusty_allen, Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
yes, the orange juice 3rd album, still played regularly and loved dearly
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 12 May 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
if I go with the album I loved the most at the time it would be Zen Arcade
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 May 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
Between 1984 and Swoon for me, going with the former
― calstars, Monday, 13 May 2019 02:22 (four years ago) link
voted The Fall, but there are like ten all-time favorites here
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Monday, 13 May 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
Goddamn the 1980s were amazing.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 13 May 2019 06:58 (four years ago) link
Lots of great things here, but I feel compelled to choose "The Painted Word" just in case no-one else does.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 13 May 2019 08:48 (four years ago) link
Goddamn the 1980s were amazing.― Mr. Snrub, Monday, May 13, 2019 6:58 AM (four hours ago)Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, May 13, 2019 6:58 AM (four hours ago)Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
They mostly were, although there's a lot of shit, too, like there has been in every decade.
Curiosity Killed the Cat, for example.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
Treasure or It’ll End In Tears, of course there are a few more i could also vote for ie The Top.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
Voted for Husker Du in the end.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 03:02 (four years ago) link
me too
― Dan S, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 16 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Went sentimentally for Let It Be. There's a load of great albums in there but nothing that jumped out at me like in 82.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 16 May 2019 12:05 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 17 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Minutemen? Really?
― calstars, Friday, 17 May 2019 00:39 (four years ago) link
I think people were just convinced at their allegation that it was based on Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma". Because really who wouldn't vote for that?
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Friday, 17 May 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
Would've voted for Depeche Mode in 1984 but went with Blue Nile, that album is timeless.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 17 May 2019 02:39 (four years ago) link
35 votes for Minneapolis-Saint Paul
― Josefa, Friday, 17 May 2019 03:02 (four years ago) link
i missed this poll. prob would have voted E2-E4 or Heartbeat City
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Friday, 17 May 2019 03:07 (four years ago) link
I missed this poll too, and I would've totally voted for Brilliant Trees! Fuck!
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Friday, 17 May 2019 03:12 (four years ago) link
8 for Arvo Pärt? Nice!
― pomenitul, Friday, 17 May 2019 08:10 (four years ago) link
I've tried getting into Zen Arcade and Double Nickels on the Dime repeatedly, in vain.
― pomenitul, Friday, 17 May 2019 08:11 (four years ago) link
Springsteen?
― Mark G, Friday, 17 May 2019 08:46 (four years ago) link
Ahead of Let It Be, to boot…
― pomenitul, Friday, 17 May 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
Voted Born in the USA, depending on what day of the week it would be either Prince or Springsteen. prefer Hootenanny to Let it Be tbh
― campreverb, Friday, 17 May 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link