Gone To Earth. I'm always putting Ocean Rain by Echo & the Bunnymen on the highest pedestal as my fave album ever/greatest album ever made, but sometimes I do wonder if GTE is secretly the true answer.
― Valentijn, Friday, 24 May 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
I'd say this year marks a bit of a step up from '85 - Parade, Skylarking, Colour of Spring, EVOL and Lifes Rich Pageant are all 10/10 albums for me for starters.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 24 May 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
Metals big year where's NYCNative?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 24 May 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
Only ones of these albums I’ve listened to in the past year are The Go-Betweens and The Feelies. Voting for the The Go-Betweens - starts strong with Spring Rain, ends strong with Apology Accepted. And plenty of quality in between.
― that's not my post, Friday, 24 May 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
Big Shot Chronicles & Camberwell Now's The Ghost Trade are imo the big omissions here (also UT's Conviction but it's long been OOP, practically forgotten)
...anyways, Sonic Youth over Throwing Muses. No way this list isn't one of the best cases ever made for 86.
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 24 May 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
Ghost Trade is so incredible, good catch
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 24 May 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
(still not as good as Parade imo)
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Friday, 24 May 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
How the fuck do I choose between Colour of Spring and Reign in Blood?
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 24 May 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
also UT's Conviction but it's long been OOP, practically forgotten
reissued last month.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 24 May 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
My two favourite Aussie albums...went with Go Betweens but Born Sandy Devotional is amazing too.
― yugi ex, Friday, 24 May 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, May 24, 2019 6:13 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
REALLY?????
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 24 May 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
https://utmusic.bandcamp.com/album/conviction
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 24 May 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Oh I think I'm voting for C86.
― Mark G, Friday, 24 May 2019 23:12 (four years ago) link
Electric Cafe
― big gym sw0les (crüt), Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link
Victorialand, one of my favourite albums.
― jmm, Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:09 (four years ago) link
― big gym sw0les (crüt), Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:02 (eleven minutes ago) Permalink
Its got a bad rep and it's not as strong as previous efforts but I love it
― . (Michael B), Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
Word Up just ahead of Skylarking. They're both in my all time top 20. The Colour of Spring, Parade and Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express are ridiculously perfect records too.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
Parade over Rapture just but Rapture is a pretty flawless record
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 25 May 2019 02:35 (four years ago) link
ok i feel like we got some genuine good shit here after the horror of '85, let's go
achwgha ney wodei - s/tafrika bambaataa - planet rock the albumakina nakamori - fushigiandrzej panufnik - symphony no. 9 'sinfonia di speranza'astor piazzolla - tango: zero hourbanda elastica - 2the cleaners from venus - living with victoria greycurtis hairston - s/tdagmar krause - supply & demanddead - musical abortionsdwarr - animalselektradrive - over the spacegauze - equalizing distorthirax - hate, fear, and powerhotline - you are mineluzbel - pasaporte al infiernomarlon cherry - life after theatremoonriders - don't trust over thirtymotorhead - orgasmatronnews from babel - letters homenobuo uematsu & takashi uno - cruise chaser blasstypauli carman - dial my numberran blake - short life of barbara monkroberta eklund - the process of recognitionrobyn hitchcock - element of lightsiekiera - nova aleksandriasodom - obsessed by crueltyx-creta - patronizing the heterodoxyawning man - the birth of solrosa luxemburg - puri purikou machida - wild and crazy guysakiko yano - brooch
ok kind of an odd (and pretty limited genre-wise) mix but i really do like a lot of the noms here as well, voted "parade", it's one of prince's best imo
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 May 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
Horse Rotorvator, Atomizer, Rembrandt Pussyhorse, Born Sandy Devotional, So
& a couple of personal favourites not on the list:
The Cramps - A Date With ElvisCrime & The City Solution - Room of LightsNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Kicking against the Pricks AND Your Funeral, My TrialSPK - Zamia LehmanniThe Sisterhood - Gift
― StanM, Saturday, 25 May 2019 05:24 (four years ago) link
xp Supply And Demamd is not good imho, dry amd sterile and unexciting
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Saturday, 25 May 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
i get your criticisms - it's got that very '80s production to it - but dagmar krause is a good singer and a good interpreter of brecht/weill/eisler imo.
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 May 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
Oh totally, I love her other work (Slapp Happy) especially) but just can't connect w/ that one
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Saturday, 25 May 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
what do you think of the news from babel record from '86?
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Saturday, 25 May 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
i think our friend morrissey is going to fare better in this one
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 25 May 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Reign in Blood & Chocolate
(Why are the two EC albums one entry? Idgi)
― mitt the hoopla (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 25 May 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
(xps) Tank Battles is better.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
King of America gets my vote all on its own.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
Parade will win this.
I voted for Slayer though.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Saturday, 25 May 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
This is The Chameleons "Strange Times", my favorite album ever.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 25 May 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
I turned 17 in 1986 which is of course makes this year one of the best ever.These are all pretty much unfuckwithable for me:
Bad Brains – I Against IBeastie Boys – Licensed to IllBig Black – AtomizerCandlemass – Epicus Doomicus MetallicusHüsker Dü - Candy Apple GreyMegadeth – Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?Metallica – Master of PuppetsPeter Gabriel – SoPIL – AlbumRun DMC - Raising HellSaint Vitus – Born Too LateSlayer – Reign in BloodSonic Youth – EVOLSwans – GreedThe Feelies – The Good EarthXTC – Skylarking
Most of them I was actually listening to at the time. I didn't get exposed to Big Black, Swans and The Feelies until later on, but the rest I was listening to as a teenager.
I have to go with Slayer because Reign in Blood was a lot more than just a record a teenaged Brian loved, it is such a cornerstone album for extreme music.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 25 May 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
I love another 17 albums on this list, including XTC's "Skylarking" which I find a bit overrated. I'd go with "Big Express" over it but that's a minority opinion and one colored by the fact that "Big Express" was my gateway LP.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 25 May 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
Probably Lifes Rich Pageant, but Skylarking is up there too.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 25 May 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
I still listen to both of these pretty regularly
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 25 May 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
In the end, I decided on Horse Rotorvator, because I have a dark heart.
― Every Day Is Talk Like a Pirate day. 'Cos RRRRRRR (I M Losted), Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:01 (four years ago) link
Depeche Mode – Black CelebrationKraftwerk – Electric CafeMetallica – Master of PuppetsNew Order – BrotherhoodPet Shop Boys – PleasePeter Gabriel – SoPrince – ParadeREM - Lifes Rich PageantTalk Talk – The Colour of SpringThe Fall – Bend SinisterThe Smiths – The Queen is DeadXTC – Skylarking
^ One of these!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
for me a tie between Horse Rotorvator and Atomizer
― Dan S, Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
For me it's between Sound of Confusion and Throwing Muses.
Honestly while I love a lot of bands that were on C86, the tape itself is mostly a letdown, a lot of it is b-sides or songs that would've been b-sides
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
Given it's quite possibly my favorite album of all time, has to be Arthur Russell's 'World of Echo' for me.
A lot of excellent albums from this year, though.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
Albums that I would have gladly considered voting for if they'd been present:
a-ha - Scoundrel Days (their best album)Duran Duran - NotoriousErasure - WonderlandGenesis - Invisible TouchMadonna - True BlueMinistry - TwitchOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - The Pacific AgePaul McCartney - Press to PlayThe Stranglers - Dreamtime
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 26 May 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
I hate most of those albums, turrican
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:05 (four years ago) link
Almost voted for David Sylvian, but come on, there are zero guesses as to what I absolutely HAD to go for. Also, Michael B, if you hate Notorious I may have to shun you forever & ever.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:13 (four years ago) link
"Notorious" is decent. "Seven and the ragged tiger" can do one though. I remember getting that for my 7th birthday and disliking it even back then.
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
Meh, I'm a Duranie so I love nearly every one of their albums (the less we say about Red Carpet Massacre the better) and even I have to admit 7&TRT was their weakest album of the '80s. Still great, just not god-tier like the rest of them. :D
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Sunday, 26 May 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
haven't heard Throwing Muses in a long time, I really liked that album
didn't know about World of Echo until about 20 years after it was released
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 May 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
Apparently I already voted but that list is solid and it could have been any one of maybe 20 of these. I do know it wasn't the Housemartins, but kinda feeling it should have been if only to spread the love around.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 26 May 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
Oh yes, The Housemartins' debut is also lovely.
Timely, and strangely not mentioned on this thread yet - this Pitchfork retro review
― dorsalstop, Sunday, 26 May 2019 11:47 (four years ago) link
throwing muses
― J. Sam, Sunday, 26 May 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
Almost voted for David Sylvian, but come on, there are zero guesses as to what I absolutely HAD to go for.
Wait, I actually don't know. Depeche Mode?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 26 May 2019 13:40 (four years ago) link
I don't know either!
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 26 May 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link
for the 12" version of 'Sweet Bird of Truth' alone (its on the original cd edition of the album), it has to be Infected.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 May 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
But please, do update me about the guidelines on what kinds of music we are allowed to post about on ILM, so I (and everyone else) can behave accordingly.xp
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
xp
lol
i had 10 weeks of people complaining i had left out their faves in the 69-79 polls so it does get a tad annoying but cheer up i was only joking
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 30 May 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
Well, you see, I wasn’t complaining about this stuff being left out. One of the things I like most about these polls is people listing additional favourites of their own from that particular year. There always tend to be some things there that intrigue me, and the rest I ignore. Same as with the main list, basically. I don’t think in general this kind of thing is meant as a slight against the compiler. Everyone, including I’d hope the compiler themselves, understands that no selection of 50 albums will do a year justice. So it’s a form of crowdsourcing, to get a fuller picture of the year in question. I don’t really get why anyone would find this annoying, unless they somehow think everyone should adhere to the same limited canon.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 30 May 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
You be you, Beastie. I love reading people's lists of what they feel was left out, often quite surprised (and informed by) how they differ from mine.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Oh look, XTC won. More power to my fellow Chameleons voter as well as the sole voters for The Fall and C86!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Depeche Mode – Black Celebration 0
*record scratch noise*
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 31 May 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
I'd say Skylarking by a significant margin is just as (or even more) surprising!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 31 May 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
yes that surprises me too
― Dan S, Friday, 31 May 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
Just one vote for So it seems — I am an album ILM de-ser-ted...
Don't give up — it's not the only poll
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 31 May 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
The results are fair. Several of the finalists are among the best albums in history. So too.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 May 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
Slightly disappointed to see I was the only vote for Cameo, but overall some great results. XTC winning is a nice surprise. Nice turnout for The Go-Betweens too.
― kitchen person, Friday, 31 May 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
wow, pleasantly surprised to see throwing muses do so well
― J. Sam, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Yep.
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
I hate consensus
― campreverb, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
I'm glad Throwing Muses scored highly, not XTC.
Happy now?
― pomenitul, Friday, 31 May 2019 15:05 (four years ago) link
Late call: Various Artists - The House Sound of Chicago, the very first (I think) Chicago House compilation.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 31 May 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
my vote wasn't counted. the poll is invalid. xtc winning is a joke anyways.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 31 May 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
If you're one of the five other people who voted for The Colour of Spring and you're on Facebook, hmu for a friend invite! Same for the two of you who voted for Gone to Earth. You are all my very, very good friends.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Saturday, 1 June 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
I rank Pazz & Jop this year. Voters sure loved Elvis C, T-Bone Burnett, and Richard Thompson.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 November 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
Man I hope I was present to record a vote for Parade on this one. Great year though. Thanks for the Pazz & Jop link. True Stories was an unbelievable disgrace, though Little Creatures did warn us.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
"City of Dreams" keeps True Stories from being a total bust, for me.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 November 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
The hype around True Stories may have been my first feeling of New Jersey crestfalleness.
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Monday, 4 November 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
City of Dreams is not bad, I agree. It's just amazing that it's the same band that recorded Remain in Light. Is there any band that got so radically conservative so fast? I mean, Sonic Youth's Dirty is not even in the same category.
Love the BOC ref, Bendy.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Monday, 4 November 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
Hahahahahahaha fuckin’ Robert Cray.
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link