Where are Ocean Rain, Treasure, Welcome To The Pleasure Dome, From Her To Eternity, A Walk Across The Rooftops, Diamond Life, It'll End In Tears, Brewing Up With Billy Bragg, Climate Of The Hunter, Eden, Cafe Bleu, The Wonderful & Frightening World Of The Fall, I Often Dream Of Trains, Fried, Some Great Reward...? Did none of those make it over the pond?
Most of them seem to be in NME/Melody Maker/The Face Albums Of 1984 POLL
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 12 June 2007 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Meat Puppets II got 0 votes :( But the top 3 are all good.
― abanana, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I could be wrong, but I don't get the sense that the Fall made a big impact in the American underground until "Cruiser's Creek" in '85. They spent '84 touring Europe. I didn't hear Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall until the '90s, and love it now...
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, did not predict Zen Arcade placing so high. I thought the Replacements would've been swapped.
― talrose, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 04:57 (sixteen years ago) link
The only place I remember bigging up TWaFWotF in 1984 was the New York Times, where it made the best-of list. That's how I learned about it, anyway.
― Dimension 5ive, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
100 or so xposts:
Chuck, I like Fervor too! Love it, even. It's sad, though; they peaked with that EP.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 05:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Peaking with debut EPs is surprisingly common, actually. But yeah, they're one of the poster boys.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 06:52 (sixteen years ago) link