80s, we're living in the 80s. Your top 20 musical releases because it was such an important decade.

[sammynb 2929]

People say the 80s musically was full of wasters but I remember it as a period of the true indie label, when alternative bands were just that.

 

This is going to be a struggle to keep it to 20 but in chronological order.

 

Joy Division - Closer (80)

Talking Heads - Remaining in the Light (80)

New Order - Movement (81)

The Clash - Combat Rock (82)

Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (83) This album changed music for me and opened up a world outside of the commercial release

The Smiths - the Smiths (84)

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (84)

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy (85)

Cabaret Voltaire - Drinking Gasoline (85)

Killing Joke - Night Time (85)

The Scientists - Weird Love (86)

The Triffids - In The Pines (86)

The Wreckery - I think this Town is Nervous (86)

Lubricated Goat - Plays The Devils Music (87)

Big Black - Songs About Fucking (87)

Blue Ruin - Flame (87)

The Olympic Sideburns - Dixie Truck Stop (87)

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (88)

nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (88)

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (88)

The Pixies - Doolittle (89)

 

I could go on for ages.

[Meenzer 14042]

I could go on for ages.

 

And you probably will, but you'd sooner put some joy back in this town called Malice?

[sammynb 2929]

And you probably will, but you'd sooner put some joy back in this town called Malice?

 

Eggfuckingzactly.

 

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses!!!!!!!!!!!

For a decade that get slagged for it's music it really was amazing once you scratched the surface and got away from the commercial shite.

Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five - The Message!

Swordfishtrombone ffs

[LoveTheBobby 1]

[sammynb 2929]

Yeah not so much

[Monkeys Fist 38755]

CT will be all over this like a rash later.

 

[Toonpack 6846]

People say the 80s musically was full of wasters but I remember it as a period of the true indie label, when alternative bands were just that.

 

This is going to be a struggle to keep it to 20 but in chronological order.

 

Joy Division - Closer (80)

Talking Heads - Remaining in the Light (80)

New Order - Movement (81)

The Clash - Combat Rock (82)

Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (83) This album changed music for me and opened up a world outside of the commercial release

The Smiths - the Smiths (84)

Cocteau Twins - Treasure (84)

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy (85)

Cabaret Voltaire - Drinking Gasoline (85)

Killing Joke - Night Time (85)

The Scientists - Weird Love (86)

The Triffids - In The Pines (86)

The Wreckery - I think this Town is Nervous (86)

Lubricated Goat - Plays The Devils Music (87)

Big Black - Songs About Fucking (87)

Blue Ruin - Flame (87)

The Olympic Sideburns - Dixie Truck Stop (87)

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (88)

nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (88)

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (88)

The Pixies - Doolittle (89)

 

I could go on for ages.

 

Listing shite from the 80's aye you could.

[Happy Face 29]

For me the 80s was

 

Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you

Queen - a kind of magic

Michael Jackson - Thriller and Bad

Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver

Black Box - Ride on Time

Paul McCartney - We all stand together

Chris Deburgh - The Lady in Red

Angry Anderson - Suddenly

[Monkeys Fist 38755]

Angry feckin Anderson.

[Dr Gloom 19822]

Stone Roses - Stone Roses

Prince - Purple Rain

Slick Rick - the great adventures of Slick Rick

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Michael Jackson - Thriller

NWA - straight out of Compton

Beastie Boys - Paul's boutique

The cure - disintegration

De la soul - 3 feet high and rising

The Smiths - the queen is dead

[Toonpack 6846]

For me the 80s was

 

Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you

Queen - a kind of magic

Michael Jackson - Thriller and Bad

Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver

Black Box - Ride on Time

Paul McCartney - We all stand together

Chris Deburgh - The Lady in Red

Angry Anderson - Suddenly

 

The song that killed him as an artist for me, Spanish Train, Crusader then bleurgh

[Monkeys Fist 38755]

Mind, that lass from Black Box could sing

[Meenzer 14042]

Mind, that lass from Black Box could sing

 

 

Also, sorry Sammy but I had to add an apostrophe to the thread title, it was killing me.

[catmag 336]

No Bros? You bloody heathens.

[Monkeys Fist 38755]

Ken from Bros was my hero.

[Renton 17767]

For me the 80s was

 

Stevie Wonder - I just called to say I love you

Queen - a kind of magic

Michael Jackson - Thriller and Bad

Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver

Black Box - Ride on Time

Paul McCartney - We all stand together

Chris Deburgh - The Lady in Red

Angry Anderson - Suddenly

 

You absolute c*nt. In 10 years I hope you get the equivalent about the 90s.

[sammynb 2929]

Listing shite from the 80's aye you could.

 

You truly are a boring old twat.

[Ayatollah Hermione 12767]

Smiths and R.E.M. are my two favourites probably. Love Teardrop Explodes' debut too. I'll have a proper think later on but most of the artists I like have been mentioned.

 

Hounds of Love, Rain Dogs and those three great Replacements albums also.

[LoveTheBobby 1]

3 feet high and rising

 

Love owt like that .

Came out just before we all went on our first 'lads holiday' to Estartit after our GCSE's - on the fucking bus (Siesta Holidays if anyone remembers. Office was where Karen Millen used to be)

Great memories of listening to it on me Walkman all holiday

. . anyone in the audience ever get hit by a car ?

 

[peasepud 59]

XTC - English Settlement, a timeless album with a few absolute classics

[Howmanheyman 26815]

 

 

Love owt like that .

Came out just before we all went on our first 'lads holiday' to Estartit after our GCSE's - on the fucking bus (Siesta Holidays if anyone remembers. Office was where Karen Millen used to be)

 

Snap! (apart from the GCSE bit)

 

Went there in 1992 by bus for my first lads holiday. (Fucking nightmare journey when you cannot kip on a bus).

[Happy Face 29]

 

You absolute c*nt. In 10 years I hope you get the equivalent about the 90s.

 

I was 1 to 10. I was bound to enjoy simple things.

 

Not sure of CTs excuse

 

That said, I still do like them all. Cannot discount songs that were massive to me as a 5 year old just cos they have a bad rep and the cool folk that only ever listened to underground stuff are full of contempt for children and their simple pleasures.

[Howmanheyman 26815]

 

 

I was 1 to 10. I was bound to enjoy simple things.

 

Not sure of CTs excuse

 

That said, I still do like them all. Cannot discount songs that were massive to me as a 5 year old just cos they have a bad rep and the cool folk that only ever listened to underground stuff are full of contempt for children and their simple pleasures.

Following on from that, nobody can take 'Father Abraham and the Smurfs' out of my seventies list.

[Gemmill 34442]

Stan Ridgway - Camouflage

Rod Stewart - Baby Jane.

The theme from ET.

 

Fuck you.

[Toonpack 6846]

You truly are a boring old twat.

 

Not Really

 

Copperhead Road – Steve Earl

Cutter and the Clan – Runrig

Master Of Puppets – Metallica

Full Moon Fever – Tom Petty

Appetite for Destruction – GnR

Back in Black – AC DC

Thriller – MJ

Slippery When Wet – Jovi

Escape – Journey

Joshua Tree – U2

Hysteria – Def Leppard

End of Innocence – Don Henley

Songs from the big chair – Tears for Fears

Waking Hours - Del Amitri

Number of the Beast – Maiden

The River/Nebraska – Springsteen

Raintown - Deacon Blue

Permanent vacation - Aerosmith