After a month's break after the 1970's poll, I am pleased to announce the return of the Battle of the albums poll, this time moving on a decade to the 1980s.

 

Make and Post a list of up-to 20 albums you think were the best albums released in the 1980s :)

 

Points:

1 - 50

2 - 40

3 - 38

4 - 36

5 - 34

6 - 32

7 - 30

8 - 28

9 - 26

10 - 24

11 - 22

12 - 20

13 - 18

14 - 16

15 - 14

16 - 12

17 - 10

18 - 8

19 - 6

20 - 4

 

The deadline for entries is 23:59 BST on the 9th October, giving you just under 4 weeks to put your thinking caps on :)

 

Any questions feel free to ask and either me or Bea will answer you :)

1. Joshua Tree-U2

2. Menlove Ave-John Lennon

3. Permeanent Waves-Rush

4. The Unforgettable Fire-U2

5. Double Fantasy-John Lennon

6. Joe Pass Trio-Joe Pass

7. Tug of War-Paul McCartney

8. Thriller-Michael Jackson

9. The Final Cut-Pink Floyd

10. Moving Pictures-Rush

11. Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks-Brian Eno

12. Coda-Led Zeppelin

13. Diver Down-Van Halen

14. Face Dances-The Who

15. The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking-Roger Waters

16. 1984-Van Halen

17. Fair Warning-Van Halen

18. It's Hard-The Who

19. A Momentary Lapse of Reason-Pink Floyd

20. War-U2

 

it was sort of hard to pick because honestly this decade is my least favorite decade for music. There are very few albums that I really really like

this will need some serious thinking :bomb:

 

btw : Where are the results for the best debut albums ??

Peter Gabriel albums to follow.

I only did the best debut album back in 2007/08, ipsy did it this year, ask him

architecture & morality - orchestral manoeuvres in the dark (1981)

abacab - genesis (1981)

crises - mike oldfield (1983)

some great reward - depeche mode (1984)

Still planing to post list...

Theres no David Bowie :stunned:

Crap turnout :(

 

Why do I even bother?

I tweeted it too :(

I say do some promoting perhaps in some other popular threads in the lounge.

Oh , good this comes up again !

Still gotta post my list ! :nice:

 

I'm working on it !

U2 - The Joshua Tree

The Clash - London Calling

Peter Gabriel - Melt

Peter Gabriel - So

John Lennon - Double Fantasy

The Smiths - The Smiths

Neil Young - Freedom

A-ha - Hunting High And Low

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

 

List is subject to change. Also, Peter Gabriel's albums are actually self titled, so Peter Gabriel 3 is Melt etc.

U2 - The Joshua Tree

The Clash - London Calling

Peter Gabriel - Melt

Peter Gabriel - So

John Lennon - Double Fantasy

The Smiths - The Smiths

Neil Young - Freedom

A-ha - Hunting High And Low

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

 

List is subject to change. Also, Peter Gabriel's albums are actually self titled, so Peter Gabriel 3 is Melt etc.

 

Only the first 4 are self titled ;)

 

And hard to get a hold of without paying a fortune (but I shouldn't moan selling my copy of PG 4 for £20 having paid £1.99 for it :cool:)

I meant the ones on the list, just so the list doesn't end up twice the number of PG albums :P

I know :P

There should be more lists

otherwise I'm afraid I'll forget some bands and artists !

 

Can't Ian "sticky" this ?

i need to edit mine and improve it.

and i agree with acquiesce

In which way do you mean sticky it?

Turn it into an ad :P

An announcement you mean? They don't get that many views. :\

 

I totally forgot tbh, but I'll post my list later this week. :nice:

I dunno , Post its on Coldplayings twitter or facebook or something...

 

:thinking:

Let's Dance - David Bowie

Architecture & Morality - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Scary Monsters - David Bowie

Duran Duran - Duran Duran

True - Spandau Ballet

Parade - Spandau Ballet

Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac

Mirage - Fleetwood Mac

Vienna - Ultravox

I dunno , Post its on Coldplayings twitter or facebook or something...

 

:thinking:

 

That be a job for Mr Ian :)

I'll make a list soon.