October 16, 201015 yr Greetings from sunny Spain, I´ve dragged myself away from the coast of the Med to work through the lists submitted for the albums of the decades 1980s poll. 103 albums were voted for, so lets start at the bottom: 102 - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow - 4 102 - Metallica - …And Justice for All - 4 98 - Anthrax – Among the Living - 8 98 - Dinosaur Jr.-You're Living All Over Me - 8 98 - Kraftwerk - Computerwelt - 8 98 - The Who - It's Hard - 8 94 - Daniel Johnston - The What of Whom - 10 94 - Sonic Youth-Sister - 10 94 - The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - 10 94 - Van Halen - Fair Warning - 10 90 - Slayer – Reign in Blood - 12 90 - The Field Mice - Snowball - 12 90 - The Jam - Sound Affects - 12 90 - Van Halen – 1984 - 12 88 - Roger Waters - The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking - 14 88 - Sting – Nothing Like the Sun - 14 84 - Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain - 16 84 - George Harrison – Cloud Nine - 16 84 - The Cure - The Head On The Door - 16 84 - The Who - Face Dances - 16 81 - Metallica – Ride the Lightning - 18 81 - U2 - October - 18 81 - Van Halen - Diver Down - 18 80 - The Clash - Combat Rock - 20
October 16, 201015 yr Author 76 - Blue Rodeo - Outskirts - 22 76 - Kate Bush-Hounds of Love - 22 76 - Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega - 22 76 - The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour - 22 74 - New Order - Technique - 24 74 - The Jesus & Mary Chain-Psychocandy - 24 71 - Metallica – Master of Puppets - 26 71 - The Cure - Pornography - 26 71 - The Kinks- Give People What the Want - 26 66 - A-ha - Hunting High And Low - 28 66 - Daniel Johnston - Yip/Jump Music - 28 66 - Fleetwood Mac - Mirage - 28 66 - New Order-Power, Corruption & Lies - 28 66 - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - 28 58 - Daniel Johnston - Retired Boxer - 30 58 - Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night - 30 58 - Happy Mondays - Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) - 30 58 - Neil Young - Freedom - 30 58 - Nirvana – Bleach - 30 58 - Paul McCartney - Tug of War - 30 58 - R.E.M.-Reckoning - 30 58 - Tom Waits - Raindogs - 30 53 - Joe Pass - Joe Pass Trio - 32 53 - Pixies-Doolittle - 32 53 - Spandau Ballet – Parade - 32 53 - The Tragically Hip - Up To Here - 32 53 - Tracy Chapman ~ Tracy Chapman - 32
October 16, 201015 yr Author 49 - Mercedes Sosa - En Argentina - 34 49 - Morrissey - Viva Hate - 34 49 - Spandau Ballet - True - 34 49 - U2 - Boy - 34 46 - depeche mode – some great reward - 36 46 - Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation - 36 46 - Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth - 36 41 - Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You - 38 41 - mike oldfield – crises - 38 41 - Peter Gabriel - Melt - 38 41 - Queen – The Game - 38 41 - The Cure – Disintegration - 38 36 - Daniel Johnston – Respect - 40 36 - Genesis – abacab - 40 36 - John Lennon – Menlove Ave - 40 36 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light - 40 36 - Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones - 40 34 - My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - 44 34 - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - 44 33 - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - 46 31 - Rush - Moving Pictures - 48 31 - Ultravox - Vienna - 48 30 - The Smiths-Meat is Murder - 50
October 16, 201015 yr Author 28 - Dire Straits - Love Over Gold - 52 28 - Led Zeppelin – Coda - 52 27 - Leonard Cohen - Various Positions - 54 25 - Peter Gabriel - So - 56 25 - The Stone Roses-The Stone Roses - 56 24 - Depeche Mode - Music for the Mases - 58 23 - Paul Simon ~ Graceland - 60 22 - The Smiths - The Smiths - 62
October 16, 201015 yr Author In joint 20th with 66 points apiece are: Brian Eno - Apollo Atmospheres & Soundtracks & Duran Duran - Duran Duran
October 16, 201015 yr Author With 68 points, it´s recently been remastered and it´s one of only 2 lennon albums appearing in the list, it´s John Lennon - Double Fantasy at number 19
October 16, 201015 yr Author At 18 it be War, by a small Irish band that nobody has probably never heard of. With 70 points.
October 16, 201015 yr Author Jointly at 16th be Chris Rea ~ The Road to Hell & The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come with each getting a rather cool 72 points.
October 16, 201015 yr Author Oh f*ck I forgot to vote for this ! :bigcry: Don´t worry, the 90s poll will be opened soon :)
October 16, 201015 yr Author 14th now, and it be another joint entry: Pixies-Surfer Rosa & Phil Collins´s But Seriously, each scoring 74 points
October 16, 201015 yr Author It´s another 2-way spilt at 12th place, with David Bowie – Let's Dance & Rush - Permeanent Waves getting 78 points
October 16, 201015 yr Author 3-way spilt for 9th with 96 points each: Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - architecture & morality
October 16, 201015 yr Author 6th place it´s another 2-way spilt between David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) & the English version of Kraftwerk´s Computer World. Each geting a nifty 114 points.
October 16, 201015 yr Author 5th place now and it doesn´t exist, why not you ask, it´s because in 4th it´s another joint entry with Michael Jackson – Thriller & The Clash - London Calling, sharing 240 points equally between themselves.
October 16, 201015 yr Author I hate bad news everybody, the queen is dead... the album is in at 3rd place, damn why didn´t it make the top spot :P, The smiths getting 150 points
October 16, 201015 yr Author In 2nd place *drum roll* with 190 points and winner of the 1970s poll It´s getting Closer by Joy Division
October 16, 201015 yr 5th place now and it doesn´t exist, why not you ask, it´s because in 4th it´s another joint entry with Michael Jackson – Thriller & The Clash - London Calling, sharing 240 points equally between themselves. I hate bad news everybody, the queen is dead... the album is in at 3rd place, damn why didn´t it make the top spot :P, The smiths getting 150 points :awesome: WHHHH!!! These were two of my highest too.
October 16, 201015 yr Author And finally in 1st place in the thread nobody is reading is: *drum roll* with 272 points It be The Joshua Tree by U2 Thank you for reading and goodnight!
October 16, 201015 yr I'm reading :disappointed: Good choices! I am happy with this line up. Now bring on DA 90zzzz :awesome:
October 16, 201015 yr Author I'm reading :disappointed: Good choices! I am happy with this line up. Now bring on DA 90zzzz :awesome: It be up: http://coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73221
October 17, 201015 yr In 2nd place *drum roll* with 190 points and winner of the 1970s poll It´s getting Closer by Joy Division YESH. :wacko:
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