Championship round: Acclaimed Music best of the best - ILM's number one albums picks from the 80's polls

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Option	Votes
1980 Talking Heads - Remain in Light 13	11
1981 Kraftwerk - Computerwelt 17	11
1988 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	8
1984 Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain 22	5
1983 R.E.M. - Murmur 19	4
1986 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 11	4
1985 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 11	3
1989 Pixies - Doolittle 18	3
1987 Prince - Sign 'O' the Times 14	2
1982 Michael Jackson - Thriller 12	1

― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 September 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link

i still messed that up, damn

― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 September 2012 04:25 (twelve years ago) link

― Moka, Thursday, 6 September 2012 04:28 (twelve years ago) link

i'd be happy to vote for any of those except Pixies and Michael Jackson.

― charlie h, Thursday, 6 September 2012 04:30 (twelve years ago) link

haha, i have been drinking tonight as i'm off tomorrow.

― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 September 2012 04:32 (twelve years ago) link

Kraftwerk just ahead of R.E.M and both Prince albums. I think the runner up poll was stronger on the whole.

― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 6 September 2012 06:54 (twelve years ago) link

None of these albums are less than classic for me but I'm going with Murmur.

― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 6 September 2012 09:38 (twelve years ago) link

There were more albums i genuinely love on the Bridesmaids list. I went with Purple Rain here, pretty easily.

― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Thursday, 6 September 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link

Remain In Light and Sign O The Times are both in my top 10 all-time. I still love listening to both. I don't know.

― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 6 September 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link

Remain in Light, Sign 'O' the Times and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back made me who I am today

― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 6 September 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link

SOTT

― IN REAL LIFE (some dude), Thursday, 6 September 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link

well these run off polls have not fared so well.

i'm really surprising myself and voting for The Queen Is Dead with Doolittle, Purple Rain and Remain in Light nipping on the heals.

― Bee OK, Sunday, 9 September 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link

Waits vs Heads

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link

I've owned all of these for decades, but Computerwelt has informed more of my listening this millenium than anything else here.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 13 September 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link

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