Some places list Slapp Happy's Acnalbasac Noom as a 1980 release. Bob Dylan's Saved would be another contender. I'd go with Doc at the Radar Station from this list. My favorite post-Trout-Mask Beefheart.
― o. nate, Saturday, 13 April 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
Acnalbasac Moon was indeed released in 1980, but recorded in 1974, and I personally wouldn't consider it eligible. Probably one of my top ten records of all time though.
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Saturday, 13 April 2019 00:27 (five years ago) link
i can never decide whether i like casablanca moon or acnalbasac noom better
i don't think of it as a 1980 release but i also don't think of "the modern lovers" as a 1976 release
a couple more 1980 records i've discovered recently and want to recommend:
don slepian - the sea of blisscarambolage - s/t
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Saturday, 13 April 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
but i also don't think of "the modern lovers" as a 1976 release
why?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 13 April 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
Same reason, I assume.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Saturday, 13 April 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
Anyone else voting The Beat?
― Mark G, Saturday, 13 April 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
tom d otm, i think of it as an archival release
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Saturday, 13 April 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
immediately made sure seventeen seconds was there. voted for it.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 14 April 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
❤ Austin tho Gaucho is also on here.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 14 April 2019 00:50 (five years ago) link
glad somebody voted for seventeen seconds, it deserves love in this poll
― Dan S, Sunday, 14 April 2019 00:52 (five years ago) link
was feeling torn between beefheart and the fall but uh i just put on "is this real?" and now i'm super torn ! torn to shreds by wipers
YOU BETTER BEWARE
― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 April 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
I thought you said you wouldn't be around til 1990, you cunt
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 14 April 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
“Group Sex” vs. “Dirty Mind” is a really hard choice (and I’m not just making a joke)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Sunday, 14 April 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
both are all-time great
― Dan S, Sunday, 14 April 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
No other choice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjKGJ9RFo78
― flappy bird, Sunday, 14 April 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
never understood any love the pretenders got. Her voice is like nails on chalkboard to me
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:29 (five years ago) link
I listened to it there a couple of days ago and it still sounds great. The bonus tracks on the extended version of the album are fantastic too.
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 12:49 (five years ago) link
I'd vote Los Angeles if it was on here, can make a case that Crocodiles is underrated and highly influential.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:12 (five years ago) link
never understood any love the pretenders got. Her voice is like nails on chalkboard to me― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:29 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:29 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't mind her voice and think they were a decent pop band in their prime, but 9.5 times out of 10 I'd rather listen to Blondie.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:20 (five years ago) link
Remain In Light is top 20 all-time for me. Maybe top 10.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
This is Talking Heads vs Colossal Youth, and they’re both amazing albums.
My vote goes to Colossal Youth because it was a more influential record to me, even if in reality it had no precedent or spiritual followers. It feels like a record outside of time and place and it’s pretty much perfect in its own terms.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
Albums not in this list that would be in mine:
Aqsak Maboul - Un peu de l'âme des bandits Bauhaus - In the Flat Field The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us Max Roach - M'BoomPylon - Gyrate
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
I'd vote Los Angeles if it was on here
I dont get whats the big deal about X tbh
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
Seem like a band Americans like.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:23 (five years ago) link
xxp
Max Roach - M'Boom
such a fine + underrated album is that!
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
eyeroll at y'all talking shit about diana ross's 1980 record, it's a chic organization joint and it's fucking great
??? where are the posts talking shit about this album cos I can't see any at all
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
re: X, I still remember my first time hearing Los Angeles
― Dan S, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 18 April 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
not sure how Remain In Light is in both the 1979 and 1980 polls, always thought of it as from 1980, voting for it in this one
― Dan S, Thursday, 18 April 2019 00:21 (five years ago) link
ok I forgot that thread title was a mistake
― Dan S, Thursday, 18 April 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
that will be confusing when searching for the real 1979 poll
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 18 April 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
I asked the mods to delete it
― . (Michael B), Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:00 (five years ago) link
I hope they delete the right one! haha
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:09 (five years ago) link
i knew talking heads would walk it but 28 votes? wow
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:00 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 19 April 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
good showing for colossal youth
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:07 (five years ago) link
Oh my! Like, what a fuckin' surprise!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:18 (five years ago) link
joy division 1 vote
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:19 (five years ago) link
Joy Division with only 1 vote! Shocking!
― . (Michael B), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
Yes, that was a surprise. Two out of three ain't bad, as Meat Loaf once sang.
I can think of about 40 albums released in 1980 that mean more to me than Remain in Light, but whatever.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
to ilx they are just demos for the real project
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
Ha! Yeah, I can see how one would think that...
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:27 (five years ago) link
ilx is of course wrong
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 19 April 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
sorry to the lone voter for The Beat, I know it's as good as Crocodiles but 'All That Jazz' came on shuffle recently and I lost my mind.
― campreverb, Friday, 19 April 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
I voted for Closer, which I suppose makes it the 1980 album for people who don't care for 1980.
― pomenitul, Friday, 19 April 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
This is amazing footage, imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwXebq6FMAw
― jmm, Friday, 19 April 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
Where's the 1981 poll? :D
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 19 April 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1981!!
― . (Michael B), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
Campreverb: no problem
― Mark G, Friday, 19 April 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link