Madonna vs Cyndi, just as it was in 1983
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link
Out of Step was such an incredible record
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 02:01 (five years ago) link
also remember loving the 100 Flowers album and The Rain Parade
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 02:02 (five years ago) link
Metal Circus meant so much to me, those guitars
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link
Diane
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 02:22 (five years ago) link
Got to be Eliminator.
A lot of rock ordinaire on that list, it must be said.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:08 (five years ago) link
Murmur is my real favourite but it will get loads of love fron everyone else so voted for Billy Bragg
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:46 (five years ago) link
Went with Talking Heads over U2 and Violent Femmes
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 12:43 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
Sonic Youth album is all-time amazing as well.
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:31 (five years ago) link
Murmur crushes everything else on here like a grape and yall know it. A disco-rock classic! Dance! Dance, you fuckers!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 9 May 2019 11:23 (five years ago) link
Torn between High Land Hard Rain and Hearts and Bones
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 9 May 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
I might be the only vote for the Bad Brains album but I think it really is my favorite here
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
Cocteau Twins a close second, both records were personally huge for me back then
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 May 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
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― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 00:07 (five years ago) link
ha ha, you were right!
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
Murmur really is a great album
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
Wow the Violent Femmes debut got zero points. There's a band that's fallen out of fashion. Along with REM, they would've been the critics fave new US band of '83
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 06:14 (five years ago) link
Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1984!!
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
They meant pretty much jack shit in the UK, though.
(xpost)
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
"Blister In The Sun" was a 90s indie disco staple
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
Somehow I feel like we've had this conversation before?
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
It managed to get snuck into a couple of ads in the '90s, but that was many years later.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
― . (Michael B)
The first time I heard Blister In The Sun was when The Wannadies covered it in the mid 90s. It was definitely played a lot in indie clubs when I started going to them the late 90s.
― kitchen person, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
The first I heard of 'em was also in the late '90s, through a combination of 'Blister in the Sun' being on some advert and the fact that they kept being cited by American music nerds. I mean, I've said this before, but they were definitely an American phenomenon.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link
I don't particularly want to open this can of worms again but they seem to have been markedly more popular in the US. As for meaning 'jack shit' in the UK, well, that's fair enough if the Go-Betweens, for example, or any number of well-regarded 'indie' bands who never quite broke through to the mainstream are also described as meaning 'jack shit'. I think it's a bit harsh, personally.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 10 May 2019 17:57 (five years ago) link
... well-regarded indie bands in the 80s, that is.
i heard blister in the sun in a pub in glasgow last time i was home in september.
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 10 May 2019 18:00 (five years ago) link
I suppose one of the genuinely good things about the internet is that it's allowed the music of the likes of The Go-Betweens to reach ears that it otherwise wouldn't have done. I mean, we can comfortably say now that they should have been on the same level career-wise as The Smiths in the UK in the '80s, but it would be inaccurate to say that they actually were at the time. The first Violent Femmes album is regularly touted on the internet as a classic, and I guess in a way its visibility has only increased over time outside of American music geek circles (appearances in 1,000 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die etc., a regular staple on "best albums of the '80s" lists, Gordon Gano allowing 'Blister in the Sun' to advertise all kinds of stuff), while not quite getting critical blowjobs on the same level as the Go-Betweens.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
Perverted by LanguageMark Stewart + the Maffia - Learning to Cope with CowardiceConfusion is SexGood Name100 Flowers s/t hahaThe Raincoats - MovingCircle X - PrehistoryEmergency Third Rail Power TripLost in SpaceYellowman - GuzungguzungguguzungguzengNona Hendryx - NonaShe's So UnusualThree O'Clock - Sixteen TambourinesCome Away with ESGNeil Young - TransB-52s - Whammy
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
I don't know the 0 votes get ordered, but the right album ended up at the bottom of the list.
― enochroot, Friday, 10 May 2019 20:14 (five years ago) link
You have to give them kudos for making their guitars sound like bagpipes!
OK they're in no way cool, but I have a lot of affection for their slightly ludicrous but very effective rousing bloodboiler anthems
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:30 (five years ago) link
I should go on a Big Country binge. They were Glenn McDonald's alltime favorite band back in the 90s when he was writing The War Against Silence (which I used to read as a teenager)
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
There's nothing wrong at all with The Crossing. Of course, I thought Adamson was better with The Skids, but I'm proud to say that Big Country album is a favourite of mine. 'Inwards' in particular really gets me going... love the guitar interplay on that, and the whole album. It's a shame that Steeltown and the follow-ups weren't as good.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
I used to read Glenn McDonalds blog too. It was odd reading praise heaped on stuff like Big Country and Marllion at the time.
"Steeltown" is his favourite album of all time iirc. Tbh none of their albums after "The crossing" did much for me either.
― . (Michael B), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:20 (five years ago) link
they had some great singles but albumswise the 1st one is all you need plus the best of comp
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
^ Yeah, absolutely. Even if the albums after The Crossing weren't as good, they still had the occasional decent single. 'Look Away', for example.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
Hello to the three other people who voted for Philip Glass! Maybe we can all gather one day on someone's couch and watch Koyaanisqatsi together.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Thursday, 16 May 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
I knew I should have voted for Big Country. I actually like the first three albums pretty well, but definitely The Crossing is the best. Steeltown has some good songs but the Lillywhite production half-buries it. There's a point where reverb just becomes murk.The Seer has Look Away and a nice Kate Bush duet. And now Big Country always makes me think of Bimble (R.I.P.), the Big Country threads were where I bonded with him. He would be righteously appalled by the zero votes.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 17 May 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
steeltown kinda falls off after the first two songs, but man those first two songs are awesome.
― brimstead, Friday, 17 May 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
I agree about the production on Steeltown. It's weird, because Lillywhite did such a great job on The Crossing.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 17 May 2019 14:56 (five years ago) link
Could be the band wanted a change in sound?
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it could well have been - and plausible - that the band wanted to make a different kind of record. I just don't think Steeltown sounds all that great - unusual for Lillywhite in that era.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
1. R.E.M.: Murmur2. OMD: Dazzle Ships3. The Three O’Clock: Sixteen Tambourines4. The Fun Boy Three: Waiting5. The The: Soul Mining6. XTC: Mummer7. White Door: Windows8. Republika: Nowe sytuacje9. Tears for Fears: The Hurting10. Captain Sensible: The Power of Love11. Dolly Mixture: The Demonstration Tapes12. Serious Drinking: The Revolution Starts at Closing Time13. The Gist: Embrace the Herd14. A Flock of Seagulls: Listen15. Nits: Omsk16. Eddie & Sunshine: Perfect Strangers17. Soft Cell: The Art of Falling Apart18. New Order: Power, Corruption and Lies19. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)20. Heaven 17: The Luxury Gap21. Madonna: Madonna22. Aviador Dro: Sintesis23. The Church: Seance24. Glamour: Guarda tus lágrimas25. Nacht und Nebel: Beats of Love26. Andreas Dorau: Die Doraus und die Marinas geben offenherzige Antworten auf brennende Fragen27. ESG: Come Away With the ESG28. Bauhaus: Burning From the Inside29. Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels30. Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes
― zeus, Thursday, 14 January 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link