Looking for some good albums from the 80s

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Looking for some gems from the 80s. I just got Psych Candy by Jesus and Mary Chain and enjoy it. ANY STYLE of music is good for me. Fill me in on what I missed by being too young. Maybe stuff just below or above the radar.

Thanks!

― jh, Monday, 13 October 2003 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Top 100 singles from "New Wave" bands in the 80's
Could someone fill me on Classic and unknown New Wave albums that rock
reccomend me some genuinely upbeat *highly danceable* new wave / post punk pop songs.
forgotten/understated 'classic' pop songs of the 80s and 90s
Top 100 hard rock singles of the 80s
The 10 Greatest Singles of the 80s
Favorite seminal band(s) of the 80s which should be household names - and why?
C90 - 1980s Cold War/nuclear paranoia

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 13 October 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

OMD - Pacific Age

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

The Raincoats - The Raincoats

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
Joe Jackson - Body and Soul
Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Julian Cope - "Fried"

XTC - "Drums & Wires"

R.E.M. - Murmur

Echo & the Bunnymen - "Ocean Rain"

The Teardrop Explodes - "Kilmanjaro"

The Soft Boys - "Underwater Moonlight"

...are all great. There are plenty more.

― Debito (Debito), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Replacements - Let It Be
R.E.M. - Reckoning
Prince - Purple Rain

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

How about:

'80 Young Marble GiantsColossal Youth
'81 The dB'sStands for Decibels
'82 Mission of Burma Vs.
'83 Aztec Camera High Land Hard Rain
'84 Replacements Let It Be
'85 Husker Du New Day Rising
'86 The Smiths The Queen is Dead
'87 The Mekons New York
'88 The Feelies Only Life
'89 Pixies Doolittle

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

'80 Young Marble GiantsColossal Youth
'81 The dB'sStands for Decibels
'82 Mission of Burma Vs.
'83 Aztec Camera High Land Hard Rain
'84 Replacements Let It Be
'85 Husker Du New Day Rising
'86 The Smiths The Queen is Dead
'87 The Mekons New York
'88 The Feelies Only Life
'89 Pixies Doolittle

Excellent list. It's very chronological.

― Debito (Debito), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd personally make that '80 Feelies Crazy Rhythms and '88 Beat Happening Jamboree.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Rain Parade-Emergency 3rd Rail Power Trip
Bruce SPringsteen - Nebraska
Green on Red-Gravity Talks
Lyres-Lyres Lyres
FUzztones-Lysergic Emanations
Iggy Pop-Zombie Birdhouse
Dream Syndicate-Days of Wine & Roses
Cramps-A Date with Elvis
the 3 O'clock-16 Tambourines

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 01:17 (twenty-two years ago)

that's some nice powerpoppin

― the surface noise (electricsound), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Alphaville - Forever Young
Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
Depeche Mode - Music For the Masses (or anything else from their 80s catalogue for that matter)
New Order - Low-Life, Substance
The Cure - Disintigration
Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
Echo and the Bunnymen - Echo and the Bunnymen
Beastie Boys - License To Ill
This Mortal Coil - It'll end in Tears
Erasure - The Innocents
Blancmange - Mange Tout
ABC - Who Wants To Be a Zillionaire

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

although I guess those aren't exactly 'below the radar'...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

mccarthy - i am a wallet
joan jett - bad reputation
elvis costello - punch the clock
public enemy - nation of millions
stone roses - s/t
prince - sign o' the times
replacements - let it be (we're approaching a consensus with this one!)
dexys - too rye aye
guns n'roses - appetite for destruction
cyndi lauper - she's so unusual

i'll probably look back on this list in a year or so and be embarrassed by it, but there you go.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

obvious ones that i'm going to mention so i get to be first to do so:
the talking heads - remain in light
and i don't have the human league's 'dare', but i plan to buy a copy before years end.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

sundar must hate me now, but i'll rep 'daydream nation' again too.

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

gary numan - pleasure principal
skinny puppy - vivisectvi
ministry - land of rape and honey

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd personally make that '80 Feelies Crazy Rhythms and '88 Beat Happening Jamboree.

Nice call.

1980 is an impossible year. Too many great ones to choose.

― scott m (mcd), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Construction Time Again – Depeche Mode

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Napalm Death - Scum

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

simple minds - new gold dream

― justin (Justin M), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Anthony Miccio, I kiss you. (Platonically, you know, the whole shebang...)

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Murmur is the greatest album of all time.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

A-Ha - Hunting High and Low as well as Scoundrel Days are must haves.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:54 (twenty-two years ago)

From the Lion's Mouth The Sound
What does Anything Mean? Basically The Chameleons
Kilimanjaro The Teardrop Explodes
Zen Arcade Husker Du
Waiting for a Miracle The Comsat Angels
Mania The Lucy Show
Skylarking XTC
Tim The Replacements

― David Gates of Delirium, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Scoundrel Days" is a-ha's hidden gem. I would say "Hunting...." is fairly patchy, but "Scoundrel Days" is crowded with great album tracks that never had the exposure they deserved. "The Swing Of Things" is the best thing they ever did.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

and
Bug Dinosaur Jr.

― David Gates of Delirium, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Cupid & Psyche '85 - Scritti Politti.

― rw, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Script of the Bridge - Chameleons
Forever Breathers the Lonely Word - Felt (which has just been reissued)
Head on the Door - The Cure

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

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