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Top 20 albums of the 1980's I started the 70's list now I'm going closer to the present. Since most of us remember the 80's a whole lot more and there was more musical genres in this decade then I'm going with 20. Same rules apply. If a album came in late 79 into 80 then you can include it. Here's my list as follows:
1. Michael Jackson-Thriller 2. Prince-Sign'O'The Times 3. Van Halen-1984 4. Janet Jackson-Rhythm Nation 1814 5. Prince-Purple Rain 6. George Michael-Faith 7. Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 8. Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston 9. U2-The Joshua Tree 10. N.W.A.-Straight Outta Compton 11. Stevie Wonder-Hotter Than July 12. Janet Jackson-Control 13. Bon Jovi-Slippery When Wet 14. Beastie Boys-License To Ill 15. Run-DMC-Raising Hell 16. Lionel Richie-Can't Slow Down 17. Culture Club-Colour By Numbers 18. Michael Jackson-Bad 19. Genesis-Invisible Touch 20. LL Cool J-Bigger And Deffer How does your list look like? Peace and be wild! | |
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I hate this! I have such a hard time putting these together. | |
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I would have included TTD's Introducing The Hardline "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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I mostly bought 45s and 12 Inches in the 1980s. I only bought an album if I knew it was someone that was going to have a lot of good songs on it or if a song I wanted wasn't available on a 45 or 12 Inch.
Anyway, all the Prince, Rick James, and Barkays albums from 1980-1984. "No Parking On The Dance Floor" by Midnight Star and "Gap Band IV" by The Gap Band were two other albums in which every single track was good. I have a lot of albums by Cameo, Roger and Zapp, etc. that have a lot of good songs on them but every song on the album is not great. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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LoDog said: I started the 70's list now I'm going closer to the present. Since most of us remember the 80's a whole lot more and there was more musical genres in this decade then I'm going with 20. Same rules apply. If a album came in late 79 into 80 then you can include it. Here's my list as follows:
1. Michael Jackson-Thriller 2. Prince-Sign'O'The Times 3. Van Halen-1984 4. Janet Jackson-Rhythm Nation 1814 5. Prince-Purple Rain 6. George Michael-Faith 7. Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 8. Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston 9. U2-The Joshua Tree 10. N.W.A.-Straight Outta Compton 11. Stevie Wonder-Hotter Than July 12. Janet Jackson-Control 13. Bon Jovi-Slippery When Wet 14. Beastie Boys-License To Ill 15. Run-DMC-Raising Hell 16. Lionel Richie-Can't Slow Down 17. Culture Club-Colour By Numbers 18. Michael Jackson-Bad 19. Genesis-Invisible Touch 20. LL Cool J-Bigger And Deffer How does your list look like? Not a bad list at all. I would have probabaly added in - The Jacksons Triumph (1980) | |
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My favorite decade, by far! Again, all-time place in parentheses.
1. Prince- 1999 (1) 2. Prince- Lovesexy (2) 3. Prince- Sign o' the Times (3) 4. Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814 (4) 5. The Cure- Disintegration (5) 6. Madonna- Like a Prayer (6) 7. Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (7) 8. Eurythmics- 1984: For the Love of Big Brother (12) 9. Madonna- Madonna (15) 10. Eurythmics- Touch (16) 11. The Cure- Seventeen Seconds (17) 12. David Bowie- Scary Monsters (26) 13. Prince- Controversy (27) 14. George Winston- December (28) 15. Prince- Parade (31) 16. Prince- Purple Rain (34) 17. The Cure- Japanese Whispers (35) 18. The Cure- The Head on the Door (37) 19. The Smiths- Strangeways, Here We Come (42) 20. Roxette- Look Sharp! (50) The 80s are so dominant for me. This list makes it look like I only appreciate a few artists, but there are many others who have placed albums high in my top 300. The 80s place 32 albums among my top 100 and 97 in my top 300.  Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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1. Parade - Prince and the Revolution
2. Purple Rain - Prince & the Revolution 3. The Time - What Time is It? 4. Prince - Dirty Mind 5. Around the World in a Day - Prince & the Revolution 6. Heartbreak - New Edition 7. Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson 8. Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim 9. Sign O the Times - Prince 10. X-Periment - The System 11. Hearsay - Alexander O'Neal 12. 1999 - Prince & the Revolution 13. Jill Jones - Jill Jones 14. By All Means Neccessary - Boogie Down Productions 15. The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away - William "Bootsy" Collins 16. Stronger Than Pride - Sade 17. Right Back at Cha - Dynasty 18. Mazarati - Mazarati 19. The Time - The Time 20. Lovesexy - Prince | |
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QUESTION: On what is this criteria based? Personal favorites? Critical acclaim? Some attempt to mirror Billboard chart success? Are we including all genres or a certain amount of genres (on this board, mostly soul and rock/pop)? [Edited 9/24/07 5:16am] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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kash said: LoDog said: I started the 70's list now I'm going closer to the present. Since most of us remember the 80's a whole lot more and there was more musical genres in this decade then I'm going with 20. Same rules apply. If a album came in late 79 into 80 then you can include it. Here's my list as follows:
1. Michael Jackson-Thriller 2. Prince-Sign'O'The Times 3. Van Halen-1984 4. Janet Jackson-Rhythm Nation 1814 5. Prince-Purple Rain 6. George Michael-Faith 7. Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 8. Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston 9. U2-The Joshua Tree 10. N.W.A.-Straight Outta Compton 11. Stevie Wonder-Hotter Than July 12. Janet Jackson-Control 13. Bon Jovi-Slippery When Wet 14. Beastie Boys-License To Ill 15. Run-DMC-Raising Hell 16. Lionel Richie-Can't Slow Down 17. Culture Club-Colour By Numbers 18. Michael Jackson-Bad 19. Genesis-Invisible Touch 20. LL Cool J-Bigger And Deffer How does your list look like? Not a bad list at all. I would have probabaly added in - The Jacksons Triumph (1980) Me too. Triumph is an awesome album. | |
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Whats the point of doing this on a Prince site? 
The bias is already showing, 6 Prince albums in the top 20! | |
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In very rough order:
Prince -- Sign O' The Times Public Enemy -- It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Prince and the Revolution -- Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution -- Parade Peter Gabriel -- Passion Sade -- Promise Prince -- Lovesexy Prince -- 1999 De La Soul -- Three Feet High And Rising The Police -- Regatta D'Blanc Michael Jackson -- Thriller Janet Jackson -- Control Prince -- Dirty Mind The Police -- Ghost In The Machine The Jungle Brothers -- Done By The Forces Of Nature A Tribe Called Quest -- People's Instinctive . . . The Police -- Synchronicity Eric B. & Rakim -- Paid In Full Sade -- Stronger Than Pride Prince and the Revolution -- Around The World In A Day [Edited 9/24/07 13:27pm] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Zink said: Whats the point of doing this on a Prince site?
To . . . ask what Prince and Non-Prince albums we'd rank in our top 20 for the purposes of debate and discussion? (That's just a guess though.) Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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... [Edited 9/24/07 14:54pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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1 ) Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
2) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour 3 ) Spacemen 3 - Playing with fire 4 ) The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional 5 ) Dream Syndicate - days of wine and roses 6 ) The Fall - Perverted by Language 7 ) The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms 8 ) The Fall – Slates 9 ) The Mekons - Rock N' Roll 10 ) lucinda williams - lucinda Williams 11 ) Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops 12 ) The dBs - stands for decibels 13 ) bob dylan – indfidels 14 ) the fall - This Nation’s Saving Grace 15 ) go-betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express 16 ) that petrol emotion – babble 17 ) the bats - daddy's highway 18 ) flipper - generic flipper (thanks to lilgish for that one) 19 ) blasters - american music 20 ) The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro | |
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damosuzuki said: 11 ) Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops  Ndeed!! I love that album, and their second one, Hats....
 
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Prince & The Revolution/Parade
Prince/Sign O' The Times Prince & The Revolution/Purple Rain Prince/1999 Prince & The Revolution/Around The World In A Day Prince/Dirty Mind Prince/Controversy Prince/The Black Album Prince/Lovesexy David Bowie/Scary Monsters & Super Creeps Eurythmics/Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics/Touch Eurythmics/In The Garden Peter Gabriel/So Peter Gabriel/Peter Gabriel 3 [Melt] Peter Gabriel/Peter Gabriel 4 [Security] Kate Bush/Hounds Of Love Paul Simon/Graceland Tom Waits/Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits/Rain Dogs  | |
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IMO, the 20 albums that shaped the music that was in my universe:
1.) Prince "1999" 2.) Midnight Star "No Parking on the Dancefloor" 3.) "Guy" 4.) Keith Sweat "Make It Last Forever" 5.) Public Enemy "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" 6.) Janet Jackson "Control" 7.) Anita Baker "Rapture" 8.) Michael Jackson "Thriller" 9.) Cameo "Alligator Woman" 10.) Bobby Brown "Don't Be Cruel" 11.) Rick James "Street Songs" 12.) "Run D.M.C." 13.) Michael Jackson "Off the Wall" 14.) Prince & The Revolution "Purple Rain" 15.) The Time "What Time Is It?" 16.) Freddie Jackson "Just Like the First Time" 17.) New Edition "Heartbreak" 18.) Luther Vandross "The Night I Fell in Love" 19.) "Jody Watley" 20.) Eric B. and Rakin "Paid in Full" [Edited 9/30/07 20:06pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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