1. Prince / Sign O The Times
2. Roxy Music / Avalon
3. New Order / Technique
4. The Cure / Head On The Door
5. The Smiths / The Queen Is Dead
6. Talking Heads / Remain In Light
7. ABC / Lexicon Of Love
8. Prefab Sprout / Steve Mcqueen
9. Hall And Oates / Private Eyes
10.Scritti Polliti / Songs To Remember

1.Michael Jackson- Thriller
2.Prince- Lovesexy
3.George Michael- Faith
4.Terence Trent D'Arby- Introducing The Hardline
5.The Style Council- Our Favorite Shop
6.Bobby Brown- Don't Be Cruel
7.Kate Bush- The Sensual World
8.The Human League-Crash
9.ABC- The Lexicon of Love
10.New Edition- Heartbreak

1. Prince- Sign O' The Times
2. ABC- The Lexicon of Love
3. George Michael - Faith
4. The Police - Synchronicity
5. Roxy Music - Avalon
6. U2- The Joshua Tree
7. The Human League - Dare
8. Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman
9. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and The Cooked
10. Madonna - Like A Prayer
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I see we all agree on ABC
I thought I was the only one who appreciated 'The Lexicon of Love.'
Still listen to it regularly.

This 'one album per artist' business distorts my top 10. Here's my top 10 with no performer duplications:

1 ) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
2 ) Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
3 ) The Feelies - Only Life
4 ) Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
5 ) Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
6 ) Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
7 ) Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
8 ) Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
9 ) Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
10 ) The Bats - Daddy's Highway

Here's my actual top 10:

1 The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
2 Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby
3 The Fall - Slates
4 The Feelies - Only Life
5 Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
6 The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
7 The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
8 The Fall - Perverted By Language
9 The Mekons - Fear and Whiskey
10 Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane

(are greatest hits albums allowed??)


Human League - Dare
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Grace Jones - Island Life
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Wham - The Final
George Michael - Faith
Prince - Lovesexy
Madonna - True Blue
De la Soul - 3 feet high and rising
The Cure - Disintergration

I think as for most people, one album per artist changes the list somewhat (I could have a top ten of Prince and Madonna alone!)....but here goes (in no particular order):-

Purple Rain -/- Prince
Appetite for Destruction -/- Guns 'n' Roses
Like A Prayer -/- Madonna
The River -/- Bruce Springsteen
Thriller -/- Michael Jackson
This Is Spinal Tap -/- Spinal Tap
Welcome to the Pleasure Dome -/- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The Joshua Tree -/- U2
Back In Black -/- ACDC
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason -/- Pink Floyd

SUPRMAN said:

Sorry mate.....Pink Floyd's "The Wall" actually came out in 1979....

prince - 1999
elvis costello ans the attractions - get happy!
the jam - the gift
kate bush - hounds of love
the cure - the head on the door
pat metheny - still life talking
joe jackson - night and day
frank zappa - shut up'n play yer guitar
the clash = sandanista!
squeeze - east side story

I hate the one album per artist rule. I'll make a list of my favorite 80s albums until I get to the first album by the 10th artist. Albums following the restrictions are in bold. All-time rank 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 (14)
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)
21. Michael Jackson- Bad (53)

1. Prince - Sign O The Times
2. Van Halen - 1984
3. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
3. Aerosmith - Pump
5. The Go-Gos - Beauty And The Beat
6. Roxy Music - Avalon
7. Run DMC - Run DMC
8. The Cars - Shake It Up
9. George Clinton - Computer Games
10. Gregg Allman - Im No Angel

1) 1999-Prince
2) Thriller-MJ
3)Scary Monsters-Bowie
4)The JOshua Tree-U2
5)Appetite for Destruction-GNR
6)Faith-George Michael
7)Like a Virgin-Madonna
8) Straight Outta Compton-NWA
9)Control-Janet
10)It takes a nation of millions....--Public Enemy

...

This is always fun, but frustrating I could think of 30 off tha top, but...only 10?...Ok, this is what I have today, though it might change tommorrrow.....





Damn...see, I got at least another 30 bubbling under.....






OK, This might be cheating, but my alternates:





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[Edited 5/15/08 8:18am]

Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
AC/DC - Back In Black
Iron Maiden - 7th Son of a 7th Son
U2 - The Joshua Tree
New Order - Technique
The Jam - Sound Affects
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Prince - Lovesexy

In no particular order.....


1999 - Prince
What time is it? - The Time
Alligator Woman - Cameo
Night Cruisin - the Bar Kays
Throwin' Down - Rick James
1984 - Van Halen
Jesse Johnsons Review - Jesse Johnson
Slave - Showtime
AC / DC - Back in Black
Andre Cymone - AC






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[Edited 5/15/08 9:00am]

paligap said:

Gaucho is a good call. I think that would've made my Top 10 instead of the Gregg Allman album.

In random order....

1. P.E.--It Takes a Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
2. Roger-- The Many Facets Of Roger
3. M.J.-- Thriller
4. Prince-- Lovesexy
5. Beastie Boys-- Licenced To Ill
6. Guy-- Guy
7. Kool and The Gang-- Something Special
8. N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton
9. Five Star-- Luxury of Life
10.New Edition-- New Edition No, not N.E. Heartbreak

DaveT said:

What are you talking about?


ok I stand corrected.

In no particular order;

Prince - Purple Rain
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Janet Jackson - Control
Sheila E - Glamorous Life
Apollonia 6
Vanity - Skin on Skin
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Debbie Harry - Def Dumb & Blonde
Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger

WildheartXXX said:

I agree . . . Good call on Gaucho. I went with Roxy Music though.
Maybe because I was listening to Bryan Ferry last night.

Sign O The Times - Prince
Faith - George Michael
The Joshua Tree - U2
Whitney - Whitney Houston
Thriller - Michael Jackson
In The Square Circle - Stevie Wonder
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
Raising Hell - Run D.M.C.
In Control - Janet Jackson
Graceland - Paul Simon

P - Sign O' The Times
P - 1999
MJ - Thriller
Janet - Rhythm Nation
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell In Love
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Stephanie Mills - If I Were Your Woman
George Michael - Faith
Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever

Honorable Mention:
Prince - Lovesexy
Prince - Purple Rain
Janet - Control
Stevie Wonder - In Square Circle
Alexander O'neal - Hearsay

most definitely NOT in any order of preference:


laurie anderson - big science
prince & the revolution - purple rain
the cure - kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
love & rockets - earth sun moon
talking heads - speaking in tongues
david bowie - scary monsters (and super creeps)
kate bush - hounds of love
siouxsie and the banshees - peepshow
world party - private revolution
nine inch nails - pretty hate machine