Top Five 80's Albums

[James Bond]

Let's see your list.

1. White Feathers - Kajagoogoo
2. Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears
3. Rio - Duran Duran
4. Forever Young - Alphaville
5. Boy - U2

[markopoloman]

Hard to remember album names! BUT........


1. A Kind of Magic - Queen

2. Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

3. Running in the Family - Level 42

4. The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears (I love T4F)

5. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

[James Bond]

5. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

There is a really cool song from that album, can't remember the title, do remember listening to my dads copy years ago, it goes something like "Can't get no sleeves for my records, can't get no shoe laces for my shoes"

[The Master]

Walk of Life?

[SirClive]

5. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

There is a really cool song from that album

No there isn't.

My five would be...

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Bummed - Happy Mondays
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Eight Legged Groove Machine - The Wonderstuff
Human Racing - Nik Kershaw

[drewbar]

OK. In no particular order.

Def Leppard - Hysteria
AC/DC - Back in Black
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Geez. Can't we do 10?

Honorable mentions:

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
Prince - Purple Rain
John Cougar - Scarecrow
GNR - Appetite for Destruction
John Fogarty - Centerfield

[markopoloman]

5. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

There is a really cool song from that album, can't remember the title, do remember listening to my dads copy years ago, it goes something like "Can't get no sleeves for my records, can't get no shoe laces for my shoes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uiD6BLK8k

[SirClive]

told you.

[markopoloman]

Marmite - thats Dire straits!

A bit like The Smiths - I think they are really Sh*t!

[liveinabin]

Ooh.

1. Nik Kershaw - Human Racing
2. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
3. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
4. Kraftwerk - Computer World
5. Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

with the Transformers the Movie soundtrack running a close sixth.

[JetSetWilly]

ONLY FIVE???????
HOW DARE THEE!!!


oh...alright then:

1: Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger
2: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
3: Def Leppard - Hysteria
4: Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
5: Prince - Purple Rain

my additional five (cos five is never enough!):

6: Duran Duran - Rio
7: Journey - Frontiers (remastered version is better)
8: Queen - A Kind Of Magic
9: David Bowie - Never Let Me Down (Let's Dance was very slightly beaten by this one!)
10: U2 - The Joshua Tree

[TheDude18]

Here we go -

1. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

2. Def Lepard - High and Dry

3. AC/DC - Back in Black

4.Metallica - Ride the Lightning

5. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

[Sherringford Hovis]

1) A Kind Of Magic - Queen
2) Appetite for Destruction - G'N'R
3) Graceland - Paul Simon
4) Master of Puppets - Metallica
5) So far So Good... So What - Megadeth

I could go on and on.

And on.

[AlleyKat]

Bummed - Happy Mondays
Stone Roses - Stone Roses

Two classic albums right there- Bummed totally wipes the floor with Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches, I reckon.

Mine would be:

Junkyard- The Birthday Party
Surfer Rosa- The Pixies
Isnt Anything- My Bloody Valentine
Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth
Grotesque- The Fall
Psychocandy- Jesus and Mary Chain

Edit- Hang on, thats six. Or eight if you count the two I quoted from Sir Clive. This is why I dont usually do threads like these

[Tapey297]

No particular order

Nik Kershaw - Human Racing
U2 - Joshua Tree
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture and Morality
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Prince - Purple Rain