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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

545.0. "Best Albums of the 80's" by BAHTAT::STURROCK (Dear Magda....?) Tue Nov 28 1989 15:22

Actually the 80's weren't that bad when you get down to it....my god how can I 
pick just 10 out of all the albums I've got?

Bruce
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545.1Decade.YUPPY::OHAGANBVambo rules okay!!Tue Nov 28 1989 16:3918
    Here's a few.......
    
    Title                         Artist
    -----------------------------------------------
    Murmur                        REM
    This is the Sea               The Waterboys
    M'lah                         Les Negresses Vertes
    Ace of Spades                 Motorhead
    New Gold Dream                Simple Minds
    Steve McQueen                 Prefab Sprout
    Howling                       The Angels
    10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1          Midnight Oil
    Scarecrow                     John Cougar Mellancamp
    State of the(?) Union         The Long Ryders    
                                              
       
    Barry.
    
545.2And RankYUPPY::EVANSJI cover the WaterfrontTue Nov 28 1989 17:0014
    1. The Smiths
    2. Hatful of Hollow
    3. Meat is Murder
    4. The Queen is Dead
    5. Strangeways Here We Come
    6. Louder Than Bombs
    7. The World Won't Listen
    8. Viva Hate
    
    Is that what they call a pre-emptive strike, Bruce?
    
    John
    
    ;-)
545.3Surely Q.I.D. should be No.1???!BAHTAT::STURROCKDear Magda....?Tue Nov 28 1989 19:333
    Jesus! Even my choice isn't gonna look like that!!! Are you serious???
    
    B
545.4Some of the best..GREBO::GURUNuclear War is a load of ballisticsTue Nov 28 1989 19:3914

   1. High Land Hard Rain - Aztec Camera
   2. Box Frenzy - PWEI
   3. ELGM - Wonderstuff
   4. George Best - Wedding Present
   5. Only Life - The Feelies
   6. Sunshine on Leith - The Proclaimers
   7. Green - REM
   8. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
   9. Bummed - Happy Mondays
  10. The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4

  Lots more where these came from!
545.5Ooh, there's lots....GALLOP::FOREMANCI'm pink, therefore I'm SpamWed Nov 29 1989 12:1817
    
    
    1. Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
    2. Power, Corruption,Lies - New Order
    3. Dare - The Human League
    4. London 0, Hull 4 - The Housemartins
    5. Upstairs at Erics - Yazoo
    6. Substance - (Both New Order AND Joy Division)
    7. 1999 - Prince
    8. The Best of... - OMD
    9. The singles - The Pretenders
    10. So - Peter Gabriel
    
    
                   Lots more!
                                                       Carl.
    
545.6The Real ThingYUPPY::EVANSJI cover the WaterfrontThu Nov 30 1989 11:4219
    Re: 2 & 3
    
    No, it wasn't serious. 
    
    In no particular order though:
    
    Sorro	     		Salif Keita
    Unchained at Last   	Slave
    Rattlesnakes		Lloyd Cole
    Hearsay			Alexander O'Neal
    Sound Affects		The Jam
    Waiting			The Fun Boy Three
    Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me	The Cure
    The Circus			Erasure
    Bullet From a Gun		Derek B
    Provision			Scritti Politti
    
    John
545.7AYOV10::MDONNELLYTurn that jungle music downThu Nov 30 1989 15:3212
    
    
    Too many to list, but one stands out a mile...
    
    
    Lives in the balance    Jackson Browne
    
    
    
    
    Michael
    
545.8True Blue, Baby I Love YouSHAPES::BROWNMThu Nov 30 1989 16:2931
    Again so many...
    
    1	Like A Prayer	-	Madonna
    2	True Blue	-	Madonna
    
    I can't put the rest into order;
    
    	Substance		-	New Order
    	Substance		-	J.D.
    	Power Corruption & Lies	-	New Order (Just for 5-8-6 & Your
    								Silent Face)
    	Wonderland		-	Erasure
    	Disco			-	Pet Shop Boys
    	Still			-	JD
    	Closer			-	JD
    	Like A Virgin		-	Maddy
    	You Can Dance		-	Maddy
    	Who's That Girl		-	Maddy (the Maddy song anyway)
    	The 1st Album		-	Maddy
    	Low Life		-	New Order
    	Technique		-	New Order
    	Brotherhood		-	New Order
    	The Circus		-	Erasure
    	The Innocents		-	Erasure
    	Two Ring Circus		-	Erasure (I love the classical arr.)
    	Electric Cafe		-	Kraftwerk
    
    there's bound to be other's that I forgotten.
    
    
    MattyB
545.9Take me back to dear old Blighty!BAHTAT::STURROCKAn earwig crawled into my ear...Fri Dec 01 1989 16:5415
    1. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
    2. Faith - The Cure
    3. Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths
    4. The Smiths - The Smiths
    5. Disintegration - The Cure
    6. Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
    7. George Best - The Wedding Present
    8. Stutter - James
    9. Viva Hate - Morrissey
    10.Rank - The Smiths
    
    Severe apologies to those of you who don't like The Smiths. But this is
    my honest opinion!
    
    Bruce
545.10CURRNT::SAXBYIsn't it 5.30 yet?Mon Dec 04 1989 14:308
    
    ABC - Lexicon of Love
    
    The Clash - Sandinista (Would have liked to have put in London's
    Calling - but I noticed it was released in late 79!)- This group
    were just SO talented.
    
    Mark
545.11remember soft cellDFMCAE::FERNANDEZWed Dec 06 1989 21:0110
        Non stop erotic cabaret - Soft Cell
        The head on the door  - The Cure
        The world won't listen - The Smiths
        The first Style Council album
        Please - Pet Shop Boys
        Boys & Girls - Bryan Ferry
        The Hurting - Tears for Fears
        Avalon - Roxy Music
        The stars we are - Marc Almond
        London Calling - The Clash ('79-'80)
545.12AYOV10::CAIRNSLife's what you make it - Don't try to fake itThu Dec 07 1989 16:5419

	Head on the Door		The Cure
	Snap !				The Jam
	Colour of Spring		Talk Talk
	Declaration			The Alarm
	Strength			The Alarm
	Standing on a Beach		The Cure
	Combat Rock			The Clash
	Story of the Clash Vol I	The Clash
	Sign of the Times		Prince
	Cafe Bleu			Style Council
	Rattlesnakes			Lloyd Cole + Commotions
	Meat is Murder			The Smiths
	Kick !				INXS
	Elvis the Man			Elvis Costello
	Joshua Tree			U2		
	
	A.Y.M.O.P.
545.13PEKING::GLYNNPSome witty comment where?Thu Dec 07 1989 21:313
    
    
    Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
545.14Some more...AYOV10::MDONNELLYTurn that jungle music downFri Dec 08 1989 15:5020
    
    
    Pelican West             Haircut 100
    Night & Day              Joe Jackson
    Seduced & Abandoned      Hue & Cry
    The Hurting              Tears for Fears
    The Nightfly             Donald Fagen
    Glass Houses             Billy Joel
    The Luxury Gap           Heaven 17
    Dare                     Human League
    Rio                      Duran Duran
    The Best of Blondie      Blondie
    The Singles              Squeeze
    H20                      Hall & Oates
    Flaunt the Imperfection  China Crisis
    Hipsway                  Hipsway

    
    Michael
    
545.15LASHAM::MAILROOMOD'd on life itself.Fri Dec 08 1989 18:0118
    A few of my favourites ...
    
    Back In Black                AC/DC
    Script For A Jester's Tear   Marillion
    Fugazi                       Marillion
    The Queen Is Dead            Smiths
    Borrowed Time                Diamond Head
    Imaginos                     Blue Oyster Cult
    Fire Of Unknown Origin       Blue Oyster Cult
    Kings Of The Wild Frontier   Adam and the Ants
    Vive Le Rock                 Adam Ant
    Warhead                      More
    
    
    more later ...
    
    
    PETE  
545.16AYOV27::IMCPHERSONIt just came off in my hand!Mon Dec 11 1989 10:3216
    Gosh ! this is hard. I now know how the celebs. feel on 'Desert
    Island Discs'.
    
    Here's my selection.
    
    The Magazine	Rickie Lee Jones
    Raindogs		Tom Waits
    Chicken Skin Music  Ry Cooder
    Big World           Joe Jackson
    The Falling		Carmel
    Bound by the Beauty Jane Sibery
    Strong Persuader    Robert Cray
    Dog Eat Dog         Joni Mitchell
    Wired to the Moon   Chris Rea
    
    Iain
545.17Nothing sounds as good as...YUPPY::OHAGANBThe Bright and Shining BookMon Dec 11 1989 16:429
    re .14
    
    Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
    
    I forgot about that!! Definitely one of the best!
    
    Anyone know when the new album's out?
    
    Barry.
545.18so many albums.. so little time!SNOC01::TOMACthats great, it starts with an earthquakeFri Feb 02 1990 08:1419
    am i too late!!  in no particular order!!
    
    o  love 			-  the cult
    o  lifes rich pageant 	-  r.e.m
    o  darklands		-  jesus & mary chain
    o  tender prey		-  nick cave
    o  meat is murder		-  the smiths
    o  hydrophobia		-  the neptunes
    o  doolittle 		-  the pixies
    o  birth,school,work,death  -  the godfathers
    o  head on the door         -  the cure
    o  violent femmes 		-  violent femmes
    o  education in reverse     -  morrissey
    o  the frenz experiment     -  the fall
    o  the great rosebud hoax   -  the stems
    o  cut			-  bell jar
    
    
    + more....
545.19SKYWAY::WIEDLERI'd like to drop...Fri Jan 04 1991 12:1410
	favourite 80ies albums? - my cd collection says:
    
    	- all THE SMITHS albums (I don't list them all again...)
	- most of the COCTEAU TWINS albums
    	- FEHLFARBEN: "Monarchie und Alltag" (an early 80ies german band)
    	- some CURE albums (Faith, Kiss Me,...)
    	- some BILLY BRAGG albums
    	- some POGUES