Best 80's albums.

[captainofbeef]

List your top 10 albums of the 80's.

[PTAhole]

I don't feel like doing a top 10, but....
The Pixies- Dolittle, Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction, Metallica- ...And Justice for All, Metallica- Master of Puppets, Quiet Riot- Metal Health (shut up), Duran Duran- Rio (shut up), R.E.M.- Murmur, R.E.M.- Reckoning, R.E.M.- Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M.- Rich Lives Pagent, R.E.M.- Document, R.E.M.- Green (Yes, all of those albums are great)
That's what I'm thinking of right now...

[criterionmaster]

Rio is nothing to be ashamed of. Duran Duran is the shit!

[PTAhole]

I'm not ashamed, but a ton of people don't like them.

[captainofbeef]

Including me.

[captainofbeef]

My Top 10
1. The Joshua Tree- U2
2. Appetite for Destruction- GN'R
3. Texas Flood- Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Back in Black- AC/DC
5. Murmur- REM
6. Master of Puppets- Metallica
7. The River- Bruce Springsteen
8. 1984- Van Halen
9. Blizzard of Ozz- Ozzy Osbourne
10. Moving Pictures- Rush

[captainofbeef]

God that 80's list I made way back when is terrible. I need to make a new one soon...

[ie]

I'm working on a Top 1986 list, because I thought it'd be interesting to hear music from my year of birth, and it's turned out decently well. A lot of my favorite musicians didn't put out music in '86, either because they're too new or too old. The 80s were a weird time...

1986, Rough Draft:
1. Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
2. EVOL by Sonic Youth
3. Tango: Zero Hour by Ástor Piazzolla
4. Master of Puppets by Metallica
5. Bedtime for Democracy by Dead Kennedys
6. Raising Hell by Run DMC
7. Who Made Who by AC/DC
8. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? by Megadeth
9. Pandit Ravi Shankar by Ravi Shankar
10. Skylarking by XTC


I challenge andruini to make a Top 10 for each year of the decade. Don't worry, Rate Your Music has a nice search tool on your main profile page that allows you to search by Release Year. Have at. ;D

[captainofbeef]

I'll do it

1980:
1. Rush- Permanent Waves
2. Talking Head- Remain in Light
3. David Bowie- Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
4. Joy Division- Closer
5. Motorhead- The Ace of Spades
6. Judas Priest- British Steel
7. John Williams- The Empire Strikes Back OST
8. X- Los Angeles
9. Bruce Springsteen- The River
10. Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz

1981
1. Frank Zappa- Shut Up 'N Play Y'er Guitar
2. Rush- Moving Pictures
3. Rush- Exit...Stage Left
4. Glenn Branca- The Ascension
5. King Crimson- Discipline
6. John Williams- Raiders of the Lost Ark OST
7. Frank Zappa- You Are What You Is
8. U2- October
9. Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucia- Friday Night in San Francisco
10. Can- Delay 1968

1982
1. Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
2. Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes
3. Chuck Berry- The Great Twenty-Eight
4. Glenn Gould- Bach: The Goldberg Variations
5. Prince- 1999
6. Rush- Signals
7. Richard and Linda Thompson- Shut Out the Lights
8. Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast
9. Sonic Youth- Sonic Youth
10. Simon and Garfunkel- The Concert in Central Park

1983
1. R.E.M.- Murmur
2. U2- War
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood
4. Tom Waits- Swordfishtrombones
5. Metallica- Kill 'Em All
6. U2- Under A Blood Red Sky
7. John Williams- Return of the Jedi OST
8. Mercyful Fate- Melissa
9. Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
10. The Police- Synchronicity

1984
1. Meat Puppets- Meat Puppets II
2. The Replacements- Let it Be
3. Bob Marley- Legend
4. U2- The Unforgettable Fire
5. Husker Du- Zen Arcade
6. Metallica- Ride the Lightning
7. Mercyful Fate- Don't Break the Oath
8. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Couldn't Stand the Weather
9. Echo and the Bunneymen- Ocean Rain
10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- From Her to Eternity

1985
1. Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
2. The Replacements- Tim
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Soul to Soul
4. Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms
5. The Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
6. The Pogues- Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
7. The Smiths- Meat is Murder
8. John Mellencamp- Scarecrow
9. Ry Cooder- Paris, Texas
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Freaky Styley

1986
1. Bruce Springsteen- Live 1975-1985
2. The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
3. Peter Gabriel- So
4. Metallica- Master of Puppets
5. Megadeth- Peace Sells....But Who's Buying
6. Slayer- Reign in Blood
7. Jimi Hendrix- Jimi Plays Monterey
8. Run DMC- Raising Hell
9. R.E.M.- Life's Rich Pageant
10. Talk Talk- The Colour of Spring

1987
1. U2- The Joshua Tree
2. Dinosaur Jr.- You're Living All Over Me
3. Marillion- Clutching At Straws
4. Pixies- Come On Pilgrim
5. Prince- Sign 'O the Times
6. R.E.M.- Document
7. Les Miserables- Original Broadway Cast OST
8. Bruce Springsteen- Tunnel of Love
9. Tom Waits- Frank's Wild Years
10. Eric B. and Rakim- Paid in Full

1988
1. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
2. Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
3. Jane's Addiction- Nothing's Shocking
4. Pixies- Surfer Rosa
5. The Pogues- If I Should Fall From Grace With God
6. Metallica- ...And Justice For All
7. N.W.A.- Straight Out of Compton
8. Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman
9. Frank Zappa- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
10. Frank Zappa- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2

1989
1. Pixies- Doolittle
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan- In Step
4. Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever
5. Phish- Junta
6. Sepultura- Beneath the Remains
7. Beatie Boys- Paul's Boutique
8. Peter Gabriel- Passion
9. King's X- Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
10. The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses

[ie]

You've got balls of steel, Chris.

My main problem is that I haven't heard over one hundred albums from the 80s, although I'm not sure that means I'm that lame. But I'll give it a go:

1980
1. The Clash - Sandinista!
2. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
3. Motörhead - Ace of Spades
4. X - Los Angeles
5. AC/DC - Back in Black
6. Joy Division - Closer
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1981
1. Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc.
2. Headgirl (Motörhead and Girlschool) - St. Valentine's Day Massacre
3. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
4. Frank Zappa - Shut Up n' Play Yer Guitar [3 Disc Box Set]
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1982
1. Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
2. Wendy Carlos - Tron OST
3. George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone
4. Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
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1983 (Because I don't particularly love any of these, sorry sorry)
1. U2 - War
2. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
4. R.E.M. - Murmur
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1984
1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
2. Frank Zappa - Francesco Zappa
3. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
4. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
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1985
1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
2. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
3. Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist [too much DK?]
4. John Harrison - Day of the Dead [OST]
5. Mick Jagger - She's the Boss
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10.

1986
1. Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
2. EVOL by Sonic Youth
3. Tango: Zero Hour by Ástor Piazzolla
4. Master of Puppets by Metallica
5. Bedtime for Democracy by Dead Kennedys
6. Raising Hell by Run DMC
7. Who Made Who by AC/DC
8. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? by Megadeth
9. Pandit Ravi Shankar by Ravi Shankar
10. Skylarking by XTC

1987
1. Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
2. U2 - The Joshua Tree
3. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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1988 ;D ;D and
1. Nobuo Uematsu - All Sounds of Final Fantasy I & II
2. Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
3. Frank Zappa - Broadway the Hard Way
4. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. U2 - Rattle and Hum
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10.

1989 ;D and
1. Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka - Mother 1 OST
2. National Folk Ensemble of the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan - Music of Azerbaijan
3. Simon Boswell - Santa Sangre OST
4. Nirvana - Bleach
5. The Cure - Disintegration
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Wow, sorry about that show of lame and failure. I'll work on correcting this as time allows.

Should I pick one album per year, or should I focus on each year individually?

[PTAhole]

1. Lincoln by They Might Be Giants
2. Murmur by R.E.M.
3. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
4. Purple Rain by Prince
5. The Joshua Tree by U2

[ie]

My RYM account has maybe 80% to 90% of all the albums I've ever heard. I labeled the pre-RYM albums with "200x", but maybe the tag "preRYM" would work better. Hmm...

Not too bad, though.