Favourite albums of the 80s+ 90s - lists :D

[ska invita]

I made a start, but it was making me think I was being a pretentious obscurantist so I gave up.

come on kB bite the bullet - we cant just have a thread where people moan about lists and duck from making them. we're on page 4 and only had 3 lists i think. Im all ears... its all about sharing


im going to do an 80s one over easter -its fun to go back and remember what you were listening to

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I did not give a single shit about any of those albums listed.
There is a chance I would like the swans one, but they can be hit and miss and I don't know that particular one.

 

[ska invita]

I did not give a single shit about any of those albums listed.
There is a chance I would like the swans one, but they can be hit and miss and I don't know that particular one.

yeah yeah wheres your list? i want to know what you liked

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

yeah yeah wheres your list? i want to know what you liked

Er, I'll do some. I can't do an order.
World Domination Enterprises - Let's play Domination
Win - Uh Tears Baby
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The The - Soul Mining
Kate Bush - The Kick inside
Boss Hog - Cold Hands
Big Stick - Crack and Drag
MBV - Isn't Anything
Teengenerate - Get action
Michel Nyman - A Zed and Two Noughts
Pussy Galore - Right Now
Sexton Ming - Endless Discipline
Michel Nyman - And they do
Guitar Wolf - Wolf Rock
Duran Duran - Rio
The The - Infected
Altered Images - Pinky Blue
Julian Cope - St Julian
Rock Steady Crew - Ready For Battle
The Primitives - Lazy Comp
MBV - Lazy Comp
Simple Minds - Life in a Day
Loop - Heavens End
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming
Now that's what I call Music I
Now that's what I call Music II
Beat Happening - Jamboree
The Vaselines - Dum Dum

I am sure there are loads more but it's bed time now.

 

[Spandex]

anyhow, who's going to post a list then?

Here ya go: Spandex's objectively definitive, totally non-relativist (although subject to change at any time) top 50 albums of the 90s (including mixes and compilations, because any list of 90s albums that doesn't include them isn't worth shit)...

Kenny Larkin – Metaphor
Orbital – The Brown Album
Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon
African Head Charge – In Pursuit of Shashamane Land
v/a – Platinum Breakz
Dr Dre – The Chronic
Derrick May – The Mayday Mix
Kevin Saunderson – X-Mix: Transmission from Deep Space Radio
Dub Syndicate – Stoned Immaculate
Octave One – The Collective
Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Galaxy 2 Galaxy
Jeff Mills – Live at the Liquid Lounge
Dave Angel – Trance Lunar Paradise
Front 242 – Up Evil
v/a – Drum and Bass Selection 2
v/a - XL-Recordings: The Third Chapter - Breakbeat House
Coldcut – Journeys by DJ
Rawkus – Lyricist Lounge 2
Donovan ‘Bad Boy’ Smith - Essential Old Skool Hardcore
Deep Dish - Penetrate Deeper
Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Drexciya – The Quest
Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
DJ Hype – Tru Playaz in the Mix Vol 1
v/a – In Order to Dance 5
1000 Homo DJs – Supernaut
Underground Resistance – Interstellar Fugitives
Mylene Farmer – L’Autre…
The Martian - LBH–6251876
v/a – Techno Trax
v/a – High in a Basement
v/a – The Joint ii
v/a – The Collected Sounds of Prescription
Icons – Emotions with Intellect
Cabaret Voltaire – International Language
Paul Van Dyk – Seven Ways
De La Soul – De La Soul is Dead
Nitzer Ebb - Showtime
LTJ Bukem – Progressive Logic
Jam & Spoon – Tripomatic Fairytales 2001
Macy Gray – On How Life Is
Paul Oakenfield – A Voyage into Trance
Danny Tenaglia – Can Your Pussy do the Dog?
Miles Holloway & Elliot Eastwick – In at the Deep End
Get Fucked – Dot to Dot
Mad Professor – Black Liberation Dub
Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Ov Biospheres And Sacred Grooves: A Document Ov New Edge Folk Classics
Dreem Teem – In Session vol 2
v/a – Lead With the Bass
Nas - Illmatic

 

[nogojones]

This is why i don't participate in the music forum too much.

Last night I spent nearly an hour cobbling together the best of the 80's. I was surprised how much I liked given that I've tried to blank much of the mid 80's out. Must have had a good 70 albums typed out when I accidently highlighted and deleted it all. Fuck it and went to bed

 

[ska invita]

now we're listing!

This is why i don't participate in the music forum too much.

Last night I spent nearly an hour cobbling together the best of the 80's. I was surprised how much I liked given that I've tried to blank much of the mid 80's out. Must have had a good 70 albums typed out when I accidently highlighted and deleted it all. Fuck it and went to bed

argh nogo, nightmare, do try again, id love to know yours. Its a lot quicker the second time.
BTW you may know but ctrl+z usually undoes a delete

 

[ska invita]

I've done my 80s one:

Amongst all the stuff Id never heard of in the FACT 80s list theres no arguing with these :
SOUL II SOUL - CLUB CLASSICS VOL. 1
PUBLIC ENEMY - IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK
PIXIES - SURFER ROSA (+ PILGRIM +Doolittle)
N.W.A - STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
MR FINGERS - AMMNESIA
MANUEL GÖTTSCHING - E2-E4
808 STATE - NEWBUILD

Then they said
Jungle Brothers Straight out the Jungle - but much as I loved that first album I think Done by The Forces of Nature is the more interesting record
They went for Mad Prof meets Pato Banton - but my favourite 80s Mad Prof record is Mad Professor meets Jah Shaka
They went for Scientist Rids the World of Vampires - but Id have to go Scientist vs. Prince Jammy Big Showdown as the classic
They went for Prince Sign o The Times - but I reckon Parade is the Prince record thats held up the best and is most consistent
They went for BDP - Criminal Minded - but for me its Ghetto Music: The Blue Print thats the best BDP record

From there ive got these big hitters:
Paul Simon - Graceland
DeeeLite - World Clique
De La Soul 3 Feet High
Miles Davis - Tutu
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

and then
Michel Camilo - Michel Camilo - debut from jaw dropping Dominican jazz pianist

Jazz Warriors - Out of Many One People - landmark Uk jazz record
Black Uhuru - Dub Factor
African Head Charge - My Life In A Hole In The Ground (only gotten in to this recently)
Super Rail Band Of The Buffet Hotel Del La Gare De Bamako – New Dimensions In Rail Culture (thanks to Killer B)
Primus - Seas of Cheese
Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
MC Mello O - Thoughts Released [the original roots manuva]
The Greatest Hits Of House - Various (first time i heard acid house!)
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Live
Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense (the film)
Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Forgot Young Disciples - Road to Freedom off my 90s list.

 

[nogojones]

now we're listing!

argh nogo, nightmare, do try again, id love to know yours. Its a lot quicker the second time.
BTW you may know but ctrl+z usually undoes a delete

no, I didn't know that. At least I can put it down to a learning experience

 

[ska invita]

no, I didn't know that. At least I can put it down to a learning experience

yeah ctrl+z = undo undo undo! always good for when you fuck something up on a computer

 

[Smangus]

90’s malarkey, with apologies to Ska invita…..
Beaucoup Fish – Underworld
Copper Blue – Sugar
Weld – Neil Young
African Sun – Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim)
Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space – Spiritulized
Psalm 69 – Ministry
Gish – Smashing Pumkins
Linger Fickin’ Good – Revolting Cocks
International Times - Transglobal Underground
Eric’s Trip – Eric’s Trip
New River Head - The Bevis Frond
Different Class – Pulp

 

[ska invita]

why the apology smangus? no need at all...
African Sun – Dollar Brand a great shout - i only know it from the late 80s issue which i heard in the 90s, but i think all those tracks were originally done in the 70s. I think of it as a 90s thing too though... smoking tune...

 

[Smangus]

why the apology smangus? no need at all...
African Sun – Dollar Brand a great shout - i only know it from the late 80s issue which i heard in the 90s, but i think all those tracks were originally done in the 70s. I think of it as a 90s thing too though... smoking tune...

oops meant to spandex and his "definative" list ...

yes recorded in SA in the 70's but released over here as part of the African Sun recordings series, some great tunes in there.

 

[nogojones]

OK, lets try again.....

This is what I was listening to. I went through some odd phases in my youth, but I can still look fondly on these. Although I'd imagine some would make others baulk. Roughly chronological

80's

the Beat - just can't stop it
Specials - more specials
Selecter - Too much pressure
Bad manners - Ska n b
UB40 - signing off
Banda Black Rio - Saci Pererê
Dead kennedys - fresh fruit...
devo - freedom of choice
fire engines - lubricate your living room
linton kwesi johnson - bass culture
linton kwesi johnson - in dub
Martinho da Vila - Samba Enredo
soft boys - underwater moonlight
frank zappa - you are what you is
frank zappa - ship arriving too late...
Gil Scott heron - reflections
king crimson - Discipline
kraftwerk - computer world
Scientist - Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires
Wha-ha-ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu
Pigbag - Dr heckle and mr Jive
The Fall - hex enduction Hour
gil scott heron - moving target
the fall - perverted by language
hawkwind - zones
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - synchro system
Talking heads - speaking in tongues
Violent femmes - violent femmes
Roy Ayres - you might be surprised
linton kwesi johnson - making history
Special aka - in the studio
va - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
The higsons - the attack of the cannibal zombie businessmen
the smiths - the smiths
talking heads - stop making sense
hawkwind - chronicle of the black sword
Lillian Allen - revolutionary tea party
Robyn hitchcock - fegmania
smiths - meat is murder
smiths - queen is dead
Suzanne vega - Suzanne vega
talking heads - little creatures
robyn hitchcock - invisible hitchcock
redskins - neither washington or moscow
the woodentops - giant
half man half biscuit - back in the dhss
half man half biscuit - back again in the dhss
mighty lemon drops - happy head
schooly d - the adventures of
boogie down productions - by all means necessary
cardiacs - little man a house and the whole world window
jungle brothers - straight out of the jungle
martin carthy - rights of passage
public enemy - you, bum rush the show
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions
robyn hitchcock and the Egyptians - globe of frogs
slick rick - the great adventures of
wedding present - george best
woodentops - wooden foot cops on the highway
BDP - ghetto music
de la soul 3 ft high
jungle brothers - done by the forces of nature
miles davis - aura
wedding present - Ukrainski Vistupy V Ivana Pila
Queen latifa - all hail the queen
roxanne shante - bad sister
inner city - paradise
soul II soul - club classics
allan holdsworth - metal fatigue
baaba maal & mansour seck - djam leelii
courtney pine - destiny's song




edit - dropping others in as I remember

 

[ska invita]

Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia - Ov Biospheres And Sacred Grooves: A Document Ov New Edge Folk Classics

enjoying this - will pass on to ms invita too who loves this kind of stuff
which reminds me Fez909 recommended from 1994 Global Communication - 76:14, which Ms Invita has been caning ever since - definite classic

 

[ska invita]

OK, lets try again.....

This is what I was listening to. I went through some odd phases in my youth, but I can still look fondly on these. Although I'd imagine some would make others baulk. Roughly chronological

80's

the Beat - just can't stop it
Specials - more specials
Selecter - Too much pressure
Bad manners - Ska n b
UB40 - signing off
Banda Black Rio - Saci Pererê
Dead kennedys - fresh fruit...
devo - freedom of choice
fire engines - lubricate your living room
linton kwesi johnson - bass culture
linton kwesi johnson - in dub
Martinho da Vila - Samba Enredo
soft boys - underwater moonlight
frank zappa - you are what you is
frank zappa - ship arriving too late...
Gil Scott heron - reflections
king crimson - Discipline
kraftwerk - computer world
Scientist - Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires
Wha-ha-ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu
Pigbag - Dr heckle and mr Jive
The Fall - hex enduction Hour
gil scott heron - moving target
the fall - perverted by language
hawkwind - zones
King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - synchro system
Talking heads - speaking in tongues
Violent femmes - violent femmes
Roy Ayres - you might be surprised
linton kwesi johnson - making history
Special aka - in the studio
va - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
The higsons - the attack of the cannibal zombie businessmen
the smiths - the smiths
talking heads - stop making sense
hawkwind - chronicle of the black sword
Lillian Allen - revolutionary tea party
Robyn hitchcock - fegmania
smiths - meat is murder
smiths - queen is dead
Suzanne vega - Suzanne vega
talking heads - little creatures
robyn hitchcock - invisible hitchcock
redskins - neither washington or moscow
the woodentops - giant
half man half biscuit - back in the dhss
half man half biscuit - back again in the dhss
mighty lemon drops - happy head
schooly d - the adventures of
boogie down productions - by all means necessary
cardiacs - little man a house and the whole world window
jungle brothers - straight out of the jungle
martin carthy - rights of passage
public enemy - you, bum rush the show
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions
robyn hitchcock and the Egyptians - globe of frogs
slick rick - the great adventures of
wedding present - george best
woodentops - wooden foot cops on the highway
BDP - ghetto music
de la soul 3 ft high
jungle brothers - done by the forces of nature
miles davis - aura
wedding present - Ukrainski Vistupy V Ivana Pila

i can relate to that list a lot - i even had the susan vega album and a wendy & lisa album (fruit at the bottom)! I was a big prince fan...

 

[Smangus]

Wierd trying to remember what I listened to back then, others come to mind Gill Scot Heron , forgot about him. Should have put Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey on the 80's list, with some Icicle Works! Still I never got rid of any albums so will go thorugh them when I get home and see if there are any glaring omissions.

 

[ska invita]

Wierd trying to remember what I listened to back then, others come to mind Gill Scot Heron , forgot about him. Should have put Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey on the 80's list, with some Icicle Works! Still I never got rid of any albums so will go thorugh them when I get home and see if there are any glaring omissions.

you can edit a post for up to 3 days i think - ive gone back and added a couple more

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Liking the lists. I'm at home, with the day off work and Spotify. So I'll be checking out a few I haven't heard before.

 

[Smangus]

might be interesting to have a "Things i was really into but now can't stand the sound of " thread, should throw up some real gems. lol

 

[ska invita]

might be interesting to have a "Things i was really into but now can't stand the sound of " thread, should throw up some real gems. lol

definitely... just wacked that Wendy and Lisa into youtube... (though not sure i was really really into it)

 

[Spandex]

my favourite 80s Mad Prof record is Mad Professor meets Jah Shaka

That's one of my favourite dub records, never mind 80s Mad Professor. I generally prefer 80s dub to the classic 70s stuff and that one captures two of the big UK dub producers totally on form.

oops meant to spandex and his "definative" list ...

No need to apologise Your list is as definitive as mine

enjoying this - will pass on to ms invita too whole loves this kind of stuff

It's weird to think, but in the early 90s PWOG were seen as a trance act. I'm pretty sure no-one listening to it now would consider it trance...

 

[ska invita]

Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Galaxy 2 Galaxy

Loving this - I missed all the Underground Resistance stuff at the time as was blinkered to the UK rave scene - urban has really turned me onto it

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

It's weird to think, but in the early 90s PWOG were seen as a trance act. I'm pretty sure no-one listening to it now would consider it trance...

Really? I've never listened to them because I thought that's what they were - a trance act called Psychick Warriors of Gaia. More than a little offputting.

 

[Smangus]

No need to apologise Your list is as definitive as mine

Duly retracted....

 

[ska invita]

While we're doing lists this is an interesting one i heard about: http://entropymag.org/sunday-entropy-list-writing-music/
What music writers listen to while working - but can be applied for any music to listen to while doing thinky work. several short lists by different writers

 

[ska invita]

Really? I've never listened to them because I thought that's what they were - a trance act called Psychick Warriors of Gaia. More than a little offputting.

from the 5 tracks ive checked on youtube it seems ambient with maybe a hint of new aginess in there - not trancey though so far

 

[ska invita]

Er, I'll do some. I can't do an order.
World Domination Enterprises - Let's play Domination
Win - Uh Tears Baby
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The The - Soul Mining
Kate Bush - The Kick inside
Boss Hog - Cold Hands
Big Stick - Crack and Drag
MBV - Isn't Anything
Teengenerate - Get action
Michel Nyman - A Zed and Two Noughts
Pussy Galore - Right Now
Sexton Ming - Endless Discipline
Michel Nyman - And they do
Guitar Wolf - Wolf Rock
Duran Duran - Rio
The The - Infected
Altered Images - Pinky Blue
Julian Cope - St Julian
Rock Steady Crew - Ready For Battle
The Primitives - Lazy Comp
MBV - Lazy Comp
Simple Minds - Life in a Day
Loop - Heavens End
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming
Now that's what I call Music I
Now that's what I call Music II
Beat Happening - Jamboree
The Vaselines - Dum Dum

I am sure there are loads more but it's bed time now.

do you prefer 80s stuff to 90s AS? I get that impression... i guess 90s was the dance decade and I know from your other posts you dont really like that when it creeps into other genres

 

[Spandex]

Really? I've never listened to them because I thought that's what they were - a trance act called Psychick Warriors of Gaia. More than a little offputting.

from the 5 tracks ive checked on youtube it seems ambient with maybe a hint of new aginess in there - not trancey though so far

That's the thing - at first trance was quite a varied scene from the new agey & ambient to industrial acts discovering pills to housier stuff to the euro-Frankfurt Beat to the original goa sound, mixing up all kinds of 80s synth stuff. By '95 it had basically codified into 2 sounds: the euro sound nailed by Paul Van Dyk on Seven Ways and the Goa sound nailed by Paul Oakenfield on his Voyage into Trance mix. Pretty much all trance since - for 19 fucking years - has stuck rigidly to one of those two formats, failing to live up to either of them.

 

[nogojones]

The 90's was pretty much mixtapes and 12 inches for me, so this list really ain't that representative of what I was listening to at the time. 90% of my time was house, garage, jungle or hardcore mixs. but looking back....

tribe called quest - peoples instinctive travels
digital underground - sex packets
Happy mondays - pills thrills...
Stanley jordan - cornucopia
Innocence - belief
carlton - the call is strong
the orb - adventures beyond the underworld
The orb - uforb
The brand new heavies - The brand new heavies
Intelligent Hoodlum - Intelligent Hoodlum
va - the rebirth of the cool
masta ace - take a look around
Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect
Public enemy - fear of a black planet
suzanne vega - solitude standing
x-clan - to the east blackwards
tribe called quest - low end theory
Saint Etienne - foxbase alpha
black sheep - wolf in sheeps clothing
brand new heavies - the heavy rhyme experience
massive attack - blue lines
united future organisation - united future organisation
young disciples - road to freedom
VA- totally wired (there was a load of these acid jazz compilations, can't remember which ones were best though)
VA - Nervous records - sampler (91ish)
leaders of the new school - future without a past
Les Négresses vertes - Mlah
main source - breaking atoms
MC 900ft jesus - welcome to my dream
organized konfision - Organized Konfusion
Poor Righteous Teachers- pure poverty
deelite - world clique
disposable heroes of hiphopracy - hiphopracy is the greatest luxury
william burroughs and disposable heroes of hiphopracy - spare ass annie
gang star - daily operation
grand puba - reel to reel
joao gilberto - Desafinado
va - rebirth of the cool vol 2
pharcyde - bizzare ride ...
x-clan - exodus
black moon - enter the stage
brand nubian - in god we trust
va - illegial pirate radio vol 1
digable planets - reachin
freestyle fellowship - innercity griots
marxman - 33 revolutions per minute
DIY - strictly for groovers
wu-tang clan - enter the wu-tang
joyce - Delirios de Orfeu
Flora e - m p m (this might be a lot older - re-issue, but I got it in the 90s)
mc solaar - Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
notiorious BIG - ready to die
sasha and john digweed - Renaissance- (a mixtape I know, but it was so well packaged it seemed like the first professionally made mixtape)
jacobs optical stairway - jacobs optical stairway
goldie - timeless
massive attack vs mad professor - no protection
nightmares on wax - smokers delight
dr octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
snowboy - Descarga mambito
Stewart Walker - Stabiles
the beatnuts - stone crazy
dark comedy - seven days
morgan geist - the driving memories
eminem - the slim shady
fantastic plastic machine - fantastic plastic machine
Marcos Valle - nova bossa nova
michael nyman - strong on oaks
Plastikman & Thomas Brinkmann - Concept 1 - 96:vr
RZA - bobby digital
aesop - rock float
aim - cold water music
atjazz - that something
bebeto - Raízes Do Samba
freq nasty - freeks geeks and mutilations
mos def - black on both sides
Pharoahe Monch - internal affairs
tipper - the critical path
tom churchill - project one
ugly duckling - fresh mode
Linton kwesi johnson - tings and times


ska invita Now you've wasted my morning are you happy?