Urban75 Album of the Year 1981

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Chaz Jankel - Chasanova
Rest of the album isn't very good but this track is a killer early electro track.

 

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Logic Unit - Logic
Hideki Matsutake had worked with Isao Tomita and progamme synths for YMO .

this is a great album - I have the follow up Venus, which also apparently came out in 1981, and has this jazz-funk slammer on it as well as a load of quality bleeps

 

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Starship Commander Wooooo Wooooo - Mastership
I doubt this album will make anyone's list but this track is amazing.


“How are you doing, Earthling?” That’s how Omer Coleman, Jr. addressed his public in the 80s, driving around Kansas City, Missouri in the electric space-car built especially for his alter ego Starship Commander Wooooo Wooooo.

 

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Clara Mondshine - Luna africana
Another album of German instrumental electronics, from this alias of Walter Bachauer, Klaus Schulze on production.

 

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The first and best album by the Meteors. When the band included Nigel Lewis on vocals and bass, and didn’t just revolve around Paul Fenechs overblown ego.

 

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Bob Calvert’s Hype, a mix of Quark, Strangeness and Roxy Music.

Re-release, not original album cover ^

 

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Chaz Jankel - Chasanova
Rest of the album isn't very good but this track is a killer early electro track.

Glad to Know You is also great and 109 isn't bad. Not his best album, though, you're right.

 

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Rate Your Music has King Crimson's Discipline at number 1, and it's only Computer World that'll stop me from doing the same - it's an incredible album - a wonderful collision of Talking Headsish art-rock and Reichian minimalist stylings.

 

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Apparently the first album produced under the effects of ecstasy.

 

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Two Patrick Cowley albums. Megatron Man is the better start to finish album, but Menergy includes the peak of all human cultural achievement:

 

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Shall we mention this rather obvious one. Surely a contender to top the list.
The Human League - Dare
Martyn Ware & Ian Craig Marsh had left to form B.E.F and Heaven 17. Martin Rushent works his magic on production.
Synth-pop perfection.

 

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Change - Miracles
Scientist - Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
Suzy Q ‎– Get On Up And Do It Again
Sonya Spence - Sings Love
Liaisons Dangereuses ‎– Liaisons Dangereuses
Oby Onyioha ‎– I Want To Feel Your Love
René & Angela ‎– Wall To Wall
Ray Parker Jr. And Raydio ‎– A Woman Needs Love
Billy Ocean ‎– Nights
Evelyn King ‎– I'm In Love

That'll do

 

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Shall we mention this rather obvious one. Surely a contender to top the list.
Human League - Dare
Martyn Ware & Ian Craig Marsh had left to form B.E.F and Heaven 17. Martin Rushent works his magic on production.
Synth-pop perfection.

predict it's not even going to place, despite being a really great LP

 

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Yes, I forget this is Urban. Probably a top 20 of obscure post-punk.

 

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Liaisons Dangereuses ‎– Liaisons Dangereuses

 

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Liaisons Dangereuses had some interesting releases as CHBB in 1981 too.
No album but 4 x cassettes (50 copies released of each)

 

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This'un, too:

 

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Yes, I forget this is Urban. Probably a top 20 of obscure post-punk.

This is unfair, there'll be a decent mix as usual. But I reckon people are more likely to put Soft Cell in as their well known electropop choice for 1981

 

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Minor Threat's debut EP was 81, and as it had 8 tracks I'm sure it counts as an album.

 

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Looking through popsike at the highest-value records with 1981 in the description - in 1971 it was mostly private press psychedelic folk stuff, but in 1981 it's pretty much all hardcore punk and NWOBHM 7" singles

 

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Germs released Germicide in 1981, which is a recording of their first every gig. By any objective measure it's terrible, and yet it's also somehow one of the most exciting live albums I own. Darby is totally out of tune and rarely in time with the band, who can barely hold it together anyway. Wonderful stuff.

 

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Minor Threat's debut EP was 81, and as it had 8 tracks I'm sure it counts as an album.

Is this an album?

Fẹla & Africa 70 - Coffin For Head Of State

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1981 Vinyl release of "Coffin For Head Of State" on Discogs.

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Discogs says yes, but it only has two songs, and one is the inst of the A side.

 

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Is this an album?

Fẹla & Africa 70 - Coffin For Head Of State

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1981 Vinyl release of "Coffin For Head Of State" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Discogs says yes, but it only has two songs, and one is the inst of the A side.

I reckon it's best not to ask these questions if you're planning on including them on your list, cause you alert belboid and he might decide otherwise. two 20-odd minute sides looks like an album to me tho

 

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Nico's Drama of Exile is 1981, and is definitely worth your time

 

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My fav is

 

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I'm really fond of Sylvia Stripins give me your love. This is the standout bit of smooth soul though

 

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Imagination - Body Talk
Strong Chicago House vibes on this track, acknowledged by Frankie Knuckles to be influential to early house music.

I mimed to Just An Illusion at infants for a reason that has long been lost in time ;D

Imagination videos are a fun retro watch

 

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This Some Bizarre compilation had some good tracks on it, especially this Jell track.

 

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More euro-postpunk/electronics, from Switzerland:

 

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Without thinking too much I think Dinosaur L will come out tops for me