Urban75 Album of the Year 1983
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34= Livy Ekemezie - Friday Night
Oh this should be higher. Not least because I forgot to vote for it. One groovy Nigerian disco record.
Oh this should be higher. Not least because I forgot to vote for it. One groovy Nigerian disco record.
32= Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Punch the Clock
Not sure this is one the better Costello albums but it does have Shipbuilding on it.
Not sure this is one the better Costello albums but it does have Shipbuilding on it.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Goth?
32= Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)
I remember this clearly from the time but it only occurs to me now how Kraftwerk it was. I have great trouble explaining to younger generations why music from the 80's sounds like emo robots. It's what we thought the future was going to be.
I remember this clearly from the time but it only occurs to me now how Kraftwerk it was. I have great trouble explaining to younger generations why music from the 80's sounds like emo robots. It's what we thought the future was going to be.
I hear a bit of goth in there? Maybe I'm wrong.
31 - The Police - Synchronicity
Never listened to this one before and I've got to give them credit for keeping up with the more electronic times. Has Every Breath You Take on it.
Never listened to this one before and I've got to give them credit for keeping up with the more electronic times. Has Every Breath You Take on it.
30 - Tears for Fears - The Hurting
Cleanly produced minimal icy emo robot music. The very best kind. Has Mad World on it. I'll say that again. Has Mad World on it.
Cleanly produced minimal icy emo robot music. The very best kind. Has Mad World on it. I'll say that again. Has Mad World on it.
29 - Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
Highly produced new wave rock that still somehow inexplicably sounds like Dire Straights.
Highly produced new wave rock that still somehow inexplicably sounds like Dire Straights.
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28 - Yello - You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
A much darker take on the more dissonant end of Kraftwerkian synth-pop and very distinctly it's own sound. Proto-techno. Deserves the love it gets I think.
A much darker take on the more dissonant end of Kraftwerkian synth-pop and very distinctly it's own sound. Proto-techno. Deserves the love it gets I think.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Many years ago, a late friend of mine once paraphrased Shakespeare and said "If music be the food of love, the Eurythmics would be a spam butty." I quite liked the Eurythmics.
26= Aretha Franklin - Get It Right
Not aware of this one. Aretha really funked it up in the 80's didn't she?
Not aware of this one. Aretha really funked it up in the 80's didn't she?
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Can't go wrong with Aretha.
26= Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος (Dionysus Savopoulus) - Τραπεζάκια Έξω
Well this is a surprise. An entry from the Greek singer, actor and rebel. More straightlaced than his 70's work that I'm familiar with. Think Greek Tom Waits. I feel I need to know Greek to appreciate this properly. Well done the two of you who voted for it!
Well this is a surprise. An entry from the Greek singer, actor and rebel. More straightlaced than his 70's work that I'm familiar with. Think Greek Tom Waits. I feel I need to know Greek to appreciate this properly. Well done the two of you who voted for it!
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Can anyone remind me how the scoring works ?
25 - P-Funk All Stars - Urban Dancefloor Guerillas
As you might guess this is a George Clinton project. And an electro soulful very 1983 one.
As you might guess this is a George Clinton project. And an electro soulful very 1983 one.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
I heartily recommend this album. The little Greek I picked up when I lived there 30 years ago has long since evaporated but the singing, song writing, arrangement and musicianship are impeccable.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Think of that Shooting Stars programme
It's on a points based system. If you submit a list in order then the top album gets 21 points* then the album beneath that get's 90% of 21 and the album below that gets 90% of that and so on...
21
18.9
17.01
15.309
13.7781
12.40029
11.160261
10.0442349
9.03981141
8.135830269
7.322247242
6.590022518
5.931020266
5.337918239
4.804126416
4.323713774
3.891342397
3.502208157
3.151987341
2.836788607
And so on.
Top album spots do very well under this and lower scores count very significantly as well if other people are voting for the same album. It sags in the middle a bit.
*the value of 21 doesn't matter, I just use it because it helps me compare with the old scoring system.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I’m absolutely shite at maths . Does that mean that no 1s in longer lists score more points ? Are more points allocated to longer lists ?
24 - King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Synchro System
Another older artist modernising their sound. Tight and intense and still totally Jùjú.
Another older artist modernising their sound. Tight and intense and still totally Jùjú.
No.1's always score the same - 21. There are more points in longer lists*.
I could go for a system where everyone has a certain number of points to spend and they are distributed in one way or another across each list. But that would boost no.1's on short lists as you suggest and that doesn't feel right to me.
*There is a mathematical limit of 210 (10x21) points even if you submit 300 albums the sum total will never exceed 210.
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Yes.
No.
Other way round.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Stop it
22 - Minor Threat - Out of Step
Hardcore punk that is definitely hardcore punk. Fast and furious throughout.
Hardcore punk that is definitely hardcore punk. Fast and furious throughout.
21 - Black Uhuru - Dub Factor
Definitely the more far out of their two albums this year. Deconstructed dub. I can get stoned just listening to this.
Definitely the more far out of their two albums this year. Deconstructed dub. I can get stoned just listening to this.
=19 - Christy Moore - The Time has Come
Yep Christy Moore made the top 20. Folk with an emphasis on story telling. Stands in stark but earthy contrast to everything else on this list.
Yep Christy Moore made the top 20. Folk with an emphasis on story telling. Stands in stark but earthy contrast to everything else on this list.
