Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
This was the album that had "Free Nelson Mandela" on it, if memory serves.Unengaging?
Urban75 Album of the Year 1984
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maomao
普費斯
Politically and historically important sure. Musically? Dull as fucking ditchwater.
Top 43
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2) Manuel Göttsching - E2 - E4
3) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4) Prince - Purple Rain
5) The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
6) This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
7) Julian Cop - Fried
8) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
10) Harold Budd/Brian Eno - The Pearl
11) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
12) Metallica - Ride the Lightening
13) Jah Shaka Meet Mad Professor At Ariwa Studios
14) Prefab Sprout - Swoon
15) The Fall - The Wonderful & Frightening World of...
16) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
17) The Cure - The Top
18) Scraping the Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
19) Ricky Lee Jones - Magazine
20) Subhuman - From the Cradle to the Grave
21=) Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz á L'Ancienne Belgique
21=) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
23) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
24) Youssou N'Dour - Immigrés
25) The Special Aka - In the Studio
26) The Smiths
27) Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
28) Talk Talk - Its My Life
29) David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
30) Style Council - Cafe Blue
31) Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
32) R.E.M. - Reckoning
33) Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies
34) Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
35=) Section 25 - From the Hip
35=) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
37) Bobby Womack - The Poet II
38) Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
39) Madonna - Like a Virgin
40) Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band - Solution
41) Black Flag - My War
42=) News From Babel - Work Resumed on the Tower
42=) Dio - Last in Line
All in all any one of those would be in the top 15 with an extra single solid vote, so really they are all winners. Or in other words the whole exercise was pointless.... In fact everything is meaningless and we can't find meaning in a meaningless world. And I've been listening to This Mortal Coil again.
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2) Manuel Göttsching - E2 - E4
3) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4) Prince - Purple Rain
5) The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
6) This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
7) Julian Cop - Fried
8) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
10) Harold Budd/Brian Eno - The Pearl
11) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
12) Metallica - Ride the Lightening
13) Jah Shaka Meet Mad Professor At Ariwa Studios
14) Prefab Sprout - Swoon
15) The Fall - The Wonderful & Frightening World of...
16) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
17) The Cure - The Top
18) Scraping the Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
19) Ricky Lee Jones - Magazine
20) Subhuman - From the Cradle to the Grave
21=) Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz á L'Ancienne Belgique
21=) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
23) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
24) Youssou N'Dour - Immigrés
25) The Special Aka - In the Studio
26) The Smiths
27) Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
28) Talk Talk - Its My Life
29) David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
30) Style Council - Cafe Blue
31) Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
32) R.E.M. - Reckoning
33) Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies
34) Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
35=) Section 25 - From the Hip
35=) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
37) Bobby Womack - The Poet II
38) Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
39) Madonna - Like a Virgin
40) Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band - Solution
41) Black Flag - My War
42=) News From Babel - Work Resumed on the Tower
42=) Dio - Last in Line
All in all any one of those would be in the top 15 with an extra single solid vote, so really they are all winners. Or in other words the whole exercise was pointless.... In fact everything is meaningless and we can't find meaning in a meaningless world. And I've been listening to This Mortal Coil again.
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belboid scoring for the top 20 has
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2) Prince - Purple Rain
3) Talkng Heads - Stop Making Sense
4) Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
5) The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
6=) This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
6=) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
8) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9) Julian Cope - Fried
10) Harold Budd/Brian Eno - The Pearl
11) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
12=) Prefab Sprout - Swoon
12=) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
14) Metallica - Ride the Lightening
15) The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of...
16) The Cure - The Top
17) Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor At Ariwa Studios
18) Scraping the Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
19=) Ricky lee Jones - Magazine
19=) Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
Prince and Manuel Göttsching swap place leaving Talking Heads still at 3) but the Cocteau Twins are still way out in front.
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2) Prince - Purple Rain
3) Talkng Heads - Stop Making Sense
4) Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
5) The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
6=) This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
6=) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
8) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9) Julian Cope - Fried
10) Harold Budd/Brian Eno - The Pearl
11) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
12=) Prefab Sprout - Swoon
12=) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
14) Metallica - Ride the Lightening
15) The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of...
16) The Cure - The Top
17) Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor At Ariwa Studios
18) Scraping the Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
19=) Ricky lee Jones - Magazine
19=) Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
Prince and Manuel Göttsching swap place leaving Talking Heads still at 3) but the Cocteau Twins are still way out in front.
By number of votes regardless of ranking we have:
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure (7 votes)
2) The Pogues - Red Roses for Me (6 votes)
3=) Prince - Purple Rain (5 votes)
3=) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (5 votes)
5=) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (4 votes)
5=) Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (4 votes)
5=) Iron Maiden - Powerslave (4 votes)
5=) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (4 votes)
5=) Prefab Sprout - Swoon (4 votes)
5=) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (4 votes)
5=) Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave (4 votes)
On the contrary, just looking at the total no. of number 1's:
Manuel Göttsching and Julian Cope got two each.
News From Babel, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Cabaret Voltaire, The Special Aka, Butthole Surfers, David Sylvian, Youssou N'Dour, Foetus, REM and Dio all got one.
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure (7 votes)
2) The Pogues - Red Roses for Me (6 votes)
3=) Prince - Purple Rain (5 votes)
3=) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (5 votes)
5=) Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (4 votes)
5=) Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 (4 votes)
5=) Iron Maiden - Powerslave (4 votes)
5=) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (4 votes)
5=) Prefab Sprout - Swoon (4 votes)
5=) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity (4 votes)
5=) Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave (4 votes)
On the contrary, just looking at the total no. of number 1's:
Manuel Göttsching and Julian Cope got two each.
News From Babel, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Cabaret Voltaire, The Special Aka, Butthole Surfers, David Sylvian, Youssou N'Dour, Foetus, REM and Dio all got one.
I went with
News From Babel - Work Resumed on the Tower
Vienna Art Orchestra - The Minimalism of Eric Satie
Cassiber - Beauty and the Beast
Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
Het - Let's Het
Etron Fou Leloublan - Les sillons de la terre
:zoviet*france: - Eostre
After Dinner - Glass Tube
Гунеш [Gunesh] - Вижу Землю
Leticia Garcia - Magamaquiavérica em canturbano
Arrigo Barnabé - Tubarões voadores
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band - Solution
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
Doctor Nerve - Out to Bomb Fresh Kings
Scott Walker - Climate of the Hunter
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo - Lagoa da Canoa, município de Arapiraca
Chief Twins Seven Seven And The Black Ghost International - Eno Super 1 '84
Congreso - Pájaros de arcilla
Goebbel & Harth - Frankfurt-Peking
The Ex - Blueprints for a Blackout
Skeleton Crew - Learn to Talk
Unrest Work and Play - In Forms
News From Babel - Work Resumed on the Tower
Vienna Art Orchestra - The Minimalism of Eric Satie
Cassiber - Beauty and the Beast
Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
Het - Let's Het
Etron Fou Leloublan - Les sillons de la terre
:zoviet*france: - Eostre
After Dinner - Glass Tube
Гунеш [Gunesh] - Вижу Землю
Leticia Garcia - Magamaquiavérica em canturbano
Arrigo Barnabé - Tubarões voadores
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band - Solution
Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
Doctor Nerve - Out to Bomb Fresh Kings
Scott Walker - Climate of the Hunter
Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo - Lagoa da Canoa, município de Arapiraca
Chief Twins Seven Seven And The Black Ghost International - Eno Super 1 '84
Congreso - Pájaros de arcilla
Goebbel & Harth - Frankfurt-Peking
The Ex - Blueprints for a Blackout
Skeleton Crew - Learn to Talk
Unrest Work and Play - In Forms
AverageJoe
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I know two of those artistes.
Top work Knotted and thank you so much for doing these lists. I really enjoy them
I know two of those artistes.
Top work Knotted and thank you so much for doing these lists. I really enjoy them
Thanks.
My list was pretty international and I think most of it would be fairly well known in its country of origin and then a lot of it is just weird/noise/post punk. But that top one really should be better known. It is much more accessible than people might think. The people involved have a reputation for the avant garde, but really it's about beautiful, powerful, memorably melodic songs albeit with instrumentation that you wouldn't normally hear outside of a classical context.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
My signed copy of 'Treasure' must've gone up in value by as much as 40p since this result came in.
AverageJoe
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1994 is going to be a bloodbath.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
My list:
Julian Cope - Fried
Long Ryders - Native Sons
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Making History
The Cure - The Top
The Fall - Weird & Wonderful World of
Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine
The Ex - Blueproint for a Blackout
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hyaena
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Foetus - Hole
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Pogues - Red Roses for Me
PIL - This is What You Want…
R.E.M. - Reckoning
Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies
Julian Cope - Fried
Long Ryders - Native Sons
Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Making History
The Cure - The Top
The Fall - Weird & Wonderful World of
Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine
The Ex - Blueproint for a Blackout
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hyaena
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Foetus - Hole
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
Pogues - Red Roses for Me
PIL - This is What You Want…
R.E.M. - Reckoning
Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies
My votes:
1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl
4. This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
5. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
6. The Fall - The Wonderful & Frightening World of...
7. The Smiths - The Smiths
8. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
10. Madonna - Like a Virgin
Only Frankie and Madge missed the top twenty.
1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
2. Prince - Purple Rain
3. Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl
4. This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
5. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
6. The Fall - The Wonderful & Frightening World of...
7. The Smiths - The Smiths
8. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
9. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
10. Madonna - Like a Virgin
Only Frankie and Madge missed the top twenty.
AverageJoe
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Same with the first Slayer EP
hitmouse
music obfuscation technology
Oh, looks like Live Undead was a live album that came out in 84 though, so people could've voted for that one. But a bit late now either way.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Sent on Aug 8th
I've just rechecked my conversations and I didn't receive it. Post it up and I will recalculate the results.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
How embarrasing - looks like I only included myself in the message!
20.Powerslave - Iron Maiden
19.Alf - Alison Moyet
18.Victory - The Jacksons
17.The Age of Consent - Bronski Beat
16.Discovery - Mike Oldfield
15.Like a Virgin - Madonna
14. Into the Gap - Thompson Twins
13. Humans Lib - Howard Jones
12.Welcome to the Pleasure Dome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
11. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E
10.Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
9.A Pagan Place - The Waterboys
8.Junk Culture - OMD
7.Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode
6.The Unforgettable Fire - U2
5.Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
4.Purple Rain - Prince
3.Sade - Diamond Life
2.Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise - Art of Noise
1.The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
Many thanks!!!
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
She's the woman talking on The Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds. That's all I know.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Her first album is really good .( She also went out with Tom Waits at the time she was writing and recording it )
New top 43
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2) Prince - Purple Rain
3) Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
4) Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
5) The Pogues - Red roses for me
6) This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
7) Julian Cope - Fried
8) Iron Maiden – Powerslave
9) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
10) Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl
11) Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
12) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean rain
13) Metallica - Ride the Lightening
14) Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor - At Ariwa Studios
15) Prefab Sprout - Swoon
16) The Fall - The Wonderful & Frightening World of...
17) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
18) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
19) The Cure - The Top
20) David Sylvian -Brilliant Trees
21) Scraping Foetus of the Wheel - Hole
22) Ricky lee Jones - Magazine
23) Subhumans – From the Cradle to the Grave
24) Franco – Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz á l'Ancienne Belgique
25) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
26) Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
27) Youssou N'Dour - Immigrés
28) The Special Aka- in the studio
29) Madonna - Like a Virgin
30) The Smiths - The Smiths
31) Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
32) Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
33) The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
34) Talk Talk- Its My Life
35) Style Council - Cafe Blue
36) R.E.M. - Reckoning
37) Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies
38) Section 25 - From the Hip
39) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
40) Bobby Womack - The Poet II
41) Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
42) Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band – Solution
43) Black Flag - My War
So Prince now secures a firm second place, Iron Maiden climb a place, Art of Noise are now up there at 11 and Frankie Goes to Hollywood in at 17 and Madonna with a more respectable 29.
Most importantly Julian Cope is still at 7.
1) Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2) Prince - Purple Rain
3) Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
4) Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
5) The Pogues - Red roses for me
6) This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears
7) Julian Cope - Fried
8) Iron Maiden – Powerslave
9) Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
10) Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl
11) Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
12) Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean rain
13) Metallica - Ride the Lightening
14) Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor - At Ariwa Studios
15) Prefab Sprout - Swoon
16) The Fall - The Wonderful & Frightening World of...
17) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
18) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
19) The Cure - The Top
20) David Sylvian -Brilliant Trees
21) Scraping Foetus of the Wheel - Hole
22) Ricky lee Jones - Magazine
23) Subhumans – From the Cradle to the Grave
24) Franco – Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz á l'Ancienne Belgique
25) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
26) Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
27) Youssou N'Dour - Immigrés
28) The Special Aka- in the studio
29) Madonna - Like a Virgin
30) The Smiths - The Smiths
31) Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
32) Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
33) The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
34) Talk Talk- Its My Life
35) Style Council - Cafe Blue
36) R.E.M. - Reckoning
37) Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies
38) Section 25 - From the Hip
39) Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
40) Bobby Womack - The Poet II
41) Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
42) Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band – Solution
43) Black Flag - My War
So Prince now secures a firm second place, Iron Maiden climb a place, Art of Noise are now up there at 11 and Frankie Goes to Hollywood in at 17 and Madonna with a more respectable 29.
Most importantly Julian Cope is still at 7.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
One day, one beautiful day, Thomas Dolby's masterpiece will be loved
