Urban75 Album of the Year 1984

[Knotted]

No.1 is a band I have little idea about and no real opinion about. I haven't even listen to the album yet.

Well this better be good....

 

[hitmouse]

ENDLESS BLOCKADES, ENDLESS BLOCKADES, ENDLESS BLOCKADES FOR THE PUSSYFOOTER!

 

[The39thStep]

2 - Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4

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This is the album for people who know and if you know you know. The rest of you should know.

Ah the Sueno Latino sample

 

[Knotted]

1 - Cocteau Twins - Treasure



I guess this is seminal dream pop. It certainly sounds like the future in 1984. But also its own glorious thing. Well done you all voting for it.

 

[Knotted]

There were two lonely no.1's. My one of course, because who the fuck else got into News From Babel? The other one was Dio's Last In Line. I am so sorry AverageJoe.

 

[hitmouse]

Blimey. Well done to them twins, but also Lloyd Cole & the Commotions wuz proper robbed there.
Fwiw, my list was:

Foetus - Hole
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
GISM - Detestation
Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall
Pogues - Red Roses for Me
Nick Cave - From Her to Eternity
The Crucifucks - S/T
Conflict - Increase the Pressure
Die Kreuzen - S/T
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Articles of Faith - Give Thanks
Human League - Hysteria
Butthole Surfers - Psychic…Powerless… Another Man’s Sac
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
Agnostic Front - Victim in Pain
Killdozer - Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite
Oppressed - Oi Oi Music
Black Flag - My War
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Smiths - S/T
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome

I assume that everyone else ended up deciding that Detestation was released in 1985 and that's why you didn't all vote for it?

 

[Knotted]

Interesting vote the Cocteau Twins were way ahead of the field but with no no1 spots. More stats on Monday as they've shut my internet access down on my work laptop until then. Do post your own lists...

 

[The39thStep]

Cheers Knotted . Very surprised that you'd never heard This Mortal Coil before. They did three albums under that name and an album with the originals that they covered which imv are all worth listening to. About ten years or so later Watts-Russell who had put the TMC project together put together a similar project called The Hope Blister.

 

[belboid]

6 - This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears

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Well I was under the impression This Mortal Coil were a hardcore punk band, so that was a surprise.

Where the hell did that impression come from? I can only imagine that listening to it must have been like thinking you are about to drink a Laphroig but actually getting a really nice cup of tea.

 

[belboid]

7 - Julian Cope - Fried

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Well belboid will be please with this placing. Highest ever for Julian Cope? It's like one big stream of thefts from things that I like but can't quite place. How annoying!!

Definitely the highest placing and probably the appropriate placing. There must have been at least two other voters!

 

[Indeliblelink]

Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4
The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
The Human League - Hysteria
Harold Budd / Brian Eno - The Pearl
Yellowman - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Hiroshi Yoshimura - A・I・R (Air in Resort)
Newcleus - Jam on Revenge
Shannon - Let the Music Play
The Blue Nile- A Walk Across the Rooftops
Alphaville - Forever Young
Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
Mark Lane - Who's Really Listening?
Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise
Alexander Robotnick - Ce n'est q'un début
Hugh Masekela - Techno Bush
Jah Shaka - Commandments of Dub Part 3: Lion's Share of Dub
Moral - And Life Is
Kasso - Kasso 2
Abaddon - Abaddon

 

[Spandex]

I went with:

Cabaret Voltaire - Microphonies
Jah Shaka meets Mad Professor at Ariwa Studios
Front 242 – No Comment
Section 25 - From the Hip
Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Tones on Tail – Pop
Subhumans – From the Cradle to the Grave
Cocteau Twins – Treasure
Bananarama - Bananarama
Metallica - Ride the Lightening
The Wild Bunch - The Wild Bunch
SPK - Machine Age Voodoo
Kanda Bongo Man – Amour Fou - Ekipé
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hyæna
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band – Solution
Maunuel Gottsching – E2E4
Patrick Mkwamba & The Four Brothers - Tonosangana Ikoko
Husker Du – Zen Arcade
King Sunny Ade & his African Beats – Aura

 

[Idris2002]

Et pour moi:

The Special Aka- in the studio
Christy Moore - Ride on
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
The Pogues - Red roses for me
Iron maiden - Powerslave
The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean rain
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Bob Dylan - Real live
Roger Waters- The Pros and cons of Hitchhiking

I'm surprised The Special Aka weren't placed , to be honest.

 

[hitmouse]

Et pour moi:

The Special Aka- in the studio
Christy Moore - Ride on
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
The Pogues - Red roses for me
Iron maiden - Powerslave
The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean rain
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Bob Dylan - Real live
Roger Waters- The Pros and cons of Hitchhiking

I'm surprised The Special Aka weren't placed , to be honest.

I was slightly more surprised at Cohen not making it.

 

[ska invita]

I'm surprised The Special Aka weren't placed , to be honest.

Dont think anyone mentioned it on the thread? I wasnt aware of it

 

[AverageJoe]

No one voted for U2. Was this a protest vote because Pride In The Name Of Love was everywhere when it came out.

I was 14 in 1984 so my list was written with memories of the music of the time and the memories it evoked.

1.Dio - Last In Line
Thompson Twins - Into The Gap
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
Howard Jones - Humans Lib
Nik Kershaw - Human Racing
Van Halen - 1984
Prince - Purple Rain
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
The Cure - The Top
Queensryche - The Warning
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleaduredome
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Marillion - Fugazi
Wham - Make It Big
The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
Madonna - Like A Virgin
The Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise
20. Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent

 

[ska invita]

Manuel Göttsching ‎– E2-E4
Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor At Ariwa Studios
Franco – Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz á l'Ancienne Belgique
Norman Grant & Twinkle Brothers – The Right Way
Fela Kuti - Live In Amsterdam

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History
Ini Kamoze – Ini Kamoze
Ali Farka Toure – Ali Farka Toure
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band – Solution
The Bhundu Boys – Hupenyu Hwepasi

 

[Idris2002]

Dont think anyone mentioned it on the thread? I wasnt aware of it

I mentioned it on the thread, goddamnit!

 

[Idris2002]

I was slightly more surprised at Cohen not making it.

Various Positions was the album that nearly sank his career for good - maybe that's why?

 

[Dr. Furface]

Fuck me was I the only one that voted for REM's brill 2nd album, the one I played more than anything else?

REM - Reckoning
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine
Art of Noise - Who’s Afraid Of
The Smiths - s/t
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
Prince - Purple Rain
Springsteen - Born In The USA
Everything But The Girl - Eden
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
Lou Reed - New Sensations
Once Upon a Time In America OST
Style Council - Cafe Bleu
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
Prefab Sprout - Swoon
Sade - Diamond Life
Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain
Pogues - Red Rose for Me

 

[maomao]

Dont think anyone mentioned it on the thread? I wasnt aware of it

At least two mentions. Though I did say it wasn't very good. I had it at number 20.

 

[maomao]

Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
Black Flag - My War
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Prince - Purple Rain
The Cure - The Top
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Cocteau Twins - Treasure
The Replacements - Let It Be
Bananarama - Bananarama
Prefab Sprout - Swoon
Run DMC - Run DMC
Julian Cope - Fried
Voivod - War And Pain
Scraping Foetus of the Wheel - Hole
Marillion - Fugazi
Bobby Womack - The Poet II
Conflict - Increase The Pressure
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
The Pogues - Red Roses For Me
Special A.K.A. - In The Studio

 

[Knotted]

Cheers Knotted . Very surprised that you'd never heard This Mortal Coil before. They did three albums under that name and an album with the originals that they covered which imv are all worth listening to. About ten years or so later Watts-Russell who had put the TMC project together put together a similar project called The Hope Blister.

Don't be too surprised, 1950->1980 I will know most things or things adjacent. After 1982 or so there are whole genres which I know nothing about. Eg. I know there is a genre called garage, I don't know what it sounds like; my best guess is that it sounds like house and I'm not entirely sure what house is I believe house is techno with added pianos.

That's not a comment on anything, it's just blind spots. Most people don't know what American Primitivism is or the New Complexity for instance. I just weirdly broad mainstream blind spots. I think the reason is that when I was getting interested in music it was a) a bit late at 18 and b) I had certain special musical interests which were already 20-40 years old rather than a broad interest in what was going on at the time and c) I had the internet by then and could find communities with those special interests.

Anyway I did like This Mortal Coil and the Cocteau Twins for that matter and will check The Hope Blister.

 

[hitmouse]

Various Positions was the album that nearly sank his career for good - maybe that's why?

Is it? Wow, there's a lot of Leonard Cohen lore I don't know, I'm just vaguely aware of him as the fella who did that song off Shrek.

 

[The39thStep]

My list

1. David Sylvian -Brilliant Trees
2. This Mortal Coil- It'll End in Tears
3. Scott Walker- Climate of the Hunter
4. Prefab Sprout-Swoon
5. Budd, Lanois and Eno - The Pearl
6. Womack and Womack-Love Wars
7. Style Council-Cafe Blue
8. Cocteau Twins- Treasure
9. Talking Heads -Stop Making Sense
10. Section 25 -From the Hip
11. Durutti Column -Without Mercy
12. Talk Talk- Its My Life
13. The Sound -Shock of Daylight
14. Tom Verlaine -Cover
15. Prince -Purple Rain
16. Specials - In the Studio
17. Ricky Lee Jones- Magazine
18. Blue Nile -A Walk Across the Rooftops
19. Echo and the Bunnymen- Ocean Rain
20. The dB's- Like This

 

[The39thStep]

Is it? Wow, there's a lot of Leonard Cohen lore I don't know, I'm just vaguely aware of him as the fella who did that song off Shrek.

The Hallelujah period was a very late career revival that allowed him to pay off his tax debts. He was very popular in the 70s, almost cult like but that faded and I would think aside from nostalgia and his 1990s Democarcy is Coming to The USA he was pretty much background noise until The Shrek film? His songs are used on quite a few film and series OSTs.

Speaking of which the perfect match is his song contribution to Robert Altman's anti western McCabe and Mrs Miller which captures the mood perfectly.

 

[Idris2002]

The Hallelujah period was a very late career revival that allowed him to pay off his tax debts. He was very popular in the 70s, almost cult like but that faded and I would think aside from nostalgia and his 1990s Democarcy is Coming to The USA he was pretty much background noise until The Shrek film? His songs are used on quite a few film and series OSTs.

Speaking of which the perfect match is his song contribution to Robert Altman's anti western McCabe and Mrs Miller which captures the mood perfectly.

And he only got into music because he couldn't make money as a full-time poet.

 

[Idris2002]

At least two mentions. Though I did say it wasn't very good. I had it at number 20.

Not very good? What's wrong with you?

 

[Dr. Furface]

Section 25 -From the Hip

Damn, forgot that one.

 

[maomao]

Not very good? What's wrong with you?

It was a massive disappointment at the time, however looking back on it with forty years' perspective it's just a bit crap. It's not The Specials, it's a Dammers album and while he's a lovely bloke, he's always made unengaging music.