[Music] Radio 2 best albums of the 80’s

Icy Gull · Oct 9, 2020

Well, are they? What’s been missed and what shouldn’t even be in the list?

At least I know and have heard all of them!

Looks like a pretty good and wide selection to me. Gonna have to think about ones that didn’t make it that should have imo. I may have gone for Graceland as my No 1

Artist Title
1) U2 The Joshua Tree
2) Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
3) The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
4) Michael Jackson Thriller
5) Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
6) The Human League Dare
7) The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
8) Paul Simon Graceland
9) ABC Lexicon Of Love
10) Prince Purple Rain

Palacefinder General · Oct 9, 2020

You lost me at ‘Radio 2’ :wink:

Icy Gull · Oct 9, 2020

Palacefinder General said:
You lost me at ‘Radio 2’

So let’s have your top ten then!

I would have this album in there but not sure what I’d bin :shrug:

https://youtu.be/h41wsU9GmqY

Live by the sea · Oct 9, 2020

Duran Duran Rio

Wham. Make it Big

George Michael Faith

Spandau Ballet True

Culture Club Kissing to be clever

Roxy music flesh and blood

Prince 1999

The police syncrinicity

ABC lexicon of love

Madonna like a virgin

One Teddy Maybank · Oct 9, 2020

Live by the sea said:
Duran Duran Rio

Wham. Make it Big

George Michael Faith

Spandau Ballet True

Culture Club Kissing to be clever

Roxy music flesh and blood

Prince 1999

The police syncrinicity

ABC lexicon of love

Like a lot of these would add:

Born in the USA
Purple Rain
Let’s Dance
Architecture and Morality - OMD
Brothers in Arms

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El Presidente · Oct 9, 2020

One Teddy Maybank said:
Like a lot of these would add:

Born in the USA
Purple Rain
Let’s Dance
Architecture and Morality - OMD
Brothers in Arms

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Power, Corruption and Lies
Disintegration

Bold Seagull · Oct 9, 2020

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams

BN9 BHA · Oct 9, 2020

Palacefinder General said:
You lost me at ‘Radio 2’

Lost me at Brothers in Arms.

Is it PotG? · Oct 9, 2020

Psychobilly freakout · Oct 9, 2020

Obviously just my top ten that touched the charts at some point all be not high, considering some of them were essentially indie releases that sold so much they got in the actual charts.

1: The Cramps - Off the bone
2: The Meteors - In Heaven
3: The Smiths - Meat is Murder
4: The Specials - More Specials
5: The Smiths - The Smiths
6: Polecats - Polecats Are Go
7: Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8: The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
9: The Meteors - Wreckin Crew
10: King Kurt - Big Cock

SAC · Oct 9, 2020

Psychobilly freakout said:
Obviously just my top ten that touched the charts at some point all be not high, considering some of them were essentially indie releases that sold so much they got in the actual charts.

1: The Cramps - Off the bone
2: The Meteors - In Heaven
3: The Smiths - Meat is Murder
4: The Specials - The Specials
5: Madness - One Step Beyond
6: Polecats - Polecats Are Go
7: Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8: The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
9: The Meteors - Wreckin Crew
10: King Kurt - Big Cock

Both are 1979. More Specials is an excellent LP and was early 80s.

Psychobilly freakout · Oct 9, 2020

SAC said:
Both are 1979. More Specials is an excellent LP and was early 80s.

Ah, I made the mistake of associating my first year at big school with the sound of Madness and buzz cuts everywhere in 1980

Madness was released in November 1979, but stayed in the charts for close to a year, but I will change it

wellquickwoody · Oct 9, 2020

Icy Gull said:
Well, are they? What’s been missed and what shouldn’t even be in the list?

At least I know and have heard all of them!

Looks like a pretty good and wide selection to me. Gonna have to think about ones that didn’t make it that should have imo. I may have gone for Graceland as my No 1

Artist Title
1) U2 The Joshua Tree
2) Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
3) The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
4) Michael Jackson Thriller
5) Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction
6) The Human League Dare
7) The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
8) Paul Simon Graceland
9) ABC Lexicon Of Love
10) Prince Purple Rain

I liked ABC at the time, but now I would doubt the top 10 status. Was/am not a Paul Simon fan but he is rightly included. So I must think about who I should award the one place to..........

pishhead · Oct 9, 2020

In no particular order.

Tears for fears - Songs from the big chair
Stone Roses - Stone roses
The Smiths - The queen is dead
MJ - Thriller
Pixies - Doolittle
The Jam - Sound affects
De La soul - 3 feet high and rising
Echo and the bunnymen - ocean rain
Soul 2 soul - club classics
Talk talk - spirit of eden

Uncle Spielberg · Oct 9, 2020

The Cure - Disintegration

zefarelly · Oct 9, 2020

More Specials
Madness - Rise & Fall
Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
Stone Roses
Fine young cannibals
Adam & The Ants Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexys midnight runners
the style council - cafe bleu
The Dukes of Stratosphear, 25 o'clock
the Jam Sound affects

Super Steve Earle · Oct 9, 2020

Surely at least one from these 10?

The Works, The Game and The Miracle by Queen.
Crest of a Knave and Broadsword and the Beast by Jethro Tull.
Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police
Business as Usual by Men at Work
Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Guitar Town and Copperhead Road by Steve Earle as you might expect from me.

zefarelly · Oct 9, 2020

Super Steve Earle said:
Surely at least one from these 10?

The Works, The Game and The Miracle by Queen.
Crest of a Knave and Broadsword and the Beast by Jethro Tull.
Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police
Business as Usual by Men at Work
Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Guitar Town and Copperhead Road by Steve Earle as you might expect from me.

I thought of the Police, but their first 2 albums are best and both late 70's

I don't think I have many 80's albums I actually listen too, although 80-82 was great for singles and one hit wonders. Dep S Is Vic there, vapours - Turning Japanese, MArth and the Muffins - Echo beach being good examples.

XTC Black sea
Lenny Kravitz let love rule

these are a good album.

Stat Brother · Oct 9, 2020

I'll have to give some thought to the other 7 but these three were on hard rotation on my wheel of steel

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic.
The Wonderstuff - 8 Legged Groove Machine.
Pop Will Eat Itself - Box Frenzy.

See the difference between me and most of you lot is I don't retrofit for show :lolol:

Edit 4 down 6 to go:-

The Cropdusters - If only the sober go to heaven.

Edit II woooow wow we're half way there
and proof that I can be reflective

Lou Reed - New York.

gazingdown · Oct 9, 2020

The Cure - Distintegration
The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
Joy Divisions - Substance
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
Morrissey - Viva Hate
Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
WonderStuff - HUP
U2 - Joshua Tree

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