COUNTDOWN: Top 50 Music Albums Of All-Time.

IAMAMORON

Kolido wrote: »

Are those your favourite 10 albums or the 10 you would consider the best from a music perspective.

I possibly got this wrong by nominating my favourite albums, 6 of which made the top 50. I could have submitted 10 that are widely considered the top albums but I probably have never listened to half of them before. I'm not sure how others were nominating.

To be honest they were the ones that came to my head at the time. I don't ponder it much. I am big into electronic music, you name it. I would consider all the selections I picked as being somewhat " mainstream".

Music is not a competition, everyone has different tastes. I mean I cried into my pillow for not including Lou Reed, Stevie Wonder, The Isley bros and my all time fav.... Terence Trent D'arby.

As I said I would be questioning the demographic... but it ain't no thang ... but a chicken wing.

Reberetta

Other multi-nominated albums which just missed the cut:

20 pts
51.Michael Jackson Thriller
51.Rolling Stones Exile On Main St.
52. The Strokes Is This It?
52. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
55.Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman

19 Pts
56. Alice In Chains Dirt
57. Massive Attack Blue Lines

18 Pts

The Doors L.A. Woman
David Bowie Low
Counting Crows August and Everything After
INXS Kick

17 Pts or less in descending order:

Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Prodigy Music For A Jilted Generation
Led Zeppelin IV
Radiohead Kid A
Neil Young On The Beach
Kate Bush Hounds Of Love
Metallica And Justice For All
Greenday Dookie
The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
The Knife Silent Shout
The National Boxer
The Smashing Pumpkins  Adore
Echo and The Bunnymen Ocean Rain
U2 The Boy
The Cure Disintegration
Waterboys This Is The Sea
Whipping Boy Heartworm
The Beatles Abbey Road
Snow Patrol Eyes Open
Depeche Mode Violator
Bat for Lashes Two Suns


And The Rest

joni mitchel..song to a seagull
Pearl Jam-Ten
Florence and the machine...lungs
Janis Joplin... pearl
Blondie... parallel lines
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Tori Amos...under the pink
Sinead o Connor...i do not want what i haven't got
Goldfrapp...supernature
Aretha Franklin...lady soul
Patti smith... Easter
Pj Harvey... to bring you my love
Fairport convention...liege and leaf
Cat Stevens...tea for the tillerman
Roy harper...flat baroque and bezerk
Tim Buckley...goodbye and hello
Bad company ....bad company
Bryan Adams...reckless
C.C.R..Cosmos factory
The clash... combat rock
Live,,, throwing copper
Jefferson airplane... surrealistic pillow
Jimi Hendrix exp...are you experienced us version
Kula shaker....K
The Byrds... notorious..
The moody blues...days of future passed
Rem... out of time
dAvid bowie...lets dance
The police...regatta de blanc
The rolling stones...out of our heads
Dead can dance / towards the within
Depeche mode... violator
The breeders... the last splash
Mazzy star...she hangs brightly
Modern English...after the snow
Lou reed...transformer
Nick cave and the bad seeds..skeleton tree
Jimmy mccarthy..the song of the singing horseman6
The horslips...happy to meet-sorry to part
Joe cocker.... /with a little help
Johnny cashAmerican recordings I-VI
Peter Gabriel So
Sanke River River Conspiracy -Sonic Jihad
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Faith No More -Angel Dust
Pink Floyd -The Wall
Interpol - Antics
Lunachicks -Pretty Ugly
Menomena -Friend or Foe
Jeff Buckley  Grace
Donovan A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Neil Young Harvest
Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
Talking Heads- Speaking in Tongues
Korn- Korn
Suede - Dog Man Star
 Pulp - Different Class
The B-52s - The B52s
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
Dirty Three - Horse Stories
Deerhoof Offend Maggie
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
Type O Negative-Slow Deep and Hard
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Etiquette
The Twilight Singers - Blackberry Belle
The Breeders - Pod
Mad Season - Above
AC/DC - Back in Black
Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
The View - Hats Off to the Busker
Airbourne - Running Wild
Bell X1 - Music in Mouth
The Ting Tings We Started Nothing
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
The Zombies  Odyssey and Oracle
Walking on Cars - Everything This Way
Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
Nico - chelsea girl
Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster
Hole - Live Through This
The Dixie Chicks - Taking the Long Way
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack
Pink - I'm Not Dead
Dido - Life for rent
Crow soundtrack
Madonna - True blue
Lady Sovereign Public Warning
Simon and Garfunkel - bridge over troubled waters
The verve - urban hymns
Guns N roses Use your illusions 2
Guns N Roses Use your illusions 1
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Grease soundtrack
U2 - Under a blood red sky
Eminem - Slim Shady LP
REM - Out of Time
The streets - a grand don't come for free
Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
Tom Petty, full moon fever
Guns & Roses Lies
Art of trance - wildlife on one
Lighthouse family - ocean drive
Suede Suede
The National, High Violet
Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscariot
Brian Eno - Nerve Net
Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
Marilyn Manson-Portrait Of An American Family
 Dt8 project - Perfect world
Sting - Brand new day
Faithless - reverence
Crash Test Dummies-God Shuffled His Feet
Blind Melon-Blind Melon
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
James bay-electric light
beck-guero
bloc party-a weekend in the city
sia-this is acting
imagine dragons-smoke +mirrors
elbow-the seldom seen kid
Daughty-baptized
lianne la havis-is your love big enough?
Johnny Cash: American IV - The Man Comes Around
Eminem - Recovery
 65daysofstatic - Escape from New York
65daysofstatic - We Were Exploding Anyway
Enter Shikari - Flash Flood of Colour
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Westlife - The Love Album
LUH - Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing
The National - Alligator
Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
Portishead - Dummy
Oasis - The Masterplan
New Radicals Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Skeletonwitch At One With The Shadows
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Lawson-chapman square
Bob Dylan-Desire
Placebo -Without You I'm Nothing
The Kinks-The Kinks Are Village Green Preservation Society
Crosby, Stills & Nash-Crosby, Stills & Nash
The Police - Synchronicity
Julie London - Your Number Please
Kenny G - Faith
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
Bjork - Vespertine
Cat Power - Moon Pix
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Beach House - 7
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away/Skeleton Tree/Ghosteen
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Björk - Homogenic
Beck - Morning Phase
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Soundgarden -Down On The Upside
Eels-Beautiful Freak
Red hot chilli peppers  californication
AC/DC ballbreaker
Ben Folds Five- Ben Folds Five
The La's - The La's
 Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole
Prince Graffiti Bridge
Green - REM
Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens
Paradise - The Shangri-Las
Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
Turn On the Bright Lights - Interpol
American Idiot - Green Day
One by One - Foo Fighters
The Eminem Show - Eminem
Apocalypso - The Presets
 Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle Vague
Illmatic - Nas
A Walk Across the Rooftops The Blue Nile
Electronic  Electronic
Going for The One  Yes
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega
How Dare You!  10cc
Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
Good Kidd Madd City - Kendrick Lamar
Demon Days - Gorillaz
Lovers Lane - The Go Betweens
Aja//Steely Dan
The Kick Inside Kate Bush
Between the lines  Janis Ian
Crime of the Century Supertramp
Whats goin on- Marvin Gaye
Back to Black- Amy Winehouse
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
In a Silent Way- Miles Davis
Straight Outta Compton- NWA
Frank- Amy Winehouse
How To Save A Life - The Fray
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At The Disco
Bad Blood - Bastille
Red - Taylor Swift
Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Electric Warrior - T. Rex
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Homework - Daft Punk
Burnin - The Wailers
Faded Seaside Glamour - Delays
OK Cowboy - Vitalic
Nobody Wants to be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave - The Twilight Sad
In an Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Queens of The Stone Age - Queens of The Stone Age
Queen of Denmark - John Grant
Lost Souls - Doves
Moon Safari - Air
Radiator - Super Furry Animals
Pronounced: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Otis Blue: Otis Redding
Photo Finish: Rory Gallagher
Devils and Dust: Bruce Springsteen
Solitary Man: Johnny Cash
 Fresh Evidence: Rory Gallagher
Sticky Fingers: The Rolling Stones
 Kind of Blue- Miles Davis
Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Fat of The Land - The Prodigy
In Evening Air - Future Islands
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Timeless - Goldie
Experience - The Prodigy
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
FOUR - One Direction
I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyonce
The Clash - London Calling
Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
Exile on Coldharbour Lane - Alabama 3
It's a Shame About Ray - Lemonheads
Closing Time - Tom Waits
Surf's Up, Jim Steinman
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
RATM - Rage Against the Machine
Permission to Land - The Darkness
A Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
Leviathan - Mastodon
 The Hurting - Tears For Fears
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac
Tapestry - Carole King
She's The Boss - Mick Jagger
Rum Sodomy and the Lash, Pogues
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
Document REM
Heart - Heart
Daughtry - Daughtry
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Station to Station- David Bowie
Dragonfly Summer Michael Franks
Wonderland Judie Tzuke
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic- The Sundays
Copper Blue - Sugar
Lovely - The Primitives
A Rush of Blood to the Head  Coldplay
Lionheart  Kate Bush
Raw Power - The Stooges
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
The White Stripes - Elephant
Ween - The Mollusk
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
Nirvana -In Utero
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (1982)
The Magnetic Fields- Love Songs
Travis - 12 Memories
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Japan - Tin Drum
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Various - Now That's What I Call Music 3
Staind - Break The Cycle
Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down
Style Council - Our Favourite Shop
Love The Jam and Weller solo but this is the peak.
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
The Beatles -The Beatles
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
The Name of This Band is Talking Heads by Talking Heads
Misfits - Static Age

Declan A Walsh

The lack of ACDC was a bit of a surprise actually.

As regards The Stone Roses' debut album, I bought it and I would not have listed it in my own Top 50!

I nominated albums I’m really close to but would also consider candidates as “best music album of all time”-which is the purpose of the thread- there’s tons of albums I love but wouldn’t consider them best of all time.
It just so happens many of the albums I know and love very well also feature regularly on best of lists

Irish Aris

Irish Aris wrote: »

I don't see what's funny about it, care to explain?

No I couldn’t be bothered

Irish Aris

IAMAMORON wrote: »

To be honest they were the ones that came to my head at the time. I don't ponder it much. I am big into electronic music, you name it. I would consider all the selections I picked as being somewhat " mainstream".

Music is not a competition, everyone has different tastes. I mean I cried into my pillow for not including Lou Reed, Stevie Wonder, The Isley bros and my all time fav.... Terence Trent D'arby.

As I said I would be questioning the demographic... but it ain't no thang ... but a chicken wing.

That's another album that was just outside my top 10 - introducing the Hardline according to Terence Trent D'Arby. What an album!! I remember at the time he was hailed as the new Prince, alas lost his way very quickly. Not to say that the next albums weren't good, but nowhere near this amazing debut.

The Floyd p

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys.
2. Animals - Pink Floyd.
3. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West.
4. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac.
5. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder.
6. Kid A - Radiohead.
7. Madvillainy - Madvillain.
8. ATLiens - Outkast.
9. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar.
10. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk.

I tried to represent some more modern albums, 4 rap albums in total. 3 of the top 10 being released in the 2010's.

Sad no other Pink Floyd album got a look in, personally think DSOTM is a bit overrated.

Declan A Walsh

Just had a look at the full nominations.

It's amazing that there was no nomination by anybody of the following: Genesis, Phil Collins, New Order, Sade (Diamond Life), David Gray (White Ladder), more than one album by Coldplay, Closer by Joy Division, more than one album by Depeche Mode and Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears.

ShaneU

Ten by Pearl Jam votes: 0
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack votes: 1

There it is, black and white, we all know which album is best now

JP Liz V1

Reberetta wrote: »

We got fun and games

No sir.

That's it from me today folks. Tomorrow Sunday 1pm, the top ten in twenty minute increments.

1pm No. 10

1.20pm No. 9

1. 40pm No. 8

etc...

4pm No. 1

You wanted suspense, you got suspense! :cool:

One MASSIVE album missed the cut. But which one?

What was the MASSIVE album that missed the cut?

Irish Aris

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What was the MASSIVE album that missed the cut?

Pearl Jam's Ten?

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Just had a look at the full nominations.

It's amazing that there was no nomination by anybody of the following: Genesis, Phil Collins, New Order, Sade (Diamond Life), David Gray (White Ladder), more than one album by Coldplay, Closer by Joy Division, more than one album by Depeche Mode and Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears.

I’m not amazed at all-what criteria are you using to come to that conclusion? I’m guessing that the median demographic of a lot of voters here is around 38 years old- so 80s albums wouldn’t really feature strongly on their radar - I lived the 80s as a teenager and I wouldn’t put Phil Collins on a top 50 list no less a top 10 list.

Declan A Walsh

I would say Thriller by Michael Jackson. It just missed the Top 50.

JP Liz V1

ShaneU wrote: »

Ten by Pearl Jam votes: 0
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack votes: 1

There it is, black and white, we all know which album is best now

Wolverine singing is awesome

Irish Aris

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Just had a look at the full nominations.

It's amazing that there was no nomination by anybody of the following: Genesis, Phil Collins, New Order, Sade (Diamond Life), David Gray (White Ladder), more than one album by Coldplay, Closer by Joy Division, more than one album by Depeche Mode and Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears.

80s pop (or pop in general for that matter) doesn't perform well in boards.
The only that I could picture getting voted in would be Tears for Fears.

adrian522

Surprised by some of the negative comments on here. Not everyone is going to have the same taste in music and the chances of the final list matching any users actual list is pretty small.

My list is below, I didn't spend a whole lot of time agonising over it, probably what I was listening to at the time, I could probably do this tomorrow and come up with 10 completely different albums.

I don't have the Stone Roses included but I easily could have, in my opinion its a great album, one of the best albums releases while I've been listening to music.

1. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
2. The Beatles - Revolver
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
4. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
6. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7. The Velvet Undergorund - The Velvet Underground & Nico
8. David Bowie - Low
9. Radiohead - Kid A
10. The Clash - London Calling

Irish Aris

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Wolverine singing is awesome

and such a heart warming film!!!!

Reberetta

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I would say Thriller by Michael Jackson. It just missed the Top 50.

Yes, biggest selling album ever?

Declan A Walsh

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Just had a look at the full nominations.

It's amazing that there was no nomination by anybody of the following: Genesis, Phil Collins, New Order, Sade (Diamond Life), David Gray (White Ladder), more than one album by Coldplay, Closer by Joy Division, more than one album by Depeche Mode and Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears.

Deleted User wrote: »

I’m not amazed at all-what criteria are you using to come to that conclusion? I’m guessing that the median demographic of a lot of voters here is around 38 years old- so 80s albums wouldn’t really feature strongly on their radar - I lived the 80s as a teenager and I wouldn’t put Phil Collins on a top 50 list no less a top 10 list.

I'm going by popularity and name recognition, but you have a point about the demographics. That said:
- White Ladder was the 1990s. Coldplay are a 21st century act. New Order had albums in more recent decades. Depeche Mode has plenty of albums in the last few decades.

- The Top 50 included Joy Division's earlier album Unknown Pleasures even though it was in 1979.

- Tears for Fears first album The Hurting was amongst the nominations, albeit not in the Top 50.

Reberetta

Acts with the most different albums nominated:

4
Bruce Springsteen
The Beatles  
Bob Dylan  
Radiohead  
Guns N Roses
U2  
REM  
The Rolling Stones
Metallica 
Smashing Pumpkins (Did not make top 50) 
Eminem  (Did not make top 50)

3
Fleetwood Mac  
Oasis  
Foo Fighters
Manic Street Preachers
Pink Floyd
Nick Cave (& Bad Seeds)  (Did not make top 50)
The National  (Did not make top 50)
Neil Young  (Did not make top 50)
Kate Bush  (Did not make top 50)
David Bowie (Did not make top 50)
Suede  (Did not make top 50)
Prodigy  (Did not make top 50)
Talking Heads  (Did not make top 50)

2
Linkin Park
The Pixies
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana  
The Doors
Lloyd Cole (and the Commotions)
The B-52s (Did not make top 50)
Sting   (Did not make top 50)
AC/DC   (Did not make top 50)
Daughtry  (Did not make top 50)
Queens Of The Stone Age  
Johnny Cash  (Did not make top 50)
Miles Davis   (Did not make top 50)
The Clash   (Did not make top 50)
Pearl Jam  (Did not make top 50)
65 Days Of Static  (same person)  (Did not make top 50)
Amy Winehouse  (same person)  (Did not make top 50)
Brian Eno       (same person)  (Did not make top 50)
Rory Gallagher (same person)  (Did not make top 50)

NewbridgeIR

Irish Aris wrote: »

80s pop (or pop in general for that matter) doesn't perform well in boards.
The only that I could picture getting voted in would be Tears for Fears.

That's very true. Reminds me of school, I know lads terrified to admit liking pop songs. 35 years later they haven't changed. Even though the pop music of one's youth does make a mark and shape your tastes (it did for me anyway).

I bought Sonic Youth's EVOL and Now That's What I Call Music 7 at the same time in 1986 and will never forget the record shop guy's look of approval followed by disgust and contempt.

Reberetta

One-time nominated albums at number one:

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
Travelling Wilburys Vol 1
65daysofstatic Escape from New York
The Sex Pistols Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
The B-52's Cosmic Thing
Manic Street Preachers Generation Terrorists
Hozier Wasteland, Baby!
McCartney and Wings  Band on The Run
Dan Fogelberg Netherlands
Pearl Jam  Ten
Elliott Smith From A Basement On The Hill
The La's The La's
Ramones Ramones
Sting Ten Summoner's Tales
Adele  19
Fleetwood Mac  Tusk
Wire Pink Flag

For speckle, only able to cobble together the top eleven female-fronted albums.

1. Fleetwood Mac Rumours
2. Alanis Morrisette Jagged Little Pill
3. Velvet Underground & Nico  Self-titled
4. My Bloody Valentine?  Loveless
5. Fever Ray   Fever Ray
6. Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman
7. Kate Bush Hounds of Love
8. The Knife Silent Shout
9. Bat For Lashes  Two Suns
10. Fleetwood Mac Tusk/ Adele 19

Final Top 50
Thanks to plentyohtoole for typing this out, save me the bother.

50.Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
49.The Pixes Surfer Rosa
48. Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
47.Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
46. Blur- Parklife
45. Prince- Sign of the Times
44. Tom Petty- Wildflowers
43. The Pixies- Doolittle
42. Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
41. Fever Ray- Fever Ray
39. Linkin Park Meteora
39. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin
38. Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
37. Radiohead- The Bends
35. Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape
35. The Eagles- Hotel California
34. My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
33. Velvet Underground and Nico- Velvet Underground & Nico
32. The Smiths- the queen is dead
31. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
30. U2- Achtung Baby
29.Queen- Night at the Opera
28. Oasis- Definitely Maybe
27. Duran Duran – Rio
26. U2- Joshua Tree
25. Def Leppard- Hysteria
24. Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life
23. Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet
22. The Beatles- Sgt Peppers
21. REM- Automatic for the People
20. Lloyd Cole-Rattlesnakes
19. Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
18. The Doors- The Doors
17. Paul Simon- Graceland
16. Manic Street Preachers- The Holy Bible
15. The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed
14. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks
13. Metallica- Black
12. Oasis- What the Story
11. Radiohead- In Rainbows
10. Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction
9.  Morrissette- Jagged Little Pill
8. Radiohead- OK Computer
7. Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of The Moon
6. The Beatles- Revolver
5. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
4. Stone Roses- Stone Roses
3. Arcade Fire- Funeral
2. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
1. Nirvana- Nevermind

IAMAMORON

Deleted User wrote: »

Sorry but eh, you’re laughing at the final list and you’ve voted Rio as the 5th best album of all time?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I am more than delighted you are having a laugh about that, I mean that.

But you should give it a listen. Simon Le Bon has one of the greatest voices out there, a massive range, not unlike Buckley, Bono or Thom Yorke for range.

Also the album epitomises for me the pop crossover. Without this album there is no Spandau Ballet, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds etc etc etc .

I mean I can't stop crying when I hear "Save a Prayer"..... that song really moves me. I dare you to turn on "Hungry like a Wolf" and not feel the energy. Duran Duran may not be cool enough for school, but they are an underrated and disrespected band. They rocked the 80's.

They had style and grace. Even Peter Gabriel was an avid fan.

But Bruce Phucking Springers , I mean please ....

NewbridgeIR

Rio is their best but there's lots of gems scattered on other albums

The Seventh Stranger (Seven & The Ragged Tiger)
Winter Marches On (Notorious)
Palomino / The Edge Of America / Lake Shore Driving (all on Big Thing)
Serious (Liberty)

plus that Arcadia album is a really atmospheric spin-off. Should have done a second one.

Irish Aris

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Rio is their best but there's lots of gems scattered on other albums

The Seventh Stranger (Seven & The Ragged Tiger)
Winter Marches On (Notorious)
Palomino / The Edge Of America / Lake Shore Driving (all on Big Thing)
Serious (Liberty)

plus that Arcadia album is a really atmospheric spin-off. Should have done a second one.

+1 on Palomino, a great song!!!

JP Liz V1

Bruce is Boss, end of

Everyone has different tastes

NewbridgeIR

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

That's very true. Reminds me of school, I know lads terrified to admit liking pop songs. 35 years later they haven't changed. Even though the pop music of one's youth does make a mark and shape your tastes (it did for me anyway).

I bought Sonic Youth's EVOL and Now That's What I Call Music 7 at the same time in 1986 and will never forget the record shop guy's look of approval followed by disgust and contempt.

You’ve just summed up the 80s in terms of music attitudes

Record store guy would have packed your record or tape carefully in a plastic bag if you brought the likes of -
Talking Heads, The Smiths, The Waterboys, The Eurythmics, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Fall, Lloyd Coyle, Elvis Costello, Public Image LTD,

It was cool to hate U2 and like the Waterboys instead, Simple Minds were seen as U2 wannabes and Big Country were also rans.
Metallica were Gods but had a very narrow following.

I never met a male fan of Duran Duran - ever.

Reberetta

ShaneU wrote: »

Ten by Pearl Jam votes: 0
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack votes: 1

There it is, black and white, we all know which album is best now

I forgot to put Pearl Jam Ten on the list.:pac:

Apologies lassykk.

Again.

Edited now.

IAMAMORON

IAMAMORON wrote: »

I am more than delighted you are having a laugh about that, I mean that.

But you should give it a listen. Simon Le Bon has one of the greatest voices out there, a massive range, not unlike Buckley, Bono or Thom Yorke for range.

Also the album epitomises for me the pop crossover. Without this album there is no Spandau Ballet, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds etc etc etc .

I mean I can't stop crying when I hear "Save a Prayer"..... that song really moves me. I dare you to turn on "Hungry like a Wolf" and not feel the energy. Duran Duran may not be cool enough for school, but they are an underrated and disrespected band. They rocked the 80's.

They had style and grace. Even Peter Gabriel was an avid fan.

But Bruce Phucking Springers , I mean please ....

I love your efforts, I really do

I’ll listen to Rio if you promise to listen to one of my list you haven’t heard before

NewbridgeIR

Deleted User wrote: »

You’ve just summed up the 80s in terms of music attitudes

Record store guy would have packed your record or tape carefully in a plastic bag if you brought the likes of -
Talking Heads, The Smiths, The Waterboys, The Eurythmics, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Fall, Lloyd Coyle, Elvis Costello, Public Image LTD,

It was cool to hate U2 and like the Waterboys instead, Simple Minds were seen as U2 wannabes and Big Country were also rans.
Metallica were Gods but had a very narrow following.

I never met a male fan of Duran Duran - ever.

I know - I bought records back then by all of the artists you listed; but it got very tribal if you threw a pop album on the counter. I was happy enough to buy what I liked but others were a lot more careful about upholding an image.

Agree re U2; the begrudgery even then was off the scale. Simple Minds were respected initially (up to New Gold Dream) but by 1989's Street Fighting Years were seen as pompous stadium rockers and some people still dismiss them totally because of that.

There were a few male Duran Duran fans in my hometown. Two in particular were massive Japan / David Sylvian heads as well and did their utmost to carry off that look.