Thanks mate…The Big Heat still gets a regular play 
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Yes… but doesn’t help Billy who loses his podium spot…
And now I realise I’ve forgotten Seven Days In Sammystown. Don’t think it would be a podium album, but I’m very fond of it…
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Have you adjusted your votes?
And if so, what year(s)?
Yeah, fixed 83, 84 and 87.
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This (totally excellent) album was released in 1988.
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FFS… 88 and 89 rejigged. Doolittle now rightfully on the podium…
I think I’ll have to get the work experience kid to check all your work from now on.
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I always assumed Baker was encyclopedic with his musical knowledge.
I just don’t know now…
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It has been alarming seeing the number of dodgy entries he has tried to get through.
Hence the increased workload for the work experience kid 
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1980
3 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light
2 - The Clash - Sandinista
1 - The Models - Alphabravocharliedeltafoxtrotgolf
1981
3 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
2 - Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
1 - OMD - Architecture and Morality
1982
3 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
2 - Joe Jackson - Night And Day
1 - Hunters & Collectors - Hunters & Collectors
1983
3 - Tears For Fears - The Hurting
2 - Big Country - The Crossing
1 - The Police _ Synchronicity
1984
3 - Talking Heads - Stop making Sense
2 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
1 - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
1985
3 - Talking Heads - Little Creatures
2 - Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Need Guitars
1 - U2 - Wide Awake In America
1986
3 - Paul Kelly - Gossip
2 - Crowded House - Crowded House
1 - Bruce Springsteen - Live/ 1975-85
1987
3 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
2 - Robbie Robertson - Robbie robertson
1 - Steve Earle - Exit O
1988
3 - The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
2 - U2 - Rattle & Hum
1 - The Proclaimers - Sunshine On leith
1989
3 - Tom Petty - Full moon Fever
2- The Cure - Disintegration
1 - Lou Reed - New York
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See what happens when you use dodgily-tagged mp3’s as your source of information…
Ah, let’s be honest, I’ve had a shocker…
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1980
3 - Cold Chisel - East
2 - Dire Straits - Making Movies
1 -AC/DC - Back in Black
1981
3 - Journey - Escape
2 - The Police - Ghost in the Machine
1 - Van Halen - Fair Warning
1982
3 - Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
2 - Roxy Music - Avalon
1 - Midnight Oil - 10 to 1
1983
3 - Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
2 - Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1 - Brian Eno - Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks
1984
3 - Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
2 - Van Halen - 1984
1 - The Cars - Heartbeat City
1985
3 - Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time
2 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
1 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
1986
3 - Peter Gabriel - So
2 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
1 - Hunters and Collections - Human Frailty
1987
3 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
2 - Icehouse - Man of Colours
1 - Def Leppard - Hysteria
1988
3 - Guns N Roses - G N’ R Lies
2 - Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
1 - REM - Green
1989
3 -The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
2- Fugazi - 13 Songs
1 - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
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I think the takeaway from this thread is that a lot of people would struggle to fill their lists if Peter Garrett had decided to stick with being a lawyer after all!
Thread needs more Floodland by Sisters of Mercy though.
No, I’m not going to do a list, I was 3 in 1980, and besides, criticising the effort of others is more fun than doing it yourself…
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Nice. These guys got really big when they embraced 80s cheese in the middle of the decade, but their first four albums (OMD, Oganisation, Architecture & Morality and Dazzle Ships) have some really good and really interesting stuff on them. Absolutely worth checking out for those whose musical tastes extend beyond guitar bands.
Also digging your inclusions of Nebraska and Heaven Up Here.
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1980
3 - John Lennon - Double Fantasy
2 - Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
1 - Split Enz - True Colours
1981
3 - Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
2 - Billy Field - Bad Habits
1 - Men At Work - Business As Usual
1982
3 - John Cougar - American Fool
2 - Split Enz - Time and Tide
1 - Icehouse - Primitive Man
1983
3 - Bob Dylan - Infidels
2 - ZZ Top - Eliminator
1 - David Bowie - Let’s Dance
1984
3 - Van Halen - 1984
2 - INXS - The Swing
1 - Bruce Springstein - Born In The USA
1985
3 - Roger Daltrey - Under a Raging Moon
2 - Jimmy Barnes - For The Working Class Man
1 - INXS - Listen Like Thieves
1986
3 - Van Halen - 5150
2 - Rolling Stones - Dirty Work
1 - Crowded House - Crowded House
1987
3 - George Harrison - Cloud Nine
2 - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse In Reason
1 - Noiseworks - Noiseworks
1988
3 - R.E.M - Green
2 - Travelling Wilburys - Travelling Wilburys Volume 1
1 - U2 - Rattle and Hum
1989
3 - The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
2 - Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
1 - The Pixies - Doolittle
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Because I love 80s music so much I’m going to do a potentially annoying thing and include an honourable mention for each year. Here goes…
1980
3 Joy Division - Closer
2 Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap
1 XTC - Black Sea
HM: The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
1981
3 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
2 Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
1 The Cure - Faith
HM: Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
1982
3 XTC - English Settlement
2 Roxy Music - Avalon
1 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
HM: Laurie Anderson - Big Science
1983
3 David Bowie - Let’s Dance
2 The Police - Synchronicity
1 REM - Murmur
HM: The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
1984
3 Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
2 The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
1 Harold Budd and Brian Eno - The Pearl
HM: This Mortal Coil - It’ll End in Tears
1985
3 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
2 Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (Feb '85; the film was released in '84)
1 Talking Heads - Little Creatures
HM: Prince & The Revolution - Around the World in a Day
1986
3 XTC - Skylarking
2 The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
1 Slayer - Reign in Blood
HM: Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
1987
3 Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
2 Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
1 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
HM: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Trio
1988
3 REM - Green
2 Metallica - …And Justice for All
1 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
HM: Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
1989
3 The Cure - Disintegration
2 Faith No More - The Real Thing
1 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
HM: Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
So much good music in this decade, '84 probably the best year of the decade (pretty good for EFC supporters, too) in my opinion, followed by '81. I struggled most with '83.
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