The past year I’ve been trying to fill holes of music genres. Listened heavily to dance of the past 20-30 years and soul, funk and disco from 70s and early 80s. A lot of singles that I love…. Not many albums.
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1981 was fantastic for my tastes. My 3 are strong faves in my whole collection, and lots left over.
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Damn you Jez…I just had to go back and look at your 1981 choices…and then noting that I’d never heard of “This Heat”, let alone their album “Deceit” I thought "well… that can be the next album that I will listen to.
And so am currently listening to it.
No offence intended as we all have our own tastes…but this is deplorable…it would have to be the worst album I’ve listened to in ages.
And my personal rule of listening all the way through means I have to listen to it all. 
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So @swoodley whats the album you’ve liked the most you hadn’t heard after your not so sly way of obtaining everyone’s music?
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None have made it to “the Playlist” but Moon Safari by Air is one I will go back to and might eventually make it’s way onto the playlist.
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Still waiting for (and hoping to get) lists from:
@carlosa
@frosty
@jonovdp
@Klawdy
@Preliminary_Point2
@saladin
@SeventeenthFlag
@Shahid_Afridi
@simmo41
@Sir_Joe
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And:
@Split_Infinity
@StealthBomber
@swooper
@tinhillterror
@Unegg
@up_up
@wimmera1
And anyone else who wants to put in a list 
Cheers
Noted.
Have been fairly busy this week
The week has just started after a three day long weekend 
Swoods finally likes electronic music
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Have you heard is duet he did with Eddie Murphy?
All time classic in both life and DJ King folklore.
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My girl wants to party all the time?
It was 2 am under the influence me and my partner had our headphones on and I played this through spotifys jam. I got out of the hammock to dance to the stars… with maybe 30 seconds to go of the song I turn around to see my partner crawling towards me… she had fallen out of her hammock and knocked out one of her molars… my girl wants to party all the time!
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Story goes he had a 100k bet with Richard Prior as Prior didn’t think he could sing.
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1980
3 - Women and children first, Van Halen
2 - True Colours, Split Enz
1 - Back in Black, AC/DC
1981
3 - Fair Warning, Van Halen
2 - Face value, Phil Collins
1 - Ghost in the machine, The Police
1982
3 - Circus Animals, Cold Chisel
2 - Thriller , Michael Jackson
1 - Toto IV, Toto
1983
3 - Diver down, Van Halen
2 - Piece of mind, Iron Maiden
1 - Kill em all, Metallica
1984
3 - 1984 , Van Halen
2 - Powerslave, Iron Maiden
1 - Ride the lightning, Metallica
1985
3 - Live after death, Iron Maiden
2 - Songs from the big chair, Tear for fears
1 - Listen like thieves, INXS
1986
3 - 5150, Van Halen
2 - Crowded house, Crowded House
1 - Eat ‘em and smile, David Lee Roth
1987
3 - Napalm Death, Scum
2 - Hysteria, Def Leppard
1 - The joshua tree, U2
1988
3 - 7th son of a 7th son, Iron Maiden
2 - No rest for the wicked, Ozzy Osborne
1 - …and justice for all, Metallica
1989
3 - Symphonies of sickness, Carcass
2- Realm of chaos, Bolt Thrower
1 - Alters of madness, Morbid Angel
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Yeah I wouldn’t think you’d be able to come at that from your tastes. Krautrock influence, experimental, bit early industrial. Very highly regarded in the post-punk sphere, but not an easy listen for the average punter.
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Obviously as a Rush fan, I’m gonna be fairly predictable, but this era is them at their absolute peak.
1980
3 Rush - Permanent Waves
2 Steely Dan - Gaucho
1 The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
(Christopher Cross was December '79 apparently)
1981
3 Rush - Moving Pictures
2 Men at Work - Business as Usual
1 The Police - Ghost in the Machine
1982
3 Rush - Signals
2 Toto - IV
1 Michael Jackson - Thriller
HMs: Missing Persons (Spring Session M), INXS (Shabooh Shoobah), Billy Joel (Nylon Curtain), Midnight Oil (10-9-8), Donald Fagen (Nightfly), Alan Parsons Project (Eye in the Sky)
1983
3 The Police - Synchronicity
2 Men at Work - Cargo
1 Yes - 90125
HM: Al Jarreau (Jarreau), Spandau Ballet (True), U2 (War),
1984
3 Rush - Grace Under Pressure
2 Van Halen - 1984
1 Prince - Purple Rain
1985
3 Tears for Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
2 Rush - Power Windows
1 Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
1986
3 Van Halen - 5150
2 Peter Gabriel - So
1 Dragon - Dreams of Ordinary Men
This year was tough, in that there are no real clear cut favourites for me here, just a lot of solid albums.
1987
3 Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
2 INXS - Kick
1 Rush - Hold Your Fire
1988
3 Van Halen - OU812
2 Vivid - Living Colour
1 REM - Green
1989
3 Rush - Presto
2 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother’s Milk
1 B-52s - Cosmic Thing
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Released December 1979…please update your 1980 selections
Released December 1979…please update for 1981
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Hmm… okay. Fixed now.
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