The Great Blitz Album Survey…Favourite Albums Across The Years…The 80s

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ok fine geez

1980

3 - cold chisel - east
2 - split enz - true colours
1 - acdc - back in black

1981

3 - men at work - business as usual
2 - u2 - october
1 - black flag - damaged

1982

3 - midnight oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
2 - iron maiden - number of the beast
1 - michael jackson - thriller

1983

3 - billy joel - an innocent man
2 - lionel richie - can’t slow down
1 - bonnie tyler - faster than the speed of light

1984

3 - u2 - unforgettable fire
2 - huey lewis & the news - sports
1 - prince - purple rain

1985

3 - dire straits - brothers in arms
2 - the pogues - rum sodomy & the lash
1 - hooters - nervous night

1986

3 - crowded house - crowded house
2 - slippery when wet - bon jovi
1 - fore - huey lewis & the news

1987

3 - the replacements - pleased to meet me
2 - icehouse - man of colours
1 - u2 - joshua tree

1988

3 - tism - great truckin songs of the renaissance
2 - travelling wilburys - vol 1
1 - public enemy - it takes a nation of millions to hold us back

1989

3 - tom petty - full moon fever
2 - de la soul - 3 feet high and rising
1 - beastie boys - paul’s boutique

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Hell yeah. I couldn’t squeeze it in that strong year.

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Now…how’s your 2000s list coming along? :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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slow down with the threads ffs. it’s still off season for another 6 weeks

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If I run out of music threads, I could always start some movie threads…just to keep you busy :wink:

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A mix of what I liked at the time and what I’ve come to like since.
1980

3 - ACDC - Back in Black
2 - Icehouse - Icehouse
1 - Devo - Freedom of Choice

1981

3 - Midnight Oil - Place Without a Postcard
2 - Foreigner - 4
1 - ACDC - For Those About to Rock

1982

3 - Midnight Oil - 10 to 1
2 - Cold Chisel - Circus Animals
1 - ABC - Lexicon of Love

1983
3 - The Police - Synchronicity
2 - Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1 - Divinyls - Desperate

1984

3 - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
2 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
1 - Cold Chisel - The Barking Spiders Live

1985

3 - John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
2 - Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars
1 - Talking Heads - Little Creatures

1986

3 - V Spy V Spy - AO Mod TV Vers
2 - Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey
1 - Crowded House - Crowded House

1987

3 - Guns ‘n’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
2 - Angels - Liveline
1 - James Reyne - James Reyne

1988

3 - Buffalo Tom - Buffalo Tom
2 - U2 - Rattle & Hum
1 - Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge

1989

3 - Nirvana - Bleach
2- Del Amitri - Waking Hours
1 - Ian Moss - Matchbook

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I asked Word to use AI to fill in my template it’s truly scary. This is not my list, but it’s pretty crazy. I deleted 1980 because it tried to make sense of some abbreviated thoughts that I had in the document already

Sure! Here is the updated list with the requested format:

1981

  • 3 - The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
  • 2 - Prince - Controversy
  • 1 - The Police - Ghost in the Machine
  • Honorable Mention - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
  • Honorable Mention - Journey - Escape

1982

  • 3 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
  • 2 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
  • 1 - Prince - 1999
  • Honorable Mention - Duran Duran - Rio
  • Honorable Mention - The Clash - Combat Rock

1983

  • 3 - U2 - War
  • 2 - David Bowie - Let’s Dance
  • 1 - The Police - Synchronicity
  • Honorable Mention - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
  • Honorable Mention - Metallica - Kill 'Em All

1984

  • 3 - Prince - Purple Rain
  • 2 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
  • 1 - Madonna - Like a Virgin
  • Honorable Mention - Van Halen - 1984
  • Honorable Mention - U2 - The Unforgettable Fire

1985

  • 3 - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
  • 2 - Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
  • 1 - The Cure - The Head on the Door
  • Honorable Mention - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  • Honorable Mention - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

1986

  • 3 - Paul Simon - Graceland
  • 2 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
  • 1 - Peter Gabriel - So
  • Honorable Mention - Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
  • Honorable Mention - Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill

1987

  • 3 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
  • 2 - Michael Jackson - Bad
  • 1 - Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
  • Honorable Mention - Prince - Sign o’ the Times
  • Honorable Mention - George Michael - Faith

1988

  • 3 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  • 2 - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
  • 1 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  • Honorable Mention - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  • Honorable Mention - Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

1989

  • 3 - The Cure - Disintegration
  • 2 - Madonna - Like a Prayer
  • 1 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
  • Honorable Mention - Nirvana - Bleach
  • Honorable Mention - Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814

I hope this format is what you were looking for! Let me know if you need any more adjustments. :blush:

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released May 1988…please adjust your votes for 1989 (and 1988 if relevant)…and then tag me in a reply to this post.

Cheers

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I reckon that’s probably taken from end of year charts…there’s a hell of a lot of best sellers in there…and nothing remotely obscure.

And given that you got AI to do all the work…you could at least manually give me a 1980 set of albums :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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Why does AI frosty hate Australian artists?

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Anyone else here think AI is just a huge building in India populated with thousands of kids with Google access? No? Just me then…

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I will get back to you on that

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After some arguments with the AI to stop using the data it had previously given me it decided that these were it’s best options.

Sure! Here are some suggestions for the best Australian albums for each year of the 80s, based on broader sources:

1981:

  • 3rd place: Men at Work – Business as Usual
  • Honorable Mention: Australian Crawl – Sirocco

1982:

  • 3rd place: Cold Chisel – Circus Animals
  • Honorable Mention: Moving Pictures – Days of Innocence

1983:

  • 3rd place: INXS – Shabooh Shoobah
  • Honorable Mention: The Church – Seance

1984:

  • 3rd place: INXS – The Swing
  • Honorable Mention: Cold Chisel – Twentieth Century

1985:

  • 3rd place: INXS – Listen Like Thieves
  • Honorable Mention: The Models – Out of Mind, Out of Sight

1986:

  • 3rd place: Crowded House – Crowded House
  • Honorable Mention: Icehouse – Measure for Measure

1987:

  • 3rd place: Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust
  • Honorable Mention: Icehouse – Man of Colours

1988:

  • 3rd place: Kylie Minogue – Kylie
  • Honorable Mention: The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane

1989:

  • 3rd place: 1927 – …ish
  • Honorable Mention: Jimmy Barnes – Barnestorming

I hope you find these suggestions helpful! Let me know if you need more information or adjustments. :blush:

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Are you wanting me to change your (AI’s) original votes?

Also…where’s 1980???

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I had to censor it, for fear of giving away my actual votes.

I will get you something by the end of the weekend hopefully.

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WTF…I’ve already entered your AI votes.

So what you’re saying is that there’s a real set of votes on the way?

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I thought I was reasonably clear.

Although there will probably be some overlap, the absence of Bananarama could not be accepted

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Man, I really lament the decline of the album as a format… so many of these are complete works from start to finish.

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This era took a bit more work.

1980

3 - Judas Priest - Brittish Steel
2 - Talking heads - Remain in light
1 - Motörhead - Ace of spades

1981

3 - Germs - What we do is secret
2 - Wipers - Youth of America
1 - Black flag - Damaged

1982

3 - Bad Brains - Bad Brains
2 - Discharge - Hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing
1 - Iron Maiden - The number of the beast

1983

3 - The Exploited - Let’s start a war
2 - Jerry’s kids - Is this my world
1 - Negative Approach - Tied Down

1984

3 - The Ramones - Too tough to die
2 - Negative FX - Negative FX
1 - ■■■■ Sparrer - Running riot in ‘84

1985

3 - the Misfits - Legacy of brutality
2 - Exodus - Bonded by blood
1 - Corrosion of conformity - Animosity

1986

3 - Husker Dü - Candy apple grey
2 - Slayer - Reign in blood
1 - Cro-mags - Age of quarrel

1987

3 - Celtic frost - into the pandemonium
2 - Warzone - Don’t forget the struggle, don’t forget the streets
1 - Napalm death - Scum

1988

3 - Danzig - Danzig
2 - Bad Religion -Suffer
1 - Suicidal Tendencies- How will I laugh tomorrow

1989

3 - Judge - Bringin it down
2- Gorilla biscuits - Start today
1 - Operation ivy - Energy

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Surprisingly easy to do, but gawd there were some lean years:

1980

3 - McCartney II - Paul McCartney
2 - Double Fantasy - John Lennon
1 - Sound Affects - The Jam

1981

3 - Fire of Love - The Gun Club
2 - Give The People What They Want - The Kinks
1 - The Stray Cats - The Stray Cats

1982

3 - Forever Now - Psychedelic Furs
2 - Tug of War - Paul McCartney
1 - Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

1983

3 - Let’s Dance - David Bowie
2 - Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1 - State Of Confusion - The Kinks

1984

3 - Let It Be - The Replacements
2 - The Smiths - The Smiths
1 - Heartbeat City - The Cars

1985

3 - Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
2 - Tim - The Replacements
1 - Meat Is Murder - The Smiths

1986

3 - The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
2 - Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
1 - Graceland - Paul Simon

1987

3 - Pleased to Meet Me - The Replacements
2 - The Joshua Tree - U2
1 - Sonic Flower Groove - Primal Scream

1988

3 - Bummed - Happy Mondays
2 - Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
1 - Surfer Rosa - Pixies

1989

3 - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2 - Automatic - The Jesus and Mary Chain
1 - Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys

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