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

Hatful of Hollow is a liiiiiiittle contentious.

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Ah yes right you are , thought I swapped it out, S/T it is

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Still waiting(hopefully) for 80s lists from:

@carlosa
@jonovdp
@Klawdy
@Preliminary_Point2
@saladin
@Shahid_Afridi
@Sir_Joe
@tinhillterror

And anyone else that wants to participate :slight_smile:

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1980

3 Back in Black - AC/DC
2 Ace of Spades - Motorhead
1 British Steel - Judas Priest

1981

3 Damaged - Black Flag
2 For Those About to Rock - AC/DC
1 Midnight Oil - Place Without A Postcard

1982

3 Midnight Oil - 10 to 1
2 Screaming For Vengeance - Judas Priest
1 The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden

1983

3 Kill 'Em All - Metallica
2 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1 Synchronicity - The Police

1984

3 Ride The Lightning - Metallica
2 Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
1 1984 - Van Halen

1985

3 Live After Death - Iron Maiden
2 Rum, Sodomy & the Lash - The Pogues
1 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

1986

3 Master of Puppets - Metallica
2 Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys
1 Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? - Megadeth

1987

3 Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses
2 Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
1 Yo! Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy

1988

3 And Justice For All - Metallica
2 Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
1 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

1989

3 The Real Thing - Faith No More
2 Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys
1 Pump - Aerosmith

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Not my bag, but I would have thought Operation Mindcrime would at least get a single vote from the bangers.

Edit: also, at some point I’ll make a Spotify playlist with a track from each of my albums, including HMs.

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1980

3- AC/DC - Back In Black
2 - Springsteen - The River
1 - Cold Chisel - East

1981

3 - Stevie Knicks - Bella Donna
2 - Aus Crawl - Sirocco
1 - Men at Work - Business as Usual

1982

3 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
2 - The Cure - P.ornography
1 - The Clash - Combat Rock

1983

3 - Huey Lewis - Sports
2 - Bowie - Let’s Dance
1 - Spandau Ballet - True

1984

3 - INXS - The Swing
2 - Hoodoo Guru’s - Stoneage Romeo’s
1 - Van Halen - 1984

1985

3 - Dire Straights - Brothers In Arms
2 - The Cult - Love
1 - Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair

1986

3 - Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
2 - AC/DC - Who Made Who
1 - Queen - A kind of Magic

1987

3 - Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
2 - Def Leppard - Hysteria
1 - Midnight Oil -Diesel and Dust

1988

3 - The Style Council - Confessions of a pop group
2 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1 - Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions

1989

3 - The Cure - Disintegration
2- The Cult - Sonic Temple
1 - John Lee Hooker - The Healer

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And here we go for the 80’s
And apologies for the Albums that did not make the cut in 85/86 and especially 87

1980

3 -Cold Chisel- East
2 - John Lennon- Double Fantasy
1 -Australian Crawl- Boys Light Up

1981

3 -Rush-Moving Pictures
2 -Australian Crawl- Sirocco
1 -Journey- Escape

1982

3- Cold Chisel- Circus Animals
2 -Midnight Oil- 10…1
1 -Duran Duran- Rio

1983

3 -The Police- Synchronicity
2 -David Bowie- Let’s Dance
1 -Tim Finn- Escapade

1984

3 -INXS- The Swing
2 -Van Halen-1984
1 -The Cars- Heartbeat City

1985

3 -John Mellencamp- Scarecrow
2 -INXS- Listen Like Thieves
1 -Simple Minds- Once Upon a Time

1986

3- John Farnham- Whispering Jack
2 -Van Halen- 5150
1 - Peter Gabriel- So
1987

3 -U2- The Joshua Tree
2 -John Mellencamp- The Lonesome Jubilee
1 -Def Leppard- Hysteria

1988

3- U2- Rattle and Hum
2 - Van Halen- OU812
1 -The Rockmelons- Tales of the City

1989

3 -Michael Bolton- Soul Provider****
2-Madonna- Like a Prayer
1 -Fine Young Cannibals-The Raw and the Cooked

***I am contractually obligated to nominate Michael as ongoing penance for my sins against fashion and general style in the late 80s

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I genuinely thought his cover of Dock of the Bay was good. At the time.

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Released November 1983 (The Unforgettable Fire was released in 1984)

Released October 1987

That’s a heavy price to pay for such an old indiscretion…surely the statute of limitations has kicked in by now :grin:

Please update your 1984 and 1988 entries and tag me when you’ve done so. :slight_smile:

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And done!
Swoodley, if you knew me in the late 80’s, you’d understand my need for self-flagellation today…

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Ok folks…it’s the weekend and time to get those little jobs done

Jobs like…completing your 1980s album survey list :grin:

Please do so (or let me know if you’re giving this one a miss):

@carlosa
@jack_mack50
@jonovdp
@Klawdy
@Preliminary_Point2
@Sir_Joe
@tinhillterror
@TwoDogs

Still open for anyone else who would like to have a go :slight_smile:

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Ok…last call for entries for the 1980s List

Please either submit your list or just let me know that you won’t be doing one for this decade.

Cheers

@carlosa
@jack_mack50
@jonovdp
@Klawdy
@Preliminary_Point2
@Sir_Joe
@tinhillterror
@TwoDogs

Metallica - And justice for all

What about it?

Best of the decade.

Do yourself a favour!!!