Best Albums of the 80's

me ^ | 12/06/2001 | me

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I'm at it again. Everyone seemed to have fun with my 90's thread and I have gotten a request for 'the best albums of the 80's' thread, so here it is. For starters:

Dead Kennedys: Frankenchrist
The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
The Police: Ghost in the Machine
Black Flag: My War OR Damaged
Dead Milkmen: Big Lizard in My Backyard
Husker Du: Zen Arcade
David Bowie: Let's Dance
Bob Dylan: Infidels OR Oh mercy!

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Now it's YOUR turn.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

bump!

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Bump to mrs. big guy and rusty!

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking
Stone Roses: eponymous
U2: Joshua Tree
AC/DC: Back in Black

[Timesink]

Peter Gabriel: So Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms Weird Al Yankovic: In 3-D

[Captainpaintball]

Donald Fagen: The Nightfly

[KQQL]

although Michael Jackson has become a freak in the 90's, and can't sing anymore, his Thriller Album was one of the best in the 80's.

Give the freak his due, he did produce a good album " Thriller".... after that he become a freak.

[KQQL]

white snake......

[Timesink]

Stupid tags! Let's try that again:

Peter Gabriel: So

Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms

Weird Al Yankovic: In 3-D

And my sleeper fave: Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Private Waters in the Great Divide

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Weird Al Yankovic: In 3-D

The phone company will be offering a brand new service that let's you talk to the dead.

[Tailback]

Sting: Dream of the blue turtles

[sleeper-has-awakened]

Hmm....So many to choose from in the 80's. I guess I'll just list the ones that really bring back the memories for me:
Foreigner - 4
Scorpions - Blackout
Def Leppard - Pyromania and Hysteria
Rush - Moving pictures
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
AC/DC - Back in Black
White Lion - Pride
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Great White - Twice Shy
Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues
Asia - Asia
Van Halen - 1984

There are just so many. I look forward to seeing what everyone posts. I may have a few flashbacks while reading.....
(now placing 80's compilation disc in disc drive)

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

...Slide it In

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Van Halen - 1984
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
[back when they were good.]

how did I forget these?

[July 4th]

Dire Straits: Making Movies (1980)

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

ah, that album brings back so many memories. I love 'we work the black seam', 'russians', and 'moon over bourbon street.'

[Texas2step]

Hey, you stole mine! I was going to put Def Leppard, Ozzy, and AC/DC!

OK, then, I'll add some more. Nothing that can touch those though.

How about late 70's? Boston (either), Styx (Pieces of Eight), Heart, KISS (can't remember the name, though).

[The South Texan]

Only one album and only one group can define the 1980's and that is Van Halen. 1984 was a good album, but I liked 5150 with Sammy Haggar. He rocked!

[Tailback]

Yeah, that album really brings it all back for the X'ers that grew up during the cold war. Good stuff, unfortunately I doubt that I'd agree with Sting on politics much.

[TimSkalaBim]

The Chameleons (UK): Strange Times