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Stankfoot

01-07-2007, 08:36 AM

For some reason 'Loud Fast Rules' Magazine recently published their top albums of 1980: U.K. Subs - Brand New Age Joy Division - Closer The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables D.O.A. - Something Better Change Bauhaus - In The Flat Field The Wipers - Is This Real? Circle Jerks - Group Sex Ramones - End Of The Century X - Los Angeles Killing Joke - Killing Joke Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes Slaughter And The Dogs - Bite Back Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope The Undertones - Hypnotised Mentions: The Damned - The Black Album The Clash - Sandanista! The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party .... The Specials - More Specials The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It Madness - Absolutely The Selector - Too Much Pressure The Cure - Boys Don't Cry/Seventeen Seconds The Jam - Sound Effects Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap P.I.L - Second Edition V/A - The Decline Of Western Civiliazation That was quite a year for music! I would have moved some of the "Mentions" up higher (like P.I.L., The Jam and The Clash) but all in all not a bad list.

FezPaul

01-07-2007, 08:39 AM

Stankfoot wrote: For some reason 'Loud Fast Rules' Magazine recently published their top albums of 1980:<strike> U.K. Subs - Brand New Age Joy Division - Closer The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us </strike>Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables <strike>D.O.A. - Something Better Change Bauhaus - In The Flat Field The Wipers - Is This Real? Circle Jerks - Group Sex </strike>Ramones - End Of The Century <strike>X - Los Angeles Killing Joke - Killing Joke Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes Slaughter And The Dogs - Bite Back Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope The Undertones - Hypnotised </strike> Mentions: <strike>The Damned - The Black Album The Clash - Sandanista! The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party .... The Specials - More Specials The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It Madness - Absolutely The Selector - Too Much Pressure The Cure - Boys Don't Cry/Seventeen Seconds The Jam - Sound Effects Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap P.I.L - Second Edition V/A - The Decline Of Western Civiliazation </strike>That was quite a year for music! I would have moved some of the "Mentions" up higher (like P.I.L., The Jam and The Clash) but all in all not a bad list.

Fat_Sunny

01-07-2007, 09:23 AM

Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:<table border="1" align="center"><tbody><tr><th>?@</th><th>ARTIST</th><th>ALBUM TITLE</th><th width="100">NOTE</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>PINK FLOYD</td><td>THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>EAGLES</td><td>THE LONG RUN</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MICHAEL JACKSON</td><td>OFF THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>BILLY JOEL</td><td>GLASS HOUSES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS</td><td>DAMN THE TORPEDOES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND</td><td>AGAINST THE WIND</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>PAT BENATAR</td><td>IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>BLONDIE</td><td>EAT TO THE BEAT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>LED ZEPPELIN</td><td>IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>KENNY</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>KOOL & THE GANG</td><td>LADIES' NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>SOUNDTRACK</td><td>THE ROSE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>STYX</td><td>CORNERSTONE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>DONNA SUMMER</td><td>ON THE RADIO-GREATEST HITS-VOL.ONE AND TWO</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>DAN FOGELBERG</td><td>PHOENIX</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>KENNY LOGGINS</td><td>KEEP THE FIRE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>THE GAMBLER</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>FLEETWOOD MAC</td><td>TUSK</td></tr></tbody></table>

A.J.

01-07-2007, 10:04 AM

They forgot a couple:<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Emptyglass.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="195" /><img src="http://www.therockradio.com/back-in-black.gif" border="0" width="170" height="168" />

SinA

01-07-2007, 10:16 AM

this was my favorite album in 1980<img src="http://muppet.wikia.com/images/0/0f/Album.tmm-lp.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="286" />i was 3

lleeder

01-07-2007, 10:46 AM

I was 1 but I have to agree with you.

FezPaul

01-07-2007, 10:53 AM

A.J. wrote: They forgot a couple:<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Emptyglass.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="195" /><img src="http://www.therockradio.com/back-in-black.gif" border="0" width="170" height="168" /><img src="http://rushmidi.com/albums/permanent_waves.jpg" border="0" width="250" height="249" />

shittyhambrgers

01-07-2007, 10:53 AM

get me a calendar, what year is this?

lintpit

01-07-2007, 11:41 AM

JustJon

01-07-2007, 02:07 PM

SinA wrote: this was my favorite album in 1980<img src="http://muppet.wikia.com/images/0/0f/Album.tmm-lp.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="286" />i was 3 <h1 style="margin-top: 29px"> The Muppet Movie (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Years/1979">1979</a>)</h1>sawreeeee sawreeeee

ChrisTheCop

01-07-2007, 02:12 PM

Wow. They really put some thought into this.

TommySoprano

01-21-2007, 09:24 PM

Fat_Sunny wrote: Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:<table border="1" align="center"><tbody><tr><th>?@</th><th>ARTIST</th><th>ALBUM TITLE</th><th width="100">NOTE</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>PINK FLOYD</td><td>THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>EAGLES</td><td>THE LONG RUN</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MICHAEL JACKSON</td><td>OFF THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>BILLY JOEL</td><td>GLASS HOUSES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS</td><td>DAMN THE TORPEDOES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND</td><td>AGAINST THE WIND</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>PAT BENATAR</td><td>IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>BLONDIE</td><td>EAT TO THE BEAT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>LED ZEPPELIN</td><td>IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>KENNY</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>KOOL & THE GANG</td><td>LADIES' NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>SOUNDTRACK</td><td>THE ROSE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>STYX</td><td>CORNERSTONE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>DONNA SUMMER</td><td>ON THE RADIO-GREATEST HITS-VOL.ONE AND TWO</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>DAN FOGELBERG</td><td>PHOENIX</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>KENNY LOGGINS</td><td>KEEP THE FIRE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>THE GAMBLER</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>FLEETWOOD MAC</td><td>TUSK</td></tr></tbody></table>Aside from the Pink Floyd and Zeppelin, all that gay ass shit is the reason for the great punk albums back then.

Fezticle98

01-21-2007, 09:58 PM

TommySoprano wrote: Fat_Sunny wrote: Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:Aside from the Pink Floyd and Zeppelin, all that gay ass shit is the reason for the great punk albums back then.Thanks for postin' from shop class. How's that bong coming along? -Ronnie B.

thepaulo

01-21-2007, 10:10 PM

it's 2am at work and a bunch of us are watching soul train reruns from the late seventiessugar hill gang just performed....if i described what they wore you wouldn't believe me

TommySoprano

01-21-2007, 11:04 PM

fezticle98 wrote: TommySoprano wrote: Fat_Sunny wrote: Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:Aside from the Pink Floyd and Zeppelin, all that gay ass shit is the reason for the great punk albums back then.Thanks for postin' from shop class. How's that bong coming along? -Ronnie B.Thanks Ron, didn't know you were postin here. So you like Christopher Cross and Styx, then?How about an original fuckin thought douchebag.Since I can't expect a half a retard such as yourself to understand my point I'll explain it. The terrible lounge act music of the late 70s, including disco, and the subsequent disillusionment with our government and the collapse of faith post-Vietnam, gave rise to the best era of alternative - aka- punk rock scene, up through the mid 80s. The list of albums released in 1980 demonstrates the powerful undercurrent that had already begun, and would continue through the decade, culminating in the inevitable corporate absorption ala the grunge scene and the pop-punk bands, as well as skateboarding as a marketing sport.

This message was edited by TommySoprano on 1-22-07 @ 3:20 AM

HoddTilliard

01-25-2007, 07:40 AM

high fly

02-01-2007, 07:48 AM

Didn't Iggy Pop's T.V.Eye Live come out in 1980?I always liked that one, espcially the title cut and "I Got A Right." 

This message was edited by high fly on 2-1-07 @ 11:48 AM

foodcourtdruide

02-01-2007, 07:49 AM

The Violent Femmes self-titled album didn't get mentioned?!

wonderwoman

02-01-2007, 07:57 AM

Fat_Sunny wrote: Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:<table border="1" align="center"><tbody><tr><th>?@</th><th>ARTIST</th><th>ALBUM TITLE</th><th width="100">NOTE</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>PINK FLOYD</td><td>THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>EAGLES</td><td>THE LONG RUN</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MICHAEL JACKSON</td><td>OFF THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>BILLY JOEL</td><td>GLASS HOUSES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS</td><td>DAMN THE TORPEDOES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND</td><td>AGAINST THE WIND</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>PAT BENATAR</td><td>IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>BLONDIE</td><td>EAT TO THE BEAT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>LED ZEPPELIN</td><td>IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>KENNY</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>KOOL & THE GANG</td><td>LADIES' NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>SOUNDTRACK</td><td>THE ROSE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>STYX</td><td>CORNERSTONE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>DONNA SUMMER</td><td>ON THE RADIO-GREATEST HITS-VOL.ONE AND TWO</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>DAN FOGELBERG</td><td>PHOENIX</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>KENNY LOGGINS</td><td>KEEP THE FIRE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>THE GAMBLER</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>FLEETWOOD MAC</td><td>TUSK</td></tr></tbody></table>Yep, that's more like it. I prefer this list much better. Good Job, Fat_ Sunny

spazemunky

02-06-2007, 01:37 AM

<img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000630BT.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" border="0" alt="PAINKILLER" title="PAINKILLER" width="240" height="240" /> this album commits guitar rape.

badorties

02-06-2007, 03:36 AM

WearNormaJeans

02-06-2007, 06:29 AM

Pink Floyd - "The Wall" came out December 1979, so I have to really count it as a 70's release, by technicality, though I will count it, because they did tour it from '80-'81<div> </div><div>1. Pink Floyd - "The Wall"</div><div>2. Pink Floyd - "The Final Cut"</div><div>3. Roger Waters - "The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking"</div><div>4. Roger Waters - "Radio K.A.O.S."</div>

riverofpiss

02-06-2007, 08:47 AM

"Closer" by Joy Division and "In the Killing Field" by Bauhaus are my top two choices from 1980. 

Jughead

02-06-2007, 11:08 AM

<img src="http://eil.com/newgallery/Jimi-Hendrix-Before-London-337631.jpg" border="0" />1980...

Brooklyn Stroonze

02-09-2007, 09:20 AM

TommySoprano wrote: Fat_Sunny wrote: Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:<table border="1" align="center"><tbody><tr><th>?@</th><th>ARTIST</th><th>ALBUM TITLE</th><th width="100">NOTE</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>PINK FLOYD</td><td>THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>EAGLES</td><td>THE LONG RUN</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>MICHAEL JACKSON</td><td>OFF THE WALL</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>BILLY JOEL</td><td>GLASS HOUSES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS</td><td>DAMN THE TORPEDOES</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND</td><td>AGAINST THE WIND</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>PAT BENATAR</td><td>IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>BLONDIE</td><td>EAT TO THE BEAT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>LED ZEPPELIN</td><td>IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>KENNY</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>KOOL & THE GANG</td><td>LADIES' NIGHT</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>SOUNDTRACK</td><td>THE ROSE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>STYX</td><td>CORNERSTONE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>DONNA SUMMER</td><td>ON THE RADIO-GREATEST HITS-VOL.ONE AND TWO</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>DAN FOGELBERG</td><td>PHOENIX</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>KENNY LOGGINS</td><td>KEEP THE FIRE</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>CHRISTOPHER CROSS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>KENNY ROGERS</td><td>THE GAMBLER</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>PRETENDERS</td><td>?@</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>FLEETWOOD MAC</td><td>TUSK</td></tr></tbody></table>Aside from the Pink Floyd and Zeppelin, all that gay ass shit is the reason for the great punk albums back then.That first Pretenders album kicks ass! (Eat To The Beat came out in'79 and I'm pretty sure the Decline Soundtrack came out in '81) A couple of others:Oi! The Album - V/AKings of the Wild Frontier - Adam & The AntsFreedom of Choice - DevoCatholic Boy - Jim Carroll BandScary Monsters - David BowieWild Planet - The B-52'sCockney Rejects Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. IINew Hope For The Wretched - Plasmatics<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; co

riverofpiss

02-12-2007, 02:47 PM

Brooklyn Stroonze wrote:  That first Pretenders album kicks ass! (Eat To The Beat came out in'79 and I'm pretty sure the Decline Soundtrack came out in '81) A couple of others:Oi! The Album - V/AKings of the Wild Frontier - Adam & The AntsFreedom of Choice - DevoCatholic Boy - Jim Carroll BandScary Monsters - David BowieWild Planet - The B-52'sCockney Rejects Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. IINew Hope For The Wretched - PlasmaticsBritish Steel - Judas Priest Heaven & Hell - Black SabbathThe Idol Maker Soundtrack (I love that movie!!!)  - V/AThis message was edited by Brooklyn Stroonze on 2-9-07 @ 1:34 PM I am a big fan of Scary Monsters by Bowie.  I got turned on to Bowie when he toured with Nine Inch Nails in the mid 90's.  They did "Scary Monsters", the song, together one of the shows and it was surreal seeing Trent and Bowie up there together.  I found a NIN bootleg of one of the shows off of that tour and it had "Scary Monsters" on it with Reznor and Bowie together.  It brings back some good memories of one of the best shows I have ever seen.

Justice4all

02-12-2007, 03:06 PM

PunkMojo

02-22-2007, 09:33 PM

IN the 1980's I was into all the albums coming off SST records: Black Flag, Minutemen, Husker Du..etc.Other faves included TSOL "Change Today".Good to see the RAMONES "End of the Century" on the list, as I always believed it was one of their better albums, but most fans never included it among their best work. More albums I still listen to from the 1980's:Stiff Little Fingers: Nobody's HeroesThe Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught UsDire Straits: Making MoviesJane's Addiction: Nothing's ShockingThe Replacements: Let It Be

narc

02-22-2007, 10:21 PM

TommySoprano wrote: fezticle98 wrote: TommySoprano wrote: Fat_Sunny wrote: Here Is The Billboard Top 20 For 1980:Aside from the Pink Floyd and Zeppelin, all that gay ass shit is the reason for the great punk albums back then.Thanks for postin' from shop class. How's that bong coming along? -Ronnie B.Thanks Ron, didn't know you were postin here. So you like Christopher Cross and Styx, then?How about an original fuckin thought douchebag.Since I can't expect a half a retard such as yourself to understand my point I'll explain it. The terrible lounge act music of the late 70s, including disco, and the subsequent disillusionment with our government and the collapse of faith post-Vietnam, gave rise to the best era of alternative - aka- punk rock scene, up through the mid 80s. The list of albums released in 1980 demonstrates the powerful undercurrent that had already begun, and would continue through the decade, culminating in the inevitable corporate absorption ala the grunge scene and the pop-punk bands, as well as skateboarding as a marketing sport.This message was edited by TommySoprano on 1-22-07 @ 3:20 AM Music discussions are serious business on the internets.

narc

02-22-2007, 10:27 PM

How has this not gotten mentioned yet? Are you kidding me?<img src="http://numero57.net/img/remain-in-light.jpg" border="0" width="295" height="295" /> VH1: 88th Greatest Album of all timeRolling Stone: #4 of Greatest Albums of the 80's.Rolling Stone: #126 of the top 500 of all timePitchfork Media: #2 best album of the 80's. Case closed in my book.

NickyL0885

02-22-2007, 11:57 PM

Anything Van Halen and Guns N' Roses. Although, i was more a fan of the Hagar yrs then i was the Roth yrs.

narc

02-23-2007, 12:59 AM

No, they mean the year 1980. GnR wasn't around in 1980. Van Halen was though.

legroommusic

02-23-2007, 01:34 AM

for me, as an elo fan the xanadu soundtrack is one of the best of 1980 <img src="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby4Lkwt5FuHAB_SqjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN 0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12i88l2cm/EXP=1172313188/**http%3A//angusg.typepad.com/blog/Xanadu%2520-%2520soundtrack.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="197" />go ahead and start judging me