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I'll start....No real order:
The Golden Age of Wireless - Thomas Dolby
Junta - PH
Avalon - Roxy Music
Discipline - King Crimson
So - Peter Gabriel
Graceland - Paul Simon
Duke - Genesis
In The Dark - GD
Freedom of Choice - Devo
Appetite for Destruction - GnR
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Remain in LightSpeaking in Tongues
-Talking Heads
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At the time, or counting lasting impact as well?Either way: Paul's Boutique (though this really just slides in and should be a 90s album)
And yeah, Appetite.
1984
Raisin Hell
Radio
Thriller
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Some i'd like to addMeat Puppets II- Meat Puppets
Surfer Rosa- Pixies
That's what I can come up with off the top of my head.
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Off the top of my head:The Sugar Cubes - Life's Too Good
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
MJ - Thriller
The Cure - Disintegration
The Police - Synchronicity
Jane's Addiction -Nothing's Shocking
The '80s are easily my favorite time for music, but a ton of what I love are bands that only had one or two hits and not necessarily great albums.
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@CapricornioGood call on Thriller. That album always reminds me of just how much of a genius MJ really was
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Did ya meet him at the beach?
Hell no.
Not in the middle of december when it's 20 below.
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Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
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@the_clever_ruse: OK, I'll bite on that.Jacob's Ladder > Hip to be Square
Now, I haven't listened to either in decades, but thats how I remember it.
This is just gonna go downhill.
I'm gonna be singing the virtues of Dr. Feelgood, New Jersey, and Madonna pretty soon.
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@the_clever_ruse fantastic quote. LOVE that movie.Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP, called simply Whitney Houston had 4 number one singles on it? Did you know that, Christie?
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Ha ha I got American Psycho-troll'd.Kudos, I fell for your clever ruse.
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Black Crowes Shake You Money Maker was recorded in '89... Released Jan '90. Does that count?
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Reckoning.
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Violent femmes first album
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Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
Neil Young - freedom
Neil Young - freedom
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How could I forget this?
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Back in black
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Disentigration - The CureEnd thread
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@the_clever_ruse said:
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?Just . . . say . . . no
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
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Love the Pretty Hate Machine, Disintegration, Meat Puppets 2, and Nothing's Shocking shout outs coming from this forum! These are all seminal albums for me.
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Prince - Purple Rain (c'mon guys, I'm disappointed...)Also,
Kate Bush - The Hounds Of Love
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ac/dc back in black
metallica master of puppets
metallica ride the lighting
Rush -moving pictures
Van Halen 1984
Slayer -Riegn in blood
metallica master of puppets
metallica ride the lighting
Rush -moving pictures
Van Halen 1984
Slayer -Riegn in blood
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King Crimson - Discipline
Captain Beefheart - Doc At The Radar Station
The Flaming Lips - Oh My Gawd!
Phish - Junta
Joy Division - Closer
Captain Beefheart - Doc At The Radar Station
The Flaming Lips - Oh My Gawd!
Phish - Junta
Joy Division - Closer
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Double Nickles on the Dime by The MinutemenBad Moon Rising by Sonic Youth
Banned in DC by Bad Brains
Symphony No. 6: Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven by Glenn Branca
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The Clash-Sandinista!Nirvana-Bleach
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Some not already mentioned:
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Appetite.No other entries.
END THREAD
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Most of my all time favorites come from the 70's, but the 80's have some heavy hitters too. My personal favorites:1. Moving Pictures
2. Back in Black
3. British Steel by Judas Priest
4. Blackout by The Scorpions
5. Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
6. Def Leppard's High n Dry and Pyromania
Rock n Roll, mullets, and lots of dead brain cells - fun!
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REM murmur
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Not even going to try an actual list, but Fugazi - 13 Songs would probably be on there (just barely makes it, being late 1989), plus Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime, Husker Du - Zen Arcade, and definitely something by Sonic Youth, probably Sister, or maybe Daydream Nation, which I suppose is the more obvious call. And of course Talking Heads. And a ton of seminal hip-hop albums. Yikes, this is why I didn't try to make a list.You know, it's funny that the 80s has a reputation for being a cultural wasteland, since there sure was a shit-ton of great music released during that decade.
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Plastic Surgery Disasters and Frankenchrist are also great too.
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No love for U2 here on .net? 
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For how much I dislike the 80s a lot of good albums came out then.
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Black Sabbath - we sold our souls for rock n roll Guns and Roses for sure and i did wear that cassette out, but
Metallica, kill EM all, master of the puppets, ride the lightning, and justice for all
Floyd - final cut
Iron Maiden - 7th son
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Dont for get this one 
or my vote for best Movie Soundtrack ever
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