epilogue wrote:What's the best album of the 1980s?
I might argue either Bruce Springsteen’s The River or Nebraska depending on my mood, Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever, Metallica’s Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Prince’s Purple Rain…I am sure more will come to me.
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:52 pm
by wease
Full Moon Fever
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:52 pm
by Jorge
Why would it "necessarily require" hallmarks of 80s production? You're talking about quality when you say "best." Maybe you mean most emblematic or most iconic
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:54 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:55 pm
by Jorge
Seems completely arbitrary
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:55 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 2:58 pm
by Jorge
It always bothered me how Rolling Stone named London Calling the best album of the 80s when it came out in 1979
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:03 pm
by Jorge
Either way my answer is Disintegration
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:07 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:09 pm
by VinylGuy
even if i dont care bout The Cure, that a good pick.
Purple Rain might be my answer, but i guess if we are trying to think whats more influential for the 80s, maybe Joy Division or Madonna.
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:13 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:15 pm
by VinylGuy
cmon and you pick Graceland?
Madonna resonated more in Argentina and SA than fucking Paul Simon.
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:23 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:27 pm
by VinylGuy
If you are trying to think about a broader importance for this so called best album of in terms of:
-Sales
-Impact on consumer consciousness
-Implications for broader recording industry
-Implications for geopolitics/cultural awareness
-How it’s regarded today
Paul Simon is not you guy. That might be Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, mayyyybe Joy Divison, The Cure, Bruce, The Police.
Re: Post Random Music-Related Thoughts You Have
Posted: Mon August 07, 2023 3:31 pm
by liebzz
I mean if you are thinking in a “greatest” album in terms of popularity and impact, it’s probably a three-way race between Born in the USA, Thriller, and Purple Rain.