[MoreCowbell]

IMHO the best Dire Straits release: Making Movies

 

[SR-71Panorama]

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Originally Posted by MoreCowbell /img/forum/go_quote.gif IMHO the best Dire Straits release: Making Movies

I second that.

This one goes on repeat and [size=x-large]stays there[/size]

 

[GlendaleViper]

Well, this is a touchy decade for me, but some good stuff to be heard:

Anthrax
Minor Threat
Slayer
Beastie Boys
Dinosaur Jr.
Bad Religion
Pixies
Cure
Prince
Bolt Thrower
The Specials
Madness
The Police
Elvis Costello
Billy Bragg
Joe Jackson
etc.

[EDIT] Missed a lot of good Hip-Hop:

Run DMC
Public Enemy
KRS-One
Diggable Planets
Dilated Peoples

Some of those might barely be 90s though...

 

[soundboy]

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Originally Posted by Argentis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Phil Colins' band was Genesis (unless he's done other stuff I don't know about).

Phil Collins was also a member of a fusion band called "Brand X" while he was the singer/drummer for Genesis. You guys know that Genesis is about to launch a massive reunion tour, right?

As for great '80s albums....

Parade - Spandau Ballet (follow-up to the band's "True")
Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen (follow-up to "Born in the USA")
OU812 - Van Halen
So - Peter Gabriel
The Seventh One - Toto

 

[goldenratiophi]

Closer - Joy Division
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Remain In Light - Talking Heads
Doolittle - Pixies
Paul's Botique - Beastie Boys
Thriller - Michael Jackson (had to be mentioned)
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Master of Puppets - Metallica

There's a few off the top of my head.

 

[Inkmo]

Dude I loves me some 80s! Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, from The Cure. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs, Swordfish Trombones, The Replacements - Tim,...

Aztec Camera
Magazine
The Smiths
Depeche Mode
The Church
Dinosaur Jr.
Pixies

lots and lots.
Check out the Rhino Box "Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80s Underground" for a tidy introduction to some acts of the day.

 

[TheAnomaly]

i'm surprised nobody mentioned the stone roses or new order...

 

[carlwells]

stepping out album by joe jackson

 

[carlwells]

paul hardcastle, various remixes of herbie hand**** stuff (rockit still gets plenty of airtime in my house)

 

[carlwells]

i have a nice folder of 16 best of 80's compilations albums backed up on my computer. shame its against the law to share with you

 

[carlwells]

oh just looked at the missus music folder and she has a playlist of over a 1000 80's tracks

 

[eyeresist]

INXS "Listen like thieves", from before they broke in America. Probably their last good album.

Also, the first two REM albums, "Murmur" and "Reckoning".

 

[Night Surfer]

Anything by Love and Rockets and the band that single-handedly saved the 80's (bloody black hole of a decade musicwise, IMO).
The Cure

 

[JimmyD]

A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls

to me these guys are synonymous with the early 80's

 

[Jesse Peters]

Blondie and early Madonna.