Best album of the 80s?

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Zombeels, that's a great pick! Full Moon Fever. I love Tom Petty!

Yeah, that's my favourite pick in this thread so far, although I like all the albums mentioned!

As for my own pick, I honestly can't narrow a whole decade down to one album.

Mr. Shadow, with all due respect, I just can't understand an opinion like that. Many good albums came out in the 80s, no matter what genre you prefer. Of course, some people are stuck in whatever decade is their favourite and they have every right to be, but I often get the feeling that it's a matter of someone simply not having bothered digging' deeper into said decade (not saying that is the case with you, just a general thought). I always find it odd when people more or less write off a whole decade of music!

 

[Riff Raff]

Yeah, that's my favourite pick in this thread so far, although I like all the albums mentioned!

As for my own pick, I honestly can't narrow a whole decade down to one album.

Mr. Shadow, with all due respect, I just can't understand an opinion like that. Many good albums came out in the 80s, no matter what genre you prefer. Of course, some people are stuck in whatever decade is their favourite and they have every right to be, but I often get the feeling that it's a matter of someone simply not having bothered digging' deeper into said decade (not saying that is the case with you, just a general thought). I always find it odd when people more or less write off a whole decade of music!

Depends on what particular genre of music people like. 80s was great for some but terrible for others. Even then though there is good music among it all.

 

[Musikwala]

Mr. Shadow, with all due respect, I just can't understand an opinion like that. Many good albums came out in the 80s, no matter what genre you prefer. Of course, some people are stuck in whatever decade is their favourite and they have every right to be, but I often get the feeling that it's a matter of someone simply not having bothered digging' deeper into said decade (not saying that is the case with you, just a general thought). I always find it odd when people more or less write off a whole decade of music!

Amen. That's why I cannot understand total hate of the 90s either.

 

[Fabio]

Zombeels, that's a great pick! Full Moon Fever. I love Tom Petty!

My pick would be The Joshua Tree.

I agree with you

 

[gguerra]

With honorable mention going to Rush: Moving Pictures

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

Got to go with that as well

 

[electric funeral]

 

[Rocking Jodi]

Soooooo many great albums!! Since I'm on a JP kick lately..



Here's a link for those who need a little help with albums from the 80's..

Best Albums of 1983 : Best Ever Albums

second choice would have been Prince.. "Purple Rain"

I loved Judas Priest (still do) so British Steel is my favorite too. Not a fan of Prince though...

 

[Dr. Love]

I can't even pick one. Nothing much I want to hear from the 80's.

I'm sure I listen to more 80s than you do, but unlike some others here, I can understand and even appreciate the above sentiment. Going back to the 60s, the 80s is actually my musically least favorite decade. I know I am an oddity for my age because the 80s was late elementary through high school for me. Don't get me wrong. I liked the 80s back in the 80s. But my taste in music began to evolve in 88, and in the 90s I was in college and no longer into most of the 80s artists I had liked. I instead got into different artists and 60s & 70s music. The 80's is still dark time for music. A lot of my favorite classic rock bands got bad in the 80s.

Over the past 6 years, I have gotten married, became a father, and entered middle age. I think these things induced a wave of nostalgia for the latter half of my own childhood that lead me to finally let go of my early 90s rebellion against the 80s. I'm not listening to 80s pop radio or anything that drastic, but I have reconnected with the elite best of the 80s (so I'm a little less of an 80s snob now).

Liking relatively little 80s is why this is the only decade that I could even consider a single favorite album. Without further ado...



Like so many yang things, this fish still has a yin eye, namely Sweet Child Of Mine. I despise that song, but my hatred has probably been intensified by it being so popular. Other than that one song, Appetite For Destruction is a rock masterpiece.

And on the album cover, the top skull represents my favorite modern solo artist, Izzy Stradlin.

 

[Musikwala]

^^^ In all the years I've listened to that album, I never bothered to notice which skull was who! I see now that the bottom one is Slash.

I agree with you