Most Overrated Album Of The 80s

[Musikwala]

The same thing happened to Bryan Adams!

 

[bugara1]

AC/DC - Back in Black

 

[Aero]

Like A Virgin - Madonna




It's got 2 decent songs on it and they aren't even her best work. The hits on her first album (Holiday, Borderline) hold up better today compared to Like A Virgin and Material Girl which have only gotten worse with age.

 

[Rocking Jodi]

The album "Girl You Know It's True" - Milli Vanilli

 

[CP/M User]

The only album I have in my possession from the 80s which I will put into this category:



and yes it didn't do a great deal of damage on the US charts, but everywhere else it was doing damage:

• Australian ARIA Albums Chart - 4
• Austrian Albums Chart - 14
• Dutch Albums Chart - 32
• European Albums Chart - 6
• Finnish Albums Chart - 7
• French Albums Chart - 22
• German Albums Chart - 6
• Irish Albums Chart - 1?
• Italian Albums Chart - 7
• New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart - 1
• Norwegian Albums Chart - 6
• Swedish Albums Chart - 29
• Swiss Albums Chart - 3
• UK Albums Chart - 2
• US Billboard 200 - 171

The worst thing about it was I was begging my folks to get this album (~1988), maybe it's made me a picky person when it comes to my musical selections these days.

 

[Riff Raff]

For Those About To Rock by AC/DC
Good album but gets way too much praise considering it has some mediocre tunes on it like Spellbound, Breaking the Rules, Inject The Venom. I think Flick of the Switch was a vastly better album.

 

[BamBam]

Deadly underrated: Modern Times by Latin Quarter
Overrated: Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction


Bill

 

[The Wanderer]

(Note: Maybe not MOST overrated album of the 80's but it could be up there.) Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution. I enjoy the title track but everything else on the album is not my cup of tea. Too much pop and not enough rock to satisfy my rebellious soul ***:

 

[Lynch]

(Note: Maybe not MOST overrated album of the 80's but it could be up there.) Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution. I enjoy the title track but everything else on the album is not my cup of tea. Too much pop and not enough rock to satisfy my rebellious soul ***:

Well, it IS a pop album. Prince didn't have much (if any) "rock" songs prior to this album, so it's hard to expect this one to suddenly be a rock album.

 

[The Wanderer]

Well, it IS a pop album. Prince didn't have much (if any) "rock" songs prior to this album, so it's hard to expect this one to suddenly be a rock album.

(Let me clarify a little bit or at least attempt to XD, I chose this album because this is the album that people I knew would mention when I say "Some 80's Pop or just the 80's in general. So I started checking this album out and even found the LP while digging through some vinyl boxes at the flea market. Yes, I have only listened to this Prince album but I expected from him somewhat of another David Bowie based on appearances. My bottom line, I never am good with predictions XD.)

True, true maybe just the album art just threw me for a loop honestly it looks like the cover for an epic soul-rock-blues-pop with the motorcycle and all. (<<Of course, isn't that kind of what the album is except more of an emphasis on pop? I need to listen to it again I may have shot myself in the foot here and I am brave enough to admit it ) His entire image just throws me off I can't tell what he is but I guess that is what makes him so different. It is by no means a bad album but I do believe it is overrated.