80s albums i can still listen to without shuddering
Submitted by taryn on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:20
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- love & rockets - earth, sun, moon
- the smiths - (all)
- depeche mode - black celebration -> violator
- new order - technique/substance
- peter murphy - love hysteria
- siouxsie & the banshees - nocturne -> peepshow
- echo and the bunnymen - songs to learn and sing/self-titled
- sinead o'connor - lion and the cobra
- PiL - 9
- B-52's - self-titled -> cosmic thing
- U2 - under a blood red sky -> rattle & hum
- REM - life's rich pageant -> green
- the cure - head on the door/kiss me (x3)
- 10,000 maniacs - in my tribe/blind man's zoo
- they might be giants - self-titled/lincoln
- howard jones - dream into action
- men w/o hats - rhythm of youth -> pop goes the world
- midnight oil - diesel and dust
- pixies - doolittle
- the police - every breath you take
- violent femmes - self-titled
- suzanne vega - self-titled/solitude standing
- indigo girls - self-titled
- tracy chapman - self-titled
- corey hart - boy in the box
- duran duran - rio -> notorious
- ocean blue - self-titled
- beautiful south - welcome to the...
- innocence mission - self-titled
- tears for fears - songs from the big chair/seeds of love
- edie brickell & new bohemians - shooting rubberbands at the stars
- jane's addiction - self-titled/nothing's shocking
Author Comments:
assuming the acts continued working into the 90s, i restricted myself entirely to the 80s releases...
Nice list
thank you.
Pixies, pixies, pixies!
Every time I listen to them I can't believe they were 80's...
Man Taryn, there are some really good albums on here. Its good to see you like The Smiths, depeche Mode, The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen and most importantly The Pixies. You have good taste. I jst endorsed your ass!
thank you, thank you, and thank you! my ass is totally honored... (heehee)
what about Crowded House?
you know, i was never a big crowded house fan. i think i have a couple dubs of their albums, but never *craved* them. you're right though--i don't think their stuff aged horribly like other artists' have.
Of course, the big secret about Crowded House is that as their popularity dried up entirely here in America, they actually became an even better band. Their best album, Woodface, was released in 1991, quite a while after their major chartings in America.
It was our loss. Hey, I have my copy...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Good call. I frequently forget they were 80's.