Slee as a Teenager: The Essential High School-Era Albums

Submitted by sleestak on Sat, 11/06/2004 - 09:56
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  • R.E.M., Life's Rich Pageant*
  • R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction
  • XTC, Drums and Wires*
  • XTC, English Settlement
  • XTC, Skylarking
  • The Police, Synchronicity*
  • The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta
  • The Police, Outlandous D'Amour
  • The Police, Regatta de Blanc
  • Talking Heads, Little Creatures
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nocturne
  • The Damned, Phantasmagoria
  • The Damned, The Light at the End of the Tunnel
  • New Order, Low Life
  • New Order, Substance
  • Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
  • INXS, Listen Like Thieves
  • INXS, The Swing*
  • Echo and the Bunnymen, Ocean Rain*
  • U2, War
  • U2, Boy
  • U2, The Unforgettable Fire
  • Simple Minds, Sparkle in the Rain
  • Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bullocks
  • The Chameleons UK, Strange Times
  • The Specials (s/t)
  • The English Beat, What is Beat
  • The Cure, Standing on a Beach: The Singles (tape)
  • They Might Be Giants (s/t)
  • The Smiths, Louder Than Bombs
  • Various Artists, Pretty in Pink Soundtrack
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These are the albums that got me through my high school years (1984-1988) and began a lifelong addiction with music.

The starred albums were the most frequently listened to in my friend Jeff's tan Fairmont station wagon while cruising through Rochester, Michigan.

socialretard11/08/2004

You already had pretty good taste in music in high school. My high school album list would consist of stuff by AC/DC, Judas Priest, Rush, Iron Maiden and Metallica. Luckily, right before I left for college in '87 I wandered into my sister's room and started listening to The Smiths, The Cure and R.E.M. It got even better when I left for college and discovered punk.

sleestak11/08/2004

My metal phase was a little bit earlier, and it was skewed more to Rush, Van Halen, and AC/DC rather than the harder stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't have an older sib to show me the way, but my friend did. We used to raid his vinyl collection and make mix tapes when we were in 8th grade. My very first had stuff by Depeche Mode, Icicle Works, XTC, Oingo Boingo and...Prince (from Around the World in a Day.)

Good times.

openstacks11/08/2004

Amazing, my high school era was 1989-1993 and I would have listed R.E.M., XTC and They Might Be Giants as essential bands. I'd probably have to include Pixies as well.

sleestak11/09/2004

It's a testament to all those bands that they released great albums during both of our high school years.

I have to admit that I never really liked the Pixies until just a few years ago. They're definitely the band for which I'm most behind the curve.