The Soapbox Top Albums Of The 80s

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yeah ffs the blog might be dead but i still want the results of this and then 70s and 60s lists done.

FFS GET YOUR ARSE IN GEAR LENNY

If he doesn't appear in a while I'll take charge of it tbh

Hes not been on in almost a month (Sept 29th).

??

Maybe I do it if I'm bored/have time next week

once upon a time - simple minds


tracklist

1. "Once Upon a Time" – 5:44
2. "All the Things She Shagged" – 4:16
3. "Ghost Dancing" – 4:46
4. "Alive and Kicking" – 5:25
5. "Oh Jungleland" – 5:12
6. "I Wish You Were a haggis" – 4:42
7. "Sanctify Yourself" – 4:57
8. "Cum a Long Way" – 5:09




haggis4it

I've been bored so I have finally done this. With only 7 lists there's some blowing up and not too much variety but anyway...

I've counted down from 50, so I've had to cut jps list. Only one record is been rated in every list.

Position - Artist - Album - Points - Votes[/b][/u]

51 .- U2 - The Joshua Tree - 50 - 1
52 .- Talking Heads - Little Creatures - 49 - 2
53 .- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow - 48 - 2
54 .- Ramones - Pleasant Dreams - 48 - 1
55 .- Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here - 47 - 1
56 .- The Fall - This Nations Saving Grace - 47 - 2
57 .- Felt - The Splendour of Fear - 46 - 1
58 .- Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay - 44 - 2
59 .- The Fall - Slates - 44 - 1
60 .- U2 - War - 44 - 1
61 .- Primal Scream - Primal Scream - 43 - 1
62 .- R.E.M. - Document - 42 - 2
63 .- The Pale Fountains - ...From Across the Kitchen Table - 42 - 1
64 .- Brian Eno - Apollo - 40 - 1
65 .- Josef K - The Only Fun in Town - 40 - 1
66 .- Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap - 40 - 1
67 .- Television Personalities - They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles - 40 - 1
68 .- The Minutemen - Double Nickels on The Dime - 40 - 1
69 .- John Lennon - Double Fantasy - 39 - 1
70 .- Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S - 39 - 1
71 .- The Replacements - Hootenanny - 39 - 1
72 .- Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove - 38 - 2
73 .- Sonic Youth - EVOL - 38 - 3
74 .- The Cure - Disintegration - 38 - 2
75 .- ZZ Top - Eliminator - 38 - 1
76 .- Half Man Half Biscuit - Back in the DHSS - 37 - 2
77 .- Prince - Parade - 37 - 1
78 .- The Replacements - Tim - 37 - 2
79 .- Felt - Me and a Monkey on the Moon - 36 - 1
80 .- Fire Engines - Lubricate Your Living Room - 36 - 1
81 .- Kate Bush - The Sensual World - 36 - 1
82 .- Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking - 36 - 1
83 .- Prince - 1999 - 35 - 1
84 .- Roxy Music - Avalon - 35 - 1
85 .- The Birthday Party - Junkyard - 35 - 1
86 .- Happy Mondays - Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Pary People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) - 34 - 1
87 .- Morrissey - Viva Hate - 34 - 1
88 .- Metallica - Master of Puppets - 33 - 1
89 .- Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire - 33 - 1
90 .- Mission Of Burma - Vs - 32 - 1
91 .- Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love - 32 - 1
92 .- New Order - Brotherhood - 32 - 1
93 .- Honolulu Mountain Daffodils - Tequila Dementia - 31 - 1
94 .- Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy - 30 - 1
95 .- Spacemen 3 - Recurring - 30 - 1
96 .- Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring - 30 - 1
97 .- Orange Juice - Rip it Up - 29 - 1
98 .- Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes - 29 - 1
99 .- The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me - 29 - 1
100 .- Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground - 29 - 1
101 .- Arthur Russell - World of Echo - 28 - 1
102 .- Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Neccesary - 28 - 1
103 .- Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - 28 - 1
104 .- Julian Cope - Fried - 28 - 1
105 .- Prince - Purple Rain - 28 - 2
106 .- The Prisoners - The Last Fourfathers - 28 - 1
107 .- INXS - Kick - 27 - 1
108 .- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever - 27 - 1
109 .- Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night - 26 - 1
110 .- My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - 26 - 2
111 .- R.E.M. - Green - 26 - 1
112 .- Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - 25 - 2
113 .- Husker Du - New Day Rising - 25 - 1
114 .- Le Nimba De N’ Zerekore - Gon Bia Bia - 25 - 1
115 .- Run-DMC - Raising Hell - 25 - 1
116 .- Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You - 24 - 1
117 .- Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love - 24 - 1
118 .- N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton - 24 - 2
119 .- Prince - The Black Album - 24 - 1
120 .- Television Personalities - The Painted Word - 24 - 1
121 .- The Fall - Bend Sinister - 24 - 2
122 .- The Minutemen - The Politics Of Time - 23 - 1
123 .- Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word - 22 - 1
124 .- Metallica - ...And Justice for All - 21 - 1
125 .- Paul McCartney - Tug Of War - 21 - 1
126 .- Squeeze - Argybargy - 21 - 1
127 .- The Fall - The Frenz Experiment - 21 - 1
128 .- Dr. John - Plays Mac Rebennack - 20 - 1
129 .- George Michael - Faith - 20 - 1
130 .- Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls & Marches - 20 - 1
131 .- Beat Happening - Beat Happening - 19 - 1
132 .- The Durutti Column - The Return of The Durutti Column - 19 - 1
133 .- Prince - Dirty Mind - 18 - 1
134 .- New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies - 17 - 1
135 .- Talking Heads - Remain in Light - 17 - 1
136 .- Billy Bragg - Brewing Up With Billy Bragg - 16 - 1
137 .- George Jones - I Am What I Am - 16 - 1
138 .- Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years - 16 - 1
139 .- The Creeps - Enjoy The Creeps - 15 - 1
140 .- Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain - 14 - 1
141 .- Loop - Heaven's End - 14 - 1
142 .- The Wedding Present - Bizarro - 14 - 1
143 .- Happy Mondays - Bummed - 13 - 1
144 .- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral…My Trial - 13 - 1
145 .- Eric B & Rakeem - Paid In Full - 11 - 2
146 .- R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Paegent - 11 - 1
147 .- Steve Earle - Guitar Town - 11 - 1
148 .- Elvis Costello - Get Happy! - 10 - 1
149 .- Gil Scott-Heron - Moving Target - 10 - 1
150 .- The Fall - The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall - 10 - 1
151 .- R.E.M. - Reckoning - 9 - 1
152 .- Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip - 9 - 1
153 .- Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill - 8 - 1
154 .- Camper Van Beathoven - Telephone Free Landside Victory - 8 - 1
155 .- Dinosaur Jr. - Bug - 8 - 1
156 .- New Order - Movement - 8 - 1
157 .- The Style Council - Introducing - 7 - 1
158 .- Nikki sudden - Groove - 6 - 1
159 .- This Heat - Deceit - 6 - 1
160 .- Millie Jackson - Back to the Shit - 5 - 1
161 .- Paul Simon - Graceland - 5 - 1
162 .- Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us - 5 - 1
163 .- Curtis Mayfield - Honesty - 4 - 1
164 .- George Clinton - Computer Games - 4 - 1
165 .- Living Colour - Vivid - 3 - 1
166 .- Prince - Controversy - 3 - 1
167 .- The Raincoats - Odyshape - 3 - 1
168 .- Husker Du - Zen Arcade - 2 - 1
169 .- James Booker - Classified - 2 - 1
170 .- Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz - 2 - 1
171 .- The Cure - The Head On The Door - 2 - 1
172 .- Black Uhuru - Red - 1 - 1
173 .- John Zorn - The Big Gundown - 1 - 1
174 .- U2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1 - 1

good work barny

Position - Artist - Album - Points - Votes[/b][/u]

26 .- Nirvana - Bleach - 97 - 3
27 .- The Smiths - The Smiths - 95 - 3
28 .- The Fall - Grotesque (After The Gramme) - 91 - 3
29 .- Prince - Sign O The Times - 84 - 2
30 .- Johnny Thunders - Hurt Me - 81 - 2
31 .- Michael Jackson - Thriller - 81 - 2
32 .- Ramones - End Of A Century - 80 - 2
33 .- De la Soul - Three Feet High & Rising - 77 - 2
34 .- Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription - 76 - 2
35 .- Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me - 75 - 2
36 .- Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones - 69 - 2
37 .- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey - 65 - 3
38 .- Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - 65 - 3
39 .- Guns 'N Roses - Lies - 63 - 2
40 .- The Fall - Perverted By Language - 62 - 2
41 .- Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - 61 - 2
42 .- The Pastels - Sittin' Pretty - 61 - 2
43 .- Shack - Zilch - 60 - 2
44 .- The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour - 59 - 2
45 .- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes - 57 - 2
46 .- Sonic Youth - Sister - 54 - 2
47 .- The Clash - Sandinista! - 53 - 2
48 .- David Bowie - Scary Monsters - 52 - 2
49 .- Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - 50 - 1
50 .- The Traveling Willburys - Volume 1 - 50 - 1

Good stuff Barny, though De La Souls 3ft High and Rising is on the list twice, you need to add the totals together (numbers 90 & 57 on the list)

sorted

are you gonna be kind enough to do the 60s and 70s ones weve all been waiting for too mr barny?

of course I will

youre wonderful.

of course I am

11 .- The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come - 133 - 4
12 .- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising - 130 - 4
13 .- Television Personalities - ...and don't the kids just love it - 130 - 4
14 .- The Jesus & Mary Chain - Automatic - 130 - 3
15 .- The Replacements - Let It Be - 128 - 4
16 .- The Vaselines - Dum Dum - 121 - 4
17 .- The Jam - Sound Affects - 118 - 3
18 .- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs - 118 - 3
19 .- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station - 117 - 3
20 .- The Wedding Present - George Best - 115 - 3
21 .- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique - 112 - 4
22 .- Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - 106 - 3
23 .- The Jam - The Gift - 104 - 3
24 .- Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever - 102 - 3
25 .- R.E.M. - Murmur - 100 - 3

top stuff

Good work Barny, can you do the top 10 in reverse order though, counting down from 10, I don't want to ruin the countdown for myself