Top 100 Albums of the 80s

How can you count out a band that sold over 35 million albums in the US. You say that they are "hair metal shit, but that is the same as saying that Metallica are crappy hard rock. A band changing thier sound does not mean that they were always that genre. Def Leppard started out as NWOBHM and hit the US charts as such before Hysteria which was thier first real glam album.
 
I think you must have "London Calling" to only exist in a decade for one month hardly counts. I think it should be top 10 in the 70's and 80's it is just that good and its influence was widespread. Everyone from smiths fans to iron maiden fans could see its value.

I think if you have John Zorn (whom I love) you also need
Joe Satriani "Surfin with the Alien"
Steve vai "Flex-Able"

I'd add
King Krimson "Three of a Perfect Pair"
Frank Zappa "Them or Us" though "man form utopia" or "you are what you is" would be fine.

I'm not sure which are the right albums to add but Spandau Ballet and Simply Red are missing.

Probably you should also add:

Maddona "Like a Virgin"
Cindi Lauper (sp?) "She's so unsual" my god "time after time was covered by miles davis.

Oh yeah probalby

Miles Davis "Tutu"

So to some up:

Frank Zappa "Them or Us"
King Krimson "Three of a Perfect Pair"
Joe Satriani "Surfin with the Alien"
Steve vai "Flex-Able"
Maddona "Like a Virgin"
Cindi Lauper (sp?) "She's so unusual"
Miles Davis "Tutu"
THE CLASH LONDON CALLING
 
I'd take off "sign o' the times" not one of prince's best albums. I would put in Lovesexy a better album IMO.

I see some genres complete missing from your list. You have come heavy stuff (faith no more, bad brains)but no some great albums are missing:

ACDC "Back in Black"

If you include 5 smiths albums you need at least one Van Halen record for balance. (In any top 100 5 from one artist is too many so I'd rethink this too) I'd include:

Van Halen "1984" If you want 2 add "Fair Warning" but none of the Sammy Hagar crap.

Iron Maiden "Powerslave" and "Nuraber of the Beast"

Soundgarden "Badmotorfinger" One of the heaviest mixes of all time and the best grunge record ever!!

I listened to Living Colour "Vivid" Over and over again.
Tears for Fears "The Hurting" was a great record

From metalica you must have "master of puppets" and "...and Justice for All"

So to some up here are my additions:

ACDC "Back in Black"
Iron Maiden "Powerslave"
Iron Maiden "Nuraber of the Beast"
Living Colour "Vivid"
Metallica "Master of Puppets"
Metallica "...And Justice for All"
Soundgarden "Badmotorfinger"
Van Halen "Fair Warning"
Van Halen "1984"
 
I thought Crazy Rhythms came out in '90?


And Moss Icon-Lybernum. So influential and good. To me it's the clear shift from a melodic hardcore displayed with Rites of Spring, Erabrace and Dag Nasty to clear definitive genre of emo.
 
Updated and we can start debating the removal of albums now. So if there's an album you don't want on there that's on there, post your request for its removal and explain why.
 
In the end we decided Sign O the Times>Purple Rain, it was one of the last ones we cut though we considered leaving both on but I never realized how little of a nuraber 100 was until doing this so we took it off. Very few banRAB managed two albums on there, I think it was only the Smiths, Pixies, The Cure, Sonic Youth and Tom Waits managed it.
 
What did Madonna influence? Really? Britney Spears? I'm growing so tired of these boring 80s pop albums being hyped as influential when in reality all they did was spawn the 90s boy band and girl singer phenomenon.

And the criteria is a corabination of best, most liked, most talented, etc. You can say it's not concrete enough whatever, its a list asserabled by all the rabroad merabers so basically it's what we like and respect not so much what the rest of the world loves.
 
So? Poison was a top hit in the 80s (I thought it was a decade known for glorifying crappy music on the radio?) and I don't think influencing Avenged Sevenfold and Velvet Revolver counts for much.
 
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