Your fave Rock albums IN the '80s, and still ok?

^ back in the 1980s I was between 4 and 14 years old, so these releases represent my first experiences with records. Needless to say that I was a metalhead first and foremost 

How is this thread different from this former one?

verslibre wrote: It took me a long time to properly appreciate Sade, I admit. But I now own a few of the Japanese reissues, so there's that. Diamond Life and Promise are brilliant. I remember when she toured fifteen years ago. Having missed that tour and knowing they probably never will again = major bummer. Giorgio Moroder's score for The Cat People is fantastic and that's one I still listen to. The synth tones are gorgeous. The music is evocative and transporting. I dig the movie, too. The '80s was a swell time for electronic soundtracks (and movies, duh). Midnight Oil's cool. I should listen to them more. Same for Gary Numan.

The 80s is so cool for music in the 80s. John Carpenter (I adore Escape From New York), Wendy Carlos for Tron....

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I might try to post a longer list of albums I liked in the 80s and still like (I will keep to music from the 80s -- I prefer that focus).

These are some ones from others 80s lists I got into post-80s.

- Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur (Started listening to Art Zoyd in maybe 2005, and the two albums here that got mentioned by two others have alternated as my favourite AZ album)
- Art Zoyd - Le Mariage du Ciel et de l'Enfer (I adore this album)
- Bacamarte - Depois do Fim (discovered in 2005 or 2006)
- Beausoleil, Bobby - Lucifer Rising (discovered in about 2010, maybe, thanks to a PA user recommendation to me)
- Bowie, David - Scary Monsters (2009 maybe? I might have heard it in full in the 80s but it was not until Bowie was being added to this site that I more deeply explored his discography. That said, this album actually has never completely clicked)
- Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses. I knew Depeche Mode but I only got into this in very recent years.
- Dün - Eros . A favourite of mine in 2005/2006, which still is.
- Eskaton - 4 Visions. Got to know this when I got to know Eros. Love this album.
- Jaivas, Los - Alturas de Machu Picchu. Also first heard in 2005. Actually have not listened to it for quite some years.
- News From Babel - Letters Home. First heard in maybe 2010 as a recommendation from the same PA user as recommended Beausoleil.
- Present - Triskaidekaphobie. Got into a little while before I joined PA.
- Sade - Diamond Life. I got into this in the late 90s.
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - JuJu. It's only in the last few years that I became totally infatuated with Siouxsie and The B, and really explored her music, and this is an incredible album. S&TB has rocked my world!
- Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden. heard it first some time after I joined PA, but only in recent years have I really loved Talk Talk.
- Talking Heads - Remain In Light. Just really got into this album after joining PA.
- Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors. Got into this in 2005. This was my original UZ favourite album, and it is great,
- Univers Zero - UZED . Got into this in 2006.
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes. Heard VF in the 80s, but only listened to this album in full and really appreciate it in the last two years.
- John Zorn- - Naked City. Got into this in about 2009 and revisited it again recently and like it more than ever.


Albums mentioned that I loved in the 80s and have fond memories of at least:

- David Bowie - Let's Dance. It's the B side I loved
- Roxy Music - Avalon. I really liked this in the 80s, I should listen again.
- Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense. Been many years since I last listened to it in full.
- U2 - The Joshua Tree. I have not heard this in so many years.
- The Who - It's Hard. First album I bought for my self (on cassette). "I've Known No War" is terrific. I would have added it to my list but I last listened to it in full over 20 years ago.

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And now a couple of artists in PA who had work in the 80s that I loved in the 80s and still like: Kitaro and Vangelis.

Edited by Logan - September 23 2024 at 17:26

Well, I was growing up during the 80s. The list does contain a few albums which I only learned about in the 90s. Will remove them for the sake of authenticity ...

^ You make up for that with your avatar! 

I posted my favorite releases from the 1980s which I listened to back then and still listen to now. What is the problem? You also only listed 1980s releases btw. 

My (pretty stable) favorite from the 80s (one release per artist, removed albums I discovered in the 90s or later):

1		Metallica Master of Puppets 1986 Links: AP SPO RYM SPU
2		Iron Maiden Powerslave 1984 Links: AP SPO RYM SPU
3		Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime 1988 Links: AP YT SPO RYM SPU
4		Guns n' Roses Appetite For Destruction 1987 Links: AP SPO
5		AC⚡DC Back In Black 1980 Links: AP SPO RYM
6		Van Halen 5150 1986 Links: AP SPO
8		Queen A Kind Of Magic 1986 Links: AP SPO
9		Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986 Links: AP SPO
10		Whitesnake 1987 1987 Links: AP SPO
12		Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien 1987 Links: AP SPO RYM
13		David Lee Roth Eat 'Em And Smile 1986 Links: AP
14		Slayer Reign in Blood 1986 Links: AP YT SPO RYM RYM SPU
15		Scorpions Animal Magnetism 1980 Links: AP SPO RYM
17		Frank Zappa The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life Live 1988 Links: AP
19		Pink Floyd The Final Cut 1983 Links: AP SPO RYM
20		Sanctuary Into The Mirror Black 1989 Links: AP SPO RYM
23		Alice Cooper Trash 1989 Links: AP SPO RYM
26		Aerosmith Pump 1989 Links: AP SPO
27		Yngwie J. Malmsteen Trial By Fire: Live In Leningrad Live 1989 Links: AP
29		Depeche Mode Music for the Masses 1987 Links: AP SPO

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - September 23 2024 at 16:20

12           Art Zoyd              Generation Sans Futur Fra         1980    

12           Eskaton               4 Visions              Fra         1980      Zeuhl

12           Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush             What's Next      Can        1980  

12           Circus    Tearless, Fearless and Even Less             Swz        1980  

11           Asia Minor          Between Flesh and Divine          Fra         1980    

11           Beausoleil, Bobby           Lucifer Rising     USA       1980    

11           Black Sabbath   Heaven and Hell              Eng        1980

11           Blue Motion      Blue Motion      Swz        1980        

11           Emeraude          Geoffroy             Fra         1980    

11           Enbor    Katebegiak         Bsq        1980    

11           Iron Maiden       Iron Maiden      Eng        1980  

11           King Crimson      Discipline   

11           Maneige     Montreal 6AM Can        1980    

11           Present      Triskaidekaphobie          Bel         1980    

11           Santana, Devadip Carlos              The Swing of Delight      USA       1980    

11           Slick, Grace        Dreams                USA       1980     

11           Ballard, Russ      Barnett Dogs     Eng        1980             

12           Dün     Eros     Fra       1981   

12        Itoiz     Alkolea            Bsq      1981  

11        Jaivas, Los       Alturas de Machu Picchu       Chl       1981  

11        Present           Triskaidekaphobie

11        Univers Zero   Ceux Du Dehors         Bel       1981 

12        Dire Straits     Love Over Gold          Eng      1982  

11        Congreso        Ha Llegado Carta       Chl       1982    

11        Jaivas, Los       Aconcagua      Chl       1982  

11        Jam, The         The Gift           Eng      1982 

12        Bacamarte      Depois Do Fim            Bra      1983    

12        Marillion         Script For a Jester's Tear       Eng      1983  

12        Violent Femmes         Violent Femmes         USA     1983  

13        Univers Zero   UZED   Bel       1984  

12        Jaivas, Los       Obras De Violeta Parra         Chl       1984  

12        Talking Heads   Stop Making Sense     USA     1984  

11        Vaughan, Stevie Ray / Double Trouble         Couldn't Stand the Weather

11         Sade    Diamond Life

13        Supertramp    Brother Where You Bound    Eng      1985  

11        Cult, The         Love    Eng      1985  

11        Harper, Roy    Jugula Eng      1985  

11        Present           Le Poison Qui Rend Fou         Bel       1985  

11        News From Babel       Letters Home Eng      1986

10        U2       The Joshua Tree         Ire       1987  

11        Talk Talk         Spirit of Eden    Eng      1988

12        Tangle Edge    In Search of A New Dawn      Nor      1989

12         Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule        

11        Cooper, Lindsay          Oh, Moscow   Eng      1989  

11        Noir Désir       Veuillez Rendre l'âme   Fra       1989

Edited by Sean Trane - September 24 2024 at 03:59

hmm... I really don't think I'm going to add much that is original to this discussion

It took me a long time to properly appreciate Sade, I admit. But I now own a few of the Japanese reissues, so there's that. Diamond Life and Promise are brilliant. I remember when she toured fifteen years ago. Having missed that tour and knowing they probably never will again = major bummer.

Giorgio Moroder's score for The Cat People is fantastic and that's one I still listen to. The synth tones are gorgeous. The music is evocative and transporting. I dig the movie, too. The '80s was a swell time for electronic soundtracks (and movies, duh).

Midnight Oil's cool. I should listen to them more. Same for Gary Numan.