Favourite Prog Albums Year by Year: 1980-1989
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Topic: Favourite Prog Albums Year by Year: 1980-1989
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Favourite Prog Albums Year by Year: 1980-1989
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 04:47
The New Wave eighties may have been the lost decade for some in the history of Prog-Rock. but then along came Marillion and the birth of the Neo-Prog era, so all was not lost.  Some well-known favourites of mine:-
1980: ELO & Olivia Newton John - Xanadu 1981: Rick Wakeman - 1984 1982: Roxy Music - Avalon 1983: Yes - 90125 1984: David Gilmour - About Face 1985: Annie Haslam - Still Life 1986: Emerson, Lake & Powell 1987: Mike Oldfield - Islands 1988: Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder 1989: The Enid - Final Noise |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 04:49
| ELO and ONJ are prog? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 04:52
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chopper wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 04:52
The much-derided Xanadu album is listed as Crossover Prog here on PA, even though it doesn't resemble prog in any shape or form. Roxy Music's Avalon album doesn't sound much like prog to me either.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 04:57
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1980 - Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor 1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 1982 - Art Zoyd - Phase IV 1983 - Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets 1984 - Univers Zero - Uzed 1985 - Present - Les Poison Qui Rend Fou 1986 - Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite 1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun 1988 - Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window 1989 - Thinking Plague - In This Life What a great decade for avant. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 05:05
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Some of these bands currently are not included as prog related on PA, but should be. 80: Genesis - Duke 81: Rush - Moving Pictures 82: Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino 83: The Police - Synchronicity 84: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense 85: Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue 86: XTC - Skylarking 87: The Bears - The Bears 88: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime 89: Todd Rundgren - Nearly Human |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 05:06
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^ Skylarking? Oh hell yeah! ------------- The sun has left the sky... ...Now you can close your eyes |
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 05:44
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1980: Peter Gabriel - Melt 1981: King Crimson - Discipline 1982: National Health - D.S. Al Coda 1983: Mike Oldfield - Crises 1984: Cardiacs - The Seaside 1985: Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue 1986: Genesis - Invisible Touch (yes, really) 1987: Mr. Sirius - Barren Dream 1988: Rascal Reporters - Happy Accidents 1989: Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 05:46
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The 1980s are a weak period for me. I guess this... 1980: Yes - Drama 1981: King Crimson - Discipline 1982: Eloy - Time to Turn 1983: Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear 1984: Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák 1985: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 1986: Emerson, Lake & Powell - same 1987: Marillion - Clutching at Straws 1988: Hawkwind - The Xenon Codex 1989: Social Tension - MacBethia ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 06:01
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1980: Rush- Permanent Waves 1981: This Heat- Deceit 1982: Twelfth Night- Fact and Fiction 1983: Yes - 90125 1984: Rush- Grace Under Pressure 1985: Marillion- Misplaced Childhood 1986: Talk Talk- The Colour of Spring 1987: Yes- The Big Generator 1988: Dead Can Dance- Serpent's Egg 1989: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
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Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 06:03
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1980: Peter Gabriel - Melt 1981: Electric Light Orchestra - Time 1982: Manfred Mann's Earth B - Somewhere in Afrika 1983: Pink Floyd - The Final Cut 1984: Camel - Stationary Traveller 1985: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 1986: Queen - A Kind of Magic 1987: Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave 1988: Al Stewart - Last Days of the Century 1989: Marillion - Seasons End
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 06:06
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^ It's good to see a vote for The Final Cut. I wasn't expecting to see a Pink Floyd album in anyone's list but mine for the 1980's.
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 07:38
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1980: Yes - 'Drama' 1981: King Crimson - 'Discipline' 1982: Iron Maiden - 'The Number of the Beast' 1983: Black Sabbath - 'Born Again' 1984: Marillion - 'Fugazi' 1985: Dead Can Dance - 'Spleen and Ideal' 1986: Depeche Mode - 'Black Celebration' 1987: Savatage - 'Hall of the Mountain King' 1988: Kingdom Come - S/T 1989: Tears for Fears - 'The Seeds of Love'
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 08:58
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I'll have a go.. 1980 - Genesis - Duke 1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures 1982 - JT - Broadsword & the Beast 1983 - Marillion - Script.. 1984 - XTC - The Big Express 1985 - The Enid - The Spell 1986 - Peter Gabriel - So 1987 - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason 1988 - It Bites - Once Around the World 1989 - Rush - Presto ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 09:15
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1980 - Brian Eno with Harold Budd Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror 1981 - King Crimson Discipline 1982 - Kate Bush The Dreaming 1983 - The Fixx Reach the Beach 1984 - David Sylvian Brilliant Trees 1985 - Cocteau Twins Echoes on a Shallow Bay/Tiny Dynamine 1986 - David Sylvian Gone to Earth 1987 - Pat Metheny Group Still Life (Talking) 1988 - Bruce Cockburn Big Circumstance 1989 - The Cure DisintegrationAnd, yes: I consider all of these albums prog. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 09:32
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1980 - Asia Menor - Between Flesh & Divine 1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 1982 - Twelfth Night - Fact & Fiction 1983 - Marillion - Script For.... 1984 - Cardiacs - The Seaside 1985 - IQ - The Wake 1986 - Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring 1987 - The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot 1988 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden 1989 - Cardiacs - On Land In The Sea
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 10:51
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1980: Permanent Waves by Rush 1981: Moving Pictures by Rush 1982: Offramp by Pat Metheny Group (The Dreaming by Kate Bush) 1983: Script for a Jester's Tear by Marillion 1984: In the Region of the Summer Stars (1984) by The Enid 1985: Misplaced Childhood by Marillion 1986: Les Morts Vont Vite by Shub-Niggurath 1987: Within the Realm of a Dying Sun by Dead Can Dance (Secrets of the Beehive by David Sylvian, Clutching at Straws by Marillion) 1988: Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk (A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window by Cardiacs, Operation: Mindcrime by Queensr˙che) 1989: Junta by Phish (On Land and in the Sea by Cardiacs, Nothingface by Voivod) ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Spaciousmind
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 11:09
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1980 - David Bowie - Scary Monsters 1981 - Eloy - Planets 1982 - Anyone's Daughter - In Blau 1983 - Marillion- Script for a Jester's Tear 1984 - Solaris - Marsbéli Krónikák 1985 - IQ - The Wake 1986 - Peter Gabriel - So 1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun 1988 - Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg 1989 - Ozric Tentacles - Punguent Effulgent
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 11:38
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1980: Yes - Drama 1981: Rush - Moving Pictures 1982: Kate Bush - The Dreaming 1983: Yes - 90125 1984: Rush - Grace Under Pressure 1985: Rush - Power Windows 1986: Peter Gabriel - So 1987: Marillion - Clutching at Straws 1988: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime 1989: ABWH - ABWH
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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 12:26
Now we're talking
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 14:30
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1980: Rush - Permanent Waves 1981: Rush - Moving Pictures 1982: John Cale - Music for a New Society 1983: IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic 1984: Marillion - Fugazi 1985: IQ - The Wake 1986: Peter Gabriel - So 1987: Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason / Rush - Hold Your Fire 1988: N/A 1989: Marillion - Season's End ------------- 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 14:49
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1980: Rush - Permanent Waves 1981: Rush - Moving Pictures 1982: Roxy Music-Avalon or Capt Beefheart- Ice Cream.... 1983: IQ-Tales 1984: Pat Metheny- First Circle 1985: Daed Can Dance-Spleen and Ideal 1986: Talk Talk-Colour of Spring 1987: Dead Can Dance- Realm of a Dying Sun 1988: Iron Maiden-7th Son..... 1989:Yezda Urfa-Sacred Baboon (sentimental choice because they are from my home state near to me) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 14:54
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1980 Yes Drama 1981 King Crimson Discipline 1982 Anyone's Daughter In Blau 1983 Bacamarte Depois do Fim 1984 XTC The Big Express 1985 Prefab Sprout Two Wheels Good 1986 XTC Skylarking 1987 The Bears The Bears 1988 Iron Maiden Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 1989 Pixies Doolittle ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 15:27
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 16:08
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1980 Kate Bush - Never For Ever 1981 King Crimson - Discipline 1982 Kate Bush - The Dreaming 1983 Peter Hammill - Patience 1984 David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees 1985 Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (of those listed on PA Kate Bush or Art Zoyd) 1986 Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade 1987 Art Zoyd - Berlin 1988 Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (tied with Cardiacs) 1989 Fred Frith and collaborators - Step Across the Border
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 10:57
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1980 Mike Rutherford: Smallcreep's Day 1981 Saga: Worlds Apart 1982 Asia: Asia 1983 Yes: 90125 1984 Roger Hodgson: In the Eye of the Storm 1985 Rush: Power Windows 1986 ELP: Emerson, Lake, and Powell 1987 Geoff Downes: The Light Program 1988 Three: To the Power of Three 1989 Saga: The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 12:54
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80 - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush What's
Next 81 - Present Triskaidekaphobie 82 - Dire
Straits Love Over Gold 83 - Marillion Script For a Jester's Tear 84 - Univers
Zero UZED 85 - Supertramp Brother Where You Bound 86 - News
From Babel Letters Home 87 - Wondeur
Brass Simoneda, Reine Des
Esclaves 88 - Talk
Talk Spirit of Eden 89 - Tangle
Edge In Search of A New Dawn 89 tied Cooper,
Lindsay Oh, Moscow ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 01:51
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1980: Yes - Drama (but really a toss up between this ,Permanent Waves and Duke) 1981: Rush - Moving Pictures 1982: Kate Bush - The Dreaming (Eloy - Time To Turn) 1983: IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic 1984: ELOY - Metromania 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 1986: Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight 1987: Marillion - Clutching At Straws 1988: Vangelis - Direct 1989: Marillion - Seasons End
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:33
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1980 - Hawkwind - Levitation 1981 - Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors 1982 - Art Zoyd - Phase IV 1983 - Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets 1984 - News from Babel - Work Resumed on the Tower 1985 - Present - Les Poison Qui Rend Fou 1986 - Emerson Lake and Powell 1987 - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason 1988 - Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 1989 - Cardiacs - On Land and In the Sea
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: May 22 2021 at 09:57
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1980 Rush-Permanent Waves 1981 Rush-Moving Pictures 1982 Step Ahead-Step Ahead 1983 Eskaton-Fiction 1984 Univers Zero-Uzed 1985 Marillion-Misplaced Childhood 1986 Univers Zero-Heatwave 1987 David Torn-Cloud About Mercury 1988 Iron Maiden-Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 1989 Fates Warning-Perfect Symmetry ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 22 2021 at 14:00
Hi Steve. Of all the 1980's albums lists posted so far, this is the list that most closely matches my own tastes in music. I know six of these albums (Asia; Geoff Downes; ELP; Mike Rutherford; Three; & Yes) , and I'm pretty sure I'd like the other four albums in your list too.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 23 2021 at 13:04
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^ Roger Hodgson - In The Eye Of the Storm would have made a great Supertramp album (and practically is) . If it was then only a couple by Supertramp would better it imo. I like Power Windows a lot but it does have an 'icy cold' feel to it. Peter Collins production work is exceptional but its not for everyone . ( I don't know those Saga albums but they are insanely talented musicians so no doubt they are very good)
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 24 2021 at 04:55
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1980 Permanent Waves Rush 1981 Moving Pictures. Rush 1982 Eye In The Sky Alan Parsons Project 1983 Tales From The Lush Attic IQ 1984 Powerslave Iron Maiden 1985 Misplaced Childhood Marillion 1986 Invisible Touch Genesis 1987 Nomzamo IQ 1988 Once Around The World It Bites 1989 Gretchen Goes To Nebraska King's X |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 25 2021 at 18:10
AGREED! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: bender99
Date Posted: June 03 2021 at 01:10
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1980 Yes - Drama 1981 Rush - Moving Pictures 1982 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (choosing it whether it's prog or not :P ) 1983 IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic 1984 N/A 1985 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 1986 Emerson, Lake, & Powell - S/T 1987 Marillion - Clutching At Straws 1988 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 1989 Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, & Howe - S/T
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Posted By: emisan
Date Posted: June 03 2021 at 01:46
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The 80s .... such a sad decade for prog lovers  1980 Yes - Drama 1981 Rush - Moving Pictures 1982 Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 1983 IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic & Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear 1984 Marillion - Fugazi 1985 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood 1986 Frank Zappa - Jazz From Hell 1987 Marillion - Clutching At Straws 1988 Nuova Era - L'ultimo Viaggio</span> 1989 Nuova Era - Dopo L'Infinito |
Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: August 03 2023 at 08:49
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1980: Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel III 1981: King Crimson - Discipline 1982: Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel IV 1983: Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear 1984: Rush - Grace Under Pressure 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 1986: Peter Gabriel - So 1987: Marillion - Clutching at Straws 1988: Pendragon - Kowtow 1989: Marillion - Seasons End
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Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: August 03 2023 at 09:41
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1980.Rush - Permanent Waves 1981.Kultivator -Barndomens Stigar ex aequo with This Heat- Deceit 1982.Stormy Six - Al Volo 1983.Etron Fou Leloublan - Les Sillons de la Terre 1984.Congreso - Pajaros De Arcila 1985.Present - Les Poison Qui Rend Fou 1986.Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade 1987.Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun 1988.Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 1989.Thinking Plague - In This Life |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 03 2023 at 11:24
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^ I love most in your list, and most of that could have made mine as easily as my selections (well we have two in common anyway). I think I was planning to go with In This Life rather than Cardiacs at first, but I have some Cardiacs loyalty. I love 80s Thinking Plague. Various of my choices are not my favourite album by the act, but it also was about representation in a much longer list covering almost 120 albums over almost 60 years and because another band had an album I wanted in that year. For the very great Dead can Dance, I would loved to go with Spleen and Ideal in my list but I wanted to mention Kate Bush. I'm just coping and re-shaping the choices I made in a General Music Discussions topic where I asked people to start at 2023 and work your way down the years while doping one album in PA and one not in PA for every year. I did down to 1965 and then started on a second list of duos. These were my two sets for the 1980s (I love this decade which some are dismissive of): In PA: 1980: Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur 1981: Eskaton - 4 Visions 1982: Laurie Anderson - Big Science 1983: Art Zoyd - Les espaces inquiets 1984: Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 1986: Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade 1987: Swans - Children of God 1988: Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite AKIRA 1989: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea Not in PA: 1980: Douji Morita - Un, deux, trois 1981: Phew - Phew 1982: Yasuaki Shimizu - Kakashi 1983: Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels 1984: Cocteau Twins - Treasure 1985: Tuxedomoon - Holy Wars 1986: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral ... My Trial 1987: The Lounge Lizards - No Pain for Cakes 1988: Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 1989: The Cure - Disintegration The astute reader might surmise from the above list that I really like Cocteau Twins (and Art Zoyd from the one before) and would be right. My lists would be rather different today even though that is not a very old topic that I pulled this from. Often I do like to try to do one per artist but harder still when it's about many decades of music. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: August 03 2023 at 11:52
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^ Well, I love most in your lists. 😀 My 3 favorite Cocteau Twins' albums are included on your list. Nice! Tuxedomoon - what a great band! Their first 2 albums: Half-Mute (1980) and Desire (1981) are the most prog-gy and therefore my favorite by them. They would definitely be on my "Not in PA" list, plus couple the Cure albums including Disintegration. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: August 03 2023 at 12:25
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1980: Asia Minor (TRK/F) - Between Flash And Divine 1981: Los Jaivas (Chile) - Alturas de Machu Pichu or 1982: Bi Kyo Ran (J) - Bi Kyo Ran 1983: Marillion (UK) - Script For A Jesters Tear or Bacamarte (BRA) - Depois Do Fim 1984: Solaris (HUN) - Marsbeli Kronikak 1985: Fates Warning (USA) - The Spectre Within 1986: Crimson Glory (USA) - Crimson Glory 1987: Celtic Frost (CH) - "Into the Pandemonium" (not on PA) 1988: Halloween (F) - Part One 1989: Djam Karet (USA) - Reflections From The Firepool ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |