25 of my favourite releases from 1980

Gary Numan - Telekon

These are 25 of my favourite albums from 1980. I'm sure I am missing favourites and Present should have been in here but it went into the 1981 poll before instead. I still have not done 1982 because I could not decide on what full 25 options to add. While it still has many albums I love, 1981 and 1980 are particularly strong years for me, and I plan to add some non-1982 albums to the poll that covers 1982. A couple of personal faves came up in the 1981 poll that would have been there had I not missed them and those will go in my 1982 poll.

The numbers are not very meaningful, fairly arbitrary, reflects on what my more interests have been as well as long term interests, but not accurately. The numbers are a feature of Awesome Prog where I made my list and it does help me to organise these lists and think about what is meaningful to me. If it made the list, that album has been important to me and remains significant to me, be it at number one spot or at 25. I just don;t want people reading too much into the numbers (and I know Moshkito has some issues with numbers, preferences, greatest hits...). I like to share what is and has been special to me with others and I wish I did had more in my personal life (that I physically get together with) to do that with, but at the same time as an introvert I commonly do avoid getting together with people as I find it exhausting.

Please try to vote for five of these options if you can (more if you want to). I am happy to hear about other releases not in the poll provided that you comment on the choices. This commenting could be by voting and mentioning a release or releases in your post, saying what you know that does not appeal, or saying that you know none of the albums in the poll. That context is, those kind of details are, important to me. Helps me to make sense of and appreciate where people are coming from and creates a more enjoyable and warmer atmosphere for me (not that we need more global warming).

1. Joy Division - Closer (not in PA)
2. Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur
3. Bobby Beausoleil - Lucifer Rising (OST)
4. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Kaleidoscope (not in PA)
5. Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement
6. Eskaton - Ardeur
7. Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1 (not in PA)
8. Terry Riley - Shri Camel
9. Picchio dal Pozzo - Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi
Present - Triskaidekaphobie (left out as had been in 1981 poll)
10. Tuxedomoon - Half-Mute (not in PA)
11. Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor (Family Cracks)
12. Kate Bush - Never for Ever
13. Douji Morita - Un, deux, trois (not in PA)
14. Gary Numan - Telekon (not in PA)
15. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (not in PA)
16. Snakefinger - Greener Postures
17. Tangerine Dream - Tangram
18. Kitaro - Silk Road Volume 2
19. Peter Hammill - A Black Box
20. Aksak Maboul - Un peu de l'âme des bandits
21. Peter Gabriel - Melt
22. Itoiz - Ezekiel
23. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
24. Kitaro - Silk Road Volume 1
25. Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy (archival, recorded in 1973)

EDIT: Realised I forgot to include David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps). It was in my longer list, will remove Slapp Happy. I really like the album but generally I prefer not to include archival releases in these yearly things.

Edited by Logan - March 08 2025 at 10:56