15 of your fave non-Prog albums from the '80s?
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Topic: 15 of your fave non-Prog albums from the '80s?
Posted By: David_D
Subject: 15 of your fave non-Prog albums from the '80s?
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 05:15
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While listening to my Rock albums from the '80s, I came to think about how many non-Prog from that decade I was really fond of, and got the idea and wish for this thread. So here it starts with my own albums as usually unranked: Bauhaus (UK) - In The Flat Field (1980) Before (DK) - A Wish of Life (1982) Celtic Frost (CH) - “Into The Pandemonium” (1987) Tracy Chapman (USA) - Tracy Chapman (1988) Cowboy Junkies (CAN) - Whites off Earth Now (1986) Lady Pank (PL) - Lady Pank (1983) Maanam (PL) - Nocny Patrol (1984) Mercyful Fate (DK) - Melissa ( Metallica (USA) - Master Of Puppets (1986) Sinead O'Connor (IRL) - The Lion and The Cobra (1987) Perfect (PL) - Perfect (1981) L. Shankar (Indien) - Song for everyone (1985) Siouxsie and The Banshees (UK) - Juju (1981) Tanita Tikaram (UK) - Ancient Heart (1988) U2 (IRL) - War (1983) some additional Black Flag (USA) - My War (1983) Dire Straits (UK) - Love over Gold (1982) Mission of Burma (USA) - VS. (1982) Sade (UK) - Diamond Life (1984) And enjoy yourself! ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 06:11
nice idea for a thread, I'll come up with a list a bit later. 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 07:21
I look forward to it, Cristi.  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Cristi wrote:Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 07:29
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Album of the Year XTC - Skylarking They Might Be Giants - s/t Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From The Underground) Dio - Holy Diver The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta Stan Getz - Anniversary Elvis Costello - Trust AC/DC - Back in Black Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy Woody Shaw - Lotus Flower Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl The Cars - Heartbeat City Branford Marsalis - Renaissance Aerosmith - Pump |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 07:42
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I'm glad to see you as the quick and first one here, Grumpy, and I can tell that I'm fond of this one, as well Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 08:57
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Easy peasy, lemon squeezy! ABBA - Super Trouper (1980) David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (1985) Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night (1987) The Human League - Dare (1981) Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980) Madonna - Like a Virgin (1984) Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981) Roxy Music - Avalon (1982) Talk Talk - The Party's Over (1982) Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989) U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) Ultravox - Vienna (1980)
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 09:13
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 09:19
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Duran Duran - s/t (1981) a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985) & Scoundrel Days (1986) Toto - Isolation (1984) Europe - Out of This World (1988) Phenomena - s/t (1985) The Fixx - Phantoms (1984) Signal - Loud & Clear (1989) Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986) Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) (1982) Living Colour - Vivid (1988) Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses (1987) Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys I & II (1987-1988) Warlord - Deliver Us (1983) & And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun (1984) and many others...
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 09:29
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Hmmm... off the top of my head... The Fixx - Shuttered Room The Fixx - Reach the Beach Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth Pete Townshend - White City Men at Work - Business As Usual I'm tempted to list the Talking Heads and even something like Tony Banks' The Fugitive or ELO's Time, but these are already on PA. ------------- ---------- 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: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 09:32
Good choice. I forgot about this one. I had this on vinyl when it came out. ------------- ---------- 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: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 09:46
It surely is! while I might have learned something new.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:03
As I see it, Roxy Music is Glam Rock, or at best, Art Rock.  Edit: while Avalon is something else.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:08
Both bands are on PA.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:24
So are other non-Prog.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:26
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I always thought these bands were the heirs of prog: Cocteau Twins, everythingEverything But the Girl Eden, s/t debut, Idlewild XTC, everything The Fixx Reach the Beach Tears for Fears, all three Bruce Cockburn, everything The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Disintegration Love and Money Strange Kind of Love Aztec Camera High Land, Hard Rain Prefab Sprout Swoon, Steve McQueen, From Langley Park to Memphis The Dream Academy s/t debut Swing Out Sister It's Better to Travel, Kaleidoscope World Simply Red Picture Book, A New Flame Jane Siberry, everything Sade's three Michael Jackson Thriller Roxy Music Avalon Danny Wilson Meet Danny Wilson ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:31
I was explaining the objection above. I don't want to open no Pandora's box.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:33
Yes I know, but I don't generally think of those artists as prog. Kate Bush (Art Pop) Roxy Music (Glam Rock) Talk Talk (Synth Pop) |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:37
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In no particular order.... Peter Gabriel - Melt U2 - War Prince - Purple Rain Talking Heads - Remain in Light Paul Simon - Graceland R.E.M. - Document Peter Gabriel - So Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman The Police - Synchronicity The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God Neil Young - Freedom The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? Pixies - Doolittle Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking Dire Straits - Love Over Gold Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:41
 ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:41
I don't listen much to Kate Bush, but I still think she belongs to PA, I understand why she got added to PA. You say you love her music and yet question her being on PA? Talk about weird...  Roxy Music is more than glam rock, always was, so again, I see no controversy of them being on PA. I think they were under "art-rock" before art-rock got divided into crossover and eclectic. Got no problem with RM being under crossover prog here on PA. Talk Talk are on PA because of their last two albums. Again, no controversy here.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:49
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speciel "hello" to you, Dark Elf, as the first one with three albums common with me: U2 - War Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman Dire Straits - Love Over Gold and I'm happy to see you list Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:50
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XTC - Black Sea Philip Glass - Glassworks Steve Reich - Octet / Music for a Large Ensemble / Violin Phase Fela Kuti - Original Sufferhead Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Andy Sheppard - Introductions in the Dark Joy Division - Closer AC/DC - Back in Black Slayer - Reign in Blood Leonard Cohen- I'm Your Man Anthony Davis - Episteme Fischer-Z - Going Deaf for a Living John Lee Hooker - The Healer Courtney Pine - Destiny Song and the Image of Persuance Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:52
Okay, if to be serious, their first two albums, yes.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 10:59
ookaay, heavy stuff ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 11:35
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 11:41
About Talk Talk, I guess that it might be quite an experience to listen to their hole discography (albums) as it's not particularly big but so many changes in their music - quite impressing as well how creative/innovative they have been. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 11:42
Just for the record, I have no objection whatsoever to Kate Bush, Roxy Music & Talk Talk being included in PA. How's that for weird? The more the merrier in my opinion.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 11:45
you've complained several times about these bands being on PA and now you say it's fine. Consistency is hard... What was weird was that I don't listen much of Kate Bush But I understand why she's on PA, on the other hand you say you love her music and yet you do not approve of her being on PA... Like I said... weird...
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 12:19
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Including "prog-related" artists and one album per artist. In no particular order. Metallica - Master of Puppets Talking Heads - Remain in Light King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska U2 - The Joshua Tree Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking R.E.M. - Document Ginger Baker - Horses & Trees XTC - English Settlement The Cure - Disintegration Prince - Sign o' the Times Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast Living Colour - Vivid Motörhead - Orgasmatron |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 12:40
If you're not familiar with Celtic Frost (CH) - “Into The Pandemonium” (1987) it could be a good idea to give it a listen, as you might like it, as well, Nogbad. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 12:43
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^ Slayer - South of Heaven (1988) is my favorite album of theirs.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 12:43
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Only including artists that aren't on PA at all, and one album per artist. I may have forgotten a few 1. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll 2. Art Of Noise - In Visible Silence 3. A Flock Of Seagulls - Listen 4. Wendy Carlos - Beauty In The Beast 5. Eurythmics - Touch 6. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome 7. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta 8. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 9. John Stevens - Re-Touch 10. Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love 11. Richard Leo Johnson - The Sleeping Porch 12. Anthony Braxton - Six Compositions: Quartet 13. Mr. Mister - Welcome To The Real World 14. Derek Bailey & Jamie Muir - Dart Drug 15. Living Colour - Vivid ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 13:12
Objection, your honour! I have never at any time said that I object to Kate Bush, Roxy Music & Talk Talk being included in ProgArchives. I dare you to prove otherwise. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 13:20
You're either forgetful or totally lack self-awareness or just your usual trolling. ok, let's move on.
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 15:19
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Killing Joke - What's This For...! Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome The March Violets - Natural History Bauhaus - Mask Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor The The - Infected The Mission - Gods Own Medicine The Smith - The Queen Is Dead The Cult - Love The Cure - Disintegration The Art of Noise - (Who's Afraid Of) The Art of Noise Spear of Destiny - Outland The Bible - Eureka The Pale Fountains - Pacific Street The Mighty WAH! - A Word to the Wise Guy ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 15:24
Aallriight, that was one of my faves in the mid-80's, so it's one of those albums with my 80's memories. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 16:49
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The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour The Smiths- Strangeways Here We Come The Durutti Column - The Guitar and Other Machines XTC - Skylarking Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and The Lash David Thomas - The Sound of the Sand Prince - Purple Rain Talking Heads - Remain in Light Lou Reed - New York Propaganda - A Secret Wish Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park to Memphis Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter Rip Rig + Panic - Attitude ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 19:32
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Journeyman - Eric Clapton Back in the High Life Again - Steve Winwood It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim Break Every Rule - Tina Turner Nervous Night - The Hooters Back on the Block - Quincy Jones In the Dark - Grateful Dead |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 19 2022 at 19:42
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In no particular order (other than alphabetical) Butthole Surfers | Hairway to Steven Camper Van Beethoven | Key Lime Pie Dead Kennedys | Plastic Surgery Disasters Subhumans | From the Cradle to the Grave The Fall | This Nation’s Saving Grace Flash & the Pan | Lights in the Night INXS | The Swing Madness | Keep Moving Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime New Order | Low Life The Pursuit of Happiness | Love junk Sonic Youth | Daydream nation U2 | The Unforgettable Fire Violent Femmes | s/t XTC | Skylarking ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 01:30
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The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels XTC - Skylarking The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me The Fall - Grotesque Talking Heads - Remain In Light Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome The The - Soul Mining Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hyæna ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 01:59
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that's gonna be a lot of NWOBHM . . . . . Angel Witch s/t Diary of a Madman Ozzy O. Rock Until You Drop Raven Iron Maiden s/t Animal Magnetism Scorps Take No Prisoners Sweet Savage Holy Diver Dio Escape Journey Corridors of Power Gary Moore British Steel Judas Priest Ace of Spades Motorhead Welcome to Hell Venom Spellbound Tygers of PanTang Strong Arm of the Law Saxon whew!... could only come up with 14 - ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 02:24
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oh yeah -- Kill 'em All and for good measure, Bonded by Blood Exodus ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 02:34
these are really good.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 02:43
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^ Thursday I went to a metal show and saw an AngelWitch tribute band called Quintanica (long story)-- I hadn't been to a metal dive bar like that since I was nineteen years-old. Great crowd, a mix of older first-gen NWoBHM fans in their 40s & 50s, and younger people rediscovering the '80s stuff on their own. Killer show, just like the old days. The headliner came on at 11:45, we got out of their at 1:30am. Walked halfway home after catching a ride downtown. Nice. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 02:46
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In doing this list I am trying to avoid everything in PA, although I do think that I could include albums by Laurie Anderson Kate Bush and others as non-Prog. With my collection I tend not to make Prog and non-Prog distinctions and instead label in other ways -- so much of my collection falls in the fuzzy, amorphous boundaries between Prog and non-prog. It is a wondrous land whose boundaries are only that of imagination (a sort of twilight zone). Many soundtracks fall into my collection over the years. Angelo Badalamenti - Blue Velvet Bauhaus - In the Flat Fields John Carpenter with Alan Howarth - Escape From New York Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral ... My Trial Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman Julee Cruse - Floating Into the Night The Cure - Disintegration Klaus Doldinger - Das Boot Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust Giorgio Moroder - Cat People Ennio Morricone - The Mission Gary Numan - Telekon Michael Nyman - The Draughtsman's Contract The Smiths - The Queen is Dead Phew - Phew Basil Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap Tuxedo Moon - Desire Yoshihiro Kanno - Tenshi no tamago ongaku hen / Mizu ni sumu Christopher Young - Hellraiser Methinks that I have played Blackjack rather than the 15 game here. As one track from the 80s that is special to me: |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 03:30
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nice to see some Metal and Punk among much else, more or less Pop influenced ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 03:58
I'm glad I'm not the only one here who considers Laurie Anderson and Kate Bush (& Tori Amos) to be non-prog artists.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 04:34
I hadn't read the early discussion when I wrote that, but I find myself in agreement with various of your appraisals and perspectives here and elsewhere when it comes to classification (nomenclature is the bane of the serious archivist). I expect that you'd find lots over the years, and I was someone that led to Laurie Anderson being in PA as I was pushing arguments for the relatedness to music in PA, although I did not vote on it. Her Big Science album is an early favourite of mine. Tori Amos was a controversial addition. Kate Bush was, I think, in Related before. I think my views are a little more nuanced than some, however. I think some are very narrow-minded when it comes to such things and box their thinking in with limited perspectives. 1. Being in PA does not make one Prog, nor does being out of it make one not Prog. 2. Prog does not have clear boundaries. It is amorphous as it is used and nebulous and lacks one clear definition. 3. Artists across discographies and even on one album can be given various genre and stylistic attributes. 4. I tend to label by the album. I don't call bands or artists Prog generally, I call specific music they made Prog or not Prog when I even bother with that label (I don't really like the Prog term due to its lack of a clear, universal definition which has a a consensus -- what is Prog is so subjective) Labeling by the album or even song is useful to me. While I don't think of Kate Bush as Prog, like Laurie Anderson I think of her music as more Art Pop (even progressive pop) and I would assign various other labels before the Prog one, I could loosely think of some of her music as Prog (really, prog related to me): the Ninth Wave suite, Rocket's Tail, various later music. As for Talk Talk which was mentioned, this is again where it makes more sense to label by the album. I would not call Talk Talk Prog. The early albums are Synth Pop. The it got more Art Pop. Then more Post-Rockish and experimental rock-like.... I'd sooner label the individual albums. When I was on the Eclectic Team, that was also the way I evaluated for PA -- I thought about the pieces and then where it best work as a whole. I find some people are very black and white in their thinking, like it's prog or not prog. I think more that things can be considered both, not only depending on the specific work you are talking about, but also depending upon the subset of Prog one is working with and the definitions one is using. And for me too, whether I think something should or shouldn't be in PA has nothing to do with my appreciation for the music. I don't see being labelled Prog as a badge of honour. Many of my favourites are not considered prog (many I would put in the greater umbrella) and many are definitely not Progressive Rock. EDIT: OR actually, I should say, except when it comes to certain site considerations, I don't care if an act is even in PA or not, and whether I consider that music prog, non-prog, quasi-prog or prog-related has little to do with whether or not I enjoy it. I do have quite diverse music tastes, although not as diverse as some. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 05:33
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My favorite non-prog band of the 80s are the Deep Freeze Mice (Jean and I actually consider them to be prog; they are very avant-garde). They made a lot of great albums with brilliant album titles like "My Geraniums are Bulletproof ", "Teenage Head in My Refrigerator", "The Gates of Lunch", "Saw a Ranch House Burning Last Night", "I Love You Little Bo Bo with Your Delicate Golden Lions", "Hang on Constance, Let Me Hear the News", "War, Famine, Death, Pestilence and Miss Timberlake", "Rain Is When the Earth is Television" or "The Tender Yellow Ponies of Insomnia". Their lyrics are very witty and often satirical; as an example the track "I Vote Conservative (Because I Am in Love with You)" from their album "My Geraniums are Bulletproof", a song about Margaret Thatcher: -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 06:22
Maybe I should tell that it's not allowed for PA to quote lyrics of whole songs, but large parts of them are fine.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 06:33
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I just listened to Susanne Vega (USA) - Solitude Standing (1987) and being in an almost perfect mood for it, it was quite a bit of a special experience. Anyway, I thought then that it's a really fine album and certainly good to be mentioned here as well, so as I don't think it has been so far, here it comes. - But I'm not fond of the artwork, even I like more the back of the cover than the front.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 06:44
I removed the lyrics completely and posted the song instead. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 06:55
But I certainly don't mind what is left (quoted) of it. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 08:43
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Sticking with "popular music" - something like this: Yello - Solid Pleasure (1980) Bobb Trimble - Iron Curtain Innocence (1980)Eurythmics - In the Garden (1981) Fra Lippo Lippi - In Silence (1981) New Order - Movement (1981) Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside (1983)Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984) Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986) The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) Slayer - South of Heaven (1988) The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988) Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos (1989) The Cure - Disintegration (1989) De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) Sepultura - Beneath the Remains (1989) |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 09:04
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Heaven Up Here - Echo & the Bunnymen Seventeen Seconds - the Cure Pornography - the Cure Disintegration - the Cure Kiliminjaro - the Teardrop Explodes Wilder - the Teardrop Explodes Swoon - Prefab Sprout Steve McQueen - Prefab Spout Meat is Murder - the Smiths Strange Boutique - the Monochrome Set Love Zombies - the Monochrome Set Eligible Bachelors - the Monochrome Set the Lost Weekend - the Monochrome Set New Gold Dream - Simple Minds 16 Lovers Lane - the Go Betweens ------------- 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 09:21
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There's a lot of internationally probably quite obscure German stuff on this list, probably not too bad to promote that. One per artist... The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More Astor Piazzolla - New Tango, Zero Hour Diethelm & Famulari - Valleys in my Head Startled Insects - Curse of the Pheromones Volker Banfield plays Ligeti/Messiaen - Etudes pour piano premier livre, Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus Fehlfarben - 33 Tage in Ketten Holger Hiller - Oben im Eck Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch Scala 3 - Scala Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth Joachim Witt - Edelweiss Manhattan Transfer - Brasil Joe Jackson - Night and Day Wim Mertens - Whisper Me Grubenklangorchester - Bergmannsleben Honorary mention: Dissidenten - Out of this World The Blech - Zip Zip Heiner Goebbels & Heiner Mueller - Der Mann im Fahrstuhl Serge Blenner - Fracture Interne The Cure - Seventeen Seconds Killing Joke - s/t Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 10:01
I haven't listened to Solid Pleasure for a long time now, but it its turn this evening as the last one of my 80's albums (I'm listening to my whole collection for the time being). It'll be quite interesting to see how I will find it this time. I'm quite fond of Floodland, as well, and heard it a couple of days ago. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 11:15
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Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain XTC - Black Sea Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock Roger Hodgson - In The Eye Of The Storm George Harrison - Cloud Nine Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever Jeff Lynne - Armchair Theater Bryan Adams - Reckless Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth Big Country - The Seer U2 - The Unforgettable Fire Crowded House - Temple of Low Men Moon Martin - Street Fever Rubén Goldín 1988 Profano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQB-kePnohI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQB-kePnohI Leon Gieco 1981 Pensar En Nada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6vZ-54-UY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc6vZ-54-UY |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 11:26
^ I forgot to include The Unforgettable Fire in my list. 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 13:36
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 20 2022 at 16:09
Yes, that was pretty much the impression in my listening today. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 21 2022 at 04:18
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How about some (more) lyrics from the 80's "counterculture" Bauhaus - "Small Talk Stinks" Small talk stinks See the young man in his new gown Talking up to his bouffant drag He say he loves you with flowers Something that he's never had A sentence should be like a serpent Quick with a sting in its tail String me a line that has meaning and depth There's no small talk with walky talkies Small talk stinks I said it stinks (from the album In the Flat Field (1980)) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 21 2022 at 04:26
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And talking about the 80's counterculture, I'd like to mention the very fine compilation of the American Punk Various artists (
darker
Side (1981)
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 21 2022 at 05:22
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 21 2022 at 16:35
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Something else, which can be good to mention about the non-Prog 80's, is the the very informative book Our band could be your life. Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (2001) by Michael Azerrad - even the author's description of large part of the bands portrayed isn't particularly flattering, not least concerning Black Flag and Henry Rollins. Of other bands profiled, let me mention Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Hüsker Dü, Butthole Surfers and Mission of Burma.  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: March 21 2022 at 19:31
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ok here goes. UFO - Misdemeanor Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Queen - Hot Space Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier T'Pau - Rage Queen - A Kind of Magic Men at Work - Cargo Dire Straits - Making Movies Beltane Fire - Different Breed All About Eve - All About Eve Adam Ant - Friend or Foe Chris De Burgh - Man on the Line Faith no More - The Real Thing FGTH - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome Al Stewart - Last Days of the Century |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 22 2022 at 06:33
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I'll probably forget a couple. no order, BTW Iron Maiden - debut Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush What's Next Black Sabbath - H&H Dire Straits - Love over Gold Sade - Diamond Life Talking Heads - Remain in Light Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues Violent Femmes - s/t Philip Glass - Koyaaniqatsi Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather Peter Gabriel - Security & So Fogerty, John Centerfield Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms U2 - The Joshua Tree U2 - Rattle & Hum Eat - Sell Me A God Living Colour - Vivid The Cult - Love Lenny Kravitz – Let Love
Rule Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk Noir Désir Veuillez Rendre l'âme (à Qui Elle Appartient) Those that played a big role in my 80's in bold  ------------- 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: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 12:50
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Albums with vocals: 1. U2 - Boy 2. Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver 3. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 4. The Blue Nile - Hats 5. U2 - October 6. The Silencers - A Blues for Buddha 7. Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain 8. Red Rider - Neruda 9. Pete Townshend - All the Best Cowboys have Chinese Eyes 10. Robbie Robertson - s/t 11. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops 12. Mike and the Mechanics - s/t 13. Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love 14. Eric Johnson - Tones 15. Colin James Hay - Looking for Jack Albums WITHOUT vocals: 1. Mike Mainieri - Wanderlust 2. John Abercrombie - Current Events 3. Old and New Dreams - Playing 4. Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Mind 5. Suzanne Ciani - The Velocity of Love 6. Kenny Wheeler - Double Double You 7. Steps Ahead - Modern Times 8. Don Cherry - Art Deco 9. Haden / Garbarek / Gismonti - Magico 10. Andy Summers - Mysterious Barricades 11. Terje Rypdal - Chaser 12. Jean-Luc Ponty - Individual Choice 13. Bill Frisell - In Line 14. Billy Currie - Transportation 15. Miles Davis - Aura
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 13:57
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This is harder than the prog lists where I can just look at my reviews. alphabetically, one per artist Big Country - The Crossing China Crisis - Flaunt the Imperfection Chris De Burgh - The Getaway Dire Straits - Making Movies Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night Jack Hardy - hard to pick one Juluka - Scatterlings Lindisfarne - Sleepless Nights Men they Couldn't Hang - Silvertown Van Morrison - Poetic Champions Compose Nightnoise - Something of Time Orealis - Celtic Music Pogues - Rum Sodomy and the Lash Red Box - The Circle and the Square Relativity - Gathering Pace Runrig - Heartland Simple Minds - New Gold Dream Ultravox - Quartet Waterboys - Room to Roam |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 15:42
These two albums are also some of those I've kept from my 80's which in fact has been the only decade when I was most into mainstream Rock and some Pop-Rock.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 16:17
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Those 2 are extremely mainstream. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 16:42
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 16:50
What do you think of “Into The Pandemonium” ? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 16:50
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Talking Heads - Remain in Light Metallica - Master of Puppets R.E.M. - Murmur Anthrax - Among the Living Slayer - Hell Awaits Joy Division - Closer Possessed - Seven Churches Prince - Purple Rain Michael Jackson - Thriller Kreator - Pleasure to Kill X Japan - Blue Blood Bad Religion - Suffer King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen Minor Threat - Out of Step Honorable Mentions: NWA - Straight Outta Compton Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation The Replacements - Tim Bad Brains - Bad Brains Candlemass - Nightfall Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? Mercyful Fate - Melissa King Diamond - Abigail Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 16:52
these are great!
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Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 16:57
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Thank you! The 80s are one hell of a great decade for metal ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 17:00
definitely!
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 17:04
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You have certainly very diverse taste, Necrotica. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 17:25
How do you find Japan? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 17:31
It's been nice! Covid restrictions have finally been getting lifted out here, so I'm able to enjoy more of the country. For instance, just went to Hiroshima last weekend for a strawberry-picking event, and the mall I visited later that day had a killer music store Sometimes I wish I got to Japan now instead of back in 2020 when everything was in lockdown, because I don't have much time left here  ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 18:30
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^ I've got to get over there someday, between the culture, art, cuisine, fantasy/sci-fi, martial arts, I think it must be my second country. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 18:35
For sure, it's a really cool place to be. To be honest though, I'd like to come back again when I'm a civilian and not military. There's a pretty vast difference between the two when it comes to restrictions (not even talking about Covid in this instance), and I'd like a little more freedom to travel out here. ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 23 2022 at 18:51
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Yeah-- plus you've got those monsters attacking Tokyo almost nonstop. That's gotta be frustrating. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 03:56
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For those into Post-Punk and Gothic Rock, I'd like very much to recommend this Danish specialty Before (DK) - A Wish of Life (1982)  with its strong rythms, bass and guitar playing, dark mood, very frenetic vocals and Psychedelic (The Doors) influence. Since its very release, I've always found it not so little mind-blowing, and wonder how come that it's not more internationally appreciated than it's the case.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:02
I don't know much about Danish bands, but this is one of the best hard & heavy albums to come out o Denmark.  |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:13
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^^ Cristi, there's also Royal Hunt (Paradox), Beyond Twilight, Wuthering Heights (Shadow Cabinet) and my fave Anubis Gate (Andromeda Unchained)
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:21
Well, if talking about Danish Metal, I certainly prefer Mercyful Fate (DK) - Melissa (  ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:21
Knowing 4-5 bands is not much TBH. Anubis Gate is awesome indeed. Off topic here. At least Pretty Maids is on topic.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:26
Again, very influential band, I prefer King Diamond's solo albums though. I was just praising a really good heavy metal album from Denmark. I recently re-listened and it was a lot of fun. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:30
Btw, I'm curious about how you define "best"? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:31
I think the songwriting is great, the musicians are competent, the album is all killer, no filler.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:43
well, forgive me for bothering to post... I won't make the same mistake again
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 04:45
No, you misunderstood, I was talking about me. I know just a few bands. It was not a criticism of you.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 05:18
Thanks for your reply, Necrotica, and I hope that you'll enjoy your time left there.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 11:06
A small quote from this book: "Melody Maker interviewer: Are the Buttholes closer to God or Satan? Gibby Haynes: God, definitely. Why take a chance?"
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 13:25
I'm probably forgetting a bunch but off the top of my head...
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 15:45
I guess that I understand your intention now, and if so, it was pretty deep. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: March 24 2022 at 16:57
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Lots of great stuff mentioned here already but two groups that haven't been mentioned that I really enjoyed ( and continued to enjoy) from the '80's that haven't been mentioned are: Cabaret Voltaire- The Crackdown Micro-phonies The Covenant the Sword and the Arm of the Lord and Shriekback- Care Jam Science Oil and Gold The infinite ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: March 26 2022 at 05:23
By the way, these two albums are very fine examples of Polish New Wave, and, especially Lady Pank, with some lyrics which are amazingly critical towards the social system - in Polish though.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 26 2022 at 09:13
I absolutely hated his previous two solo album (Arc & Talking) and TBH, this is isn't that much better, but at least, there is the return of the Hammond... And one bloody great track. ------------- 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 |