80s Art rock/Progressive Pop Albums

I wore out at least eight albums on here. Hmmm ... which should I choose?

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Rush: "Signals"   It's good to see I'm not the only one reviving old polls.

Again some very good albums there ,own a dozen  of them,...but one of my favorite bands and one of their best albums....imho one of the best ever when it comes to clever art rock/pop.

Nice list.

Voting for Rush is too easy for me, so I'll vote Tin Drum by Japan, although it's jostling for top spot with hounds of Love, Secrets of the Beehive & Spirit of Eden.

Surely ELPowell is symphonic prog?? The Score, Touch & Go & Mars are hardly prog pop or Art Rock. IMO.

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Cristi wrote: Rush: "Signals"   It's good to see I'm not the only one reviving old polls. Are you a winking kind of guy in every day life?

Ultravox - 'Vienna' with its cold atnosphere and viberant synth/keyboard/violin by Kevin Curry, a very influential album.

Plenty of really good stuff here, but Laurie Anderson’s Big Science was the first album to come to mind when I saw the title and will get my vote. I really love that album, and it is a sentimental favourite.

I prophesy disaster wrote: Logan wrote: Plenty of really good stuff here, but Laurie Anderson’s Big Science was the first album to come to mind when I saw the title and will get my vote. I really love that album, and it is a sentimental favourite.   I hated "O Superman" when it was released and play quite a lot on the radio in Australia.

The sentimentality has an Australian connection for me.

I loved “O Superman” from first seeing the music video in Canada — not like a bold love unlike your bold hate. I rarely really have hated music. Disliked plenty.    I found it weird and wonderful. I’ve always appreciated the quirky. It was years later as a 19 year old while in Australia that I first heard the album and fell for it.   Listening to it takes me back to my wonderful time in Cairns and the Northern beaches of Queensland.

It’s rather like how I associate Magma’s Attahk with beaches in Mexico. Music and beaches go together so well for me.   

Edited by Logan - August 21 2020 at 13:23

I prophesy disaster wrote: Logan wrote: I prophesy disaster wrote: Logan wrote: Plenty of really good stuff here, but Laurie Anderson’s Big Science was the first album to come to mind when I saw the title and will get my vote. I really love that album, and it is a sentimental favourite.   I hated "O Superman" when it was released and play quite a lot on the radio in Australia. The sentimentality has an Australian connection for me. I loved “O Superman” from first seeing the music video in Canada. I found it weird and wonderful. I’ve always appreciated the quirky. It was years later as a 19 year old while in Australia that I first heard the album and fell for it.   Listening to it takes me back to my wonderful time in Cairns and the Northern beaches of Queensland. It’s rather like how I associate Magma’s Attahk with beaches in Mexico. Music and beaches go together so well for me.   I've never heard the album. Naturally, I wouldn't seek the album if I hated the frequently played song from it. And when I say I "hated" the song, I mean I hated the song with a passion... something that is quite rare.

I’m sure your strong reaction said something interesting about your psyche. I’ve hardly ever really hated a piece of music. There is plenty that I’ve disliked. Other than Pedro would likely complain, I’d quite te like to do a topic on this subject — art (music, books, films, tv, painting, sculpture etc.) that caused an extreme negative visceral reaction in you, coupled with one’s that had an extremely positive reaction. That could be cathartic, and I like the kinds of topics that get us to understand better how we as individuals and others think and experience things. And that can lead to more tolerance and finding common ground.

By the way, not that I would ever recommend the album to you, but I knew someone who liked the rest of the album but disliked that one song. I have another positive Laurie Anderson connection. In high school my favourite class was Creative Writing as might be expected of someone who likes writing on the Internet, even if my writing here is not as creative as I would like, and my teacher loved to play Laurie Anderson music in her class.

I can’t think of any song I’ve had such a strong reaction to, but I wouldn’t expect to have the same emotional wiring. While some “hate” any negativity, I think it can be helpful to share and be honest about such feelings. I have rarely felt hatred. I guess I have kind of hated the ISIS organisation, despise much religious fanaticism and other types of fanaticism, and have felt a sort of hatred, more like disgust, towards various murderers and rapists.

If I had a Death Note that worked on songs, there are a few I wouldn’t mind killing.

Edited by Logan - August 21 2020 at 14:22

Logan wrote: By the way, not that I would ever recommend the album to you, but I knew someone who liked the rest of the album but disliked that one song.