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

The Sting albums from the 80s are fantastic!

The 80's Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac and U2 albums. 

I realise that my tastes really have not changed very much when looking at these that I "dug" in the 80s and still "dig", as some of the retro cool kids say (there are many more I could list, especially soundtracks).

EDIT: Sorry, forgot it was rock. I've never really been much of a rocker despite liking much music of the rock related or rock fusion variety. Anyway, at the least Midnight Oil would count. But then Sade is mentioned, and I had not thought of Sade as rock.

Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)
Goiorgio Moroder - Cat People (1982)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)
Gary Numan - Telekon (1980)
Klaus Doldinger - Das Boot (1981)
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust (1987)

Edited by Logan - September 23 2024 at 09:28

I have all of Sade's albums on CD so I'll give her/them a worthy mention too. 

Lewian wrote: The Sting albums from the 80s are fantastic!

Yep. When you have jazz greats... Kenny Kirkland and Branford Marsalis it's easy.

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.

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

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

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

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.