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

^ You make up for that with your avatar! 

Well, I was growing up during the 80s. The list does contain a few albums which I only learned about in the 90s. Will remove them for the sake of authenticity ...

verslibre wrote: 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.

The 80s is so cool for music in the 80s. John Carpenter (I adore Escape From New York), Wendy Carlos for Tron....

------------------------------------------------

I might try to post a longer list of albums I liked in the 80s and still like (I will keep to music from the 80s -- I prefer that focus).

These are some ones from others 80s lists I got into post-80s.

- Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur (Started listening to Art Zoyd in maybe 2005, and the two albums here that got mentioned by two others have alternated as my favourite AZ album)
- Art Zoyd - Le Mariage du Ciel et de l'Enfer (I adore this album)
- Bacamarte - Depois do Fim (discovered in 2005 or 2006)
- Beausoleil, Bobby - Lucifer Rising (discovered in about 2010, maybe, thanks to a PA user recommendation to me)
- Bowie, David - Scary Monsters (2009 maybe? I might have heard it in full in the 80s but it was not until Bowie was being added to this site that I more deeply explored his discography. That said, this album actually has never completely clicked)
- Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses. I knew Depeche Mode but I only got into this in very recent years.
- Dün - Eros . A favourite of mine in 2005/2006, which still is.
- Eskaton - 4 Visions. Got to know this when I got to know Eros. Love this album.
- Jaivas, Los - Alturas de Machu Picchu. Also first heard in 2005. Actually have not listened to it for quite some years.
- News From Babel - Letters Home. First heard in maybe 2010 as a recommendation from the same PA user as recommended Beausoleil.
- Present - Triskaidekaphobie. Got into a little while before I joined PA.
- Sade - Diamond Life. I got into this in the late 90s.
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - JuJu. It's only in the last few years that I became totally infatuated with Siouxsie and The B, and really explored her music, and this is an incredible album. S&TB has rocked my world!
- Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden. heard it first some time after I joined PA, but only in recent years have I really loved Talk Talk.
- Talking Heads - Remain In Light. Just really got into this album after joining PA.
- Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors. Got into this in 2005. This was my original UZ favourite album, and it is great,
- Univers Zero - UZED . Got into this in 2006.
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes. Heard VF in the 80s, but only listened to this album in full and really appreciate it in the last two years.
- John Zorn- - Naked City. Got into this in about 2009 and revisited it again recently and like it more than ever.


Albums mentioned that I loved in the 80s and have fond memories of at least:

- David Bowie - Let's Dance. It's the B side I loved
- Roxy Music - Avalon. I really liked this in the 80s, I should listen again.
- Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense. Been many years since I last listened to it in full.
- U2 - The Joshua Tree. I have not heard this in so many years.
- The Who - It's Hard. First album I bought for my self (on cassette). "I've Known No War" is terrific. I would have added it to my list but I last listened to it in full over 20 years ago.

------------

And now a couple of artists in PA who had work in the 80s that I loved in the 80s and still like: Kitaro and Vangelis.

Edited by Logan - September 23 2024 at 17:26

How is this thread different from this former one?

^ back in the 1980s I was between 4 and 14 years old, so these releases represent my first experiences with records. Needless to say that I was a metalhead first and foremost 

Cristi wrote: How is this thread different from this former one? https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=128664&KW=

Sean Trane wrote: David_D wrote: It may look like that person-historical subjects don't have so much interest anymore. I'm not sure where you're going with that statement and your OP.

Hrychu wrote: As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I find it intriguing that all of you who lived in the 80's, had almost no favorite albums from the 70s or earlier at that point. Was older music considered passé or uncool in the 80's, generally speaking?

Sean Trane wrote: From 89 onwards, I kind of returned to rock gradually (more/better albums) with 91/92/93 the return of prog