A (Random) 1986 Albums Poll
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Topic: A (Random) 1986 Albums Poll
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: A (Random) 1986 Albums Poll
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 01:17
a random 1986 poll, I wanted to put more metal, gave up (I'm listening to 1986 Voivod now  ), gave up on some AOR, wanted to give up altogether but since some time was spent, here it is. So for the fun of it choose an album, tell me why. What other good and great 1986 albums are there? (non-prog)
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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 01:24
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No Madonna! I'm not voting, sorry! Now seriously, I haven't listened to any of these albums, so no vote from me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 01:26
then you've got some listening to do
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A Crimson Mellotron wrote:Posted By: Matti
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 01:39
Talk Talk! 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 01:45
I like Ozzy Osbourne's album, but it'd be The Ultimate Sin not to vote for Emerson, Lake & Powell. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 09:12
2 votes with no comments  not cool...
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 09:15
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Ozzy as J.R. Ewing. ------------- 
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 09:39
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ELPowell. Like the other thread on Floyd's AMLOR album, this one is sort of soft spot because it was actually the first ELP album I bought. I was a teenager at the time and Touch and Go was being played a lot on the AOR stations. This one started my journey going through their back catalog and discovering their 1970s masterpieces. It's a product of its time. Side A was good. Side B had a lot of filler on it. Great ending with Emerson's take on Holst's Mars the Bringer of War. ------------- ---------- 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: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 09:57
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Ozzy from your list, that's a great album. As far as others from '86.... Steve Winwood~Back In the High Life: Just played this one the other day after too long of a hiatus. Such great songs and production. Robert Palmer~Riptide....that MTV video 'nuff said! Madonna~True Blue..gotta give props to Madonna great performer and singer. Plus she dedicates a song to Jimmy Cagney on this album. She always gave recognition to those that came before. Boston~Third Stage: by this time the band was already in break down, 8yrs after Don't Look Back...Fran, Sib, Barry were gone. Most of these songs written well before so they still have that classic Boston flavor and sound. -------------   
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 10:06
I thought of Boston, like I said I gave up on putting AOR albums, also thought of Journey. Seeing Madonna, a mediocre singer if you ask me, getting praise here (and voted for in another poll) gives me a headache, I don't get it. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 12:46
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Other great albums from 1986: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia THE MOON AND THE MELODIES The Moon and the Melodies UNIVERS ZERO Heatwave DAVID SYLVIAN Gone to Earth SHUB-NIGGURATH -- Les morts vont vite AIN SOPH Hat and Field Non-proggy: COCTEAU TWINS Victorialand XTC Skylarking PET SHOP BOYS Please ANITA BAKER Rapture ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 12:57
this not a prog poll. And who did you vote in the poll? Why do I feel patronized when reading your post?
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 13:48
and there is the problem, a closed mind gives one a headache...always!!  This is General Music Discussion not one of those krappy Prog threads.Journey..hmm Raised On Radio might be mid 80's.... -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 13:50
wow, I did not know disliking Madonna was a sign of closed-mindedness, but now that you told me, mystery solved. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 14:14
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^ It's kinda a dose of PA medicine 'round these parts, not liking a particular prog band gets you ragged....like for example liking Steven Wilson, Genesis (post Gabriel), Rush, Dream Theater, Neal Morse, Pink Floyd. Plus you asked "What other good and great 1986 albums are there? (non-prog)" You could have added "that only I approve of and like...." then it would be a different case. Carry on... -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 14:23
All I said was I did not understand the praise Madonna gets. I think she is a mediocre singer. It's not an attack on you or your music taste. A bit of an overreaction on your part, don't you think?
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 14:45
I have to admit I am on Team Cristi with this one. Not a fan of local girl Madonna. I can take in small doses and actually like a couple of songs, but mostly a  for me. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 14:46
Yup, my bad.........Carry on I'm spinning her album now, cause I like it. -------------
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Posted By: Tancos
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 16:55
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I went with Yngvie, but really, none of the above. 1986 is right in the middle of the period when I quit bothering with any sort of "popular" music and listened mostly to classical. Some possible write-ins, not necessarily prog: Pastor of Muppets, The Queen Is Dead, Daring Adventures, Graceland, Polka Party, Tones.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 17:10
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I first met Yngwie's music in the late 90s, I guess. Trilogy should be the record. I still love it. Magic Mirror is my favourite song from the album. Yngwie's first, Rising Force has some mind-blowing songs, like Far Beyond the Sun; but Trilogy has a concept album air and it flows nicely till the end. Anyway, I'll vote for YJM - Trilogy as you should have guessed. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 17:17
| I don't know most of these. In the 80's I was mostly listening to Led Zeppelin, the Tubes, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, the Moody Blues, Pink Floyd and Rush. Other than those mostly classic rock on the radio. Even later I never really heard most of these except ELPowell. Not fair to vote when I don't know most of the others though. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 14 2021 at 23:32
What?! No love for Fates Warning on this one?!  ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 02:51
I was listening to Duran Duran and Depeche Mode (two bands I still listen to today, and which I would happily argue as having prog tendencies. A lot of ‘80s pop is highly overlooked and underrated, and it’s notable that in recent years there has been reevaluation of quite a few ‘80s bands, so that what might once have been guilty pleasures are now nothing to be ashamed of. (Not that I’ve ever been ashamed of any of my musical pleasures, and have never had any I’ve felt guilty about enjoying.) But in terms of this poll, my vote went to Queensryche, and their first (IMO) prog metal album. Up until that, they had hinted at being prog metal, but hadn’t taken the final step. (As I argued in the “first prog metal album”, when someone suggested a the Warning - a great album, no doubt, but more proto prog metal than prog metal proper.) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 03:17
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I only know six of those, so won't vote. ELPowell would be my top choise of those I know. I gave in an awful review on PA many years ago, but my re-appraisal is more favourable. It has great highs and awful lows, which is in keeping with ELP albums. The Ozzy album disappointed me at the time. I loved Bark at the Moon, but TUS seemed week in comparison. I don't care much about production, but I seem to remember the weak, tinny Ron Nevison production robbed the album of any power it could have had. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 03:23
I was mainly listening to Synth Pop in the 1980's, so apart from a-ha and Talk Talk, most of these albums passed me by at the time. I only discovered Emerson, Lake & Powell's superb album just a couple of months ago. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 03:24
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I'm surprised three giant albums (if you ask me) are not getting any attention, possibly because they're metal or even is it possibly they're unknown here. All three of them amazing debuts, from Candlemass, Heir Apparent and Crimson Glory.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 03:27
That's another three bands I'd never heard of, until now.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 03:35
well, this is no surprise, I wasn't expecting you to know these to be honest. No offense. I wasn't thinking of you when I wrote that.
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 03:45
I pretty much love anything Leif Edling is in, or has/had involvement in, so Candlemass is definitely fine with me. That would probably be my second choice after Queensryche. (Perhaps strangely, the one album of Leif’s I’m well aware of not having listened to is his solo album. But I love Krux, Avatarium and The Doomsday Kingdom. If it’s true that Leif has ME, and it would explain his withdrawal and absence, that’s a really sad thing. It’s such a hideous condition. I have two friends that suffer from it, and I wouldn’t wish their suffering on anyone.) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 09:52
No offence taken.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:27
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:28
I imagine you'd like all three of them. Surprised you don't know Candlemass.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:39
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:49
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I like what I am hearing from Candlemass. Being they are from Sweden, I thought they were more of a black metal band with the guttural screaming that I don't like about a lot of modern metal. This is good. Reminds me a bit of Annihilator. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:50
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I've heard songs by Candlemass and Crimson Glory.....Never heard anything by Heir Apparent. It's music from 1986......been there done that, time to move on!! -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:52
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1986 is pretty modern considering the music that gets discussed the most in these forums is from the 70's. -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 10:54
Candlemass is one of the best heavy/doom bands ever. Crimson Glory and Heir Apparent are examples of early progressive metal. Heir Apparent came back with an excellent album a couple of years ago. I don't think they deserve any mocking.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 11:48
I don't have a clue by what you mean mocking......Please explain how I am mocking Heir Apparent -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 11:49
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 11:53
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^ thank you for the vocabulary lesson... You said: "Never heard anything by Heir Apparent. It's music from 1986......been there done that, time to move on!!  "so this sarcastic remark was supposed to do what? |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 12:11
"Never heard anything by Heir Apparent." (PERIOD) which means end of thought......"It's music from 1986......been there done that, time to move on!! " Maybe I am mocking 1986, ok so?? Are you the Heir Apparent and 1986 Public Defender...... You're being wayyyyyyyyyy too sensitive.Chill out champ!!! -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 15 2021 at 12:20
what?  |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: January 17 2021 at 06:11
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Hm... My favourite 1986 album would probably be The Wedge by Pallas... From this list, back in 1986, I would have chosen Yngwie Malmsteen's Trilogy (although then and now I prefer his Rising Force album) and even today it is still by moments an amazing listen, but competing with Talk Talk... Malmsteen it is, today (but tomorrow...?). ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 17 2021 at 07:01
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Talk Talk: 5 stars masterpiece. The others? Hmmm... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 17 2021 at 13:23
^This.....spot on. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: January 31 2021 at 23:57
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Yngwie Malmsteen>Ozzy>Magnum> Cinderella>ELPowell ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |