cobl04
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Cool story except Annie Clark is hotter
However, I still haven't found a whole lot from 1985-1990 that I can get into. I'm adamantly against the concept of any period of popular music being significantly weaker than any others, and I want to be proven right. What are some of your favorite albums from this period of music? I need suggestions.
The Joshua Tree
Okay, looking at my iPod, here are some of my favorites from that time period (not counting the obvious U2 and REM). I don't think anyone's going to argue for the "greatness" of some of these, but what the hell, these were my favorites.
a-ha - Scoundrel Days
Duran Duran - Notorious
Paul Simon - Graceland / The Rhythm of the Saints
Prince - Sign O' the Times
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra / I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sting - Nothing Like the Sun (shut up, I love this album)
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
The Cure - Disintegration
Depeche Mode - 101 (live albums spanning work from multiple years probably doesn't count, but damn, I love this album)
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Paul McCartney - Flowers In the Dirt
Indigo Girls - Nomads Indians Saints
The Sundays- Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
joyfulgirl said:The Trinity Session is still one of my favorite records.
Yeah, those ^ (except McCartney which I don't even remember) and:
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
Daniel Lanois - Acadie
I will agree with you on Three Days, but overall I prefer Nothing's Shocking. Ocean Size gives Three Days a run for it's money, IMHO, but of course suffers from being less than half as long.
Ed Droste just tweeted Grizzly Bear will release a new album and tour Australia this year. Yay!
I already had interest in this (and Lucinda Williams' s/t), but now I won't delay in hearing them.
This is the curse of having greatest hits albums on the iPod instead of the actual albums - you forget Temple of Low Men!
That was one of my favorite albums (I even had it on vinyl) in high school.
Agree that Nothing's Shocking gets the edge for its consistency.I think Nothing's Shocking is a bit more consistent, even if it doesn't reach the peaks of Then She Did (a beautiful tender epic about the death of Perry's mother that far surpasses Three Days IMO) or Classic Girl (an equally touching ode to Perry's wife). Standing in the Shower Thinking, Had A Dad, Summertime Rolls, idiots Rule, Mountain Song, and last but not least, perhaps the definitive Jane's track in Ted, Just Admit It.
However, I still haven't found a whole lot from 1985-1990 that I can get into. I'm adamantly against the concept of any period of popular music being significantly weaker than any others, and I want to be proven right. What are some of your favorite albums from this period of music? I need suggestions.
phanan said:Wasn't Gaelic Storm the band in Titanic?
LemonMelon said:So 1978-1984 used to be a weak area for me musically, not a whole lot that I enjoyed besides U2 and REM. Now I'm all about Joy Division, The Cure, Simple Minds, Blondie, Kraftwerk, The Cars, Elvis Costello, Replacements, etc.
However, I still haven't found a whole lot from 1985-1990 that I can get into. I'm adamantly against the concept of any period of popular music being significantly weaker than any others, and I want to be proven right. What are some of your favorite albums from this period of music? I need suggestions.
Dunedin is strange because RYM isn't particularly helpful; every album is between 3.30 and 3.80 and 100-200 ratings, if that, so it's tough to tell what is essential and what isn't. Thanks for that list, it shall serve me well.
The Dentists
Still haven't heard that album. What a great excuse to do so.
However, I still haven't found a whole lot from 1985-1990 that I can get into. I'm adamantly against the concept of any period of popular music being significantly weaker than any others, and I want to be proven right. What are some of your favorite albums from this period of music? I need suggestions.
Uhhhhhhh, pretty much the entire Pixies discography (minus Trompe Le Monde)? Other than that, some great recommendations already made here. I'll addHowever, I still haven't found a whole lot from 1985-1990 that I can get into. I'm adamantly against the concept of any period of popular music being significantly weaker than any others, and I want to be proven right. What are some of your favorite albums from this period of music? I need suggestions.
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
While I can't say I'm well versed in their discography, I've liked what I've heard of Concrete Blonde and I never hear people talk about them.