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Title: The Best 80s album
Post by: retrobanana on August 19, 2006, 12:49:32 PM
What do you think is the ultimate best 80s album and why? You can only choose one! (it can't be a greatest hits or compilation either!)

After much deliberation and any sentiments aside I think for me it has to be The Cars- Heartbeat City -every song is different in someway but the album in general has a perfect 80s sound. It was produced by Robert Mutt Lange (the future Mr. Shania Twain!) and combines the new wave sound with rock.
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: Pin on August 19, 2006, 13:39:54 PM
Bob Marley and  Legend        Released in 1984

But is classified and is a best of  :(   (but aren't all albums Compilations ? )

Some great tunes to chill to at home and great to cruse down the road to as well

 :o It's not a UB40 I here you cry  :2funny:

Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: Wham Bam on August 19, 2006, 16:03:39 PM
Prince - Purple Rain.

Just because every song on there is great.  I remember getting into Prince (not literally) during my last year at secondary school so this album also reminds me of that last summer of childhood  O0
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: luckynickd on August 19, 2006, 18:49:48 PM
Prince - Purple Rain.

Just because every song on there is great.  I remember getting into Prince (not literally) during my last year at secondary school so this album also reminds me of that last summer of childhood  O0

....would be up there but for me....

The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: Andrew on August 28, 2006, 11:46:27 AM
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: retrobanana on September 03, 2006, 21:55:48 PM
Cu'm on, who else wants to talk about their best 80s album?!  ;)
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: Wham Bam on September 04, 2006, 07:08:41 AM
I also think A-Ha's Hunting High & Low was a great album  O0
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: Viscount Discount on September 04, 2006, 15:43:49 PM
Hmm. Haven't replied before becausae I think we've covered this topic before, but as I said then if I had to pick just one fave from that decade, I'd go for The Pixies - Surfer Rosa.
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: RushHour on October 01, 2006, 15:24:40 PM
What do you think is the ultimate best 80s album and why? You can only choose one! (it can't be a greatest hits or compilation either!)

After much deliberation and any sentiments aside I think for me it has to be The Cars- Heartbeat City -every song is different in someway but the album in general has a perfect 80s sound. It was produced by Robert Mutt Lange (the future Mr. Shania Twain!) and combines the new wave sound with rock.

This is really a tough question, but if I had too choose one album I guess it would have to be 'Solitude Standing' by Suzanne Vega.

RH
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: RON on October 01, 2006, 18:28:42 PM
HEART by HEART is one of my fav albums ever . i would say it's one of the best of the 80s and at this moment it is my fav of the decade . (but i might change my mind next week )  :cheesy:
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: swift on October 02, 2006, 19:05:42 PM
Present Arms (UB 40).. a great story how a bunch of unemployed guys got themselves out of poverty... musically it's nearly perfect.. and they've never equalled it since!!
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: DaysWentRollingBy on June 28, 2013, 23:21:47 PM
Five Star - Luxury of Life
Title: Re: The Best 80s album
Post by: ac427 on August 04, 2014, 12:40:50 PM
Men at Work - Business as Usual