# Give me your top ten 80's albums. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870 "2014-10-20T00:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/41 "2014-10-20T23:29:10Z")
“War”, by U2 also received 2 votes. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/42 "2014-10-20T23:31:01Z")
Ah - well, as I said, I picked “The Unforgettable Fire” from the multiple list, but we might as well throw “War” in there, too (making U2) by far the artist with most albums getting more than one vote). ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/43 "2014-10-20T23:49:29Z")
In no particular order 1. Rush - Moving Pictures 2. Van Halen - Fair Warning 3. Yes - Drama 4. Genesis - Duke 5. The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot to take out the trash 6. The Dickies - Stukas over Disneyland 7. The Vapors - New Clear Days 8. Rush - Exit Stage Left 9. The Vandals - Slippery When Ill 10. The Ramones - Too Tough to Die ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/44 "2014-10-21T00:35:53Z")
No particular order, I can’t come up with 10. I get 6 then it’s a raffle. Slippery when wet - Bon Jovi Appetite for Destruction - Guns n Roses Too low for zero - Elton John Back in Black - AC-DC Swingshift - Cold Chisel Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/45 "2014-10-21T01:12:55Z")
I think everyone forgot INXS - Kick ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/46 "2014-10-21T01:35:00Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > The Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll Hmm. Hmmmmm. Hmm. Okay, I’m sticking with my original list, but this one’s worth consideration. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/47 "2014-10-21T02:17:21Z")
Living Color - _Vivid_ R.E.M. - _Lifes Rich Pageant_ Pretenders - _Learning to Crawl_ Bob Marley - _Uprising_ U2 - _The Joshua Tree_ Springsteen - _Tunnerl of Love_ Squeeze - _ArgyBargy_ Black Uhuru - _Red Island_ 10,000 Maniacs - _In My Tribe_ The Clash - _London Calling_ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/48 "2014-10-21T02:31:12Z")
1. Guns ‘n’ Roses - _Appetite for Destruction_ 2. Beastie Boys - _Paul’s Boutique_ 3. Metallica - _Master of Puppets_ 4. Minor Threat - _Minor Threat_ 5. Black Flag - _Damaged_ 6. The Pixies - _Doolittle_ 7. Kurtis Blow - _Ego Trip_ 8. Public Enemy - _It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back_ 9. EPMD - _Strictly Business_ 10. Run DMC - _Raising Hell_ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/49 "2014-10-21T04:22:42Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I think everyone forgot INXS - Kick I really liked _The Swing_ and _Listen Like Thieves_. I listened to those albums a lot when I was in high school. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/50 "2014-10-21T05:03:03Z")
In no particular order, but albums that have been on regular rotation for me since, well, since the '80s. And if this list sounds a little too '80s then, well, it was the '80s man! 1. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland 2. Love and Rockets - Express 3. Thomas Dolby - Golden Age of Wireless 4. Transvision Vamp - Pop Art 5. The Wonder Stuff - Eight Legged Groove Machine 6. Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos 7. Sinead O’Connor - Lion and the Cobra 8. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie 9. Concrete Blonde - Debut 10. Prince - Purple Rain ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/51 "2014-10-24T17:02:54Z")
Here’s a list of the 10 1980s albums I listened to most at the time, and still like. I think I’ll do them in roughly chronological order, rather than rank them: The Go-Go’s, Beauty and the Beat Josie Cotton, Convertible Music Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense Si Kahn, Unfinished Portraits John Mellencamp, Scarecrow Paul Simon, Graceland John Mellencamp, Lonesome Jubilee U2, Joshua Tree Johnny Clegg & Savuka, Shadow Man Voice of the Beehive, Let It Bee Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 Actually, that’s 11 albums. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/52 "2014-10-24T18:22:46Z")
No particular reason for choosing any of these, except that I listened to all of them continuously on my auto-reverse tape player. (And subsequently re-purchased all of them on CD.) ZZ Top - Eliminator Paul Simon - Graceland Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA The Police - Synchronicity John Fogerty - Centerfield John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow Van Halen - 1984 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast Boston - Third Stage ETA - Yeah, agree on Traveling Wilburys, Vol. I. So, yeah, it goes to 11. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/53 "2014-10-24T19:13:56Z")
Springsteen - Tunnel of Love Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion The Bangles - All Over The Place (and/or about the next 3 albums) Zevon - Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School Karla Bonoff - Wild Heart Of The Young Rick Springfield - Working Class Dog Dire Straits - Making Movies (this would be my most essential album of the decade) 38 Special - Tour de Force Scandal - Scandal and Warrior (Go-Gos should be in here somewhere, too, but I went with stuff I don’t think I’d seen mentioned much so far) ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870/54 "2014-10-24T19:37:22Z")
1. Let It Be - The Replacements (1984) 2. Lifes Rich Pageant - REM (1986) 3. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985) 4. Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello (1982) 5. Talking with the Taxman about Poetry - Billy Bragg (1986) 6. Huevos - Meat Puppets (1987) 7. Doolittle - Pixies (1989) 8. I’m Your Man - Leonard Cohen (1988) 9. Miss America - Mary Margaret O’Hara (1988) 10. If I Should Fall from Grace with God - The Pogues (1987) Good decade for music, that. It wasn’t all hair metal and cheesy synths. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-top-ten-80s-albums/701870.md?page=2)