Album of 1984 (Round 3) - RESULT

[NorfolkWhite]

Pixies
Mondays
Stump
R.E.M.
N.W.A.

[Durly]

Sonic Youth
Talk Talk
Public Enemy
NWA
Pixies

Tough leaving out Jane's Addiction and REM.

[lufc1304]

Jane's Addiction
Public Enemy
Pixies
Sonic Youth
Happy Mondays

[Azkal]

Pixies 'Surfer Rosa'
NWA 'Straight Outta Compton'
Sonic Youth 'Daydream Nation'
Graham Parker 'The Mona Lisa's Sister'
Public Enemy 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'

[Finnatic]

Crowded House
Pixies
U2
Morrissey
REM

[Irish Ian]

Queensryche
U2
REM

[onemoreslogan]

Jane's
Pixies
Leonard
Public Enemy
REM

Sorry for the delay. I was off grid in Georgian Bay for a few.

[Tottenham]

Sorry.

Morrissey for me.

[1964white]

Sorry.

Morrissey for me.

Totte you have five albums to vote for if you wish to use them or is the Morrissey album the only one you enjoy on the list?

[Tottenham]

Morrissey
Happy Mondays
Metallica
U2
Talking Heads

[paddy parrott]

R .E .M,
U2 ,
Talk Talk,
Leonard Cohen&
Morrisey.

[The Subhuman]

Bets album of the 80's and probably one of the most pivotal albums ever wins the 1988 poll. Well deserved

1998 AOTY is an easy one for me standing head and shoulders over everything else

Mansun 'Six'

[1964white]

ALBUM OF 1988

NOMINATE NOW

37 Pixies 'Surfer Rosa' Ges
26 Talk Talk 'Spirit Of Eden' 64
19 R.E.M. 'Green' Mrs 64
19 Sonic Youth 'Daydream Nation' Durly
17 Public Enemy 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back' Azkal
16 Morrissey 'Viva Hate' Totte
16 U2 'Rattle & Hum'BB
14 Crowded House 'Temple of Low Men' Finn
14 Talking Heads 'Naked' John
14 Metallica 'And Justice For All' Haighy
13 Jeff Healey Band 'See The Light' Gandi
11 Happy Mondays 'Bummed' 1304
11 NWA 'Straight Outta Compton' Faaip
11 Graham Parker 'The Mona Lisa's Sister' Cat
10 Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking' Onemore
10 Leonard Cohen 'I'm Your Man' Sara
07 Keith Richards 'Talk Is Cheap'Billie
06 Stump 'A Fierce Pancake' Norfolk
06 Thomas Dolby. Aliens Ate My Buick MJ
05 Queensryche Operation Mindcrime Ian
03 My Bloody Valentine 'Isn't Anything' Kindest
00 Aslan 'Feel No Shame' Paddy

Voted : Azkal, BB, Billie, Cat, Durly, Faaip, Finn, Gandi, Haighy, Ian, John, Kindest, MJ, Mrs 64, Norfolk, Onemore, Paddy, Sara,Tottenham, 64, 1304

[1964white]

Happy with the top four in fact I have 8 of the top 9 albums on my shelves

[1964white]

Album Winners

1965 Beatles 'Rubber Soul' (Hector)
1966 Beatles 'Revolver' (Cat)
1966 Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds' (64)
1967 Beatles 'Sgt. Peppers' (Finn)
1968 Rolling Stones 'Beggars Banquet' (Ges)
1975 Pink Floyd 'Wish You Were Here' (64)
1976 David Bowie 'Station To Station' (MJ)
1977 Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols' (Durly)
1977 Stranglers 'Rattus Norvegicus' (Finn)
1978 Kate Bush 'The Kick Inside' (Finn)
1985 Kate Bush 'Hounds Of Love' (Sara)
1986 Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead' (64)
1987 U2 'The Joshua Tree (Finn)
1988 Pixies 'Surfer Rosa' (Ges)
1995 Radiohead 'Bends' (64)
1996 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'Murder Ballads' (Ges)
1997 Radiohead 'OK Computer' (64)
2005 Sigur Ros 'Takk' (Durly)
2006 Arctic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (BB)
2007 Arcade Fire 'Neon Bible' (Finn)
2015 Kurt Vile 'B'lieve I'm Goin Down' (Cat)
2016 David Bowie 'Blackstar' (64)
2017 Barr Brothers 'Queens Of The Breakers' (Faaip)

[1964white]

ALBUM OF 1998

NOMINATE NOW

[Azkal]

Belle and Sebastian ‘Boy With The Arab Strap’

[NorfolkWhite]

Mercury Rev 'Deserter's Songs'

[NorfolkWhite]

Gomez
Idlewild
Elliott Smith
Beck
Pulp

Be another strong year.

[Finnatic]

Neil Finn’s solo debut album “Try Whistling This”
Takes quite a few listens and is different from his other stuff (hence the title) but it’s one I always go back to.