Pixies - Surfer Rosa
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
REM - Green
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions....
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Metallica - And Justice For All
Travelling Wilburys - Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1
Other
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Has anyone mentioned Morrisseys debut Viva Hate. I'm on record on this very forum as pointing out I was quite unimpressed with Suedehead when it came out ...and to this day think he was threading water with it -but Every Day is Like Sunday? Man what a song! ...and that wan in the vid -I'd have slipped my hand up her blousey t-shirt at a glance. If she'd had let me -which she surely wouldn't.
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I don't think so . Not forgotten though, just not a great album. Despite the fact that the two singles deserve a mention (yes, the two of them) there were better albums that year, and better Morrissey albums to come. It was a good debut though; solid without being spectacular.
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Shame you didn't try this strategy for the Pogues album.
Its sad that indie by numbers tat like surfer rosa is winning.
Dont know about you but im looking forward to 1994 Best Albums. So many classics to choose from and i daresay the winner of this competition will be from that year.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Am wondering if this is the most ludicrous comment I've ever read on here.
Care to elucidate on exactly which indie tat they were doing by the numbers? In 1988??
How is it their fault, or how does it change how good the album is that a pile of no-mark bands have ripped them off wholesale in the subsequent years?
You might as well hold Mavis Reilly responsible for Les Dennis.
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Even bigger shame is that I don't give a **** about the Pogues
Surfer Rosa was an original album 20 years ago. There's nothing "by numbers" in that record.
Their influence has been far reaching. Many bands have based their entire careers on ripping off the Pixies sound which over time has lessened the impact of the band and muddied the water as to the bands originality.
Quoting years at random since 1975
So its a poll to find the best album of the last 20 years as long as it conforms to your view of whats good or bad? Id take the pogues over every album on that list.
I think we've clarified that the Pogues qualify under 'other', but they're still well down on votes.
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Are you generally this much fun, or are you making an exception for this thread? Pixies are currently walloping the Pogues, and if I had my way Leonard Cohen would be advancing. Still no need to reference facts eh Bill
Mmmm pot calling kettle black....Are you generally this much fun, or are you making an exception for this thread? Pixies are currently walloping the Pogues, and if I had my way Leonard Cohen would be advancing. Still no need to reference facts eh Bill
If I can chuck my tuppence at the Pogues issue. I can barely remember (14 at the time) so I'll bow to the insistence of anyone who actually does remember BUT I wouldn't be suprised if The Pogues IISFFGWG was indeed released in the middle of 1987 and re-released in Jan 88 following the success of Fairytale.
The Pogues had a very big hit in Spring of 87 with The Irish Rover (not on the original IISFFGWG I know) and It'd be a little curious that they wouldn't try and follow it a bit quicker than 8-10 months.
I also recall hearing that Fairytale was recorded in it's entirety in two recording sessions (slow solo bit at the start was tacked on later!!!) in mid to late 1986. So the record was ready to go.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
Plausible, except for the fact that they were on Stiff records back then, who didn't exactly do things by the book, and were pretty much in the middle of a meltdown around that time.
As I said above their own official site gives a Stiff and Island catalog number (different covers too), but only makes reference to a Jan'88 release.
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When does the best album of 1989 poll comeup?
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
Thursday
On the Pogues again, answers.com give a German release date in 1987 so I'm starting to think that Lionel's theory is probably right and that there was a reissue in Jan of 88. I was 7 at the time, and am not a Pogues fan so I don't know, but why would two seperate websites give 1987 as a release date? I'll try and find out the real date, but Wiki's specific June date in 1987 seems a bit too...well specific, for someone to make it up, plus why bother putting it back 6 months? Normally when Wiki is out it's because someone is acting up and putting in ridiculous info/dates
EDIT again: Amazon.com also put it at 1987 and they're usually bang on their release dates, CD Universe also give 1987 as the original release date and include this piece about a 1988 reissue of the album for sale at the moment,
Reissue of the Pogues' classic third album, their 1987 offering. Features the title track, 'Fairytale of New York', 'Sit Down By the Fire', a medley of traditional Irish music & much more.
So lads, mod hat is back on and the Pogues are discounted once again. There's dozens of sites if you google 'the Pogues If I Should Fall From Grace With God original 1987' that are given the release date as 1987 and that line from CD Universe clinches it for me. I'll take those apologies by PM as well people
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Looking forward to this year too. Was the dawn of The Daisy Age after all.
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Was it not their first for Island?
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
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