Fantastic idea! Nice little musical journey through the ages too. Nice one!
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
Since so many of you whinged (two in fact, but I like to run a happy ship), since I liked this idea, and since the result of the all in one poll resulted in an unfavourable win (to me) of an Oasis album (Lisbon Treaty Lessons: Vol One), so heres your first poll for 1988. 9 of the best albums from that year, if your favourite isn't on it click other and vote for it in the thread. If enough people vote for that album in the thread and it has the highest number of people wanting it to win then it will win and go on to the next round. One poll a week leading up to the best of this year sometime in November and then the fireworks will begin
Last edited by jebus; 03/07/2008 at 2:26 PM.
Fantastic idea! Nice little musical journey through the ages too. Nice one!
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
at least 3 of my favourite top 25 albums are there, I've gone with and justice for all because its such an important album for the whole genre of trash metal, but could have been Pixies or Sonic Youth............
Good man Jebus.....dont let the b*astards bring you down.
Whoever's voting other remember to put down what that album is if you want it counted
Stuck down And Justice For All, definitely Metallica's best. Bon Jovi in the list? Can't wait for 1989. Hang on wasnt Stone Roses first album '88 or '89?
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
1989 for Stone Roses, Bon Jovi sold millions of that record, and still live off the back of a lot of the tracks on it so it went on the list even though I personally wouldn't be a fan. Ditto Metallica for meOriginally Posted by Pauro 76
Pixies - Surfer Rosa!
I voted for And Justice For All as well but as I was 14/15 and still very much in Singles mode back then I've always considered 1988 something of a musical nuclear winter.
All my favourite bands had just broken up (Housemartins, Smiths and HMHB), I'd yet to discover metal, there was horrible, horrible pop-dance euro-disco everywhere you looked or listened.
For all that there were some other bloody good records released in 1988 including The Wonderstuff -Eight Legged Groove Machine -a towering blistering debut LP. The Proclaimers -Sunshine On Leith -no difficult 2nd Album syndrome here -every tune a gem. Andy White -Kiss the Big Stone an tragically under-rated record by the Belfast Bard.
" 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?"
The Waterboys - Fishermans Blues.
Last edited by Billsthoughts; 03/07/2008 at 4:23 PM.
Probably should have went for Daydream Nation, or more likely Surfer Rosa from the list, as there was no option for My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything, or the one I am actually voting for, Life's Too Good from The Sugarcubes.
more bass
Other: Pogues: If I should Fall from Grace with God.
With an honorable mention to The Fall: The Frenz Experiment
NWA..
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I voted for Leonard Cohen by the by
Last edited by jebus; 03/07/2008 at 9:05 PM.
Big Leonard got my vote and all
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Good call on The Fall, The Wonderstuff and My Bloody Valentine, but I'm going for:
Other: The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
Honourable mention to American Music Club - California
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Jesus, forgot The Fall, my favourite album of theirs too, lightweight that I am.
Am still right on the Sugarcubes though...
more bass
Btw, Allmusic.com have NWA's 'Compton' as a 1989 release.
Public Enemy-at the time it was wonderful.
I remember 1988 vividly, as my son was born in June, and I was listening to U2 Rattle and Hum....so that has to get my vote!
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Yeah I was gonna go for the Pogues one but i think it was 1987.great album tho. First one I ever bought.
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