NME Top 10 Albums 1985
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NME Top 10 Albums 1985
Back in the day the whole list of 100 albums was something of a touchstone for me and I think for several others here too.
Choose your absolute favourite - just the one - from the top ten!
Choose your absolute favourite - just the one - from the top ten!
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NME, baby!!!
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i went blonde on blonde.
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Marquee Moon in a very tough call slightly over Highway 61.
I like Swordfishtrombones, but what the holy fuck is it doing in the top ten? Doesn't even belong in the 100. Maybe 'cause it was new, and it seemed so revolutionary before he became a self-parody?
I like Swordfishtrombones, but what the holy fuck is it doing in the top ten? Doesn't even belong in the 100. Maybe 'cause it was new, and it seemed so revolutionary before he became a self-parody?
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toomanyhatz wrote:I like Swordfishtrombones, but what the holy fuck is it doing in the top ten? Doesn't even belong in the 100. Maybe 'cause it was new, and it seemed so revolutionary before he became a self-parody?
I think so, yeah. Something like that.
The biggest oddity in the whole list is the second Suicide album at 53. No justification for that.
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I have six of them. Picked the one that has been played the most over the years. Unknown Pleasures
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Most of these I have never been interested in.
UP got my vote too.
UP got my vote too.
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Blimey, I actually own nine of them (not Marvin).
I'm not the greatest Bobophile in the world, but Highway 61 wins this handily for me.
I'm not the greatest Bobophile in the world, but Highway 61 wins this handily for me.
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Marquee Moon. A work of genius.
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Quite an unusual list.
No Beatles? The revival was obviously still some time off.
I own 8 of these, and from those, I went with Highway 61 revisited.
No Beatles? The revival was obviously still some time off.
I own 8 of these, and from those, I went with Highway 61 revisited.
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soundchaser wrote:No Beatles? The revival was obviously still some time off.
It was, but note that Revolver is at number 11 (and The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, and Rubber Soul further down the list).
On the next page they talked about Pepper as being 'an Exocet to the very heart of rock'
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It was the docu on the making of the Lennon album I saw last night that gave me the idea for this thread. The songs sounded great - I'd forgotten - so straight, such moving melodies, a real peak. And almost forgotten, it seemed. Then I remembered it had done well in this poll...
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The Clash, it's undeniable, it'll always be in my heart.
I have (or had) most of the 100, collected over the next 18 months or so. I thank my lucky stars that it was this list that hit me at 15 rather than one infested with The Smiths, Stone Roses, Publc Enemy, Radiohead and Pixies.
I have (or had) most of the 100, collected over the next 18 months or so. I thank my lucky stars that it was this list that hit me at 15 rather than one infested with The Smiths, Stone Roses, Publc Enemy, Radiohead and Pixies.
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CASHCOCK wrote:toomanyhatz wrote:I like Swordfishtrombones, but what the holy fuck is it doing in the top ten? Doesn't even belong in the 100. Maybe 'cause it was new, and it seemed so revolutionary before he became a self-parody?
I think so, yeah. Something like that.
The biggest oddity in the whole list is the second Suicide album at 53. No justification for that.
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clive gash wrote:The Clash, it's undeniable, it'll always be in my heart.
I went for that one too, without too much hesitation (Marquee Moon is also a big fave, but it doesn't sing to me in quite the same way).
clive gash wrote:I have (or had) most of the 100, collected over the next 18 months or so. I thank my lucky stars that it was this list that hit me at 15 rather than one infested with The Smiths, Stone Roses, Publc Enemy, Radiohead and Pixies.
Indeed.
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Madness.
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I've got all ten, and they really are all great (very much including Swordfishtrombones), but I went with Blonde On Blonde.
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Marquee Moon for me.
A pivotal album that I've been obsessed with since I was 16.
A pivotal album that I've been obsessed with since I was 16.
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It's between What's Going On and Plastic Ono Band for me. Most days, I'd rather save the babies, so I'll go for that (deeply unfashionable) choice.
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God the eighties were completley shit , weren't they.What an embarrassing list. Was everyone who voted a complete cunt or what?
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I'll never get the time back I wasted on those Clash and Joy Division albums. Jeez.
Probably 'What's going on', though right now I'd put on 'Marquee Moon'.
There's a boring post-punk 'let's destroy rock'n'roll' thread running through the list. Glad times have changed and no one mentions those records anymore.
Probably 'What's going on', though right now I'd put on 'Marquee Moon'.
There's a boring post-punk 'let's destroy rock'n'roll' thread running through the list. Glad times have changed and no one mentions those records anymore.