Songs and Albums of 1980 Poll

[sonofsamiam]

What a great year, one I had underrated for a long time. The top albums may not necessarily be in my all-time top, but the DEPTH of this year is incredible. Many thanks also to Mindrocker (especially for Etoile de Dakar, who might end up moving up in time) and others for the many great nuggets I found amongst those early lists.

Albums

[01] Steve Reich | Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase
[02] Orchestra Baobab | Mouhamadou Bamba
[03] The Sound | Jeopardy
[04] Joy Division | Closer
[05] XTC | Black Sea
[06] Swell Maps | In "Jane from Occupied Europe"
[07] Etoile de Dakar | Tolou Badou Ndiaye
[08] Bobb Trimble | Iron Curtain Innocence
[09] Talking Heads | Remain In Light
[10] Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel
[11] David Murray | Ming
[12] Prince | Dirty Mind
[13] Rush | Permanent Waves
[14] George Russell | Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature 1980
[15] Magazine | The Correct Use of Soap
[16] Aksak Maboul | Un peu de l'ame des bandits
[17] Zapp | Zapp
[18] The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight
[19] The Cure | Seventeen Seconds
[20] James Blood Ulmer | Are You Glad to Be in America?
[21] Cecil Taylor | One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
[22] Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth
[23] Sun Ra | Strange Celestial Road
[24] The Feelies | Crazy Rhythms
[25] Siouxsie and The Banshees | Kaleidoscope
[26] The Fall | Grotesque (After The Gramme)
[27] Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids
[28] Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz
[29] Tony Allen | No Discrimination
[30] Gil Scott-Heron | 1980
[31] Defunkt | Defunkt
[32] Carla Bley | Social Studies
[33] Yes | Drama
[34] Terry Riley | Shri Camel
[35] Roky Erickson and The Aliens | Roky Erickson and The Aliens
[36] The Residents | Commercial Album
[37] David Bowie | Scary Monsters
[38] Motörhead | Ace of Spades
[39] Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Get Happy!!
[40] Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | Doc at The Radar Station
[41] The Pretenders | Pretenders
[42] Pere Ubu | The Art of Walking
[43] Blondie | Autoamerican
[44] Pete Townshend | Empty Glass
[45] AC/DC | Back In Black
[46] Stevie Wonder | Hotter Than July
[47] The Police | Zenyatta Mondatta
[48] Tom Waits | Heartattack And Vine
[49] Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell
[50] Pharoah Sanders | Journey to The One


Songs

[001] Prince | When You Were Mine
[002] Magazine | A Song from Under The Floorboards
[003] Steve Reich | Octet
[004] Orchestra Baobab | Mouhamadou Bamba
[005] LiLiPUT | Die Matrosen
[006] This Heat | Health and Efficiency
[007] The Sound | Heartland
[008] Mission of Burma | Academy Fight Song
[009] Etoile de Dakar | Tolou Badou Ndiaye
[010] Bobb Trimble | Glass Menagerie Fantasies
[011] Swell Maps | The Helicopter Spies
[012] Joy Division | Decades
[013] Talking Heads | The Great Curve
[014] Zapp | More Bounce To The Ounce
[015] XTC | Generals and Majors
[016] Brother D and The Collective Effort | How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise?
[017] Tantra | The Hills of Katmandu
[018] Bob Marley and The Wailers | Redemption Song
[019] Thomas Mapfumo | Shumba
[020] Rush | The Spirit of Radio
[021] Aksak Maboul | A Modern Lesson
[022] Funky Four + One | That's The Joint
[023] David Murray | Dewey's Circle
[024] Au Pairs | It's Obvious
[025] Glenn Branca | Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
[026] The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight
[027] Bruce Springsteen | The River
[028] The Cure | A Forest
[029] Elis Regina | Vento de Maio (May Wind)
[030] Young Marble Giants | Final Day
[031] Sun Ra | I'll Wait for You
[032] The Feelies | The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
[033] Siouxsie and The Banshees | Israel
[034] Motörhead | Ace of Spades
[035] Tony Allen | Road Safety
[036] Kurtis Blow | The Breaks
[037] Robert Wyatt | At Last I Am Free
[038] Japan | Nightporter
[039] Peter Gabriel | Family Snapshot
[040] ABBA | The Winner Takes It All
[041] Suicide | Shadazz
[042] James Blood Ulmer | Jazz Is The Teacher, Funk Is The Preacher
[043] Squeeze | Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
[044] The Jam | That's Entertainment
[045] Steve Reich | Music for a Large Ensemble
[046] Orange Juice | Falling and Laughing
[047] Diana Ross | I'm Coming Out
[048] Julius Eastman | Crazy Nigger
[049] Talking Heads | Once In a Lifetime
[050] Ozzy Osbourne | Crazy Train
[051] AC/DC | Back In Black
[052] Joy Division | Dead Souls
[053] Le Nimba De N'Zerekoro | Gon Bia Bia
[054] Elvis Costello and The Attractions | Riot Act
[055] Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Enola Gay
[056] Lakeside | Fantastic Voyage
[057] The Red Krayola | Born In Flames
[058] Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force | Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 1
[059] Pharoah Sanders | You've Got To Have Freedom
[060] Kano | It's a War
[061] The Fall | How I Wrote Elastic Man
[062] George Jones | He Stopped Loving Her Today
[063] Martha and The Muffins | Echo Beach
[064] Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart
[065] The Gap Band | Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
[066] Tom Waits | Ruby's Arms
[067] The Treacherous Three | The Body Rock
[068] Blondie | Rapture
[069] Ludus | I Can't Swim
[070] Mtume | She's a Rainbow Dancer
[071] David Bowie | Ashes To Ashes
[072] Roky Erickson and The Aliens | Night of The Vampire
[073] Visage | Fade To Grey
[074] Gregory Isaacs | Motherless Children
[075] Ryuichi Sakamoto | Riot in Lagos
[076] Spoonie Gee and The Sequence | Monster Jam
[077] Curtis Mayfield | Tripping Out
[078] The Sound | Missiles
[079] Yes | Tempus Fugit
[080] Rush | Natural Science
[081] Terry Riley | Anthem of The Trinity
[082] XTC | Towers of London
[083] Split Enz | I Got You
[084] Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | Hot Head
[085] Gil Scott-Heron | Willing
[086] Kate Bush | Breathing
[087] Pere Ubu | Misery Goats
[088] R. Stevie Moore | Conflict of Interest
[089] The Beat | Mirror in the Bathroom
[090] Gary Numan | We Are Glass
[091] Siouxsie and The Banshees | Christine
[092] The Pretenders | Mystery Achievement
[093] Orchestra Baobab | Boulmamine
[094] Van Morrison | Haunts of Ancient Peace
[095] Maze feat. Frankie Beverly | Joy and Pain
[096] Lipps Inc. | Funkytown
[097] Stevie Wonder | Lately
[098] Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell
[099] The Police | Don't Stand So Close To Me
[100] The Ramones | Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
[101] John Lennon | Watching The Wheels
[102] Pete Townshend | Let My Love Open The Door
[103] The Teardrop Explodes | Reward
[104] Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five | Freedom
[105] The Dead Kennedys | Holiday In Cambodia
[106] Wipers | Is This Real?
[107] Defunkt | We All Dance Together
[108] The Damned | Curtain Call
[109] Ultravox | Vienna
[110] Dolly Parton | 9 to 5
[111] The B-52's | Private Idaho
[112] Carla Bley | Walking Batteriewoman
[113] Killing Joke | Wardance
[114] Diamond Head | Am I Evil?
[115] X | Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not
[116] Elvis Costello and The Attractions | New Amsterdam
[117] Colin Newman | But No
[118] Echo and The Bunnymen | Villiers Terrace
[119] The Clash | The Magnificent Seven
[120] Magazine | Because You're Frightened
[121] The Korgis | Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
[122] Swell Maps | Cake Shop Girl
[123] Chico Buarque | Mar e Lua
[124] Bad Brains | Pay to Cum
[125] The Associates | The Affectionate Punch
[126] Joy Division | Atmosphere
[127] The Jam | Going Underground
[128] Throbbing Gristle | Adrenalin
[129] Grace Jones | Private Life
[130] Harold Budd and Brian Eno | Not Yet Remembered
[131] Black Uhuru | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
[132] Etoile de Dakar | M' Badane
[133] Talking Heads | Crosseyed and Painless
[134] Kate Bush | Army Dreamers
[135] Young Marble Giants | Brand-New-Life
[136] Herbie Hancock | 4 A.M.
[137] The Pop Group | Feed The Hungry
[138] The Fall | New Face In Hell
[139] Dire Straits | Romeo and Juliet
[140] Donna Summer | On The Radio
[141] The Bush Tetras | Too Many Creeps
[142] Adam and The Ants | Antmusic
[143] Lydia Lunch | Atomic Bongos
[144] The Cramps | I Was a Teenage Werewolf
[145] The Go-Gos | We Got The Beat
[146] Dexys Midnight Runners | Geno
[147] The Cure | Play For Today
[148] Peter Gabriel | Biko
[149] Iron Maiden | Phantom of the Opera
[150] The Birthday Party | Mr. Clarinet
[151] Bobb Trimble | When The Raven Calls
[152] Pylon | Danger
[153] Devo | Whip It
[154] Genesis | Turn It On Again
[155] The Vapours | Turning Japanese
[156] The Soft Boys | I Wanna Destroy You
[157] David Murray | Ming
[158] Queen | Sail Away Sweet Sister
[159] Echo and The Bunnymen | Do It Clean
[160] Judas Priest | Living After Midnight
[161] Steely Dan | Babylon Sisters
[162] Van Halen | And The Cradle Will Rock…
[163] The Specials | Stereotype
[164] Madness | Embarrassment
[165] Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three | The New Rap Language
[166] Generation X | Dancing with Myself
[167] Willie Nelson | On The Road Again
[168] Steve Winwood | Arc of a Diver
[169] Simple Minds | I Travel
[170] Young Marble Giants | Credit In The Straight World
[171] The Fall | Totally Wired
[172] The Kings | Switching to Glide
[173] U2 | I Will Follow
[174] The Brothers Johnson | Stomp!
[175] Bauhaus | Dark Entries
[176] The Durutti Column | Requiem for a Father
[177] Pete Townshend | Rough Boys
[178] Diana Ross | Upside Down (Inside Out)
[179] A Certain Ratio | Shack Up
[180] Stevie Wonder | Master Blaster (Jammin')
[181] The Slits | In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
[182] David Bowie | It's No Game
[183] Zapp | Funky Bounce
[184] Peter Gabriel | Games Without Frontiers
[185] The Sugarhill Gang | 8th Wonder
[186] Emmylou Harris | Roses in the Snow
[187] Joy Division | The Eternal
[188] Talking Heads | Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
[189] Ozzy Osbourne | Mr. Crowley
[190] Glaxo Babies | Nine Months To The Disco
[191] LiLiPUT | Split
[192] Blondie | Call Me
[193] The Pretenders | Stop Your Sobbing
[194] The Sound | I Can't Escape Myself
[195] Department S | Is Vic There?
[196] Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra | Xanadu
[197] The S.O.S. Band | Take Your Time (Do It Right)
[198] Paul Simon | Late In The Evening
[199] XTC | Travels in Nihilon
[200] Irene Cara | Fame

[Henrik]

Albums

[01] The Cure | Seventeen Seconds
[02] Talking Heads | Remain in Light
[03] Prince | Dirty Mind
[04] Orchestra Baobab | Mouhamadou Bamba
[05] AC/DC | Back in Black
[06] Joy Division | Closer
[07] Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (III/Melt)
[08] Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden
[09] Dexys Midnight Runners | Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
[10] Pretenders | Pretenders
[11] The Feelies | Crazy Rhythms
[12] Motörhead | Ace of Spades
[13] Bob Marley & The Wailers | Uprising
[14] Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth
[15] U2 | Boy

[Henrik]

Moonbeam, if it's OK I would like to move up "Mouhamadou Bamba" to place 6 in my songs list. My new top 15 would then look like this:

1. Motörhead – Ace of Spades
2. The Cure – A Forest
3. Visage – Fade to Grey
4. David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes
5. Blondie – Rapture
6. Orchestra Baobab – Mouhamadou Bamba
7. AC/DC – Hells Bells
8. Ebba Grön – Staten & Kapitalet
9. ABBA – Lay All Your Love On Me
10. Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
11. Joy Division – Atmosphere
12. Prince – Dirty Mind
13. Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
14. Talking Heads – Born Under Punches
15. Orchestra Baobab – Boulmamine

Sorry about this. In the coming years I will present a preliminary top 100 in the recommendation thread instead.

[Craig]

Songs
1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
3. The Cure - A Forest
4. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
5. Devo - Whip It
6. U2 - I Will Follow
7. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
8. Blondie - Rapture
9. Talking Heads - The Great Curve
10. Visage - Fade To Grey
11. Split Enz - I Got You
12. Motörhead - Ace of Spades
13. U2 - Out Of Control
14. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
15. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
16. Roxy Music - Same old Scene
17. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
18. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin)
19. AC/DC - Back In Black
20. Bruce Springsteen - The River
21. Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
22. U2 - Stories For Boys
23. The Specials - Ghost Town
24. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
25. Joy Division - decades
26. U2 - A Day Without Me
27. Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
28. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
29. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
30. Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
31. Madness - Baggy Trousers
32. Ultravox - Vienna
33. Blondie - Call Me
34. The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
35. Bob Marley - Redemption Song
36. Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind
37. The Cure - Play For Today
38. Cold Chisel - Cheap Wine
39. The Jam - That's Entertainment
40. John Lennon - Woman
41. Joy Division - heart and soul
42. Peter Gabriel - Biko
43. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
44. X - Los Angeles
45. XTC - Generals And Majors
46. The Cure - In Your House
47. David Bowie - Because You're Young
48. John Lennon - Watching The Wheels
49. Australian Crawl - The Boys Light Up
50. Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open The Door

Albums
1. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
2. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
3. U2 - Boy
4. AC/DC - Back In Black
5. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
6. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!!
7. Joy Division - Closer
8. Split Enz - True Colours
9. Bruce Springsteen - The River
10. Prince - Dirty Mind
11. INXS - INXS
12. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
13. Pretenders - Pretenders
14. X - Los Angeles
15. The Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

[bonnielaurel]

ALBUMS
1. ABBA - Super Trouper
2. Diana Ross - Diana
3. Various Artists - Xanadu
4. Blondie - Autoamerican
5. The Police - Zenyattà Mondatta
6. Barbra Streisand - Guilty
7. Bob Marley - Uprising
8. Queen - The Game
9. The Jacksons - Triumph
10. Bruce Springsteen - The River
11. Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
12. Randy Crawford - Now We May Begin
13. Kate Bush - Never for Ever
14. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card
15. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Organisation

SONGS
1. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
2. Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
3. Blondie - Call Me
4. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster
5. Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love
6. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
7. Kate Bush - Babooshka
8. Bette Midler - The Rose
9. Irene Cara - Fame
10. Diana Ross - My Old Piano
11. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
12. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Against the Wind
13. The Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
14. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Could You Be Loved
15. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay

[Live in Phoenix]

Moonbeam, when are this month's entries tabulated? I regret not including Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” (Reminds me of another song - regrets, I’ve had a few…) Not really game-changing stuff, so I could just as well leave my original posting alone.

[Harold]

ALBUMS
1. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy!!!
3. The Pretenders - Pretenders
4. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [III]
5. Bruce Springsteen - The River
6. Prince - Dirty Mind
7. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
8. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
9. AC/DC - Back in Black
10. Joy Division - Closer
11. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
12. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
13. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
14. X - Los Angeles
15. The [English] Beat - I Just Can't Stop It

Songs list coming later. Holy moley, I forgot just how many great songs there were that year!

[Mindrocker]

What a great year, one I had underrated for a long time. The top albums may not necessarily be in my all-time top, but the DEPTH of this year is incredible. Many thanks also to Mindrocker (especially for Etoile de Dakar, who might end up moving up in time) and others for the many great nuggets I found amongst those early lists.

Thanks Sonofsam, your 1980 lists are a joy to scroll through as well, as always.

[Miguel]

Albums

1. The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers. Original Soundtrack Recording (USA)
2. Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (UK)
3. Víctor Manuel - Luna (Spain)
4. Talking Heads - Remain in Light (USA)
5. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (UK)
6. Van Morrison - Common One (UK)
7. Ry Cooder - Borderline (USA)
8. The Blues Brothers - Made in America (USA)
9. Steely Dan - Gaucho (USA)
10. The Beach Boys - Keepin' the Summer Alive (USA)
11. Yes - Drama (UK)
12. Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer (USA)
13. The Jam - Sound Affects (UK)
14. Franco Battiato - Patriots (Italy)
15. Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy (UK)

16. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
17. Vainica Doble - El eslabón perdido
18. Triana - Un encuentro
19. Orchestral Monoeuvres in the Dark - Organisation
20. Orchestral Monoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
21. Dire Straits - Making Movies
22. Neil Young - Hawks and Doves
23. XTC - Black Sea
24. Sister Sledge - To Love Somebody
25. Prince - Dirty Mind
26. Joaquín Sabina - Malas compañías
27. Bruce Springsteen - The River
28. June Tabor with Martin Simpson - A Cut Above
29. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!
30. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
31. ABBA - Super Trouper
32. Orquesta Mondragón - Bon Voyage
33. Madness - Absolutely
34. Nacha Pop - Nacha Pop
35. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
36. Joy Division - Closer
37. Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
38. Mocedades - Amor
39. The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column
40. Kate Bush - Never for Ever
41. Donna Summer - The Wanderer
42. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III)
43. Radio Futura - Música moderna
44. Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light
45. Paul Simon - One-Trick Pony

Compilations:
Joan Manuel Serrat - 24 páginas inolvidables
Roberta Flack - The Best of Roberta Flack
Boney M. - The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
Georgie Fame - 20 Beat Classics

EP: Mamá - Chicas del colegio

Cover Albums:
Joy Division - Closer
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Franco Battiato – Patriots
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

Disappointment:
Ramones - End of the Century

[Miguel]

Songs

1. The Blues Brothers & Aretha Franklin – Think (USA)
2. The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (USA)
3. Pete Townshend - Rough Boys (UK)
4. The Blues Brothers & Ray Charles - Shake a Tail Feather (USA)
5. The Jam - That’s Entertainment (UK)
6. Nacha Pop - Chica de ayer (Spain)
7. The Blues Brothers - Going Back to Miami (USA)
8. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes (UK)
9. Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door (UK)
10. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (USA)
11. Van Morrison - Summertime in England (UK)
12. Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen (USA)
13. Yes - Machine Messiah (UK)
14. Ry Cooder - Down in the Bundocks (USA)
15. Franco Battiato - Up Patriots to Arms (Italy)

16. Orchestral Monoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay
17. Víctor Manuel - El amor oscuro
18. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
19. Sister Sledge - Easy Street
20. Van Morrison - Satisfied
21. Víctor Manuel - Quién puso más
22. Orchestral Monoeuvres in the Dark - Electricity
23. The Blues Brothers - Sweet Home Chicago
24. Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters
25. Víctor Manuel - Luna
26. Pete Townshend - Jools and Jim
27. Zombies - Groenlandia
28. Bruce Springsteen - The River
29. Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
30. Mamá - Nada más
31. The Blues Brothers - Who’s Making Love
32. The Beach Boys - Living in a Heartache
33. Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks
34. The Blues Brothers - Do You Love Me?
35. Ultravox - Vienna
36. The Blues Brothers - She Caught the Katy
37. Vainica Doble - Alas de algodón
38. The Blues Brothers - Soul Finger
39. Víctor Manuel - Pido la paz y la palabra
40. The Blues Brothers - Green Onions
41. Franco Battiato - Perspettiva Nevski
42. Talking Heads - The Great Curve
43. Ry Cooder - Why Don’t You Try Me
44. The Cure - A Forest
45. Pete Townshend - I’m an Animal
46. Triana - Tu frialdad
47. Víctor Manuel - Siento ganas de vivir
48. Yes - White Car
49. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
50. Pablo Milanés - Te quiero porque te quiero (1980 version)

51. ABBA - Super Trouper
52. Víctor Manuel - Mi gato nunca estudió
53. Yes - Does It Really Happen
54. Pete Townshend - And I Move
55. Los Secretos - Déjame
56. Young Marble Giants - The Man Amplifier
57. Vainica Doble - La niña precoz
58. Elvis Costello - Secondary Modern
59. Talking Heads - Houses in Motion
60. The Jam - Pretty Green
61. Young Marble Giants - Choci Loni
62. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
63. XTC - Generals and Majors
64. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Burn it Down
65. Joan Armatrading - Me, Myself and I
66. Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love
67. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
68. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
69. Joaquín Sabina - Pongamos que hablo de Madrid
70. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
71. Joy Division - Isolation
72. June Tabor with Martin Simpson - Le Roi Renaud
73. Young Marble Giants - N.I.T.A.
74. Triana - Cae fina la lluvia
75. Young Marble Giants - Wurlitzer Jukebox
76. Prince - Uptown
77. Donna Summer - The Wanderer
78. Diana Ross - Upside Down
79. The Cure - Play for Today
80. Madness - Baggy Trousers

[Romain]

Albums :

1. Prince - Dirty Mind
2. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3. Joy Division - Closer
4. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
5. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
6. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
7. Téléphone - Au cœur de la nuit
8. Kate Bush - Never for ever
9. Bernard Lavilliers - O Gringo
10. XTC - Black Sea
11. The B-52's - Wild Planet
12. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
13. AC/DC - Back in Black
14. U2 - Boy
15. Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July

Songs :

1. Prince - Dirty Mind
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. David Bowie - Ashes to ashes
4. Prince - When you were mine
5. The Cure - A Forest
6. Alain Bashung - Gaby Oh Gaby
7. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
8. Taxi Girl - Cherchez le Garçon
9. Trust - Antisocial
10. David Bowie - Fashion
11. Kate Bush - Babooshka
12. Visage - Fade to Grey
13. Bernard Lavilliers - Stand The Ghetto
14. Richard Gotainer - Primitif
15. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

[Harold]

SONGS
1. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2. The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
3. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
4. Prince - When You Were Mine
5. Bruce Springsteen - The River
6. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
7. AC/DC - Back in Black
8. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Riot Act
9. The Soft Boys - Kingdom of Love
10. The Pretenders - Lovers of Today
11. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
12. Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind
13. Peter Gabriel - Intruder
14. The Jam - That's Entertainment
15. The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
16. The [English] Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
17. David Bowie - It's No Game (No. 1)
18. Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
19. Prince - Dirty Mind
20. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
21. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
22. The Pretenders - Precious
23. The Soft Boys - The Queen of Eyes
24. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - New Amsterdam
25. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
26. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
27. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
28. Prince - Head
29. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - King Horse
30. George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
31. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
32. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
33. Split Enz - I Got You
34. Bruce Springsteen - Two Hearts
35. AC/DC - Hells Bells
36. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Love for Tender
37. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
38. Pete Townshend - Rough Boys
39. Joy Division - Isolation
40. Prince - Sister

[Nassim]

I have listened to 25 albums from this year, here are the 12 I like :

1) The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
2) X - Los Angeles
3) AC/DC - Back in Black
4) Glenn Branca - Lessons n°1
5) Motörhead - Ace of Spades
6) Fehlfarben - Monarchie Und Alltag
7) Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
8) Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruits for Rotting Vegetables
9) Judas Priest - British Steel
10) Pretenders - Pretenders
11) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
12) Téléphone - Au Cœur de la Nuit

1) The Cure - A Forest
2) Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
3) Joy Division - Atmosphere
4) Motörhead - Ace of Spades
5) Bad Brains - Pay to Cum
6) Young Marble Giants - Credit in the Straight World
7) Killing Joke - Change*
8) Glenn Branca - Lesson n°1 for Electric Guitar
9) X - You're Phone's Off the Hook, but You're Not
10) The Fall - Totally Wired
11) Trust - Antisocial
12) Funky 4+1 - That's the Joint
13) Dead Kennedys - Police Truck
14) The Jam - Going Underground
15) B-52s - Private Idaho
16) Pretenders - Precious
17) AC/DC - Back in Black
18) Téléphone - Au Cœur de la Nuit
19) Queen - Sail Away Sweet Sister
20) Fehlfarben - Ein Jahr (Es Geht Voran)
21) Alain Bashung - Vertiges de l'amour
22) Motörhead - We Are the Road Crew
23) Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
24) OMD - Enola Gay
25) Lio - Amoureux Solitaires
26) Bruce Springsteen - I'm a Rocker
27) Téléphone - Seul
28) Renaud - It is Not Because You Are
29) Visage - Fade to Grey
30) Daniel Balavoine - Mon Fils, Ma Bataille

*The song LCD Soundsystem used the riff of for Losing My Edge !

[Jackson]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how crazy people have gone for this year; it's led to a ton of new discoveries, especially on the songs side.

My favorites so far:
Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
The Sound - Heartland
XTC - Generals and Majors
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
Suicide - Shadazz
Etoile de Dakar - Tolou Badou Ndiaye

EDIT: Add Bobb Trimble's Glass Menagerie Fantasties. Who knew music like that came out in 1980? Thanks Sonofsam/CharlieDriggs for another gem.

[jamieW]

Since I doubt that I’ll have time to listen to any more music this month (or expand upon my lists)…

Albums:

1. The Cure—Seventeen Seconds
2. Joy Division—Closer
3. The Sound—Jeopardy
4. Japan—Gentlemen Take Polaroids
5. The Feelies—Crazy Rhythms
6. AC/DC—Back in Black
7. Japan—Quiet Life
8. Barbra Streisand—Guilty
9. Iron Maiden—Iron Maiden
10. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band—Doc at the Radar Station
11. Billy Joel—Glass Houses
12. Blondie—Autoamerican
13. Steely Dan—Gaucho
14. John Lennon & Yoko Ono—Double Fantasy
15. Ozzy Osborne—Blizzard of Oz

Songs:

1. Joy Division—Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Blondie—Call Me
3. The Cure—Secrets
4. Queen—Another One Bites the Dust
5. Barbra Streisand—Woman in Love
6. The Cure—Play For Today
7. Steely Dan—Hey Nineteen
8. The Cure—M
9. Joy Division—Decades
10. Diana Ross—Upside Down
11. The Cure—A Forest
12. Boz Scaggs—Look What You’ve Done To Me
13. Benny Mardones—Into the Night
14. The Sound—Missiles
15. George Jones—He Stopped Loving Her Today

[Dan]

Albums:

1 | Talking Heads | Remain in Light
2 | Prince | Dirty Mind
3 | David Bowie | Scary Monsters
4 | Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (III)
5 | Orchestra Baobab | Mouhamadou Bamba
6 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Uprising
7 | Joy Division | Closer
8 | June Tabor | A Cut Above
9 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades
10 | Change | The Glow of Love
11 | Bruce Springsteen | The River
12 | Rubén Blades | Maestra Vida: Primera Parte
13 | Emmylou Harris | Roses in the Snow
14 | Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco & Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez | Celia, Johnny & Pete
15 | ABBA | Super Trouper

16 | The Associates | The Affectionate Punch
17 | The Specials | More Specials
18 | Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson | 1980
19 | Blondie | Autoamerican
20 | Chico Buarque | Vida
21 | Kate Bush | Never For Ever
22 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | Double Fantasy
23 | Tom Waits | Heartattack and Vine
24 | The Cure | Seventeen Seconds
25 | Barbra Streisand | Guilty
26 | Diana Ross | Diana
27 | Dexys Midnight Runners | Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
28 | Kano | Kano
29 | Linton Kwesi Johnson | Bass Culture
30 | Young Marble Giants | Colossal Youth

Songs:

1 | David Bowie | Ashes to Ashes
2 | Talking Heads | Once in a Lifetime
3 | Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart
4 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Redemption Song
5 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Enola Gay
6 | Prince | When You Were Mine
7 | Kate Bush | Army Dreamers
8 | ABBA | The Winner Takes It All
9 | Dolly Parton | 9 to 5
10 | Frank Sinatra | (Theme from) New York, New York
11 | Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra | Xanadu
12 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades
13 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Could You Be Loved
14 | Change | The Glow of Love
15 | Diana Ross | Upside Down

16 | Bruce Springsteen | Hungry Heart
17 | Rubén Blades | Manuela
18 | Bruce Springsteen | The River
19 | Orchestra Baobab | Yen Saay
20 | Blondie | Call Me
21 | Peter Gabriel | Games Without Frontiers
22 | Emmylou Harris | Wayfaring Stranger
23 | John Lennon | Woman
24 | Orchestra Baobab | Mouhamadou Bamba
25 | Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco & Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez | La Dicha Mía
26 | Moraes Moreira | Lenda do Pégaso
27 | The Jam | Going Underground
28 | ABBA | Super Trouper
29 | June Tabor | Joe Peel
30 | Kool and the Gang | Celebration
31 | Emmylou Harris | Roses in the Snow
32 | Blondie | The Tide Is High
33 | Willie Nelson | On the Road Again
34 | Kate Bush | Babooshka
35 | Talking Heads | Born Under Punches
36 | Taxi Girl | Cherchez le garcon
37 | John Lennon | (Just Like) Starting Over
38 | AC/DC | You Shook Me All Night Long
39 | The Gap Band | Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
40 | ABBA | Lay All Your Love on Me
41 | Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson | Shut 'Um Down
42 | Diana Ross | I'm Coming Out
43 | Tom Waits | Heartattack and Vine
44 | Talking Heads | Crosseyed and Painless
45 | Lipps Inc. | Funkytown
46 | U2 | I Will Follow
47 | Prince | Dirty Mind
48 | Queen | Another One Bites the Dust
49 | Barbra Steisand | Woman in Love
50 | Stevie Wonder | Master Blaster (Jammin')
51 | Blondie | Rapture
52 | Joy Division | Isolation
53 | Talking Heads | Listening Wind
54 | Visage | Fade to Grey
55 | Chico Buarque | Mar e Lua
56 | Barbra Steisand | Run Wild
57 | Kano | I'm Ready
58 | Madness | Baggy Trousers
59 | Change | A Lover's Holiday
60 | Randy Crawford | One Day I'll Fly Away
61 | The Brothers Johnson | Stomp!
62 | Orchestra Baobab | Boulmamine
63 | The Associates | The Affectionate Punch
64 | Peter Gabriel | Intruder
65 | Sheena Easton | Morning Train
66 | Split Enz | I Got You
67 | Kurtis Blow | The Breaks
68 | The Specials | Hey Little Rich Girl
69 | Funky 4+1 | That's the Joint
70 | Grover Washington, Jr. | Just the Two of Us
71 | The Cure | Secrets
72 | Thomas Mapfumo | Shumba
73 | George Benson | Give Me the Night
74 | Prince | Uptown
75 | Joy Division | Atmosphere
76 | Motörhead | Dance
77 | Stephanie Mills | Never Knew Love Like This Before
78 | Young Marble Giants | Final Day
79 | David Bowie | Fashion
80 | Mikey Dread | Money Dread

[nicolas]

Albums

Good year. Nothing in my all time top 100 though, no 5-star album, but

1 . Orchestra Baobab | Mouhamadou Bamba (all time #128)
2 . AC/DC | Back In Black (129!!)
3 . Bruce Springsteen | The River (144)
4 . Joy Division | Closer (166)
5 . The Cure | Seventeen Seconds (169)
6 . The Specials | More Specials (172)
7 . The Blues Brothers | The Blues Brothers
8 . Bob Marley | Uprising
9 . Rubén Bladés | Maestra Vida I & II
10 . Linton Kwesi Johnson | Bass Culture
11 . Professor Longhair | Crawfish Fiesta
12 . Prince | Dirty mind
13 . Judas Priest | British Steel
14 . Dexys Midnight Runners | Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
15 . Peter Gabriel | Peter Gabriel (III)

16 . Nic Jones | Penguin Eggs
17 . Tom Waits | Heartattack & Vine
18 . Talking Heads | Remain In Light
19 . The Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight
20 . Moraes Moreira | Bazar Brasileiro
21 . Pretenders | Pretenders
22 . Motörhead | Ace Of Spades
23 . Téléphone | Au Cœur de la nuit
24 . Skaggs & Rice | Skaggs & Rice
25 . David Bowie | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
26 . Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden
27 . Etoile de Dakar | Tolou Badou Ndiaye
28 . Stevie Wonder | Hotter Than July
29 . Eddy Clearwater | The Chief
30 . Renaud | Marche à l'ombre

[nicolas]

Songs

1 . Bruce Springsteen - The River
2 . Bob Marley - Redemption Song
3 . Aretha Franklin & The Blues Brothers - Think
4 . David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
5 . Moraes Moreira - Lenda do Pegaso
6 . AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
7 . Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved ?
8 . Linton Kwesi Johnson - Di Black Petty Booshwah
9 . Bruce Springsteen - Point Blank
10 . The Cure - A Forest
11 . Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garçon
12 . Trust - Antisocial
13 . The Specials - International Jet Set
14 . Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba
15 . Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster

16 . Tom Waits- Ruby's Arms
17 . Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind
18 . Téléphone - Au cœur de la nuit
19 . Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
20 . Renaud - Marche à l'ombre

This post is dedicated to Daniel Darc, former singer of Taxi Girl, who just passed away today at age 53.

[Stephan]

Albums:
1. Bruce Springsteen - The River
2. AC/DC - Back In Black
3. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
4. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
5. The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card
6. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
7. Joy Division - Closer
8. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!!
9. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
10. Pretenders - Pretenders

Songs:
1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Bruce Springsteen - The River
3. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
4. Peter Gabriel - Biko
5. The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
6. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
7. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Redemption Song
8. Dire Straits - Romeo And Julliet
9. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
10. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - New Amsterdam

[Moonbeam]

[017] Tantra | The Hills of Katmandu

Hang onto that one for 1979.

[Moonbeam]

So far there have been 25 voters for both songs and albums. Let's see if we can ramp it up to 30 before it closes!

[Brad]

Here's My Favorite Albums for the year (Songs later):

1 . Dire Straits - Making Movies
2 . Circle Jerks - Group Sex
3 . Rush - Permanent Waves
4 . The Pretenders - The Pretenders
5 . Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
6 . The Jam - Sound Affects
7 . Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Heroes
8 . Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy!
9 . X - Los Angeles
10 . The Clash - Sandanista!
11 . The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
12 . Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
13 . David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
14 . Bruce Springsteen - The River
15 . The Raincoats - The Raincoats

Thanks!

[Jackson]

Albums

01 | Talking Heads | Remain in Light
02 | Joy Division | Closer
03 | The Feelies | Crazy Rhythms
04 | Swell Maps | In "Jane From Occupied Europe"
05 | The Residents | Commercial Album
06 | Captain Beefheart | Doc at the Radar Station
07 | Young Marble Giants | Collossal Youth
08 | The Sound | Jeopardy
09 | Bobb Trimble | Iron Curtain Innocence
10 | Magazine | The Correct Use of Soap
11 | Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden
12 | Etoile de Dakar | Tolou Badou Ndiaye
13 | Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight
14 | Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell
15 | The Fall | Grotesque (After the Gramme)

Songs

01 | Talking Heads | The Great Curve
02 | Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart
03 | Talking Heads | Once in a Lifetime
04 | Iron Maiden | Phantom of the Opera
05 | Joy Division | Decades
06 | David Bowie | Ashes to Ashes
07 | The Cure | A Forest
08 | Talking Heads | Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
09 | The Feelies | Crazy Rhythms
10 | Mission of Burma | Academy Fight Song
11 | Suicide | Shadazz
12 | This Heat | Health and Efficiency
13 | Joy Division | Heart and Soul
14 | Ozzy Osbourne | Crazy Train
15 | Bobb Trimble | Glass Menagerie Fantasies
16 | Ozzy Osbourne | Mr. Crowley
17 | The Jam | That's Entertainment
18 | Magazine | A Song From Under the Floorboards
19 | Swell Maps | New York
20 | XTC | Generals and Majors
21 | Prince | When You Were Mine
22 | Joy Division | Atmosphere
23 | Motorhead | Ace of Spades
24 | The Sound | Heartland
25 | Captain Beefheart | Ashtray Heart
26 | Robert Wyatt | At Last I Am Free
27 | Swell Maps | Secret Island
28 | Lilipit | Die Matrosen
29 | Lipps Inc. | Funkytown
30 | Rush | The Spirit of the Radio


The order is pretty rough on the back half of both of these lists, but I loved all the new discoveries this month. Way to go, AM.

[Brad]

Favorite Songs of the Year:


1 . The Jam - That's Entertainment
2 . Rush - Natural Science
3 . The Jam - Going Underground
4 . The Pretenders - The Wait
5 . The Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
6 . The Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank/Beverly Hills
7 . Young Marble Giants - Brand - New - Life
8 . Mission Of Burma - Academy Fight Song
9 . Bruce Springsteen - The River
10 . The Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
11 . The Clean - Odditty
12 . X - Los Angeles
13 . Elvis Costello and The Attractions - New Amsterdam
14 . Echo And The Bunnymen - All That Jazz
15 . Toy Love - Don't Ask Me

16 . Dire Straits - Expresso Love
17 . Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero
18 . The Jam - Set the House Ablaze
19 . The Circle Jerks - Red Tape
20 . X - Johnny Hit And Run Paulene
21 . The Pretenders - Precious
22 . Dire Straits - Solid Rock
23 . Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldier
24 . Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
25 . Toy Love - Sheep
26 . Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
27 . The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf
28 . Red Kross - I Hate My School
29 . Kate Bush - Babooshka
30 . The Soft Boys - Kingdom Of Love
31 . Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
32 . The Soft Boys - Queen Of Eyes
33 . Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
34 . Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
35 . Redd Kross - Cover Band
36 . The Fall - Totally Wired
37 . Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
38 . Dexy's Midnight Runners - Burn It Down
39 . The Ramones - Chinese Rocks
40 . The Jam - The Dreams Of Children
41 . Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love
42 . The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
43 . The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
44 . Dexy's Midnight Runners - I Couldn't Help It If I Tried
45 . Echo And The Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace
46 . Circle Jerks - Behind The Door
47 . David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
48 . The Damned - White Rabbit
49 . Circle Jerks - Paid Vacation
50 . Circle Jerks - Deny Everything
51 . The Damned - There Ain't No Sanity Clause
52 . David Bowie - Fashion
53 . Wipers - Is This Real?
54 . U2 - Out Of Control
55 . Redd Kross - Standing In Front Of Poseur
56 . The Clash - The Street Parade
57 . Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor
58 . The Damned - Wait For The Blackout
59 . Circle Jerks - Wasted
60 . The Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
61 . Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Getaway
62 . Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
63 . The Clash - Washington Bullets
64 . X - Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not
65 . The Clash - Police On My Back
66 . X - Nausea
67 . X - Sex And Dying In A High Society
68 . The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered
69 . The Ramones - Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?
70 . David Bowie - Scary Monsters
71 . The Jam - Start!
72 . Dire Straits - Skateaway
73 . X - The World's A Mess; It's In My Kiss
74 . The Cure - A Forest
75 . Circle Jerks - Back Against The Wall
76 . The Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School
77 . Television Personalities - I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
78 . Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
79 . The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
80 . Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Possession

Thanks!

[beefsupreme]

Albums

[1] The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
[2] X - Los Angeles
[3] The Wipers - Is this Real?
[4] Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
[5] The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party
[6] Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
[7] Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
[8] The Ramones - End of the Century
[9] The Minutemen - Paranoid Time
[10] Rick James - Garden of Love
[11] Motorhead - Ace of Spades
[12] Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
[13] Iggy Pop - Soldier
[14] The Clash - Sandinista
[15] The Sound - Jeopardy

Songs

[1] The Cramps - I Was a Teenage Werewolf
[2] Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
[3] Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
[4] The Clash - Bankrobber
[5] Grace Jones - Love is the Drug
[6] The Vapors - Turning Japanese
[7] X - Sex & Dying in High Society
[8] The Funky 4+1 - That's the Joint
[9] Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
[10] Motorhead - Ace of Spades
[11] The Wipers - Return of the Rat
[12] X - You're Phone's off the Hook but You're Not
[13] Prince - Head
[14] Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams
[15] Prince - Dirty Mind

[SuperFurry]

1 . Joy Division - Closer
2 . AC/DC - Back In Black
3 . The Sound - Jeopardy
4 . Bruce Springsteen - The River
5 . Talking Heads - Remain In Light
6 . X - Los Angeles
7 . The Jam - Sound Affects
8 . The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle
9 . Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla
10 . The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us
11 . The Specials - More Specials
12 . The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
13 . Devo - Freedom Of Choice
14 . Ian Dury - Laughter
15 . Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
16 . Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
17 . Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
18 . David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
19 . The Distractions - Nobody's Perfect
20 . The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
21 . Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
22 . Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers - Music Of Many Colors
23 . Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
24 . Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine
25 . The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
26 . Bob Marley - Uprising
27 . Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
28 . Pretenders - Pretenders
29 . Sun Ra - Strange Celestial Road
30 . Prince - Dirty Mind
31 . Madness - Absolutely
32 . James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be In America?
33 . Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice Of America
34 . The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
35 . The Only Ones - Baby's Got A Gun
36 . The Clash - Sandinista!
37 . Blondie - Autoamerican
38 . Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture
39 . Suicide - Suicide
40 . Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
41 . Burning Spear - Hail H.I.M.
42 . Steely Dan - Gaucho
43 . Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
44 . Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap
45 . The Associates - The Affectionate Punch
46 . Captain Beefheart - Doc At The Radar Station
47 . The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
48 . Neil Young - Hawks & Doves
49 . Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
50 . Ry Cooder - Borderline
51 . Alan Vega - Alan Vega
52 . Iggy Pop - Soldier
53 . Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public
54 . John Cooper Clarke - Snap, Crackle And Bop
55 . Etta James - Changes
56 . Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire
57 . Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
58 . Simple Minds - Empires And Dance
59 . The Twinkle Brothers - Countrymen
60 . Bob Dylan - Saved

[sonofsamiam]

[017] Tantra | The Hills of Katmandu

Hang onto that one for 1979.

Ya know, I thought so too, until I realized the 6-minute single was 1979, but the only release date I could find for the full 16-minute version was on the 1980 album. (Which I of course prefer.)

I could be wrong, that's what I remember from RYM. Anyway, I couldn't resist adding it since I've been listening to it a lot lately.

[Kingoftonga]

Had to go out of town this month, so dropped the ball on my listening homework. Ten albums and fifteen songs, though really only a rough draft...

1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
2. Dire Straits - Making Movies
3. The Jam - Sound Affects
4. Bruce Springsteen - The River
5. Joy Division - Closer
6. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
7. The Pretenders - The Pretenders
8. The Police - Zenyatta Mondata
9. Bob Marley - Uprising
10. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for Young Soul Rebels

1. Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime"
2. Dire Straits - "Romeo and Juliet"
3. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
4. Bob Marley - "Redemption Song"
5. Bruce Springsteen - "The River"
6. Rush - "The Spirit of Radio"
7. The Clash - "The Magnificent Seven"
8. The Jam - "That's Entertainment!"
9. The Clash - "Police on my Back"
10. Dire Straits - "Expresso Love"
11. The B-52s - "Private Idaho"
12. Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
13. Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
14. AC/DC - "Back in Black"
15. The Police - "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

[Michel]

Probably my favorite year in music!

Albums:

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
3. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
4. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
5. The Clash - Sandinista!
6. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
7. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
8. The B-52's - Wild Planet
9. Dogs - Walking Shadows
10. The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
11. XTC - Black Sea
12. The Jam - Sound Affects
13. Pere Ubu - The Art of Walking
14. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
15. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Simple Minds - Empires and Dance
Bruce Springsteen - The River
U2 - Boy
Urban Verbs - Urban Verbs
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Alain Bashung - Pizza
Fischer-Z - Going Deaf for a Living
Téléphone - Au cœur de la nuit


Songs:

1. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2. The Jam - That's Entertainment
3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
4. Joy Division - Heart and Soul
5. Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garcon (RIP Daniel Darc)
6. The Clash - Magnificent Seven
7. The Cure - A Forest
8. Joy Division - Decades
9. Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen
10. Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours
11. Madness - Embarassment
12. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
13. Pere Ubu - Horses
14. Echo and the Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace
15. Dogs - Anna Jane

Dogs - Cette ville est un enfer
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Iron Maiden – Running Free
The Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
The Clash - Police on My Back
Simple Minds - Celebrate
...

[Moonbeam]

I'll leave this open for another 12 hours or so.

[Listyguy]

16 . Nic Jones | Penguin Eggs

Yay! someone else who likes the album! (Actually, I'm just happy someone else listened to it.)

[Moonbeam]

My final album list:

[1] The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
[2] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kaleidoscope
[3] David Bowie - Scary Monsters
[4] The Sound - Jeopardy
[5] Prince - Dirty Mind
[6] The Associates - The Affectionate Punch
[7] Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
[8] Kate Bush - Never for Ever
[9] Pretenders - Pretenders
[10] The Human League - Travelogue
[11] Zapp - Zapp
[12] Blondie - Autoamerican
[13] Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
[14] Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap
[15] Kano - Kano
[16] The Teardrop Explodes - Kiliminjaro
[17] Talking Heads - Remain in Light
[18] Bootsy Collins - Ultra Wave
[19] Mtume - In Search of the Rainbow Seekers
[20] John Foxx - Metamatic
[21] Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
[22] Sun Ra - On Jupiter
[23] The Residents - Commercial Album
[24] Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood
[25] Split Enz - True Colors
[26] Gap Band - III
[27] Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
[28] Tantra - The Double Album
[29] M - The Official Secrets Act
[30] Joy Divison - Closer
[31] Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
[32] OMD - Organisation
[33] Lipps, Inc. - Mouth to Mouth
[34] X - Los Angeles
[35] Change - The Glow of Love
[36] The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
[37] Killing Joke - Killing Joke
[38] Lipps, Inc. - Pucker Up
[39] Gary Numan - Telekon

Song list:

[1] The Cure - A Forest
[2] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel
[3] Blondie - Rapture
[4] Prince - Lisa
[5] Prince - Uptown
[6] David Bowie - Fashion
[7] Gap Band - Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
[8] Blondie - Call Me
[9] Kano - It's a War
[10] Prince - Head
[11] Kate Bush - Breathing
[12] The Sound - Missiles
[13] Prince - Dirty Mind
[14] The Cure - Play for Today
[15] Pretenders - Mystery Achievement
[16] OMD - Enola Gay
[17] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Desert Kisses
[18] David Bowie - Because You're Young
[19] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Red Light
[20] The Associates - The Affectionate Punch
[21] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hybrid
[22] The Sound - I Can't Escape Myself
[23] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House
[24] The Cure - In Your House
[25] Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
[26] Mtume - She's a Rainbow Dancer
[27] Talking Heads - The Great Curve
[28] Riz Ortolani - Much More
[29] Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce
[30] The Human League - The Black Hit of Space
[31] John Foxx - Touch and Go
[32] Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
[33] The Cure - M
[34] David Bowie - Teenage Wildlife
[35] Zapp - Be Alright
[36] Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
[37] Bootsy Collins - Sacred Flower
[38] Devo - Whip It
[39] Magazine - You Never Knew Me
[40] Pretenders - Lovers of Today
[41] The Sound - Heyday
[42] The Human League - Marianne
[43] Blondie - Europa
[44] Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
[45] Kate Bush - Babooshka
[46] The Associates - A Matter of Gender
[47] Pretenders - Private Life
[48] The Human League - Crow and a Baby
[49] Modern English - Gathering Dust
[50] David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
[51] Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me
[52] Prince - When You Were Mine
[53] David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
[54] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Christine
[55] The Jam - Going Underground
[56] The Sound - Hour of Need
[57] M - Official Secrets
[58] Kano - I'm Ready
[59] Kano - Now Baby Now
[60] Prince - Partyup
[61] Mtume - You Can't Wait for Love
[62] Blondie - Angels on the Balcony
[63] The Associates - A
[64] Stevie Wonder - Did I Hear You Say You Love Me
[65] Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
[66] Kate Bush - Delius (Song of Summer)
[67] Kano - Ahjia
[68] Visage - Fade to Grey
[69] The Sound - Heartland
[70] The Sound - Night Versus Day
[71] The Sound - Words Fail Me
[72] Echo and the Bunnymen - Villiers Terrace
[73] Joy Division - Isolation
[74] The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
[75] Bootsy Collins - F-Encounter
[76] John Foxx - Metal Beat
[77] Leon Haywood - Don't Push It, Don't Force It
[78] Joy Division - Atmosphere
[79] U2 - I Will Follow
[80] Magazine - Model Worker
[81] Blondie - Do the Dark
[82] Irene Cara - Fame
[83] M - Keep It to Yourself
[84] Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
[85] Blondie - Live It Up
[86] Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
[87] Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
[88] Change - A Lover's Holiday
[89] Grace Jones - Love Is the Drug
[90] The Specials - Ghost Town
[91] The Sound - Resistance
[92] Paul Zaza - Prom Night
[93] Stevie Wonder - All I Do
[94] Lipps, Inc. - Tight Pair
[95] The Jam - That's Entertainment
[96] The Human League - Dreams of Leaving
[97] The Associates - Logan Time
[98] Kate Bush - All We Ever Look For
[99] Joan Jett - Make Believe
[100] The Human League - Only After Dark
[101] Roxy Music - Oh Yeah
[102] Lipps, Inc. - Rock It
[103] Tantra - Wishbone
[104] The Associates - Even Dogs in the Wild
[105] Gary Numan - We Are Glass
[106] Roxy Music - Over You
[107] Joy Division - Heart and Soul
[108] Kate Bush - The Wedding List
[109] The Cure - At Night
[110] OMD - Electricity
[111] Roxy Music - My Only Love
[112] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Lunar Camel
[113] Kate Bush - Violin
[114] Kate Bush - Egypt
[115] Tantra - Mother Africa
[116] Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
[117] Mtume - So You Wanna Be a Star
[118] David Bowie - It's No Game
[119] Grace Jones - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
[120] The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me
[121] The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
[122] Prince - Sister
[123] The Tourists - Don't Say I Told You So
[124] Donna Summer - On the Radio
[125] Killing Joke - Requiem
[126] Olivia Newton-John - Xanadu
[127] Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music
[128] Pretenders - Precious
[129] Prince - Do It All Night
[130] Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
[131] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Red Over White
[132] Zapp - Brand New Player
[133] Mtume - Mrs. Sippi

[Moonbeam]

Album Results!

[1] Talking Heads - Remain in Light: (710)
[2] Joy Division - Closer: (668)
[3] Bruce Springsteen - The River: (374)
[4] The Cure - Seventeen Seconds: (355)
[5] Prince - Dirty Mind: (323)
[6] AC/DC - Back in Black: (290)
[7] David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps): (270)
[8] X - Los Angeles: (214)
[9] The Sound - Jeopardy: (205)
[10] Pretenders - Pretenders: (170)
[11] U2 - Boy: (158)
[12] Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba: (135)
[13] Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth: (130)
[14] The Jam - Sound Affects: (122)
[15] Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!: (119)

[16] Dire Straits - Making Movies: (114)
[17] Bob Marley and the Wailers - Uprising: (95)
[18] The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms: (83)
[19] Steely Dan - Gaucho: (79)
[20] The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight: (75)
[21] Pete Townshend - Empty Glass: (69)
[22] Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: (68)
[23] Queen - The Game: (67)
[24] Van Morrison - Common One: (60)
[25] The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers. Original Soundtrack Recording: (59)
[26] XTC - Black Sea: (57)
[27] Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III): (56)
[27] The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us: (56)
[29] The Residents - Commercial Album: (55)
[30] The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta: (54)
[31] ABBA - Super Trouper: (51)
[31] The Clash - Sandinista!: (51)
[33] Steve Reich - Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase: (50)
[34] Motörhead - Ace of Spades: (49)
[35] Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles: (42)
[36] Genesis - Duke: (41)
[37] Circle Jerks - Group Sex: (40)
[37] Diana Ross - Diana: (40)
[37] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kaleidscope: (40)
[40] Rush - Permanent Waves: (39)
[40] Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver: (39)
[42] The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It: (38)
[43] Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: (36)
[44] Billy Joel - Glass Houses: (35)
[45] Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell: (32)
[46] Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs: (30)
[46] Swell Maps - In "Jane from Occupied Europe": (30)
[46] The Wipers - Is This Real?: (30)
[46] Various Artists - Xanadu: (30)
[46] Victor Manuel - Luna: (30)

[Moonbeam]

Song Results!

[1] Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart: (564)
[2] Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime: (487)
[3] David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes: (266)
[4] The Cure - A Forest: (244)
[5] Bob Marley - Redemption Song: (200)
[6] Prince - When You Were Mine: (190)
[7] The Jam - That's Entertainment: (177)
[8] AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long: (160)
[9] Motörhead - Ace of Spades: (146)
[10] Bruce Springsteen - The River: (141)
[11] Blondie - Call Me: (123)
[12] Talking Heads - The Great Curve: (117)
[13] Joy Division - Atmosphere: (95)
[14] AC/DC - Back in Black: (84)
[15] The Jam - Going Underground: (82)

[16] The Blues Brothers & Aretha Franklin - Think: (80)
[17] ABBA - The Winner Takes It All: (73)
[17] Kurtis Blow - The Breaks: (73)
[19] Joy Division - Decades: (72)
[20] Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen: (63)
[21] Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster: (61)
[22] The Clash - The Magnificent Seven: (59)
[23] Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia: (58)
[23] Prince - Dirty Mind: (58)
[25] Etoile de Dakar - Tolou Badou Ndiaye: (57)
[26] Blondie - Rapture: (55)
[27] Bob Seger - Against the Wind: (54)
[28] Genesis - Behind the Lines: (50)
[28] The Cramps - I Was a Teenage Werewolf: (50)
[28] The Jam - Man in the Corner Shop: (50)
[31] Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet: (48)
[32] Pretenders - Mystery Achievement: (47)
[33] Daryl Hall - The Farther Away I Am: (40)
[33] Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno: (40)
[33] Kool & The Gang - Celebration: (40)
[33] Magazine - A Song from Under the Floorboards: (40)
[33] Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away: (40)
[33] Rush - Natural Science: (40)
[33] Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel: (40)
[33] The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love: (40)
[33] Visage - Fade to Grey: (40)
[42] Queen - Another One Bites the Dust: (35)
[43] Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless: (34)
[44] John Lennon - Watching the Wheels: (33)
[45] Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba: (32)
[46] Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love: (30)
[46] Black Sabbath - Die Young: (30)
[46] Bruce Springsteen - Drive All Night: (30)
[46] Joan Jett - Bad Reputation: (30)
[46] Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach: (30)
[46] Nic Jones - Canadee-I-O: (30)
[46] Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot: (30)
[46] Pete Townshend - Rough Boys: (30)
[46] Steve Reich - Octet: (30)
[46] The Cure - Secrets: (30)
[46] The Cure - Play for Today: (30)
[46] The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight: (30)

[Moonbeam]

Pretty decent lists overall, I'd say! I wish Siouxsie got more love around here, though, and I already know without a shadow of a doubt what my votes for 150th album and 149th and 150th song will be in the final poll.

[Listyguy]

Soooo close for Making Movies!
ARGH!!!!!

[Henry]

Great job Moonbeam and Listguy.

I have not been able to identify a stand out new find yet from this year's poll, but I'm still listening.