GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1981

[Sirjack]

l cant decide wether Fair Warning is Metal or Hard Rock and does it crossover so much in this year that it matters?
Depending on who you ask, it's either metal or rock or both
Back then, Fair Warning, and the likes of Too Fast For Love were definitely 'Metal'
Can't do a list and be told 'that's not metal'

 

[RadicalThrasher]

@no country for old wainds, since you tagged me....

1. Iron Maiden - Killers
2. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
3. Praying Mantis - Time Tells no Lies
4. Heavy Load - Metal Conquest
5. Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire
6. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
7. Venom - Welcome to Hell
8. Holocaust - The Nightcomers
9. The Rods - s/t
10. Riot - Fire Down Under

 

[crimsonfloyd]

1. Black Sabbath- Mob Rules
2. Heavy Load- Metal Conquest
3. Samson- Shock Tactics
4. Saracen- Heroes, Saints, and Villans
5. Cirith Ungol- Fire and Frost
6. Warning- Warning
7. Legend- Legend
8. Riot- Fire Down Under
9. Tygers of Pan Tang- Spellbound
10. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman

It's going to be an utter disgrace if Mob Rules finishes lower than 2nd (I've already accepted that the most overrated Maiden album will finish first).

 

[Vegard Pompey]

1. The Holocaust - The Nightcomers
2. The Mistreater - Hell's Fire
3. The Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire
4. The Iron Maiden - Killers
5. The Saracen - Heroes, Saints & Fools
6. The Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound
7. The Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
8. The Dark Star - Dark Star
9. The Girlschool - Hit and Run
10. The Saxon - Denim and Leather

 

[no country for old wainds]

1) iron maiden - killers
2) holocaust - the nightcomers
3) saracen - heroes, saints & fools
4) cirith ungol - frost and fire
5) venom - welcome to hell
6) satan - the first demo
7) resistencia - hecho en venezuela
8) mistreater - hell's fire
9) accept - breaker
10) girlschool - hit and run

 

[no country for old wainds]

what happened to CiG's swedeath thread btw

 

[CiG]

I had it deleted, it was a clusterfuck. They really need to give you more after-the-fact editing options for threads man.

I'll leave these games to the non-autistic, you guys seem better at it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

well it had a good concept imo, you/someone should rework it.

 

[CiG]

I also realised that a game where you only get to vote once per round was retarded.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

This fucking thread needs more Praying Mantis love.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

@no country for old wainds Have you ever considered doing a non-metal version of this?

 

[CiG]

That would be so brutal.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

That would be so brutal.

Yeah, I was just imagining how that would even begin to look like as far as how everyone here would vote.

 

[Bloopy]

I'd be game for that. Probably no need to make much fanfare about tallying the votes though. Would have to be in GMD Social as the non-metal forum section is too dead. I'd have 3x as many albums to consider for most years.

 

[no country for old wainds]

lol i'd enjoy that but i bet hardly anything would even get multiple votes and i'm not sure there'd be many participants.

 

[no country for old wainds]

anyway, this one closes in a few hours folks.

 

[CiG]

It would be way too broad and insane.

 

[no country for old wainds]

@Serjeant Grumbles i'm assuming you meant to put WELCOME TO HELL at number 1 and not the single? let me know old bean

edit: doesn't affect placings either way, for the record

 

[no country for old wainds]

GMD Top Ten Albums of 1981
10) Point of Entry by Judas Priest
I'm goin' out in search of the bright lights!

"Anyone that can't admit that Point of Entry has some excellent songs should go back to their metal-for-indie-rock-fans Aeturnus or Manilla Road albums." - @HamburgerBoy

"I think Point of Entry is definitely an underrated Priest album. It's definitely kind of stupid lyrically but songs like "Heading Out the Highway" and "Hot Rockin" are just too fucking fun. The bonus song "Thunder Road" is awesome as well and there really isn't anything that terrible on the album. I think I rate it so highly because it holds a special place in my heart." - @Master_Yoda77

"point of entry is actually one of my favorite priest albums

it's catchy as fuck

listen to turning circles

and basically every song on the album. it's time to see it for what it is. a catchy heavy metal/pop masterpiece" - @Lord Kur

"Point of Entry is obviously not a good album, I'd rank it below Ram it Down." - @EspaDa

Chosen by:
HamburgerBoy (#2)
Slammed (#5)
Krow (#5)
Baroque (#5)
Master_Yoda77 (#5)
Atomic Tide (#7)
CASSETTEISGOD (#10)
Slayed Necros (#10)
TOTAL: 39 POINTS

 

[no country for old wainds]

9) Heroes, Saints & Fools by Saracen
Kneel before the necromancer...

"Listening to Saracen and being highly impressed." - @SentinelSlain

"anyone who doesn't list that in the '81 thread is neither a hero nor a saint." - @no country for old wainds

"It's pretty good but inconsistent. The AOR stuff hurts it. Dolphin Ride is hokey as fuck. Commercial can be fine, but their brand of it was not." - @HamburgerBoy

"Listening to this now. I was worried it'd be too AOR-y for me but it works in its favor really, it has that soaring, ethereal vibe pretty consistently throughout. No More Lonely Nights seems the only weak point. Dolphin Ride is amazing, it's like someone put a Camel interlude in my metal album, I love it." - @Vegard Pompey

"lol at the synths. and then that stuff around 3 mins lol this is so bad." - @Baroque

"Those cheesy synths are fantastic and that bass guitar, instant fan." - @CASSETTEISGOD

Chosen by:
no country for old wainds (#3)
Serjeant Grumbles (#3)
crimsonfloyd (#4)
Vegard Pompey (#5)
Talos of Atmora (#6)
Krow (#8)
Slayed Necros (#9)
Master_Yoda77 (#9)
TOTAL: 41 POINTS