GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1981

[CiG]

 

[no country for old wainds]

i’m highly offended by all the aussies not repping radio birdman btw!

 

[CiG]

I'm not too familiar with Living Eyes.

 

[no country for old wainds]

you'd like it man. a song from it won a mixtape game a while back, you gave it an 8 yerself. even hbb gave it an 8 surprisingly

 

[CiG]

I'm sure I would, great band love their debut and EP.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I'll give fair warning to old country, but crimson pink - you're on your own!

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Top Ten

1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
2. Black Flag - Damaged
3. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
4. T.S.O.L. - Dance With Me
5. Agent Orange - Living in Darkness
6. Bauhaus - Mask
7. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles ist Gut
8. Discharge - Why
9. This Heat - Deceit
10. Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin

Honourable Menschen

• Wipers - Youth of America
• The Cure - Faith
• The Gun Club - Fire of Love
• The Residents - Mark of the Mole
• Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

@crimsonfloyd @dwellerINTHEdark @no country for old wainds @Oblivious Maximus @Burkhard @Somethingface @jimmy101 @zabu of nΩd

We've got a bunch of albums tied for 7th place, so maybe yous could help out with that.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
2. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
3. John Carpenter in Association With Alan Howarth - Halloween II
4. John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Rocky Erickson - The Evil One
6. The Cure - Faith
7. Joy Division - Still
8. Bauhaus - Mask
9. Jerry Goldsmith - The Final Conflict
10. Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
2. The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
3. John Carpenter in Association With Alan Howarth - Halloween II
4. John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Rocky Erickson - The Evil One
6. The Cure - Faith
7. Joy Division - Still
8. Bauhaus - Mask
9. Jerry Goldsmith - The Final Conflict
10. Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin

Weird that we have the exact same #1 and #10.

 

[CiG]

Great seeing some Roky Ericksons in here.

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Roky Erickson & The Aliens - The Evil One
2. Wipers - Youth of America
3. David Allan Coe - Underground Album
4. Hank Williams Jr. - The Pressure Is On
5. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju

 

[crimsonfloyd]

1. Rush- Moving Pictures
2. Siouxsie and the Banshees- Juju
3. King Crimson- Discipline
4. OMD- Architecture and Morality
5. The Cure- Faith
6. Prince- Controversy
7. Black Uhuru- Red
8. Rick James- Street Songs
9. New Order- Movement
10. Bauhaus- Mask

 

[Somethingface]

@crimsonfloyd @dwellerINTHEdark @no country for old wainds @Oblivious Maximus @Burkhard @Somethingface @jimmy101 @zabu of nΩd

We've got a bunch of albums tied for 7th place, so maybe yous could help out with that.

1. This Heat - Deceit
2. The Gun Club - Fire Of Love
3. Wipers - Youth of America
4. Gang of Four - Solid Gold
5. Tuxedomoon - Desire
6. Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
7. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
8. Echo and The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
9. King Crimson - Discipline
10. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth

 

[no country for old wainds]

1. wipers – youth of america
2. roky erickson – the evil one
3. sunnyboys - sunnyboys
4. the raincoats – odyshape
5. the staff - out of bounds
6. the gun club – fire of love
7. dick gaughan – handful of earth
8. radio birdman – living eyes
9. human switchboard – who’s landing in my hangar?
10. x – wild gift
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king crimson - discipline
rush – moving pictures
agent orange – living in darkness
TSOL – dance with me

spotify playlist

probably the most waindsy list i've ever made tbh

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#10 Bauhaus - Mask
(18 Points)

Genre(s):
Gothic Rock, Post-Punk​

Bauhaus is pretty damn wierd and good.

Kelly Slater just rolled in at my favorite Irish pub so I got to meet him. I was wearing a Bauhaus shirt and he complimented it. Bonus.

uhm...
im quite worried that on a thread with 'goth music' in the name, only one person has mentioned Bauhaus...

Bauhaus were the band who started the whole goth thing.
just listen to them lol
then listen to Sisters of Mercy and Fields of the Nephilim
then Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Damned
then Dead can Dance
then Evanescence, Nightwish, All About Eve and Inkubus Sukkubus
then The Mission's early stuff
then The Cure's early stuff
also, make sure you like the Sex Pistols, as they started the punk movement and without them there would have been no goth.

That's an odd choice for guilty pleasure as they are highly respected in that genre of music... unless you are saying that most metalheads would look down on it in which case it would be a guilty pleasure in that respect.
Personally I'm a fan though I think they have some crappy music as well as the good stuff.

Those who voted:
@Allfader #2
@Serjeant Grumbles #6
@dwellerINTHEdark #8
@crimsonfloyd #10

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#9 This Heat - Deceit
(20 Points)

Genre(s):
Experimental Rock, Post-Punk
Avant-Prog, Industrial, Tape Music, Krautrock​

Those who voted:
@Bloopy #3
@Serjeant Grumbles #9
@Somethingface #1

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#8 Agent Orange - Living in Darkness
(23 Points)

Genre(s):
Punk Rock, Surf Punk
Hardcore Punk​

My favorite Sodom album.

Agent Orange's Living in Darkness is one of the most insanely catchy punk albums ever and is totally unique.

Before I listened to metal I have to admitt I was pretty close minded when it came to music.

I mostly listened to punk bands such as:

NOFX
Circle Jerks
Agent Orange
AFI
Anti-Flag
Rancid
H20
GBH
Pennywise
Dead Kennedy's
stuff like that..

For more general stuff widely heralded but maybe not super well known to a non-punk fan, there's Die Kreuzen (Voivod's biggest influence, dissonant stuff) and Agent Orange (twangy surf rock influenced punk).

Those who voted:
@Bloopy #4
@challenge_everything #1
@Serjeant Grumbles #5

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#7 Rush - Moving Pictures
(25 Points)

Genre(s):
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock​

Moving Pictures at 7 is interesting but like I've said Rush only has one bad album if you could consider it bad

Moving Pictures is the only Rush album i own, but I like it so much, that it's definitely not going to stay that way.

I have tried and failed to get into Rush. I listened to Moving Pictures in it's entirety. It's not just that Geddy Lee's voice is horrible. I just wasn't interested at all in the music.

Those who voted:
@Sirjack #4
@challenge_everything #3
@crimsonfloyd #1

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#6 The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
(27 Points)

Genre(s):
Post-Punk, Noise Rock
Punk Blues, No Wave, Experimental Rock​

QUOTE="HamburgerBoy, post: 10681686, member: 80678"]Agreed. I think I like the Mutiny/Bad Seed compilation even more, but still need to buy Prayers on Fire. Easily some of the most violent and intense music I know of.[/QUOTE]

The Birthday Party and Lubricated Goat was fucked up stuff.

Nick Cave's great man,The Birthday Party are probably my favourite post-punk band.

The Birthday Party is wild as fuck! Nick Cave does no wrong.

The Birthday Party were crazy for their time.

Those who voted:
@Krow #1
@Serjeant Grumbles #3
@dwellerINTHEdark #2