GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1984

[Serjeant Grumbles]

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Obviously make sure to hit up RYM yourself and search your favourite genres.

The deadline is 21st of July 2018.

The rules:
- submit at least 5 releases.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.

GNMD = General Non-Metal Discussion, so NO METAL ALBUMS are to be included in anybody's list.

 

[Krow]

1. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
2.Alien Sex Fiend - Acid Bath
3. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
4. Black Flag - My War
5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity
6. Dead Can Dance - S/T
7. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet
8. Husker Du - Zen Arcade

 

[HamburgerBoy]

1. Scratch Acid - Scratch Acid
2. Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen
3. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
4. Miharu Koshi - Parallelisme
5. Skeleton Crew - Learn to Talk
6. Univers Zéro - Uzed
7. Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Hole
8. はにわちゃん [Haniwa-Chan] - かなしばり (Kanashibari)
9. Danny Elfman - So-Lo
10. Martin Dupont - Just Because
戸川純 [Jun Togawa] - 玉姫様 (Tamahime-Sama)
Dr. Know - Plug-in Jesus
Pastiche - That's R&B-Bop
Talk Talk - It's My Life
A Thinking Plague - ...A Thinking Plague
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
あぶらだこ [Aburadako] - ADK
Anri - Coool
Dalis Car - The Waking Hour

 

[The Ozzman]

1) Rush - Grace Under Pressure (#1 Rush album of all time)
2) Van Halen - 1984 (#1 VH album of all time)
3) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather (#1 SRV album of all time; wish he wouldn't have died)
4) King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
5) Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
6) Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
7) Dave Gilmour - About Face

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I had no idea SRV was dead, let alone for almost three decades. With the amount people talk about him I assumed he was still active.

 

[The Ozzman]

Jesus fuck you live in a bubble

 

[crimsonfloyd]

This year has some legit classics: Rush, Prince, and Cocteau Twins albums are all near perfect.

 

[Slammed]

I doubt my list will make a dent in the final top ten because there is too many Aussie pub rock classics in it but I'll post it anyway.

1.Jimmy Barnes - Bodyswerve
2.Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
3.The Angles - Two Minute Warning
4.Icehouse - Sidewalk
5.Cold Chisel - Twentieth Century
6.Midnight Oil - Red Sails In The Sunset
7.Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
8.Beasts Of Bourbon - That Axeman’s Jazz
9.Dragon - Body And The Beat
10.INXS - The Swing


HM
Hunters & Collectors - The Jaws of Life
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
Queen - The Works
Van Halen - 1984

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

This year has some legit classics: Rush, Prince, and Cocteau Twins albums are all near perfect.

Cocteau Twins, when you say it out loud, sounds like some kind of X-rated sideshow attraction.

 

[Bloopy]

Nice work keeping these going. Neil released his album this year!

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Univers Zéro - Uzed

That's a great one.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

tbh I really loved them several years ago but after some point it became too much. Uzed was always my favorite of the ones I've heard but I'll have to listen to it again to know if it's come back for me.

 

[The Ozzman]

Chart without metal releases: https://rateyourmusic.com/customcha...=both&origin_countries=&limit=none&countries=

I found two more for my list after I augmented the search

 

[Burkhard]

1. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
2. Ofra Haza - Yemenite Songs
3. Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance
4. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
5. Prince Charles and the City Beat Band - Combat Zone

 

[Bloopy]

1. KUKL - The Eye
2. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
3. GBH - City Baby's Revenge
4. Flesh D-Vice - Some Bloodstained Morning
5. New Model Army - Vengeance
6. Nurse With Wound - Brained by Falling Masonry
7. Cockney Rejects - Quiet Storm
8. Black Flag - Family Man
9. Chaos UK - Short Sharp Shock
10. Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From the Move

Björk's coolest band from before her solo career took off:

 

[crimsonfloyd]

1. Rush- Grace Under Pressure
2. Prince- Purple Rain
3. Cocteau Twins- Treasure
4. Smiths- Smiths
5. REM- Reckoning
6. This Mortal Coil- It'll All End in Tears
7. Dead Can Dance- Dead Can Dance
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees- Hyaena
9. King Crimson- Three of a Perfect Pair
10. Depeche Mode- Some Great Reward

A couple of albums I haven't had a chance to listen to for this year, but in case the votes are being calculated soon, this is my preliminary list.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Rush- Grace Under Pressure

My nigga

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I'm gonna say youse have til Thursday to make wit da votes.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Just noticed this. Apparently I don't know much from 1984 outside of metal (cuz I'm so tr00 and in-crowd!!). Probably some postpunk/goth/avantgarde shit I should catch up on, but I'm not in the mood this week. Here goes:

1. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2. Coil - Scatology
3. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet
4. Van Halen - 1984
5. Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Hole

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Top Ten

1. Xmal Deutschland - Tocsin
2. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet
3. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
4. Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave
5. Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Hole
6. Skeletal Family - Burning Oil
7. T.S.O.L. - Change Today?
8. Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance
9. Broken Bones! - Dem Bones
10. Black Flag - My War

Honourable Mention

• Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
• Swans - Cop
• Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena
• Current 93 - Nature Unveiled
• Black Flag - Slip It In
• Alien Sex Fiend - Acid Bath