GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1984

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I'd like to close this within 24 hours. @Oblivious Maximus, @Dazed and Brutal, @Einherjar86, @Terasophe, @tagradh, @no country for old wainds, @Sirjack, @Talos of Atmora, @dwellerINTHEdark, if any of you have interest in voting, please do so. Also, @Krow and @HamburgerBoy, and possibly @crimsonfloyd as well, need to finalize their lists.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

I'm leaving mine as is. Too little music listening time lately.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Preliminary

1. Scratch Acid - Scratch Acid
2. Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen
3. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
4. Miharu Koshi - Parallelisme
5. Univers Zéro - Uzed
6. Skeleton Crew - Learn to Talk
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

Is that a finalized list?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It is now.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Oh, forgot to post the list for this.

 

[Krow]

Fixed list

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I'm still hoping I'll get two more people in, so we'll have at least as many voting as we had for '77. After all, this year has more to offer.

 

[Sirjack]

Forgot all about this. Will do a list tonight if ya can wait

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I kinda have to. As it stands now, I have fewer than ten albums with more than ten points, and I'm not too keen on featuring albums on the overall top ten that received a #1 vote from just one person.

Also, I forgot to tag @Satanstoenail, he participated in this thing at least once in the past.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. Univers Zéro - Uzed
2. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
3. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
4. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
5. Dead Can Dance - s/t
6. Skeleton Crew - Learn to Talk
7. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
8. Black Flag - My War
9. Scratch Acid - s/t
10. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet

 

[Satanstoenail]

I kinda have to. As it stands now, I have fewer than ten albums with more than ten points, and I'm not too keen on featuring albums on the overall top ten that received a #1 vote from just one person.

Also, I forgot to tag @Satanstoenail, he participated in this thing at least once in the past.

I planned on submitting a list but haven’t had time lately for internet vegetating so it doesn’t look likely.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Univers Zéro - Uzed
2. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
3. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
4. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
5. Dead Can Dance - s/t
6. Skeleton Crew - Learn to Talk
7. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
8. Black Flag - My War
9. Scratch Acid - s/t
10. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet

That King Crimson album is underrated but I'm a bigger fan of the Adrian Belew era stuff anyway

 

[Sirjack]

1. Steve Vai - Flex-Able
2. Van Halen - 1984
3. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather
4. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
5. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
6. Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset
7. Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani EP
8. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
9. Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground
10. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

 

[The Ozzman]

2. Van Halen - 1984
3. Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather
4. Rush - Grace Under Pressure

My nigga

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#10 Univers Zéro - Uzed

Genre(s):
Rock in Opposition, Avant-Prog
Chamber Music​

What in the fucking hell is Rock in opposition?

It's not a genre I listen to all that much, but it is definitely interesting stuff. You pretty much listed all the RIO bands I listen to (Thinking Plague, Univers Zero, 5uu's).

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.

Those who voted:
@HamburgerBoy #6
@Talos of Atmora #1

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Note: There ended up being a three way tie for 7th place.
#7 King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair

Genre(s):
Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Experimental Rock, New Wave, Art Pop​

I like something from just about every lineup of King Crimson [...] The 80s era had Discipline and some great tunes from Beat and Three of a Perfect Pair.

three of a perfect pair by king crimson...near impossible in my opinion..requires impeccable control of both hands and a ridiculous amount of left-hand finger speed, not to mention the time signature issues..

Those who voted:
@The Ozzman #4
@Talos of Atmora #4
@crimsonfloyd #9

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#7 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather
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Genre(s):
Blues Rock, Electric Texas Blues
​

Guitar god? Or over-rated hack?

Been getting into him recently...his solos were friggin' awesome. Not much of a songwriter, though. But, overall, I think he really delivered the goods.

Clapton should have died in the helicopter crash instead of Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Those who voted:
@The Ozzman #3
@Sirjack #3

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#7 Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Hole

Genre(s):
Industrial Rock, Industrial
Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Dark Cabaret​

Those who voted:
@zabu of nΩd #5
@Serjeant Grumbles #5
@HamburgerBoy #7

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#6 Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet

Genre(s):
Deathrock, Gothic Rock
Dark Cabaret​

Nobody can beat Christian Death in deathrock.

Just noticed a snag in my plan to edit my okcupid profile according to the gender plot: my most "feminine" music group is Christian Death

...I do find Christian Death a little grating however. I've only heard the stuff with Rozz but I hear that nothing else worth listening to.

Those who voted:
@zabu of nΩd #3
@Serjeant Grumbles #2
@Krow #7
@Talos of Atmora #10

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

#5 Van Halen - 1984

Genre(s):
Hard Rock
Pop Rock, AOR, Heavy Metal​

Like it or not, it was Eddie who kick-started the whole shred guitar thing. He wasn't the first to do anything he was doing, but he was by far and away the most important.

His tone wasn't bad either.

I like old Van Halen. Never listened to anything beyond 1984 and probably never will.

Not the most "metal" band, obviously, but I think almost everyone would agree (concede?) that Eddie Van Halen was a tremendous influence on the genre....

Van Halen's song called 'Panama' is sooooo damn good! The slow part which Eddie Van Halen does is so amazing, I can feel his soul in that part!
:hotjump:

IMO VH is the greatest hardrock band ever.
I disagree that 1984 -sucked. It was a change...more mainstream but still a kickass-great record.

Those who voted:
@Sirjack #2
@The Ozzman #2
@zabu of nΩd #4