GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1989

[Serjeant Grumbles]

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

The deadline is 1st of February 2019.

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 UNAMBIGUOUSLY METAL ALBUMS are to be included in anybody's list.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Prelim

1. NoMeansNo - Wrong
2. Ham - Buffalo Virgin
3. Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon
4. Thinking Plague - In This Life
5. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
6. Alice Donut - Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life
7. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
8. The Jesus Lizard - Pure
9. Bitch Magnet - Umber
10. Pixies - Doolittle
あぶらだこ [Aburadako] - Aburadako (aka Kame-ban)
Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Giant - Last of the Runaways
Shelleyan Orphan - Century Flower
Glass Eye - Hello Young Lovers

Plus a lot of stuff that needs relistening.

 

[CiG]

Plus a lot of stuff that needs relistening.

Fugazi's Margin Walker EP in that? If you haven't heard it yet I recommend it. It's quite short (like under 20 minutes) but it's all quality.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Wasn't even aware that it existed, I'll definitely add it to the docket, danke.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

1. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
2. Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
3. Rush - Presto
4. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
5. Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
6. Primitives - Pure
7. Transvision Vamp - Velveteen
8. Bad Religion - No Control
9. Chris Isask - Heart Shaped World
10. Lou Reed - New York

 

[CiG]

1. NoMeansNo - Wrong
2. Nirvana - Bleach
3. Dead Moon - Unknown Passage
4. The electric eels - Having a Philosophical Investigation with...
5. F/i - Paradise Out Here
6. Fugazi - Margin Walker EP
7. Dèäth in Jünè - Thè Wäll öf Säcrificè
8. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
9. Boredoms - Soul Discharge
10. Slint - Tweez

Spoiler: 11./20.

11. Thé Småshiñg Pümpkiñs - Moon demo
12. Bitch Magnet - Umber
13. Lunachicks - Lunachicks EP (some serious Misfits worship going on in their earliest days)
14. ANTiSEEN - Noise for the Sake of Noise
15. Sick of It All - Blood, Sweat, and No Tears
16. Outskirts of Infinity - Scenes From the Dreams of Angels
17. Fire Party - New Orleans Opera EP
18. Bad Religion - No Control
19. Alice Donut - Bucketfulls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life
20. Union Carbide Productions - Financially Dissatisfied, Philosophically Trying

Regarding The electric eels (lower case is intentional); seriously raw and crazy proto-punk/free jazz band that existed in Ohio between like 1972-1975. They only played a handful of gigs in their time and apparently every single one was violent or a complete disaster, and one or two of them resulted in cops showing up. Infamously the band got banned from one of the few clubs that hadn't already blacklisted them because they brought a gas powered lawnmower on stage.



The album I listed is an archival LP and the material was all recorded in 1975. These retards got me through some tough times back in the day, and were a huge inspiration for my own shitty musical projects over the years. I worshiped my CD copy of The Eyeball of Hell compilation, no fucking idea where it is anymore though. Oops.

 

[Burkhard]

The deadline is 1st of February 2019.

Could you extend the deadline by one year for non-time-travellers like me? Thank you.

1. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
2. Kari Bremnes - Blå krukke
3. Agnes Buen Garnås/Jan Garbarek - Rosenfole
4. The National Folk Ensemble "Philip Koutev" - Bulgarian Polyphony vol. 1
5. Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Vol. 3
6. Jingo De Lunch - Axe to Grind
7. Primus - Suck on This
8. Faith No More - The Real Thing

Still subject to some minor changes/additions.

 

[Sophii]

Lots of New York Hardcore this year.

1.) Nirvana - Bleach
2.) King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
3.) The Cure - Disintegration
4.) Tad - God's Balls
5.) Miles Davis - Aura
6.) Swans - The Burning World
7.) Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was...Death
7.) Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
9.) Slint - Tweez

 

[Bloopy]

1. New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
2. Bad Religion - No Control
3. In Slaughter Natives - In Slaughter Natives
4. The 2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be
5. Cosmic Psychos - Go the Hack
6. Trasch - Flourish and Decay
7. Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels
8. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
9. The Celibate Rifles - Blind Ear
10. The Macc Lads - From Beer to Eternity

HM:
Pussy Galore - Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
The Argumentative Bastards - The Argumentative Bastards
Einstürzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge
Chris Knox - Seizure
Chubb Rock - And the Winner Is...

Some sites say In Slaughter Natives was released 1988, but they're wrong.

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. David Olney - Deeper Well
2. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
3. Blaze Foley - Wanted More Dead Than Alive
4. Clint Black - Killin' Time
5. Blaze Foley - Live At the Austin Outhouse
6. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
7. Suzy Bogguss - Somewhere Between
8. Keith Whitley - I Wonder Do You Think of Me

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1 - Nirvana - Bleach
2 - Tone Loc - Loc'ed After Dark
3 - The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better
4 - Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
5 - Ice T - The Iceberg
6 - Bad Religion - No Control
7 - Aerosmith - Pump

Still need to check out Louder Than Love

5.) CroMags - Best Wishes

 

[Sophii]

Its labeled as Hardcore Punk/New York Hardcore. I know its a major staple to METALcore but its first and foremost a hardcore punk album.

Though if that's discredited still, I'll find something to replace it.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Its labeled as Hardcore Punk/New York Hardcore. I know its a major staple to METALcore but its first and foremost a hardcore punk album.

Though if that's discredited still, I'll find something to replace it.

its a staple crossover thrash metal album, and even has crossover thrash as a primary on RYM

and did you just really refer to it as metalcore?

 

[Slammed]

1. Hoodoo Gurus - Magnum Cum Louder
2. Ian Moss – Matchbook
3. Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles
4. Skid Row - Skid Row
5. Alice Cooper – Trash
6. Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
7. Hard-Ons - Love Is a Battlefield of Wounded Hearts
8. Kim Salmon & The Surrealists - Just Because You Can't See It... Doesn't Mean It Isn't There..
9. Extreme – Extreme
10. Johnny Diesel & The Injectors - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

So apparently RYM has Laibach - Nova Akropola as an '89 release, but it's really from '86, which is a pretty egregious - not to mention annoying - mistake. Despite having it for the wrong year they have a few alternate versions dating to 1986, like this one. I guess they went back in time to re-release their album or something.

 

[CiG]

RYM even lists an '85 edition.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

if were counting that Skid Row album as non-metal then id probably toss it in my list too.

 

[challenge_everything]

1. Nomeansno - Wrong
2. Nirvana - Bleach
3. The Cure - Disintegration
4. Pixies - Doolittle
5. Bad Religion - No Control
6. The Offspring - The Offspring
7. The Pogues - Peace and Love
8. Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Effulgent
9. Jello Biafra with DOA - Last Scream of the Missing Neighbours
10. Faith No More - The Real Thing

 

[no country for old wainds]

pls give warning before closing this, thx

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

You've less than a sennight hence. Hie!