Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
lancashirearab (2012) 
If an album is in my Top 100 Greatest Music Albums of all time, it will not re-appear in this one.
Chart updated: 05/01/2012 17:37 (Created: 04/09/2012 12:57). Chart size: 100 albums.
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1. (=) | Perverted By Language | The Fall | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Fall are my favourite band and they produced loads of great albums. There will be plenty in my charts. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2. (=) | Porcupine | Echo & The Bunnymen | |||||||||||||||||||
| This is another great Bunnymen album with a nother great sleeve. I am particularly fond of this one as this is the music they were touring with when I saw them for the first time. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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3. (=) | From Her To Eternity | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | |||||||||||||||||||
| I was surprised to find this in John Menzies, Arbroath. I asked the lady at the desk to let me listen to it before I bought it. Half way through the second track she took it off an started to put it away. "Nobody will buy that." I gave her my money. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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4. (=) | Strangeways, Here We Come | The Smiths | |||||||||||||||||||
| I have been to the site of the road sign on the cover, even though the original was stolen by a Smiths fan soon after the album was released. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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5. (=) | Love Zombies | The Monochrome Set | |||||||||||||||||||
| Who couldn't love the Monochrome Set? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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6. (=) | Ice Cream For Crow | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | |||||||||||||||||||
| This was Beefheart's final album and the first one I got. From there it was a wonderful journey into his world. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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7. (=) | Hex Enduction Hour | The Fall | |||||||||||||||||||
| It has a terrible cover, but it works. The album itself is fantastic.How good are the lyrics? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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8. (=) | In The Pines | The Triffids | |||||||||||||||||||
| This album was recorded in a sheep shearing shed on an eight-track recording machine. It sounds like they had great fun making this album. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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9. (=) | The Smiths | The Smiths | |||||||||||||||||||
| What a fantastic debut album. So many great songs. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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10. (=) | Cop | Swans | |||||||||||||||||||
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From hairymarx1 05/22/2012 23:52
I'm 49 and this brings back great memories of John Peel. Here's a few more names that might ring a bell from the Peel show during the early to mid 80s (the golden age):
The Gymslips
Serious Drinking
3 Mustaphas 3
The Ukrainians
Native Hipsters
Belle Stars
Frank Chickens
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CellarDoor 04/22/2012 17:29
CellarDoor 04/22/2012 17:29Love the early Swans selections, Loop and Suicide.
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