JDubb
11.22.23 | Honorable mention: Black Sabbath - Heave and Hell (1980); AC/DC - Back in Black (1980); Ozzy - Diary of a Madman (1981); Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (1983); Green River - Come on Down (1985); Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) |
Zac124
11.22.23 | 2, 3, 4, 5 and especially 9 shaped my music taste. |
Ryus
11.22.23 | "The only ten 1980's albums that truly matter"
ok im about to blow your mind right now but
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JohnnyoftheWell
11.22.23 | uhhhhhhhhh |
DaveyMonsoon
11.22.23 | They didn't lie, those are definitely 1980's albums |
JDubb
11.22.23 | Uhhhhhhh …. Hells yes!!! |
Ryus
11.22.23 | did you know |
JohnnyoftheWell
11.22.23 | you have retconned an entire decade through the lens of 90s butt rock/metal, and questions must be levelled |
Dewinged
11.22.23 | I'm a fan of most of these albums but brah... |
Ryus
11.22.23 | that there are genres |
JohnnyoftheWell
11.22.23 | 1989-only challenge (any%, unranked)
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814
X Japan Blue Blood
Pixies Doolittle
Fushitsusha Live I
Kate Bush The Sensual World
The Blue Nile Hats
The Necks Sex
The Cure Disintegration
After Dinner Paradise of Replica
Boredoms Soul Discharge
still not broad enough, but just one year has 10x the diversity of this boi |
Ryus
11.22.23 | other than rock :D |
budgie
11.22.23 | " influenced Metalcore" you say that like its a good thing ! |
JDubb
11.22.23 | You can take the other genres….m/…do like the Cure and Pixies though. |
Dewinged
11.22.23 | 1989 was such a great year, especially for metal |
pizzamachine
11.22.23 | Nice dad rock |
Trebor.
11.22.23 | "If Black Sabbath created metal, Ozzy (solo) helped create Heavy Metal"
what |
JDubb
11.22.23 | Mostly dad metal - but yeah. |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | 10 isn't metal |
neekafat
11.22.23 | Astounding |
myri14
11.22.23 | Fucking awesome list, I would add some AR Kane to this but thats about it. |
zaruyache
11.22.23 | "other than rock :D"
no. |
el_newg
11.22.23 | embarrassing list, o boy |
JDubb
11.22.23 | Embarrassing…but true! The above albums had lasting effect. I doubt there are many who are currently jamming out to Janet Jackson (nothing against Janet though). U hear Crazy Train and Welcome to the Jungle about every time u go to a sports event. |
Demon of the Fall
11.22.23 | 'I'm a fan of most of these albums but brah...' (2)
oh... wait, no most of these aren't even good
1 isn't true |
JDubb
11.22.23 | That’s right - they’re great! 10 isn’t metal - but that 2010 remaster is absolute f’n godhead! |
Trifolium
11.22.23 | Also where in all this are the Cocteaus!!!!! |
Demon of the Fall
11.22.23 | if only I had kids, then Cocteau Twins would be dad rock for sure |
Casavir
11.22.23 | > Progenitor of progressive metal
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.22.23 | Thank you so much for shedding some light on these overlooked gems |
Ryus
11.22.23 | " I doubt there are many who are currently jamming out to Janet Jackson"
are you dumb |
Ryus
11.22.23 | janet jackson has 100000x more relevance and influence w.r.t. the music that's popular today than all of these artists combined |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | yeah, that was wild lol what are her hits on spotify? for example |
Ryus
11.22.23 | actually nvm they play crazy train at sporting events |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | "janet jackson has 100000x more relevance and influence w.r.t. the music..."
That's a different claim that is tangential to what they said about no one listening to Janet, but sure |
Ryus
11.22.23 | he talked about lasting effect tho |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | Ah fair. Yeah things can definitely have lasting effect independent of whether the music is adopted/listened to by later generations. |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | The idea that there are more people listening to Ultramega OK than Janet Jackson is hilarious |
Demon of the Fall
11.22.23 | Amusingly I didn’t know Ultramega Okay was a thing until right this second
I am a music website visitor |
JohnnyoftheWell
11.22.23 | the suggestion that no one today is listening to janet jackson is hysterically off-base regardless of her (huge) legacy [3] |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | Lol it's a good album. Probably underrated on here |
MeatSalad
11.22.23 | The contents of this list aren't necessarily wrong but like... there are more than 2 relevant genres of music in the 80's my guy |
GhandhiLion
11.22.23 | "The only ten 1980's albums that truly matter"
They are wrong if "truly matter" =/= matters to JDubb |
JDubb
11.22.23 | Genres (and subgenres) is more of a recent construct. There was less focus on that as a child in the 80’s. All of it ( what is now considered 80’s pop, rock, hard rock, etc.) was mixed/playing on MTV, VH1, BET, or the radio, except for maybe heavy metal (taboo back then). Whether videos were playing on MTV (edgier content) vs. VH1 (lame shit) vs BET (breaking rap) was the big differentiator. Country was off on its own, and certainly didn’t have the fan base back then as it does now. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
11.22.23 | check killdozer |
Drifter
11.22.23 | janet jackson beats everything on this list please shift taste post hence |
Thibs
11.23.23 | The Tragically Hip - Up To Here
Canadian rock radio gems |
GhandhiLion
11.23.23 | check killdozer [2] |
