Yeah, getting started with this.

YAy! (AS IF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON HERE TO IMPERIL MY WORK PRODUCTIVITY!)

Bring it on.

WSoPC & Albums of '85-'94 concurrently?! amazing!

Clearly, he's got a team of magical elves assisting him.

should be exciting

And oh what fine elves they be!

Bring on the hair metal.

bump

GDB is in the midst of WSoPC rounds. Wait patiently, and the poll shall come. So sayeth the apostle Agrimorfee.

Go jump in on the WSoPC, Aggie. (I don't want to play MV!)

I wonder how many shitty albums I voted highest for.

I'm slated to go against Bob The Squid at noon CT. You may not have a choice.

#250.



Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback

Year: 1990

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #7

Charting Singles: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #20 (year), #223 (decade), #1159 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: Hector Gilberto (#2)

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this might have finished higher had someone upped it for me to hear. looking forward to it, though.

somebody should pin this thread


ahem

Doesn't look Dan's up so...






Someone should pin your Mom.

Not a complaint, but I miss this guy:

#249.



Bad Brains - I Against I

Year: 1986

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #136 (decade), #762 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: Ted Falconi (#6)

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Wow, seems insanely low. Don't people love this album?

I think you just answered your own question.

(I like it though.)

this list sucks blah blah blah

i didn't vote but omg these albums are so terrible

You know, your posts haven't been as exciting since you changed your moniker to "Dan".

Yeah, this new character is far less entertaining than the old one.

hm, it looks like I counted Oingo Boingo's Boingo and Boi-ngo as the same album. So move the first two albums up one and this is our new #250:

#250.



The Church - Heyday

Year: 1987

US Chart Position: #146

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Voodoodaddy (#8)

Amazon Link

that's a good'un. at least it made the list

That damned hyphen. Should have voted for Boi-ngo, though. So much better than Boingo.

*bbbbrrrrppp!* Wrong answer. Strike that, reverse it.

#247.



Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

Year: 1986

US Chart Position: #23

UK Chart Position: #3

Charting Singles: "Wasted Years" (#18 UK), "Stranger in a Strange Land" (#22 UK)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Saskadelphia (#19)

Amazon Link

Whatever. I'm quite fond of Boingo Alive, too.

#246.



Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician

Year: 1987

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #29 Year), #256 (decade), #1261 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: Simulated Stereo (#7)

Amazon Link

word. Great album.

man, i hate The Church.

No love for the "Under The Milky Way" single, either?

that's the one song i can tolerate. their live show was possibly the most boring in the milky way.

#245.



Anthrax - Among the Living

Year: 1987

US Chart Position: #62

UK Chart Position: #18

Charting Singles: "I Am the Law" (#32 UK)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #50 (year), #480 (decade), #2308 (all-time)

Ranked Highest By: Wh1tepony (#18)

Amazon Link

WOOO-HOOOO

I just remembered I forgot to vote for Spreading the Disease. Inexcusable!

I'm impressed at how accepting the UK was of straight-up-METAL in the 80's. I can't see anything from Maiden or Anthrax charting as well in America in any era.

Maiden was massive in America in the 80s. Even moreso in Canada. And Anthrax was a major seller from 1987 to 1992.

#244.



The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in My Backyard

Year: 1985

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

AMG Says (knew I was forgetting something with these write-ups): "It may not be deathless, but 1984's Big Lizard in My Backyard is that rarest of beasts (as a random listen to any Barenaked Ladies disc will show): a collection of rock & roll silliness that outlives one playing [...] As a whole, the album shows that the Milkmen know their rock & roll history, whether tackling serious issues with sarcasm or just aiming for straight-up silliness.[...] Never too heavy but deeper than expected, Big Lizard captures these disaffected class clowns getting it out of their system with energy."

Ranked Highest By: Freddie Freelance (#9)

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Awesome.

Take off you clothes!
Don't be lonely!
The sign above says "For Negroes Only"!

Sorry, I meant charting singles. Were there any Maiden singles in America that made top 40? I couldn't think of any, thus my quick/half-assed response.

I definitely knew both bands sold very well (I saw enough Maiden back patches on jean jackets in 7th grade to know that) in the US, but I couldn't think of any "hits" by either.

#243.



Happy Mondays - Pills n Thrills & Bellyaches

Year: 1990

US Chart Position: #89

UK Chart Position: #4

Charting Singles: "Step On" (#57 / #9 Modern Rock US, #5 UK), "Kinky Afro" (#1 Modern Rock US, #5 UK), "Bob's Yer Uncle" (#23 Modern Rock US), "Loose Fit" (#17 UK)

Acclaimed Musci Ranking: #2 (year), #52 (decade), #305 (all-time)

AMG Says: "A swirling, neo-psychedelic kaleidoscope of hallucinogenic drugs, trippy beats, borrowed hooks, and veiled threats, Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches is Happy Mondays' masterpiece and the peak of the entire Madchester craze. Where the Stone Roses were pop classicists, Happy Mondays pushed pop into the ecstasy age. The Mondays' cut-and-paste rhythms and melodies are clearly influenced by hip-hop and electronic dance music, and their songs have the same sort of twisted internal logic, subverting conventional pop song structures while reinterpreting oldies, occasionally stealing entire songs and claiming them as their own (John Kongos' "He's Gonna Step On You Again" is transformed into "Step On," LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" provides the basis for "Kinky Afro"). Most of the musical collage is the creation of producers Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne, but the vision of Pills 'n' Thrills & Bellyaches belongs to Shaun Ryder, who reveals himself as a surreally gifted lyricist. Lifting melodies at will, Ryder paints a bizarre vision of modern urban life, fueled by sex, drugs, violence, and dead-end jobs -- and instead of lamenting the state of affairs, he celebrates them in his hoarse, arrhythmic, tuneless holler. His thuggishly surreal sense of humor and appropriation of hooks became enormously influential on British rock & roll in the '90s, particularly on Oasis' sense of style."

Ranked Highest By: MitchellStirling (#29)

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don't think Maiden ever charted pop in the states

^ That's surprisingly low for such a great album.


Yeah, I don't think the singles charted at all in the US.

In Canada, "2 Minutes to Midnight", "Wasted Years", and "Can I Play With Madness" did really well, comparatvely speaking.

officially annoyed.

yeah, talk about continental divide on that one

#242.



The Posies - Frosting on the Beater

Year: 1993

US Chart Position: #11 Heatseeker

UK Chart Position: n/a

Charting Singles: "Dream All Day" (#4 Modern Rock US)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

AMG Says: "With noisy rock dude Don Fleming in the producer's chair, it came as no great surprise that Frosting on the Beater was a much harder sounding album than the introspective Dear 23, but surprisingly enough, Fleming also knew how to make the most of the band's expert pop songwriting; with the tempos and guitars turned, the tunes gained a needed physical impact that brought the melodies and hooks into the forefront, where they belonged. Just as importantly, the spot-on harmonies that were the highlight of Dear 23 were still very much in evidence, resting atop the piles of fuzzy guitar chords like a dollop of hot fudge poured over a big scoop of ice cream. And prior to this, who knew that Ken Stringfellow and Jonathan Auer could rock out so hard (and so well) on guitars? One could argue that the big guitar attack of Frosting on the Beater was simply the Posies' way of trying to cash in on the grunge sweepstakes that briefly turned their hometown of Seattle into the center of the rock universe. But one listen also reveals that it transformed a smart but overly precious pop outfit into a hard-charging power pop band that gained a wealth of strength without giving up any of their smarts in the process -- not a bad bargain."

Ranked Highest By: Bobzilla (#9)

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Hey cool that's two albums I like now. I think I forgot to vote for that one.

I'm kinda curious about that one. "Dream All Day" is an amazing song and that cover makes me hungry.

Yeah that album has the best opening two tracks ever.

maybe not ever.