tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2803354843488436874..comments2024-03-28T18:59:21.172-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Poll: Best albums of the last 30 years (the critics be damned)agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-56706753369566355562010-06-26T08:38:27.104-04:002010-06-26T08:38:27.104-04:00In no particular order:
The Outfield - Play Deep
...In no particular order:<br /><br />The Outfield - Play Deep<br />Donald Fagen - The Nightfly<br />China Crisis - Flaunt the Imperfection<br />Eddie Money - No Control<br />Hall & Oates - Private Eyes<br />Icehouse - Flowers<br />J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame<br />Joe Jackson - Night and Day<br />John Hiatt - Slow Turning<br />Level 42 - World Machine<br />Pete Townsend - Empty Glass<br />Queen - The Game<br />Tragically Hip - Up to Here<br />Yes - 90125Yellow Dog Patrolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215656181951223299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-22980057052524753542010-06-25T09:59:20.656-04:002010-06-25T09:59:20.656-04:00If you're making a list of music that normal p...If you're making a list of music that normal people like and critics love to look down on, you'll end up with plenty of country. Garth Brooks, Bellamy Brothers etc.D. Smolkenhttp://www.myspace.com/goatbombnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-27769671307298924852010-06-24T20:50:41.745-04:002010-06-24T20:50:41.745-04:00The best 80s music came out in the late 70s. The C...The best 80s music came out in the late 70s. The Cars, The Cars. The Cars, Heartbeat City. The theme from Rocky.<br /><br />With you on Different Light. If She Knew What She Wants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-86534329011903059602010-06-24T03:06:25.986-04:002010-06-24T03:06:25.986-04:00You have gone paleo? Didn't think I would come...You have gone paleo? Didn't think I would come across that through a Roissy link. My two interests at the moment have converged on your blog.Bretonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407736039658548428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-25858561455003783552010-06-23T22:56:21.231-04:002010-06-23T22:56:21.231-04:00Something by AC/DC should be there.
- BreezeSomething by AC/DC should be there. <br /><br />- BreezeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-55402447217571833052010-06-23T22:12:02.307-04:002010-06-23T22:12:02.307-04:00BTW----Mostly I liked singles that are primarily f...BTW----Mostly I liked singles that are primarily forgotten now for the most part, not entire albums<br /><br />Asia's Only Time Will Tell and Heat of the Moment<br /><br />38 Special's If Id Been the One<br /><br />Destination Unknown by Missing Persons<br /><br />More Than This by Roxy Music<br /><br />Self Control by Laura Branigan<br /><br />Trouble by Lindsey Buckingham<br /><br />Feel it Again by Honeymoon Suite<br /><br />I'll Still Be Loving You by Restless Heart (admittedly corny)<br /><br />Eyes Without a Face, Got to Be a Lover, Hot in the City by Billy Idol<br /><br />Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe by Whale<br /><br />Supernova by Liz Phair<br /><br />Metropolis, Reptile, Milky Way by The Church<br /><br />Here and Now by Letters to Cleo<br /><br />There are more, but my mind (sleepy) is drawing a blank.....<br /><br />Telephone Line, Turned to Stone by Electric Light Orchestra<br /><br />You Took the Long Way Home by Supertramp (really good stuff)<br /><br />Lets Go by the Cars<br /><br />Foolin' by Def Leppard, Hair Metal's best<br /><br />Wanted Man by Ratt <br /><br />Back for More by Ratt<br /><br />You Just Got Lucky by Dokken (catchy stuff)<br /><br /><br />There are certainly some more.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16114641512294824272010-06-23T22:02:28.421-04:002010-06-23T22:02:28.421-04:00Journey's Greatest Hits.
Hall and Oates Great...Journey's Greatest Hits. <br />Hall and Oates Greatest Hits.<br /><br />Quaterflash had some catchy songs from the early 80's. Youtube them<br /><br />Duran Duran's 'Decade' (Greatest Hits)<br /><br />Kiss, "Smashes, Thrashes, and Hits"<br /><br />Deep Purple, 'Perfect Strangers'<br /><br />Van Halen, 'Diver Down', 'Fair Warning', '1984'<br /><br />Robert Plant, 'The Principle of Moments'----wore this one down. Big Log and In the Mood were fantastic. His voice at its best. <br /><br />Lone Justice, 'Shelter'. Major league talent and beauty. <br /><br /><br />Fleetwood Mac, Greatest Hits<br /><br />The Fixx, YouTube them, "Saved by Zero"<br /><br />The Police, Greatest Hits<br /><br />Heart, Greatest Hits<br /><br />Sting, "Dream of Blue Turtles"---Fortress Around Your Heart...excellent song<br /><br />Steely Dan, "Greatest Hits" (missing FM and Hey Nineteen though)<br /><br />Fleming and John, Delusions of Grandeur<br /><br />1979's "In Through the Out Door", Led Zeppelin. <br /> <br />Rick Springfield's Greatest Hits<br /><br />If Aerosmith has put out a greatest hits album, it would be there. I had their comeback album from 1983---the one with "Sheila" on it.<br /><br />90's, Alice in Chains, Nirvana's NevermindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3591282399581067112010-06-23T17:37:53.679-04:002010-06-23T17:37:53.679-04:00I second Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
fu...I second Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine<br /><br />furthermore:<br />Arcade Fire - Funeral<br />Manu Chao - Próxima Estación ... EsperanzaFlorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410615611837563186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-73292070019579234862010-06-23T16:06:02.126-04:002010-06-23T16:06:02.126-04:00I was hoping someone would mention Debbie Gibson (...I was hoping someone would mention Debbie Gibson (another I left off for not having heard too much) and Footloose (ditto).<br /><br />I picked up the Top Gun soundtrack for $2 and it's pretty good too. It was #1 during the summer of '86, but it'll never show up on a critic's "best of" list -- too many motivational pump-you-up songs.<br /><br />Anyone want to cover R&B? Candy Girl by New Edition maybe, or Whitney by Whitney Houston?agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-73031793146318570962010-06-23T08:36:32.786-04:002010-06-23T08:36:32.786-04:00Journey "Greatest Hits" needs to be ut t...Journey "Greatest Hits" needs to be ut there. Solid power ballads. "Faithfully" is for the ages.<br /><br />"Footloose" soundtrack was awesome at the time; Mike Reno's and Ann Wilson's duet "Almost Paradise" is an undeservedly forgotten ballad.<br /><br />Speaking of Mike Reno, Loverboy had put out some excellent songs. Another forgotten gem: "This Could be the Night."<br /><br />Boston's "Third Stage" included great guitar riffs and earnest singing, especially "Amanda" and "Cantcha Say" [damn, now I'm getting nostalgic for wrestling practices, with Boston cranked.]<br /><br />Bon Jovi's 80s albums, similar to Journey, included fantastic power ballads. My favorite: "I'll be there for You." Check out the video on Youtube -- pure 80s. <br /><br />Debbie Gibson's "Electric Youth" had some nice stuff, especially the sweet ballad "Lost in your eyes" [heh, I "lost" something while that song was on]<br /><br />So that's my run through the 80s albums. Come early 90s, there have been excellent hairband power ballad albums, with individual songs by minor bands like "House of Pain" by Faster Pssycat and "Hot Sherrie" by Hardline, many others... not to mention Guns and Roses... but unfortunately hard rock was yielding to Grunge on one end, and hip-hopish pop on the other by that time.PAnoreply@blogger.com