Recommendation Thread: 1980 Poll
Recommendation Thread: 1980 Poll
Please use this thread to post recommendations of albums and songs that may not be so well known for the 1980 poll!
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I've spent the last six years campaigning for Nic Jones' album Penguin Eggs, and I don't intend to stop now!
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You can count on my vote for Penguin Eggs - it will likely be in my top 3, maybe #1.Listyguy wrote:I've spent the last six years campaigning for Nic Jones' album Penguin Eggs, and I don't intend to stop now!
Other off-the-beaten-track albums I expect to be voting for:
- Vainica Doble | El eslabón perdido
- Bobb Trimble | Iron Curtain Innocence
- The John Renbourn Group | The Enchanted Garden
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I think "Israel" is the best Siouxsie and the Banshees song. It's not on a proper album, but it's still a keeper!
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As far as albums go, the debut album by italo disco act Kano is one of the very best the genre has to offer. It includes club classics "I'm Ready" and "It's a War", but the whole thing is incredible.
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Another that might interest some voters: Steve Reich: Octet / Music for a Large Ensemble / Violin Phase.
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1980 had a great song released in New Zealand: Tears, by The Crocodiles. I have no idea how well it would go over for new listeners but it was a pretty big hit here back in the day.
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Hazel O'Connor
Hazel O'Connor being completely absent from AM is puzzling for me. And I haven't seen her on any forumer's lists either.
I thought she was fairly well known, and that her music would be quite critically acclaimed - but obviously not. Maybe she is only known in the UK.
Anyway, I think she's fab, and 1980 was her year. She released two albums in 1980, including the Breaking Glass soundtrack (the film in which she starred), for which she wrote and performed every song. It was produced by Tony Visconti.
Her stand-out tracks (all from 1980) are:
- Eighth Day
- Will You
- D-Days
- Writing On The Wall
- Give Me An Inch
I'd be interested to know whether people don't know her, or whether they just don't particularly like her songs.
Hazel O'Connor being completely absent from AM is puzzling for me. And I haven't seen her on any forumer's lists either.
I thought she was fairly well known, and that her music would be quite critically acclaimed - but obviously not. Maybe she is only known in the UK.
Anyway, I think she's fab, and 1980 was her year. She released two albums in 1980, including the Breaking Glass soundtrack (the film in which she starred), for which she wrote and performed every song. It was produced by Tony Visconti.
Her stand-out tracks (all from 1980) are:
- Eighth Day
- Will You
- D-Days
- Writing On The Wall
- Give Me An Inch
I'd be interested to know whether people don't know her, or whether they just don't particularly like her songs.
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There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
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His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
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I know its appeared on a few lists and places on the AM main site but i would really recommend that everyone who doesn't know it gives Underwater Moonlight by the Soft Boys a listen. It's pretty underrated given how much it did to shape the sound of alternative/college music in the rest of the 80s/ early 90s.
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I heard this for the first time recently, and I've been listening to it a lot since! It's great!Jap123 wrote:I know its appeared on a few lists and places on the AM main site but i would really recommend that everyone who doesn't know it gives Underwater Moonlight by the Soft Boys a listen. It's pretty underrated given how much it did to shape the sound of alternative/college music in the rest of the 80s/ early 90s.
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My taste is completely different from the critics in 1980. Three albums in my top 4 are unacclaimed: ABBA, The Alan Parsons Project and Randy Crawford - not exactly obscure but nowhere in the album lists. Rock magazines were so much focused on post-punk and new wave that they overlooked a lot of good music in other genres.
For non-English music in the eighties I would recommend France Gall (Il jouait du piano debout, Ella elle l'a) and Paolo Conte (Via con Me, Come Di).
For non-English music in the eighties I would recommend France Gall (Il jouait du piano debout, Ella elle l'a) and Paolo Conte (Via con Me, Come Di).
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My recommandation is surprisingly already in relative good position to make it to the final round thanks to a couple high votes (before mine arrives).
It's from the Laurie who loved science and experimented with computers ! No, not that one, the other one.
The next tracks are much more ambient and might appeal to fewer people but are really worth it if you love the genre.
Fun tidbit : Laurie Spiegel might be the first artist alien civilizations will hear ! The opening track from "the Sounds of Earth" on the golden record placed aboard the Voyager spacecraft opens with her adaptation of Johannes Kepler's work on harmonies and dissonances.
It's from the Laurie who loved science and experimented with computers ! No, not that one, the other one.
I really love the opening track, Patchwork, with its overlapping synths which I would compare, for lack of better comparison, to a voiceless space Kraftwerk teaming with Steve Reich.
The next tracks are much more ambient and might appeal to fewer people but are really worth it if you love the genre.
Fun tidbit : Laurie Spiegel might be the first artist alien civilizations will hear ! The opening track from "the Sounds of Earth" on the golden record placed aboard the Voyager spacecraft opens with her adaptation of Johannes Kepler's work on harmonies and dissonances.
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I've been meaning to explore France Gall. Although "Il jouait du piano debout" appears to be from 1980, I see "Ella elle l'a" listed as a 1987 song. Do you have some source that says it was released in 1980? I know you said "in the eighties" but I just wanted to double check.bonnielaurel wrote:My taste is completely different from the critics in 1980. Three albums in my top 4 are unacclaimed: ABBA, The Alan Parsons Project and Randy Crawford - not exactly obscure but nowhere in the album lists. Rock magazines were so much focused on post-punk and new wave that they overlooked a lot of good music in other genres.
For non-English music in the eighties I would recommend France Gall (Il jouait du piano debout, Ella elle l'a) and Paolo Conte (Via con Me, Come Di).
And yes, I agree on the misalignment with critics. Of my top 10 albums from 1980, only 3 are ranked, and 3 more are bubblers, leaving 4 completely unacclaimed.
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For the French :
Nini Raviolette - Suis-Je Normale? (for MoonBeam this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n95BQEfLso
Richard Gotainer - primitif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMdJXX30GCY
Renaud - Les aventures de Gérard Lambert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsR73WapDfw
Renaud - Dans mon HLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBdKALAnLpA
Modern Guy - Electrique Sylvie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANk3fG3veY
Suicide Roméo - Suicide Roméo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3yao_NMcGY
Trust - Antisocial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-s6951-hT0
Lio - Le banana split
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsqLi9LfiwM
Lio - Amoureux Solitaires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IblzIxNlk3Q
Ottawan - t'es OK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhYxXZmFtgE
Alain Bashung - Gaby, oh Gaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPKqSkC4-Rw
Elli & Jacno - Main dans la main
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SolYdL5tcag
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garçon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlIonLCnkg0
Le Grand Orchestre du Splendid - La salsa du démon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jxd5zgoQAE
Mathématiques Modernes - Disco Rough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqz9Ttp0s1k
Téléphone - Argent trop cher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZcypfABSzw
Jacques Dutron - L'Hymne à l'amour (moi l'nœud)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5UlIro6LIw
Daniel Balavoine - Je n'suis pas un héros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1T6HxijFY
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Nini Raviolette - Suis-Je Normale? (for MoonBeam this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n95BQEfLso
Richard Gotainer - primitif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMdJXX30GCY
Renaud - Les aventures de Gérard Lambert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsR73WapDfw
Renaud - Dans mon HLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBdKALAnLpA
Modern Guy - Electrique Sylvie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANk3fG3veY
Suicide Roméo - Suicide Roméo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3yao_NMcGY
Trust - Antisocial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-s6951-hT0
Lio - Le banana split
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsqLi9LfiwM
Lio - Amoureux Solitaires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IblzIxNlk3Q
Ottawan - t'es OK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhYxXZmFtgE
Alain Bashung - Gaby, oh Gaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPKqSkC4-Rw
Elli & Jacno - Main dans la main
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SolYdL5tcag
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garçon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlIonLCnkg0
Le Grand Orchestre du Splendid - La salsa du démon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jxd5zgoQAE
Mathématiques Modernes - Disco Rough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqz9Ttp0s1k
Téléphone - Argent trop cher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZcypfABSzw
Jacques Dutron - L'Hymne à l'amour (moi l'nœud)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5UlIro6LIw
Daniel Balavoine - Je n'suis pas un héros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1T6HxijFY
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Elle, elle l'a is from the album Babacar (1987).Moonbeam wrote: I've been meaning to explore France Gall. Although "Il jouait du piano debout" appears to be from 1980, I see "Ella elle l'a" listed as a 1987 song. Do you have some source that says it was released in 1980? I know you said "in the eighties" but I just wanted to double check.
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Yes, that paragraph was about the eighties in general.
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@Romain : Banana Split is 79. But I'd still recommend Lio to Moonbeam, Amoureux Solitaires is pretty neat !
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Thanks. Je suis même sûr qu'il pourrait aimer Jeanne Mas notre ami MoonBeamNassim wrote:@Romain : Banana Split is 79. But I'd still recommend Lio to Moonbeam, Amoureux Solitaires is pretty neat !
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Albums:
Split Enz - True Colours
Toy Love - Toy Love
Songs:
Split Enz - I Got You
Split Enz - I Hope I Never
Split Enz - Poor Boy
Th' Dudes - Bliss
Crocodiles - Tears
Split Enz - True Colours
Toy Love - Toy Love
Songs:
Split Enz - I Got You
Split Enz - I Hope I Never
Split Enz - Poor Boy
Th' Dudes - Bliss
Crocodiles - Tears
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Agreed - this is a great song and also kicked off Henny Morris's career.Safetycat wrote:1980 had a great song released in New Zealand: Tears, by The Crocodiles. I have no idea how well it would go over for new listeners but it was a pretty big hit here back in the day.
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It turns out i am the only one to have voted for Blue Boy by Orange Juice - I definitely reccommend giving it a listen if you like jangly/indie 80s music.
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Daft Punk got lazy on using this one, better stick with the original