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| From | Miles Goosens <outdoorminer@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: 80s indie - new thread! |
| Date | Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:46:58 -0500 (EST) |
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>What are the essential/influential, must-own indie/underground albums
>of the 1980's?
I liked your list. I really don't want to worry over what's underground/indie and what's not, so here's my top 20 of the '80s, regardless of whether they sold a million or a hundred. Actually I'll take it to 21 in case anyone's going to get tweaked about LONDON CALLING being released outside the U.S. in mid-December 1979.
1) The Clash - Sandinista!
2) The Clash - London Calling
3) Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
4) Wire - A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck
5) XTC - Black Sea
6) Wire - 154
7) Jason & the Scorchers - Lost and Found
8) The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
9) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
10) Shriekback - Oil and Gold
11) REM - Document
12) Game Theory - Lolita Nation
13) Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset
14) Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
15) REM - Lifes Rich Pageant
16) Prince - Parade
17) Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
18) Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
19) REM - Murmur
20) Peter Gabriel - Security
21) X - Wild Gift
later,
Miles
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