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Post by uwphoto on Jan 23, 2021 7:20:22 GMT -8
I will give the nod to the 70s for full albums though. No decade can compete with Let it Be, Dark Side, The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Songs in the Key of Life, Zeppelin IV, What's Going On, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, A Night At The Opera, etc... The 80's weren't a slouch in that department. Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, Born in the U.S.A., Slippery When Wet, Like a Virgin, Hi Infidelity, Licensed to Ill, Synchronicity, Master of Puppets, Purple Rain. Left off this list is perhaps the best album of the 80's. The Joshua Tree. It is voted the best album of the 80's on many lists. Remember what makes a great album, is that there is not one bad song on the entire album. Every song on Joshua Tree is strong. Madonna? gimme a break! If sales were everything.. remember Charlie's Angels at one time had the highest viewership. Not an indicator of quality. |
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Post by Al-O-Meter on Jan 25, 2021 10:49:19 GMT -8
Left off this list is perhaps the best album of the 80's. The Joshua Tree. It is voted the best album of the 80's on many lists. Nope. You can put U2 on whatever list you like but I’m not a fan and they get on zero lists from me. I know that says more about me than U2 but I’m okay with that. Madonna? gimme a break! If sales were everything.. remember Charlie's Angels at one time had the highest viewership. Not an indicator of quality. Madonna was not about sales, but much like your defense of the 1960’s, Madonna was about cultural impact. It was about her fashion that seemingly every girl adopted overnight. It was about Pepsi paying $5 million to debut “Like a Prayer” to the world in a TV commercial before radio, before MTV, before the record was for sale, as a huge, must-see event. Beforehand, Pepsi even ran commercials advertising the commercial. Then after seeing the official video for “Like a Prayer” with burning crosses and a Black Jesus, Pepsi took their name off everything. Her impact was so large that a quarter of a billion people tuned in to see that Pepsi commercial, and it only aired once. When talking 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s music, she absolutely belongs in the discussion. While “Like a Virgin” wasn’t her first, it was the album that really put her on the map as a superstar and I stand by including it on the list. |
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Post by azson on Jan 25, 2021 11:09:19 GMT -8
It's much easier to purchase things nowadays, than it was the 60s and 70s. 7 of the top-11 most purchased albums were 1970's albums, and none of them were made within the past 20 years. Easier to purchase has nothing to do with it. Easier to download illegally probably does skew the numbers toward the pre-internet era. 1 - Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982 - 47.3 Million 2 - AC/DC - Back in Black - 1980 - 29.4 Million 3 - Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell - 1977 - 21.7 Million 4 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - 1973 - 24.4 Million 5 - (mostly) Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard - 1992 - 28.4 Million 6 - Eagles - Greatest Hits (1971 to 1975) - 1977 - 41.2 Million 7 - (mostly) Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever - 1977 - 21.6 Million 8 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumors - 1977 - 27.9 Million 9 - Shania Twain - Come On Over - 1997 - 29.6 Million 10 - Various - Greese Motion Picture Soundtrack - 1978 - 14.4 Million 11 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - 1971 - 29.0 Million * The ranks don't match up to the sales numbers because they are ranked by claimed album sales but I used the certified copies sold numbers. Ones from that list I bought (and also still have the CD, sold my vinyl years ago  ): Back in Black, Dark Side, Zeppelin IV |
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Post by azson on Jan 25, 2021 11:12:12 GMT -8
The 80's weren't a slouch in that department. Thriller, Appetite for Destruction, Born in the U.S.A., Slippery When Wet, Like a Virgin, Hi Infidelity, Licensed to Ill, Synchronicity, Master of Puppets, Purple Rain. Left off this list is perhaps the best album of the 80's. The Joshua Tree. It is voted the best album of the 80's on many lists. Remember what makes a great album, is that there is not one bad song on the entire album. Every song on Joshua Tree is strong. Madonna? gimme a break! If sales were everything.. remember Charlie's Angels at one time had the highest viewership. Not an indicator of quality. Absolutely agree - if I could only bring 5 albums with me to a deserted island, one from each decade I've been alive, Joshua Tree would be my 80s pick. |
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Post by Al-O-Meter on Jan 25, 2021 13:58:19 GMT -8
Left off this list is perhaps the best album of the 80's. The Joshua Tree. It is voted the best album of the 80's on many lists. Remember what makes a great album, is that there is not one bad song on the entire album. Every song on Joshua Tree is strong. Madonna? gimme a break! If sales were everything.. remember Charlie's Angels at one time had the highest viewership. Not an indicator of quality. Absolutely agree - if I could only bring 5 albums with me to a deserted island, one from each decade I've been alive, Joshua Tree would be my 80s pick. With as fond as you seem to be of arena prog rock, I can see that. While I appreciate a lot of it, the only prog rock I ever owned was Yes 90125, Asia (the wreckage of Yes, King Crimson, and ELP) self-titled debut from 1982, and Foreigner Four (not really prog but is arena for sure). The late 70’s stuff like “The Wall”, “Breakfast in America”, “Frampton Comes Alive!”, half the ELO catalog, and the Alan Parson’s Project were all listenable but never made the cut when I was filling out my ‘Columbia House – Get 12 Albums for a Penny’ list. Some of the 1970’s albums that I think were truly landmark are “Raw Power” by The Stooges in 1973 which gave rise to late-70’s punk, the self-titled debut album of Van Halen in 1978 which launched metal, the 1978 self-titled debut album of The Cars along with the 1978 album “Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!” which launched New Wave, and Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall” produced by Quincy Jones. Those revolutionary 70's albums sold well if not on the level of the arena/prog rock bands you mentioned, but they set the stage for a decade. |
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Post by uwphoto on Jan 25, 2021 15:37:12 GMT -8
Absolutely agree - if I could only bring 5 albums with me to a deserted island, one from each decade I've been alive, Joshua Tree would be my 80s pick. With as fond as you seem to be of arena prog rock, I can see that. While I appreciate a lot of it, the only prog rock I ever owned was Yes 90125, Asia (the wreckage of Yes, King Crimson, and ELP) self-titled debut from 1982, and Foreigner Four (not really prog but is arena for sure). The late 70’s stuff like “The Wall”, “Breakfast in America”, “Frampton Comes Alive!”, half the ELO catalog, and the Alan Parson’s Project were all listenable but never made the cut when I was filling out my ‘Columbia House – Get 12 Albums for a Penny’ list. Some of the 1970’s albums that I think were truly landmark are “Raw Power” by The Stooges in 1973 which gave rise to late-70’s punk, the self-titled debut album of Van Halen in 1978 which launched metal, the 1978 self-titled debut album of The Cars along with the 1978 album “Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!” which launched New Wave, and Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall” produced by Quincy Jones. Those revolutionary 70's albums sold well if not on the level of the arena/prog rock bands you mentioned, but they set the stage for a decade. Geez, .....have never seen U2 put in the Prog. rock genre. Where did you get that? Yes...of course. |
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Post by uwphoto on Jan 25, 2021 15:37:52 GMT -8
Left off this list is perhaps the best album of the 80's. The Joshua Tree. It is voted the best album of the 80's on many lists. Nope. You can put U2 on whatever list you like but I’m not a fan and they get on zero lists from me. I know that says more about me than U2 but I’m okay with that. Madonna? gimme a break! If sales were everything.. remember Charlie's Angels at one time had the highest viewership. Not an indicator of quality. Madonna was not about sales, but much like your defense of the 1960’s, Madonna was about cultural impact. It was about her fashion that seemingly every girl adopted overnight. It was about Pepsi paying $5 million to debut “Like a Prayer” to the world in a TV commercial before radio, before MTV, before the record was for sale, as a huge, must-see event. Beforehand, Pepsi even ran commercials advertising the commercial. Then after seeing the official video for “Like a Prayer” with burning crosses and a Black Jesus, Pepsi took their name off everything. Her impact was so large that a quarter of a billion people tuned in to see that Pepsi commercial, and it only aired once. When talking 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s music, she absolutely belongs in the discussion. While “Like a Virgin” wasn’t her first, it was the album that really put her on the map as a superstar and I stand by including it on the list. I wouldn't click on a Madonna link if you paid me! |
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Post by Al-O-Meter on Jan 25, 2021 16:05:41 GMT -8
With as fond as you seem to be of arena prog rock, I can see that. While I appreciate a lot of it, the only prog rock I ever owned was Yes 90125, Asia (the wreckage of Yes, King Crimson, and ELP) self-titled debut from 1982, and Foreigner Four (not really prog but is arena for sure). The late 70’s stuff like “The Wall”, “Breakfast in America”, “Frampton Comes Alive!”, half the ELO catalog, and the Alan Parson’s Project were all listenable but never made the cut when I was filling out my ‘Columbia House – Get 12 Albums for a Penny’ list. Some of the 1970’s albums that I think were truly landmark are “Raw Power” by The Stooges in 1973 which gave rise to late-70’s punk, the self-titled debut album of Van Halen in 1978 which launched metal, the 1978 self-titled debut album of The Cars along with the 1978 album “Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo!” which launched New Wave, and Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall” produced by Quincy Jones. Those revolutionary 70's albums sold well if not on the level of the arena/prog rock bands you mentioned, but they set the stage for a decade. Geez, .....have never seen U2 put in the Prog. rock genre. Where did you get that? Yes...of course. They aren't Prog as Prog was long dead, but they are Arena Rock which is the direct descendant of Prog. Regarding the Madonna link, now you know how I feel about U2. |
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Post by johneaztec on Jan 25, 2021 16:41:38 GMT -8
Nope. You can put U2 on whatever list you like but I’m not a fan and they get on zero lists from me. I know that says more about me than U2 but I’m okay with that. Madonna was not about sales, but much like your defense of the 1960’s, Madonna was about cultural impact. It was about her fashion that seemingly every girl adopted overnight. It was about Pepsi paying $5 million to debut “Like a Prayer” to the world in a TV commercial before radio, before MTV, before the record was for sale, as a huge, must-see event. Beforehand, Pepsi even ran commercials advertising the commercial. Then after seeing the official video for “Like a Prayer” with burning crosses and a Black Jesus, Pepsi took their name off everything. Her impact was so large that a quarter of a billion people tuned in to see that Pepsi commercial, and it only aired once. When talking 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s music, she absolutely belongs in the discussion. While “Like a Virgin” wasn’t her first, it was the album that really put her on the map as a superstar and I stand by including it on the list. I wouldn't click on a Madonna link if you paid me! Lol |
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Post by uwphoto on Jan 25, 2021 16:56:21 GMT -8
Geez, .....have never seen U2 put in the Prog. rock genre. Where did you get that? Yes...of course. They aren't Prog as Prog was long dead, but they are Arena Rock which is the direct descendant of Prog. Regarding the Madonna link, now you know how I feel about U2. well...Donald Trump and Madonna do have a lot in common, so I can see how you are a fan. Both are narcissistic and have little depth. Both are all about the show and manipulation of the audience. Madonna was quoted in the beginning as saying "she wanted to rule the world" Her voice and song writing certainly are not strong. They are both Dennis Rodman fans (Ew). Hmmm..I go to a party and somebody tells me they are onto Donald Trump and Madonna?..ok....that's all I need to know. |
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Post by azson on Jan 26, 2021 12:39:33 GMT -8
My 5 "desert island" albums (DOB 1969):
60's: Abbey Road
70's: Dark Side
80's: Joshua Tree
90's: Ill Communication
2000+: The Grey Album (Danger Mouse's mash up of The White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album)
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Post by uwphoto on Jan 26, 2021 14:58:28 GMT -8
My 5 "desert island" albums (DOB 1969): 60's: Abbey Road 70's: Dark Side 80's: Joshua Tree 90's: Ill Communication 2000+: The Grey Album (Danger Mouse's mash up of The White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album) Nice Azon! Course I'm really old (1954). So...since its a desert island..can I have 3 things first? 1. water. 2. food 3. Gal Gadot. My 5: Let it Bleed - Stones 2. Rubber Soul - Beatles 3. Joshua Tree 4. Led Zeppelin 1V 5. Automatic for the People. ps: Alometer gets Sarah Sanders and Madonna. |
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Post by azson on Jan 26, 2021 15:39:24 GMT -8
My 5 "desert island" albums (DOB 1969): 60's: Abbey Road 70's: Dark Side 80's: Joshua Tree 90's: Ill Communication 2000+: The Grey Album (Danger Mouse's mash up of The White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album) Nice Azon! Course I'm really old (1954). So...since its a desert island..can I have 3 things first? 1. water. 2. food 3. Gal Gadot. My 5: Let it Bleed - Stones 2. Rubber Soul - Beatles 3. Joshua Tree 4. Led Zeppelin 1V 5. Automatic for the People. ps: Alometer gets Sarah Sanders and Madonna. Nice list! If I was allowed 10, Let it Bleed, Rubber Soul and Zep IV would mos def be on it. I appreciate REM's songwriting, but not a fan of Stipe's voice. And LOL @ Al being forced to listen to Sarah Sanders' nattering on his island  |
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): Back in Black, Dark Side, Zeppelin IV