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mick745
post 2nd October 2020, 06:32 AM
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BBC Radio 2 have asked listeners to vote for their favourite 80s album.

Although voting has now ended the shortlisted albums are here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2...-80s-album-vote

Two questions: which would you have/have voted for?

which one do you think will be voted ultimate 80s album?

Results to be announced on 9 October.
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post 2nd October 2020, 06:43 AM
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Tracy Chapman for me
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:00 AM
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Hounds of Love or Super Trouper

I suspect Thriller will win

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post 2nd October 2020, 09:18 AM
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Are they doing a countdown for this?
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:27 AM
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For how they work as albums, from start to finish, there's two candidates for me

Deacon Blue - "Raintown"
Human League - "Dare"
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:33 AM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 2 2020, 10:18 AM) *
Are they doing a countdown for this?



Yes, Gary Davies' Sounds Of The 80's next Friday evening.


I voted for Thriller.
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:45 AM
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QUOTE(Esmerelda @ Oct 2 2020, 10:00 AM) *
Hounds of Love or Super Trouper

I suspect Thriller will win


Personally i think Bad is a better album.
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:52 AM
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I’ve always thought Bad was the better album too, Thriller always seems to be higher in these things though!

I voted for Disintegration wub.gif
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:59 AM
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agree yes Bad > Thriller
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post 2nd October 2020, 10:26 AM
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1 Hounds of Love
2 Disintegration
3 The Queen is Dead
4 Lowlife
5 Actually
6 The Dreaming
7 Stone Roses
8 Doolittle
9 Technique
10 Head on the Door
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post 2nd October 2020, 01:01 PM
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for me:
1 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
2 All About Eve - All About Eve
3 Sinead O'Connor - The lion and the cobra
4 Pixies - Doolittle
5 Madonna - True Blue
6 The Stone roses - The Stone roses
7 Michael Jackson - Bad
8 U2 - The Joshua Tree
9 Madonna - Like a Virgin
10 Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline
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post 2nd October 2020, 04:12 PM
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Some great albums in there, but it would be down to my 80's faves - Abba, Human League, Pet Shop Boys (all brilliant albums with brilliant tracks and a couple of not-brilliant tracks) vs ABC's Lexicon Of Love which is brilliant as an actual album with a cohesive whole. Really hard to call....

....but because it holds better as a complete creation, The Lexicon Of Love.
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:30 PM
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Out of the ones on that list,my favourite would be The Works by Queen followed by The Lexicon Of Love, Actually, So, Songs From The Big Chair and Music For The Masses.

There's an album poll going on in The Lounge. Make sure you all vote so that the albums from the 20th Century are well represented.
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:43 PM
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From those in the list, I'd say...

01 Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
02 The Cure – Disintegration
03 The Human League - Dare
04 The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
05 Prince – Purple Rain
06 Paul Simon - Graceland
07 ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
08 De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
09 Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to…
10 Peter Gabriel - So

Or possibly Music For The Masses in there somewhere too
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post 2nd October 2020, 09:53 PM
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QUOTE(Crazy Chris @ Oct 2 2020, 10:33 AM) *
Yes, Gary Davies' Sounds Of The 80's next Friday evening.
I voted for Thriller.


Must listen to it on bbc sounds
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post 3rd October 2020, 06:26 PM
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QUOTE(mick745 @ Oct 2 2020, 10:45 AM) *
Personally i think Bad is a better album.



Wasn't in the shortlist though.
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post 3rd October 2020, 06:31 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Oct 2 2020, 05:12 PM) *
....but because it holds better as a complete creation, The Lexicon Of Love.



That's featured on a repeat of Classic Albums. Radio 2 at 2am on 10th. Hounds Of Love follows at 3am
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post 3rd October 2020, 06:31 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Oct 2 2020, 05:12 PM) *
....but because it holds better as a complete creation, The Lexicon Of Love.



That's featured on a repeat of Classic Albums. Radio 2 at 2am on Sunday 11th. Hounds Of Love follows at 3am

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post 3rd October 2020, 06:43 PM
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Very hard to predict the No.1. I'd imagine Thriller will be high up as will Hounds Of Love, Rio.

Whitney's second album was very good but I actually preferred her debut.
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post 4th October 2020, 03:19 PM
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Gary Davies said on his show this week that this had received the most votes by a bbc radio show ever.
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