October 9, 20204 yr Just had a thought that The Joshua Tree could be No.1. Had thought Thriller up to now. Will Brothers In Arms be top 4 and what about the superb Terence Trent D'Arby debut album? We haven't had No's 50-41. Edited October 9, 20204 yr by Crazy Chris
October 9, 20204 yr Thriller only number 4. It think it might be Brothers In Arms if that hasn't featured yet.
October 9, 20204 yr Thriller only number 4. It think it might be Brothers In Arms if that hasn't featured yet. Oh yeah hadn't thought of that. You could be right. A lot of people say it hasn't aged well.
October 9, 20204 yr The Stone Roses another vastly over-rated group. Agreed. Has to be The Joshua Tree then.
October 9, 20204 yr I don't own any U2 albums but I like many of their songs so I don't mind them topping this poll. Gary Davies' voice sounds a bit different these days. Steve Wright,Tony Blackburn and other ageing DJs still sound the same.
October 10, 20204 yr Today Pick Of The Pops at 2pm on Radio 2 plays the top 20 best-selling albums in the UK in 1983 followed by the top 20 from 1987. To mark National Album Day.
October 10, 20204 yr This was the top 40: 1. U2 – The Joshua Tree 2. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms 3. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses 4. Michael Jackson – Thriller 5. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction 6. The Human League – Dare 7. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead 8. Paul Simon – Graceland 9. ABC – The Lexicon Of Love 10. Prince – Purple Rain 11. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love 12. Duran Duran – Rio 13. Tears for Fears – Songs From The Big Chair 14. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA 15. AC/DC – Back In Black 16. Deacon Blue – Raintown 17. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome 18. INXS – Kick 19. George Michael – Faith 20. Pet Shop Boys – Actually 21. Peter Gabriel - 'So' 22. Queen - 'The Works' 23. Bon Jovi – 'Slippery When Wet' 24. The Cure – 'Disintegration' 25. Tracy Chapman - 'Tracy Chapman' 26. Fleetwood Mac - 'Tango In The Night' 27. ABBA - 'Super Trouper' 28. David Bowie - 'Let's Dance' 29. a-ha - 'Hunting High & Low' 30. Wham! - 'Make It Big' 31. Madonna - 'True Blue' 32. Depeche Mode – 'Music For The Masses' = 33. Soft Cell – 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' = 33. Whitney Houston - 'Whitney' 35. Phil Collins - 'No Jacket Required' 36. Sade - 'Diamond Life' 37. Public Enemy – 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions' 38. Spandau Ballet - 'True' 39. Soul II Soul - 'Club Classics Vol. One' 40. Kylie Minogue - 'Kylie'
October 11, 20204 yr Author Numbers 9 and 10 received the same numbers of votes and were placed joint 9th. It was reported on the programme that Kate Bush missed out on a top 10 place by just 2 votes.
October 11, 20204 yr Author The albums that were in places 41-50 were: Bob Marley & The Wailers– Uprising Culture Club - Colour By Numbers De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising Diana Ross - Diana Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight Grace Jones – Nightclubbing Janet Jackson - Control Simply Red - A New Flame Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to… Tina Turner - Private Dancer
October 11, 20204 yr The Dire Straits album has aged poorly for me, ‘Private Investigations’ was a lot better. Basically love all the top 10! Would have had Soft Cell a lot higher!
October 11, 20204 yr I'd have had Culture Club in the Top 10 as it's a great album. Also Terence's debut as it's fantastic too.
October 11, 20204 yr Yeh Culture Club were a defining 80s act so deserved to be higher but they only had 2 successful eras.
October 12, 20204 yr Author It is hard to argue much with the list as a lot of the higher placed albums consistently do well in such polls. It would have been interesting to have had Bad shortlisted instead of Thriller as it seems to be more popular in the UK and would maybe have given Joshua Tree a run for its money. Personally i cant stand The Smiths or U2 but if others do then fair enough. Hope the beeb do similar polls for the 1970s and 1990s albums.
October 12, 20204 yr The Dire Straits album has aged poorly for me, ‘Private Investigations’ was a lot better. Basically love all the top 10! Would have had Soft Cell a lot higher! Yes a lot of critics also say that Brothers In Arms hasn't aged well.
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