Never really a fan of the Carpenters either but Karen’s voice is gorgeous and her whole story is heartbreaking. :(

a-ha went off the boil in the very late 80s and 90s but before and after then they have been pretty consistently good. Scoundrel Days is my favourite album of theirs, but their debut is obviously also good too. Minor Earth, Major Sky is where they came back strong and the following Lifelines, Analogue and Foot of the Mountain albums were all lovely too.

Touchy was a step too far for me and I didn't listen to anything by them for years after that, until a friend told me Summer Moved On was pretty decent.

 

I will always adore I've Been losing You though. That's a high quality Pop song.

NO 97- GARBAGE ( 72)- 64 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Severin- 21pts, Smint- 13pts, Dark Horse- 30pts

16 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: STUPID GIRL (#4, 1996)

 

I liked a few garbage songs in the day but do forget about them.

NO 96- DURAN DURAN ( 71)- 64 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Dark Horse- 17pts, Dandy*- 10pts, Marcinjaro- 22pts, Popchartfreak- 7pts, Stonedragon- 8pts

30 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW? (#1, 1983) THE REFLEX (#1, 1984)

 

 

NO 95- HUMAN LEAGUE ( 135) – 65 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Mack- 17pts, AH Gold- 22pts, King Rollo- 1pt, Popchartfreak- 19pts, Roba- 6pts

16 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: DON’T YOU WANT ME? (#1, 1981)

 

 

Spice Girls, then All Saints, then Girls Aloud are our favourites, in that order. Rhen Ac/dc

Human League moving up! :o I do love Don’t You Want Me, can’t say I’ve heard much else from them. Garbage is another I need to listen to more of. Duran Duran have some good tunes (Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf) maybe I should delve more into them as well.

Nice to se Human League climbing!

3 good ones there.

 

Had the pleasure of seeing Garbage live a couple of weeks ago. They've lost none of their fire and Shirley is still a absolute force of nature.

 

Duran Duran I like up to a point. After Notorious they go downhill pretty quick but the Wedding Album in the early 90s was a brief return to glory.

 

Human League are another that had some interesting early albums before going very Pop with Dare (which is a classic of its time) but then got steadily less interesting as the years went on. They too had a brief rennaisance in the mid 90s.

Duran Duran and the Human League are two of the best bands of the 80s for me (although both continued to release good music well into the 90s and beyond). Both their greatest hits are an enjoyable listen and I still play them fairly often.

Garbage were great too, particularly their first two albums, although they did lose me a bit after that - a few singles aside. Really like their Bond theme too!

Duran Duran I like up to a point. After Notorious they go downhill pretty quick but the Wedding Album in the early 90s was a brief return to glory.

Yeah The Wedding Album was great, but so was Astronaut in the mid-2000s!

NO 94- THE CLASH ( 163)- 66 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Severin- 25pts, DoBelieveTheHype= 24pts, Chartjack2- 17pts

16 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? (#1, 1991)

 

NO 93- TWENTYONEPILOTS ( 187) - 66 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Cow P- 28pts, WhoOdyssey- 18pts, Detonate- 20pts

3 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: HEATHENS (#5, 2016)

 

 

Nice climbs for both those bands!

The Clash are pretty iconic, think my fave from them is 'Rock The Casbah'.

TOP are OK, the singles from Blurryface were great but I'm getting less and less invested in them with each album.

NO 92- LONDON GRAMMAR ( 105)- 67 POINTS

 

 

Voters: Josh!- 25pts, Jimwatts- 16pts, Marcinjaro- 5pts, Stonedragon- 21pts

3 UK TOP 40 HITS

BIGGEST HIT: STRONG (#16, 2013)

 

 

Goodness I am really surprised at myself for not remembering Beautiful South and Rolling Stones! I've seen both in concert and they were great plus Blue is the Colour is one of my fave albums!

Alternatively here's how many acts each voter still has in the rate (Asterisk denotes the voters 30 pointer is still in the rate)

 

Spiceboy 29(*)

Rogue 27(*)

…Ready for it 26 (*)

AaronTM 26(*)

Chez Wombat 26(*)

Xajnipi 25(*)

Jade 25 (*)

Padamic Tension 25(*)

Quartonworks 25(*)

Dandy* 25(*)

Stonedragon 25(*)

Lukuzz 23(*)

Bris29 23(*)

Jay 23(*)

Jordanlee 23(*)

Jra1989 23(*)

Riser 23(*)

JulianT 23(*)

Roba 23(*)

Mango 22(*)

Leonardo 22(*)

Josh! 22 (*)

Dark Horse 22(*)

Detonate 22(*)

Lillanv273 22(*)

DarrenJames 22(*)

Gezza 21 (*)

Mack 21(*)

Smint 20(*)

Electroboy 20(*)

marcinjaro 20

Scene 20 (*)

Jason 20(*)

Vibe 19 (*)

One_For_Sorrow 19(*)

Lee_his_cheeks 18(*)

Gooddelta 17(*)

JosephBoone 17(*)

AH Gold 17(*)

GreyAsh 17(*)

Jester 17(*)

Popchartfreak 16(*)

WhoOdyssey 16(*)

Chartjack2 15(*)

Rio309 15(*)

Seven 13(*)

Jimwatts 12(*)

Cow P 11 (*)

DoBelieveTheHype 11(*)

King Rollo 11

PeteFromLeeds 9

LewisGT 8

Severin 7

 

 

 

Get me being #1 for both! :cheer:

 

Although maybe it makes me more of a follower? :lol:

Human League moving up! :o I do love Don’t You Want Me, can’t say I’ve heard much else from them. Garbage is another I need to listen to more of. Duran Duran have some good tunes (Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf) maybe I should delve more into them as well.

 

 

Mirror Man is fantastic! Also Fascination is good and I really like Being Boiled. Together in electric dreams which is a Phil Oakley single (the male singer) is really good too. Human League just missed out for me :wub: