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     Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 729 Registered: 01-2005 |
Another new month, another year to review. Please feel free to express your favorites for the year as they are now, not the way you felt back in 1989! Some very solid, but not spectacular releases makes this one a crap shoot for me in picking out the top ten. It thins out pretty quick too after that with some flawed records that have some great songs in them making the second group of 10. 1. Pixies - Doolittle 2. Lou Reed - New York 3. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 4. Throwing Muses - Hunkpapa 5. XTC - Oranges and Lemons 6. Bel Canto - Birds of Passage 7. The Cure - Disintegration 8. Neil Young - Freedom 9. Julia Fordham - Porcelain 10. Juliee Cruise - Floating Into The Night 11. Galaxie 500 - On Fire 12. The Triffids - Black Swan 13. B-52's - Cosmic Thing 14. Bob Mould - Workbook 15. Kate Bush - The Sensual World 16. Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon 17. Pere Ubu - Cloudland 18. Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians - Queen Elvis 19. Camper Von Beethoven - Key Lime Pie 20. Chris Issak - Heart Shaped World | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2148 Registered: 03-2006 |
1. Neville Bros. - Yellow Moon 2. XTC - Oranges and Lemons 3. EC - Spike 4. Lyle Lovett - & His Large Band 5. Pixies - Doolittle 6. Mekons - Rock and Roll 7. Neil Young - Freedom 8. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl 9. Zimmy - Oh Mercy 10. Lou Reed - NY | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 826 Registered: 08-2006 |
1. Mekons - Rock and Roll 2. Neil Young - Freedom 3. Pere Ubu - Cloudland 4. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising 5. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon 6. Remmy Ongala - Songs for the Poor Man 7. Lou Reed - New York 8. Various - The Kampala Sound 9. Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo 10. Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 643 Registered: 10-2004 |
Not a spectacular year, imho, as most of the albums listed are not the best efforts by their respective bands. But there were a few shining moments... (I swear, I feel like I'm forgetting something terribly important). 1. The Cure - Disintegration 2. Prefab Sprout - Protest Songs (recorded in '86, released in '89) 3. The The - Mind Bomb 4. Felt - Me and a Monkey on the Moon 5. XTC - Oranges and Lemons 6. Pixies - Doolittle 7. New Order - Technique 8. Momus - Don't Stop the Night 9. Edwyn Collins - Hope & Despair 10. Replacements - Don't Tell a Soul 11. Camper van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 244 Registered: 07-2006 |
new order - technique (my longstanding favourite record....when pushed to name one anyway) pixies - doolittle the stone roses - the stone roses madonna - like a prayer kate bush - the sensual world ian mcculloch - candleland the cure - disintegration peter gabrial - passion a.r. kane - i neneh cherry - disintegration the blue nile - hats deborah harry - def, dumb and blonde faith no more - the real thing erasure - wild! janet jackson - rhythm nation 1814 a good year for pop. and likewise, the late night mix tape. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 88 Registered: 02-2007 |
Oh Mercy - Dylan. This is a much under-rated album. Dylan's best of the 80's (IMHO) | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 644 Registered: 10-2004 |
Ah, Blue Nile's "Hats," - there's one album I forgot to list. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 245 Registered: 07-2006 |
hats is great innit? there's something vaguely simply red about it, but nevertheless impossibly seductive. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1704 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pixies - Doolittle The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses New Order - Technique Rickie Lee Jones - Flyng Cowboys (esp the title track, which I am sure peter Buck ripped off for Belong on Out of Time, but that's another story!) The Blue Nile - Hats Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset The Wolfhounds - Bright and Guilty McCarthy - The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth De la Soul - 3 ft high and rising Felt - Me and a Monkey on the Moon (the tune New day dawning, the best combined guitar solos's Verlaine and Lloyd never did!!!!!! I mean it, you gotta check it out!) Momus - Don't Stop the Night (bit patchy his worst to date at that time) | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 827 Registered: 08-2006 |
"Avalon Sunset" is one of my favorite "recent" Van releases, Spence. And I forgot about "Hats," as well. Big whoops! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1706 Registered: 05-2005 |
cool Rob, I can take or leave Van depends what mood I am in. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 687 Registered: 08-2004 |
Yeah all of the above & then some. David Byrne - Rei Momo Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet The Wonderstuff - Hup The Sugarcubes - Today, Tomorrow, Next Week Wedding Present - Bizarro Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol 1 | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 99 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stop with the lists already! It's getting me down in a big way. As soon as I think I've got one gap in my collection filled, along comes another list of albums I've forgotten about, that I suddenly realise I desperately need... This has the knock-on effect that my bank account balance will forever be pathetic, and my roof will never be fixed!! I agree with about 92.5% of all the above BTW. One notable exception would be the gap-toothed italian-american bint, an opinion previously voiced on another thread! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 730 Registered: 01-2005 |
I guess I should get "Hats'! Spence, Great call on "Flying Cowboys". A revised list would have it my top 10. I never bought any subsequent RLJ albums after it though. Do any of them hold a candle to FC? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 645 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hey Spence, I agree with you about "Don't Stop the Night." I like it in that it does contain several good songs and loads of his insightful wit, but yeah, it is patchy and can be seen as his first mis-step following a nearly flawless 3-album run. However, I also think that it is better than literally every single album he's done since. "Timelord" is okay, and the pseudo-live "Ultraconformist" has a few good songs, but in general I feel I could live a pretty good life without any of Momus' post-"Don't Stop the Night" records. For me, the early singles and albums are really what he's all about. | ||
| Peter_d Member Username: Peter_d Post Number: 31 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Blue Nile are playing Vicar Street (Dublin) on the 28th Oct - not sure about other dates as their website isn't working but it must be part of a larger tour..presumably it's the 3 of them this time - last Nov, Robert Bell didn't play and the gig was listed simply as 'Paul Buchanan'.. Really looking forward to the gig ! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1489 Registered: 04-2005 |
Pixies - Doolittle Neil Young - Freedom Mekons - Rock 'n Roll Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo Pere Ubu - Cloudland Lou Reed - New York Bob Mould - Workbook New Order - Technique Galaxie 500 - On Fire Not sure about #10; I'm not very enthusiastic about the Costello, Dylan, or XTC albums from '89 but can't think of anything else I listened to more than any of those three. Shamefully, I never heard the breakthrough De la Soul or Beastie Boys albums from '89. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 828 Registered: 08-2006 |
Oh, man, "Paul's Boutique"! How'd I forget that? And the Jungle Brothers from that year was massively excellent as well. '89 was a pretty seminal year for hip-hop. Have you still never heard "3 Feet High and Rising," Kurt? Get three to a record store! I swear I'll reimburse you if you don't love it. By the way, I saw Yo La Tengo at Lollapalooza on Sunday (my friend who runs the Pitchfork Fest gave me his pass). They didn't do anything off "President" but they were really great. Unfortunately, they had to follow the Stooges, who were transcendent (Mike Watt on bass! Iggy inviting fans on stage and almost causing a riot!), so the crowd wasn't as appreciative as they should have been. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 246 Registered: 07-2006 |
hah...i had neneh release "disintegration". they wish! what i of course meant was "raw like sushi". what is he like anyway.... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1319 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hmmm. Not too many of the albums listed on this thread that I am familiar with light me up, except for Felt. I love that album in a big way. And the Triffids' "Black Swan" of course. But there are quite a few things I've never heard. Checking my own CD list, I find: The Bats -- The Law of Things Marianne Faithfull's mostly live album "Blazing Away" Dave Graney -- My Life on the Plains Grant Hart -- Intolerance. Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry -- Blow (I should probably play this to see if it still rates; I used to like it a lot) Stan Ridgway -- Mosquitoes (but I'd also have to hear this again to see if it still rates) Syd Straw -- Surprise 1989 seems to be a thin one for me. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 89 Registered: 02-2007 |
I listened to Oh Mercy(Dylan), Freedom (Neil Y) and New York (Lou) over n over n over n over again throughout that bleak (for me)last year of the 80's. I didn't discover indi pop rock/alternate gems which now appear on these lists to the last coupla years. Amazing how music finds us eventually. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 247 Registered: 07-2006 |
i'm not sure what's left in the vaults, but a fuck off double cd remaster etc... of "technique" is long overdue. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1707 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, that's the only Rickie album I have too! I must explore her back cat! I like Bob Mould's Workbook too, forgot about that. Jeff, I really liked Voyager by Momus, 1992. It was way ahead of its time. A very dreamy summery album. In many ways, the cover spoils the feel of the music, it looks too Kraftwerky, it should have had out of focus obscure plant life on there or something. Randy, that Dave Graney was great, if a bit too much reverb. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 646 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence - yeah, Voyager is okay, haven't listened to it in a long, long time, though. I agree the cover art kind of spoils it. I think Voyager and Timelord can be seen as Momus' last two "serious" albums, or rather, albums that can be taken seriously. Randy - I've not heard any of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's albums after the first one, which I like quite a lot. What's their later stuff like? How does it compare/contrast? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1635 Registered: 05-2005 |
Now you're talking! 1989, the year I moved to Boston. The year my life changed. The year that solidified my move away from hard rock! (Though some bit remained as you will see below). My favourites from 1989 now are pretty much the same ones I was listening to then. 1 Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy (up there with almost anything he's ever done. To me it means cold autumn/winter nights in Massachusetts) 2 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (an all time classic) 3 The Replacements - Don’t Tell A Soul (an awesome album. People who love The Replacements but dismiss this are fools) 4 Pixies - Doolittle (I was in their adopted hometown and almost no-one knew who they were!) 5 Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (their best album) 6 Lou Reed - New York (he has not come close to this since) 7 The Blue Nile - Hats (more cold winter nights) 8 Bob Mould - Workbook (how I wish he could do something like this now) 9 Neil Young - Freedom (Rockin' In The Free World was him being angry about Bush the elder!) 10 Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol 1 (British soul/dance/club music was never again quite so lovely as this) 11 Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon (a modern soul classic) 12 Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (a great pop/rock album) 13 The Wonder Stuff - Hup (a great pop/folk album) 14 Aerosmith - Pump (what they were doing here with the between song pieces was as innovative for rock as Beastie Boys and De La Soul were for hip hop at the time) 15 Nirvana - Bleach (didn't have it at the time but love it in retrospeact. It's a great pop album, even if the pop is fairly buried under heavy dynamics most of the time) 16 The Cult - Sonic Temple (just a great, dumb rock album) 17 Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked (the album I played when I didn't want anyone in our packed share apartment in Boston to scream "Turn it off") 18 XTC - Oranges And Lemons (orch pop beauty, but could have done with being trimmed of a couple of songs, eg Pink Thing) 19 Big Audio Dynamite - Megatop Phoenix (saw them play a brilliant show in Boston at the time) 20 The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (their best album since the glory days). | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 104 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig, I was with you all the way, until I saw Aerosmith lurking in there!! Obviously the last vestiges of hard rock lurking in your psyche at the time! The only track on that album I liked (and still do) is Janys got a gun. It looks strangely out of place with the rest of the list. I'm wondering if there's a little wrinkle in time, because some of these, it feels like have been around forever, and others only feel a few years old. And yay!, See a Little Light has replaced the piece of pop pap from the car radio, thats been going round my head all morning!! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 108 Registered: 05-2005 |
1989 : the year of the Pixies. Everything is already quoted above. I add only Kirsty McColl's Kite to my list. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 647 Registered: 10-2004 |
"Kite"! Thanks TROU, for reminding me of another album that I completely forgot to list. I really like that album a lot. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 736 Registered: 01-2005 |
I really need to explore more Kirsty MacColl albums! I bought Electric Ladyland in 1991 when it first was released, but that's it. "Walking Down Madison" from EL kicks like a crazed mule! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 648 Registered: 10-2004 |
I'll admit that part of my enthusiasm for KM's "Kite" has to do with Johnny Marr's involvement. His distinctively melodic style is all over several of the album's songs. But a lot of the songs themselves are quite good regardless, and MacColl's personality and rich voice really carry the whole thing. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 738 Registered: 01-2005 |
"Walking Down Madison" vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRbpJ_qUB Cs | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2150 Registered: 03-2006 |
I'm a member of the Kirsty fan club, though it kinda bums me out to listen to her given that it causes ruminating on her tragic and senseless death. All of her records were great - Kite and Electric Landlady, and particularly the one called "Titanic Days". | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 249 Registered: 07-2006 |
padraig - FYC! colour me shocked. as far as the 80s goes, nothing inspires more fury in me than the sound of his voice. just one of those people i **cannot** listen to! that said, i said the same about stipe about five years ago. i think this might be different though.... | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 243 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joe: Explain: Janet Jackson metioned positively on a on a Go Betweens website..... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1642 Registered: 05-2005 |
It's not really a voice one comes round to Joe! Yeah, I can see how people would hate it. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 649 Registered: 10-2004 |
I will cop to loving FYC's "Johnny Won't you Come on Home," but that's it. Anyone see "Sammy and Rosy Get Laid"? the FYC singer had a fairly prominent role in that. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 739 Registered: 01-2005 |
I just glad nobody slammed me for my Julia Fordham pick. She has always been a favorite of mine, and Porcelain is her best album. Although like as lot of 1989 albums, it's in dire need of a reissue with better sound. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 250 Registered: 07-2006 |
hah... is this a line in the sand thing? whilst i don't think much of the seahag now, she put out some terrific dance/rnb/what haveyou-pop with both control and rhythm nation. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 598 Registered: 09-2006 |
I'd even go further and say that janet. was a very good album as well... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 251 Registered: 07-2006 |
which one was janet? was that the one with "if"? i only recall that track, but a fine one it was! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2159 Registered: 03-2006 |
Stick by your guns, Joe. Janet and Rhythm Nation were real classics of the genre, even if it isn't the kind of music we're typically going on about here. What I know, though? I also like the FYC singer's voice. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 600 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah joe, that was the one. The whole album had a very nicely flowing groove. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1323 Registered: 03-2005 |
I wasn't going to say anything about Fine Young Cannibals. I don't have any problem with Roland Gift's voice and I liked their first album (at least I think it was their first album) but "Raw and Cooked" put me off them. I am currently listening Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's "Blow" so that I can answer Jeff's question. The kickoff track "Happy to See Me" is an excellent droning distortion dirge. The second "Temptation" is less so and unfortunately has the exact same tempo. Hey! Are they shoegazers? Nah, I think the sound and arrangement is too crisp on "Too Many Colors" to be shoegaze. Maybe that's just Gavin McKillop. Btw, Jeff, was "Smashed Hits" the first album? It's the earliest thing I've got. | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 121 Registered: 05-2005 |
"Each man kills the thing he loves" by Gavin Friday was the best one in 1989 for me. Since then and even before he was crap imho but this album defied his crapness. Each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be known Some do with a shopping trolley Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword! This is the bad poetry of Oscar Wilde put to music, who unlike me now (drunk) was in prison when he wrote it ... I think or maybe that was another one, I`˛m not sure ... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 653 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, the first Lorries album is "Talk About the Weather." It's murky, dark, intense, yet strangely catchy in spots with some nicely interwoven guitar work throughout. I think "Smashed Hits" was a compilation of early singles. (Just saw the surprise in my in-box, so I'll get back to you on that soon!). |