Favorite 80's Pop Album

hunting high and low by aha ranks high for me
meatloaf - bat 1 and dead ringer i played to destruction
dire straits - brothers in arms - nuff said
the police - synchronicity - awesome pop reggae rock album

ultmetal wrote:

GENESIS - Abacab
first one that came to mind.

Great album. Abacab is one of my fav Genesis songs.

Purple Rain

No particular album because at that time I listened to the radio, I was more into collecting G.I. Joe, Transformers, Star Wars, Legos, Centurians, TMNT, playing Ninetendo, and going outside to play. I can list some artists but not albums.

Cry Before Dawn - Crimes of Conscience
Tiffany - Tiffany.

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DURAN DURAN- "Rio"
PETER GABRIEL- "So"
DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-s/t


my 3 favorite 80's "pop" cds....

Would Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" count?

Shiney wrote:

DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-s/t

Wow,that brings back memories.

Come on Ilene!! GREAT song!

axewielder wrote:

Would Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" count?

I think so. Billy had his pop tendencies.

spectrefate wrote:

axewielder wrote:

Would Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" count?

I think so. Billy had his pop tendencies.

I like Billy Idol. I liked his hair.

Quote :

Tiffany - Tiffany.

Geewillikers. Havent thought about that mallrat in eons.


Pat Benatar - In The Heat Of The Night
good songs...Pat was smokin...and Neil Geraldo hammered out some catchy riffs and laid down one heck of a solo on the outro to Heartbreaker.

ultmetal wrote:

GENESIS - Abacab
first one that came to mind.

Asia was also mentioned. Really a great many of my favorite Pop records from the 80's came from prog bands "selling out" (my guess is that the success of Alan Parsons motivated much of this, IMO). Yes 90125 and many, many others. My absolute favorite was Camel's "Stationary Traveler"; but that attempt at sellling out didn't sell too well I don't think.

But here's a bunch of great pop records from "prog" bands...

Camel- The Single Factor
Planet P
Keats
Barclay James Harvest- Eyes of the Universe
Gentle Giant- Citizen
FM(Canada)- City of Fear
Three- The Power of 3
The Greg Lake Band
Jethro Tull- A
GTR

and many more. I'm not saying that they were all devoid of prog, but it was poppy prog.

Two of mine just sneak into the 80's, one's a New Romantic classic and the other a brilliant New Wave/Post-Punk record.


Japan - Quiet Life (1980)

Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (1980)

Japan- Quiet Life rules!

SAHB Healer wrote:

Japan- Quiet Life rules!

Of course it does, am i the only one who thinks Duran Duran borrowed heavily from David Sylvain and the boys.

Have you heard their first 2 albums, David Sylvain disowns them. But their two great late 70's albums of glammy funky hard rock with that Roxy Music influence?

rattpoison wrote:

SAHB Healer wrote:

Japan- Quiet Life rules!

Of course it does, am i the only one who thinks Duran Duran borrowed heavily from David Sylvain and the boys.

Have you heard their first 2 albums, David Sylvain disowns them. But their two great late 70's albums of glammy funky hard rock with that Roxy Music influence?

Oh yes, Duran Duran had complete Japan worship going on. If I didn't know any better I'd swear it were actually David Sylvain singing and not Simon Le Bon.

decapitate wrote:

rattpoison wrote:

SAHB Healer wrote:

Japan- Quiet Life rules!

Of course it does, am i the only one who thinks Duran Duran borrowed heavily from David Sylvain and the boys.

Have you heard their first 2 albums, David Sylvain disowns them. But their two great late 70's albums of glammy funky hard rock with that Roxy Music influence?

Oh yes, Duran Duran had complete Japan worship going on. If I didn't know any better I'd swear it were actually David Sylvain singing and not Simon Le Bon.

Yeah their almost dead ringers in voice, although you could say both were chanelling Bryan Ferry from his Roxy Music days in their vocals.

rattpoison wrote:

Have you heard their first 2 albums, David Sylvain disowns them. But their two great late 70's albums of glammy funky hard rock with that Roxy Music influence?

Yes, I listen to "Obscure Alternatives" regularly. But it's in the glam rotation, not the pop. Another one I like to listen to when I'm in that mood is "Nadir's Last Chance" by Peter Hamill.
Sylvain got too serious about himself IMO (kinda like Bill Nelson did). Stuff like "Orpheus" was great, but he was really in a groove with "The Quiet Life". Times change I guess.

thrasher73 wrote:

The Outfield-Play Deep

Absofrigginlutely love this album! Saw themplay live on the boardwalk in Atlantic City in 1987 and have been a fan ever since that moment.
Also, Mr. Mister, Welcome to the Real World is a favorite pop album from the 1980's.

Where do I start?

Survivor
Night Ranger
Madonna (first 4 albums)
Michael Jackson (Off the Wall/Thriller)
Billy Idol
The Outfield
Bryan Adams
The Cars
Mr. Mister
Genesis/Phil Collins
Journey/Steve Perry's solo stuff
Lionel Richie
Chicago (Though I prefer the 70's more)/Peter Cetera's solo stuff
The Thompson Twins
Cheap Trick (also prefers their albums from the 70's)
Foreigner
38 Special
Rick Springfield
Huey Lewis & The News
Pat Benatar
Olivia Newton John (liked 70's & 80's equally)
Toto
Naked Eyes
Inxs (Early stuff)
Flock of Seagulls
David Bowie (good stuff/70's better though)
Duran Duran
Prince
Starship
Billy Squier
Go Go's (Belinda Carlisle solo stuff/she was hot)/Bangles/Bananarama
Don Henley/Glenn Frey's solo stuff
Hall & Oates (might be my fav from the 80's)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp (I lived in Indiana/No brainer)
Mr. Mister
Heart
Kenny Loggins (Kick of the soundtracks!!!)
The Fixx
Glass Tiger
John Waite (Also love his stuff with the Baby's & Bad English)
R.E.M.
Steve Winwood
Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
Whitney Houston (80's only)
Janet Jackson
Tears For Fears
Richard Marx
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Howard Jones
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Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes

The Police - Synchronicity

Michael Jackson = Thriller

metalinmyveins wrote:

Where do I start?

Survivor
Night Ranger
Madonna (first 4 albums)
Michael Jackson (Off the Wall/Thriller)
Billy Idol
The Outfield
Bryan Adams
The Cars
Mr. Mister
Genesis/Phil Collins
Journey/Steve Perry's solo stuff
Lionel Richie
Chicago (Though I prefer the 70's more)/Peter Cetera's solo stuff
The Thompson Twins
Cheap Trick (also prefers their albums from the 70's)
Foreigner
38 Special
Rick Springfield
Huey Lewis & The News
Pat Benatar
Olivia Newton John (liked 70's & 80's equally)
Toto
Naked Eyes
Inxs (Early stuff)
Flock of Seagulls
David Bowie (good stuff/70's better though)
Duran Duran
Prince
Starship
Billy Squier
Go Go's (Belinda Carlisle solo stuff/she was hot)/Bangles/Bananarama
Don Henley/Glenn Frey's solo stuff
Hall & Oates (might be my fav from the 80's)
John "Cougar" Mellencamp (I lived in Indiana/No brainer)
Mr. Mister
Heart
Kenny Loggins (Kick of the soundtracks!!!)
The Fixx
Glass Tiger
John Waite (Also love his stuff with the Baby's & Bad English)
R.E.M.
Steve Winwood
Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
Whitney Houston (80's only)
Janet Jackson
Tears For Fears
Richard Marx
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Howard Jones
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Good list!!!

Janet Jackson-control. Don't laugh.

MJ - Thriller, is there a song on that album that you did not hear on the radio?
Police - Anything, I have their box set, one of my all time faves
Asia - Asia, great stuff

There are a bunch more that I can't think of right now.