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THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE Top Albums of the Decade - The '80's

1984 - Van Halen (1984)

3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989)

A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd (1987)

American Fool - John Cougar (Mellencamp)

Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)

Avalon - Roxy Music (1982)

Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks (1981)

Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne (1980)

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

Combat Rock - The Clash (1982)

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)

Doolittle - Pixies (1989)

Double Fantasy - John Lennon (1980)

Eliminator - ZZ Top (1983)

Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty (1989)

Give the People What They Want - The Kinks (1981)

Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)

Green - R.E.M. (1988)

Heartbeat City - The Cars (1984)

Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)

Joshua Tree, The - U2 (1987)

Let's Dance - David Bowie (1983)

Like a Virgin - Madonna (1984)

Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)

Moving Pictures - Rush (1981)

Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

Queen Is Dead, The - The Smiths (1986)

Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. (1986)

She's So Unusual - Cindy Lauper (1983)

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986)

Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears (1985)

Special Forces - .38 Special

Sports - Huey Lewis and the News (1983)

Stone Roses, The - The Stone Roses (1989)

Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)

Straight Between The Eyes - Rainbow (1982)

Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (1981)

Technique - New Order (1989)

Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble (1983)

Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

Uh Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp (1983)

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1. A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd (1987)

2. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

3. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986)

4. Double Fantasy - John Lennon (1980)

5. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)

6. She's So Unusual - Cindy Lauper (1983)

7. Joshua Tree, The - U2 (1987)

8. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)

9. Special Forces - .38 Special

10. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

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1.Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

2.Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble

3.Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi

4.The Queen Is Dead ~ The Smiths

5.Let's Dance - David Bowie

6.Moving Pictures - Rush

7.Bella Donna - Stevie Knicks

8.Back In Black - AC/DC

9.Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty

10.Prince, Purple Rain

Those are all my #1's. Below is my #2's :D

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

"Songs From The Big Chair"- Tears For Fears

"Blizzard Of Ozz"- Ozzy Osbourne

Huey Lewis and the News - Sports

"Heartbeat City" - THE CARS

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Madonna, Like A Virgin

VanHalen

Combat Rock - The Clash

Eliminator - ZZ Top

A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd

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1- Heartbeat City - The Cars (1984)

2- Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)

3- Double Fantasy - John Lennon (1980)

4- Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

5- Give the People What They Want - The Kinks (1981)

6- Let's Dance - David Bowie (1983)

7- Green - R.E.M. (1988)

8- Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (1981)

9- Avalon - Roxy Music (1982)

10-Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

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1. Give The People What They Want - The Kinks

2. Tattoo You - The Stones

3. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses

4. Moving Pictures - Rush

5. Back In Black - AC/DC

6. Green - REM

7. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

8. Straight Between The Eyes - Rainbow

9. Blizzard Of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne

10. 1984 - Van Halen

Honorable Mention: Pixies, Cars, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, John Cougar, John Mellencamp

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1 • Full Moon Fever • Tom Petty (1989)

2 • Joshua Tree, The • U2 (1987)

3 • Master of Puppets • Metallica (1986)

4 • Appetite for Destruction • Guns N' Roses (1987)

5 • Thriller • Michael Jackson (1982)

6 • A Momentary Lapse of Reason • Pink Floyd (1987)

7 • Combat Rock • The Clash (1982)

8 • Songs from the Big Chair • Tears for Fears (1985)

9 • Heartbeat City • The Cars (1984)

10 • Back in Black • AC/DC (1980)

HM: • Dire Straits • Rush • Ozzy • and several others

Edited by Guest
changed order again
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1 Full Moon Fever- Tom Petty

2 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason- Pink Floyd

3 Dolittle- Pixies

4 Texas Flood- SRV

5 Blizzard Of Oz- Ozzy Osbourne

6 Straight Between The Eyes- Rainbow

7 Stone Roses :doh: Stone Roses

8 Give The People What They Want- Kinks

9 Appetite For Destruction- GNR

10 Back In Black- AC/DC

10 Heartbeat City- Cars

10 Uh-Huh- John Mellencamp

10 Purple Rain- Prince

10 Master Of Puppets- Metallica

10 Eliminator- ZZ Top

And John Lennon (but the Yoko stuff)

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1. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

2. Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

3. 1984 - Van Halen (1984)

4. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

5. Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)

6. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986)

7. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (1981)

8. Joshua Tree, The - U2 (1987)

9. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble (1983)

10 Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty (1989)

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1. Give the People What They Want - The Kinks (1981)

2. Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)

3. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

4. Avalon - Roxy Music (1982)

5. Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks (1981)

6. Let's Dance - David Bowie (1983)

7. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (1981)

8. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

9. A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd (1987)

10. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

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1. Doolittle - Pixies (1989)

2. Stone Roses, The - The Stone Roses (1989)

3. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989)

4. Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)

5. Green - R.E.M. (1988)

6. Combat Rock - The Clash (1982)

7. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)

8. Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. (1986)

9. Queen Is Dead, The - The Smiths (1986)

10.Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984)*

*would be higher if it were a studio album :crazy:

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1] Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

2] It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)

3] Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. (1986)

4] 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989)

5] Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears (1985)

6] Like a Virgin - Madonna (1984)

7] Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

8] Let's Dance - David Bowie (1983)

9] Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)

10] Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

I need for one of you to take a sharp knife and stab me in right in the freaking jugular. I cannot bear to live in a world where I can only choose 10 of the albums that shaped my formative teenage years. Thanks!

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1. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

2. Back In Black - AC/DC

3. Moving Pictures - Rush

4. Master of Puppets - Metallica

5. The Joshua Tree - U2

6. Raising Hell - Run-DMC

7. Appetite For Destruction - GNR

8. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

9. Thriller - Michael Jackson

10. Doolittle - Pixies

Edited by Guest
Missed GNR on the first go-round. Sorry Public Enemy.
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1. Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears (1985)

2. Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty (1989)

3. Joshua Tree, The - U2 (1987)

4. Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne (1980)

5. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

6. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

7. Moving Pictures - Rush (1981)

8. A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd (1987)

9. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

10. 1984 - Van Halen (1984)

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1. Thriller - Michael Jackson I had this on vinyl and I'm sure I wore the grooves off it

2. The Joshua Tree - U2

3. Born in The USA - Bruce Springsteen

4. Purple Rain - Prince the man can play rock, funk, pop and soul

5. Eliminator - ZZ Top who could forget their videos with the hot girls with mall hair?

6. Uh-Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp

7. 1984 - Van Halen

8. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

9. Sports - Huey Lewis & The News

10. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses

Had to leave out 6 others....these were my formative years too, and this was a tough tough choice!

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1. Joshua Tree, The - U2 (1987)

2. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

3. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones (1981)

4. Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)

5. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble (1983)

6. Eliminator - ZZ Top (1983)

7. Uh Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp (1983)

8. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

9. 1984 - Van Halen (1984)

10. Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

To do this I put myself back in the 80's. I was a young mom in my twenties, and this is what I was listening and dancing to. Way better music than I ever give credit for.

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1. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

2. Like a Virgin - Madonna (1984)

3. Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

4. Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)

5. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)

6. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

7. Joshua Tree, The - U2 (1987)

8. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

9. 1984 - Van Halen (1984)

10. Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks (1981)

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1. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

2. Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

3. A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd (1987)

4. Back in Black - AC/DC (1980)

5. Eliminator - ZZ Top (1983)

6. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble (1983)

7. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)

8. Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

9. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

10.Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)

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