Ok, now for a really tough 80s challenge

[PeterG]

Very simple, one year = one studio album. That's it!

1980 - Kate Bush - Never for Ever
1981 - Cardiacs - Toy World
1982 - Kate Bush - The Dreaming
1983 - Marillion - Script for A Jester's Tear
1984 - Mr and Mrs Smith And Mr Drake (Cardiacs)
1985 - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1986 - Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
1987 - Marillion - Clutching At Straws
1988 - Cardiacs - A Little Man & A House & The Whole World Window
1989 - Kate Bush - The Sensual World

[Trane]

80- 12 Marino, Frank & Mahogany Rush What's Next
81- 12 Dun Eros
82- 12 Dire Straits Love Over Gold
83-
12 Bacamarte Depois Do Fim Bra 1983
12 Marillion Script For a Jester's Tear Eng 1983
12 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes

84- 13 Univers Zero UZED
85- 12 Supertramp Brother Where You Bound
86- 11 Kontrast Kontrast (Out Of Focus offshoot)
87- 11 Noir Désir Où Veux-tu qu'je R'garde? (EP)
88- 10 U2 Rattle and Hum
89- 11 Noir Désir Veuillez Rendre l'âme (à Qui Elle Appartient)


Sorry about 83 nbut I can't make up mu mind

It'sq much tougher in the second part of the 80's than in the earlier half...

[PeterG]

MAN,Trane FFS learn to count to one!

[GuitarGeek]

Let's see:

1980: Kiss Unmasked
1981: Hawkwind Sonic Attack
1982: Uriah Heep Abominog (well, except for Hot Night In A Cold City)
1983: Night Ranger Midnight Madness
1984: Zebra No Tellin' Lines
1985: Marillion Misplaced Childhood
1986: The Church Heyday
1987: David Torn Cloud About Mercury
1988: Cacophony Go Off!
1989: Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble In Step

[PeterG]

Hawkwind making an early appearance! Excellent!

[Trane]

MAN,Trane FFS learn to count to one!

I had a three way-tie for that year i, my Gnosis rating section...
Just too difficult to selct one for me

I would've had the same problem for 84, il UZED had not uprated (a 13 in the 80's is exceptional for me >> it's the only one actually) the following albums:
12 Art Zoyd Le Mariage du Ciel et l'Enfer Fra 1984
12 Jaivas, Los Obras De Violeta Parra Chl 1984
12 Talking Heads Stop Making Sense USA 1984

[Rarebird]

1980: Mo - s/t
1981: Pythagoras - Journey to the vast unknown
1982: Jean-Luc Ponty - Mystical adventures
1983: Zara-Thustra - Psychopoly
1984: Wim Mertens - Maximizing the audience
1985: Isildurs Bane - Sea reflections
1986: Wim Mertens - A man of no fortune, and with a name to come
1987: Isildurs Bane - Eight moments of eternity
1988: Bel Canto - White-out conditions
1989: Johan de Meij - Symphony No. 1 "The lord of the rings"

[Supersonic Scientist]

I'm surprised that none of the 80's Crimson's albums have been mentioned yet.

[PeterG]

I'm surprised that none of the 80's Crimson's albums have been mentioned yet.

Really? I'm not surprised at all. No one (I would hope) who listens to any reasonable amount of music of varying styles is going to pick any of the three 80s Crimson albums as the very best album of the year. I thought they were all terrible, I had all 3 on CD and sold them all about 15 years ago.

[Trane]

I'm surprised that none of the 80's Crimson's albums have been mentioned yet.

what are you waiting for, then???

80's KC albums appeared in a period when there was still a fair bit of good stuff comming out (whollllly f... !!! whay am I writing here?? )... Competition was still stiff then, so/and with only one album par year to name, it can be expected.

[Birdy]

1980-Peter Gabriel (3rd/Melt)
1981-Camel--Nude
1982-Pat Metheny Group---Travels
1983-Scott Merritt--Serious Interference
1984-Bruce Cockburn--Stealing Fire
1985-Chris Rea--Shamrock Diaries
1986-- Talk Talk--Colour Of Spring
1987-David Sylvian--Secrets of The Beehive
1988-Steve Roach--Dreamtime Return
1989-James McMurtry--Too Long In The Wasteland

[profusion]

Mind you, these were my favorites at that time, not necessarily of that year as I look back on it now. I still like all these albums now, though.

1980: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
1983: Yes - 90125
1984: Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
1985: Rush - Power Windows
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
1988: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
1989: Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

Some progger I was, huh?

[PeterG]

1980: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
1983: Yes - 90125
1984: Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
1985: Rush - Power Windows
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
1988: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
1989: Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

Some progger I was, huh?

Are you mixing this up wth the 80s AOR thread?

[emperorken]

80: Anyone's Daughter- s/t
81: Eloy- Planets
82: Twelfth Night- Fact & Fiction
83: Marillion- Script For a Jester's Tear
84: Solaris- The Martian Chronicles
85: IQ- The Wake
86: Coda- Sounds of Passion
87: Outer Limits- The Scene of Pale Blue
88: It Bites- Once Around the World
89: Osiris- Reflections

[PeterG]

85: IQ- The Wake

Excellent choice there for 85.

[spacefreak]

1980: Joy Division -Closer
1981: Crass -Penis Envy
1982: Art Zoyd -Phase IV
1983: Mecano -Autoportrait
1984: Zoviet France -Eostre
1985: Waterboys -This Is the Sea
1986: Slayer -Reign In Blood
1987: Hafler Trio -A Thirsty Fish
1988: Masstishaddhu -Shekinah
1989: Nurse With Wound -Automating (Volume 2)

[Vic2012]

80 Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
81 AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
82 Rush - Signals
83 Metallica - Kill 'Em All
84 Iron Maiden - Powerslave
85 AC/DC - Fly On The Wall
86 Metallica - Master Of Puppets
87 Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave
88 Metallica - And Justice For All
89 Kings X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

[Trane]

Are you mixing this up wth the 80s AOR thread?

Sounds more like a metal list more than an AOR one

Excellent choice there for 85.

Largely beaten by Supertramp's Brother Where You Bound... but yeah, it's my second fave neo-prog album...

[Facelift]

1980 - Talking Heads, Remain in Light
1981 - Rush, Moving Pictures
1982 - Univers Zero, Ceux du Dehors
1983 - James Blood Ulmer, Odyssey
1984 - Los Lobos, How Will The Wolf Survive?
1985 - Husker Du, New Day Rising
1986 - Metallica, Master of Puppets
1987 - Sonny Sharrock, Seize the Rainbow
1988 - Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989 - Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique

[Galactic Bulldozer]

From the archives...

80 Permanent Waves
81 Moving Pictures
82 Signals
83 Depois Do Fim
84 Uzed
85 Misplaced Childhood
86 Rage For Order
87 Clutching At Straws
88 Operation: Mindcrime
89 Nothingface

and mine
80 Hammill, Peter - A Black Box
81 Wall Of Voodoo - Dark Continent
82 Wall Of Voodoo - Call Of The West
83 Bruce, Jack - Automatic
84 Harold Budd / Brian Eno - The Pearl
85 Gabriel, Peter - Birdy
86 Hammill, Peter - And As Close As This
87 Sylvian, David - Secrets of The Beehive
88 Peter Hammill & Guy Evans - Spur Of The Moment
89 Bruce, Jack A - Question of Time

[Facelift]

Really? I'm not surprised at all. No one (I would hope) who listens to any reasonable amount of music of varying styles is going to pick any of the three 80s Crimson albums as the very best album of the year. I thought they were all terrible, I had all 3 on CD and sold them all about 15 years ago.

Allowing only one selection per year doesn't really say much of anything about the music not picked - except that it didn't get selected as that person's number one. I have a very high opinion of all three '80s KC albums. In fact, my 1981 came down to Moving Pictures and Discipline and I went with the Rush album. I also have a relatively high opinion of '80s Genesis, but I wouldn't pick any one of those albums as favorite of any particular year. You're getting the lists that you asked for. But drawing any conclusions at all from such small sample sizes is probably ill-advised.

[Progbear]

Way less hard than the 70s list. I think there may only be one album from 1988 that I like.

1980: Ain Soph: A Story of Mysterious Forest
1981: Stern Meissen: Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen
1982: Kate Bush: The Dreaming
1983: Kenso: Kenso II
1984: Bruce Cockburn: Stealing Fire
1985: Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen
1986: Горизонт: Летний город
1987: Mr. Sirius: Barren Dream
1988: Talk Talk: Spirit of Eden
1989: Todd Rundgren: Nearly Human

EDIT: I’m rather shocked to learn that I am not the first to list Stealing Fire, but it really is a perfect album.

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

"The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life." --Edith Massey

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[simon moon]

1980: Eskaton - 4 Visions
1981: Universe Zero - Ceux Du Dehors (KC - Discipline was a close 2nd)
1982: Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushman
1983: Etron Fou Leloublan - Les Sillons de la Terre
1984: Universe Zero - UZED
1985: Kenso - Kenso
1986: Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
1987: The Thinking Plague - Moonsongs\
1988: 5uu's with Motor Totemist Guild - Elements
1989: Kenso - Sparta

The 80's sure had a lot of great avant-garde and RIO releases.

[Modry Effekt]

Dark ages huh

Asia Minor - Between Flesh and Divine
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Frank Marino – Juggernaut
Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Harold Budd / Brian Eno - The Pearl
The Cult - Love
Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
King Diamond - Abigail
Rita Mitsouko - Marc & Robert
Tangle Edge - In Search of A New Dawn

[Modry Effekt]

Way less hard than the 70s list. I think there may only be one album from 1988 that I like.

1986: Горизонт: Летний город

Horizont (Rusia,1985) - Summer in Town

Great album in 1985.