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question #1) best 1983 Artists and Album (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
Lionel Richie, Can't Slow Down
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson, Pancho & Lefty
Alabama, The Closer You Get
Men At Work, Business As Usual
Quiet Riot, Metal Health
R.E.M., Murmur
Talking Heads, Speaking In Tongues
Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones
New Order, Power, Corruption and Lies
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
U2, War
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Punch The Clock
Def Leppard, Pyromania
Michael Jackson, Thriller
The Police, Synchronicity
Other (please specify)
2. top 1984 Artists And Albums (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
Footloose soundtrack
Huey Lewis & The News, Sports
Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A.
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain soundtrack
The Smiths, The Smiths
Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
The Replacements, Let It Be
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Legend
Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime
Van Halen, 1984
Herbie Hancock, Sound-System
U2, The Unforgettable Fire
Run D.M.C., Run D.M.C.
Madonna, Like A Virgin
Los Lobos, How Will The Wolf Survive?
Emmylou Harris, White Shoes
Other (please specify)
1. U2, The Unforgettable Fire
2. The Smiths, The Smiths
3. Bob Marley, Legend
4. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
5. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain soundtrack
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Legend
U2, The Unforgettable Fire
Run D.M.C., Run D.M.C.
1985 top Artists And Albums (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
John Fogerty, Centerfield
Phil Collins, No Jacket Required
Prince and the Revolution, Around the World in a Day
Bryan Adams, Reckless
Dire Straits, Brothers In Arms
Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland, Showdown!
Tears For Fears, Songs From The Big Chair
Kate Bush, Hounds Of Love
Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
The Smiths, Meat Is Murder
The Pogues, Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash
Suzanne Vega, Suzanne Vega
L.L. Cool J, Radio
Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston
The Jesus And Mary Chain, Psychocandy
The Waterboys, This Is The Sea
Other (please specify)
1. The Smith, Meat is Murder
2. The Jesus & March Shain, Psychocandy
3. Suzanne Vega, Suzanne Vega
4. L.L. Cool J, Radio
1986 top Artists And Albums (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet
Various artists, Top Gun soundtrack
The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead
Metallica, Master of Puppets
Paul Simon, Graceland
Peter Gabriel, So
Beastie Boys, Licensed To Ill
R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant
Sonic Youth, EVOL
Crowded House, Crowded House
XTC, Skylarking
Steve Earle, Guitar Town
Dwight Yoakam, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. Etc.
Depche Mode, Black Celebration
Lyle Lovett, Lyle Lovett
Jackson Browne, Lives In The Balance
Other (please specify)
1. The Smiths, The Queen is Dead
2. REM, Life's Rich Pageant
3. Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill
4. Depeche Mode, Black Celebration
5. Peter Gabriel, So
Bon Jovi
Metallica (Master of Puppets is my song!!)
Peter Gabriel
Sonic Youth
1987 top Artists And Albums (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
Dolly, Linda & Emmylou, Trio
U2, The Joshua Tree
Michael Jackson, Bad
Whitney Houston, Whitney
Various artists, La Bamba soundtrack
Def Leppard, Hysteria
George Michael, Faith
Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction
Dinosaur Jr., You're Living All Over Me
Eric B. and Rakim, Paid In Full
INXS, Kick
George Harrison, Cloud Nine
Prince, Sign 'o' The Times
The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Sting, ...Nothing Like The Sun
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Shaka Zulu
Other (please specify)
1. U2, The Joshua Tree
2. INXS, Kick
3. The Cure, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
4. Sting, Nothing Like the Sun (he's my future husband, but doesn't know it yet)
5. Dinosaur Jr, You're Living All Over Me
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
INXS
George Harrison
Sting
1988 Artists And Albums (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
Was Not Was, What Up Dog?
Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
U2, Rattle And Hum
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
Steve Winwood, Roll With It
Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
Pixies, Surfer Rosa
The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man
Bobby McFerrin, Simple Pleasures
Michelle Shocked, Short Sharp Shocked
Steve Earle, Copperhead Road
N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
The Pogues, If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Conscious Party
Other (please specify)
1. U2, Rattle & Hum
2. Pixies, Surfer Rosa
3. The Pogues, If I Should Fall From Grace...
4. Tracy Chapman, Tracy CHapman
1989 Artists And Albums (Select up to 5, including Others you list)
Tom Petty, Full Moon Fever
Bonnie Raitt, Nick of Time
Neil Young, Freedom
The Rolling Stones, Steel Wheels
Madonna, Like A Prayer
Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw & The Cooked
Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 1814
The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
De La Soul, 3 Feet High And Rising
k.d. Lang, Absolute Torch and Twang
The B-52's, Cosmic Thing
Garth Brooks, Garth Brooks
Linda Ronstadt, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind
Indigo Girls, Indigo Girls
Young MC, Stone Cold Rhymin'
Other (please specify)
1..Indigo Girls, Indigo Girls - still one of my all time fave albums
2. Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
3. Fine Young Cannibals, The Ray & The Cooked
4. Neil Young, Freedom
5. Tom Petty, Full Moon Fever
2theleft
(1,136 posts)1. U2, War
2. REM, Murmur
3. Police, Synchronicity
4. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
5. Michael Jackon, Thriller - if for nothing else the video - I was in middle school and I remember what a HUGE deal that video was.
sakabatou
(42,148 posts)The others I have no clue about since I was born in 87
thanks a lot
ya whippersnapper
sakabatou
(42,148 posts)LumosMaxima
(585 posts)Def Leppard, Pyromania
Quiet Riot, Metal Health
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Michael Jackson, Thriller
? Men At Work, Business As Usual
Of those, I only owned "Pyromania" at the time. I had 45s of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Down Under", and I remember roller-skating to MJ songs. I now have "Metal Health" on CD.
hunter
(38,311 posts)We will not speak of that.
raptor_rider
(1,014 posts)It was my oldest sister listened to, as she was 13.
Men at Work
Quiet Riot
Def Leppard
The Police
Cyndi Lauper