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My list:

1.Rush - Permanent Waves

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

5.Dire Straits - Love over Gold

6.Van Halen - Fair Warning

7.Pixies - Doolittle

8.Motorhead - Ace of Spades

9.Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

10.R.E.M. - Murmur

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  1. The Pretenders – The Pretenders
  2. The Police – Ghost in the Machine
  3. The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
  4. Van Halen – Diver Down
  5. Rush – Signals
  6. Robert Plant – Pictures at Eleven
  7. U2 – The Joshua Tree
  8. Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors
  9. Billy Idol – Whiplash Smile
  10. Pete Townshend – White City

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My list:

1.Rush - Permanent Waves

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

5.Dire Straits - Love over Gold

6.Van Halen - Fair Warning

7.Pixies - Doolittle

8.Motorhead - Ace of Spades

9.Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

10.R.E.M. - Murmur

rut roh here comes a bunch of posts about PW not being an 80s album.
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1. Rush - Moving Pictures

2. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

3. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

4. Def Leppard - Pyromania

5. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

6. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

7. AC/DC - Back in Black

8. Van Halen - Fair Warning

9. Paul McCartney - Tug of War

10. The Police - Synchronicity

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1. Rush - Moving Pictures

2. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

3. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

4. Def Leppard - Pyromania

5. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

6. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

7. AC/DC - Back in Black

8. Van Halen - Fair Warning

9. Paul McCartney - Tug of War

10. The Police - Synchronicity

+1 for recognizing that Permanent Waves is not an 80s album.
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Appetite Guns n Roses

War U2

Daydream Nation Sonic Youth

Back In Black AC/DC

Rio Duran Duran

Rush Moving Pictures

Disintegration The Cure

Long Cold Winter Cinderella

Shout At The Devil Motley Crue

Purple Rain Prince

 

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in no particular order:

 

louder than love - soundgarden

operation mindcrime - queensryche

mothers milk - rhcp

moving pictures - rush

appetite for destruction - GnR

vivid - living colour

war - u2

blizzard of ozz - ozzy

shout at the devil - motley crue

green thoughts - the smithereens

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Rush mp

Rush pw

 

Steel pulse- true democracy

Public enemy- nation of millions

Janes addiction- nothings shocking

 

Megadeth - peace sells

Megadeth - sfsgsw

 

Steve vai- passion and warfare

 

Red hot chili peppers - Freaky styley

Rhcp- uplift mofo party plan

 

Van halen- fair warning

 

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1. Rush - Moving Pictures

2. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

3. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

4. Def Leppard - Pyromania

5. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz

6. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

7. AC/DC - Back in Black

8. Van Halen - Fair Warning

9. Paul McCartney - Tug of War

10. The Police - Synchronicity

+1 for recognizing that Permanent Waves is not an 80s album.

But, oddly, it is an album of the 80's.
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RUSH - Moving Pictures

Robert Plant - Principle of Moments

Iron Maiden - Killers

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

REM - Green

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz

Men At Work - Business As Usual

AC/DC - Back In Black

Van Halen - Diver Down

 

 

Hon Mention:

 

Prince - Sign O' the Times

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ok, I'm keeping what I consider "metal albums" off this list .. damn near impossible and I;m probably forgetting a bunch

 

- Yes "Drama"

 

- Rush "Permanent Waves"

 

- UFO "The Wild, Willing And The Innocent"

 

- Hanoi Rocks "Back To Mystery City"

 

- Sea Hags "Sea Hags"

 

- Lords Of The New Church "Lords Of The New Church"

 

- INXS "Shabooh Shoobah"

 

- Andy Taylor "Thunder"

 

- KISS "Music From The Elder"

 

- Georgia Satellites "Georgia Satellites"

 

 

 

 

 

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ok, I'm keeping what I consider "metal albums" off this list .. damn near impossible and I;m probably forgetting a bunch

 

- Yes "Drama"

 

- Rush "Permanent Waves"

 

- UFO "The Wild, Willing And The Innocent"

 

- Hanoi Rocks "Back To Mystery City"

 

- Sea Hags "Sea Hags"

 

- Lords Of The New Church "Lords Of The New Church"

 

- INXS "Shabooh Shoobah"

 

- Andy Taylor "Thunder"

 

- KISS "Music From The Elder"

 

- Georgia Satellites "Georgia Satellites"

 

Liking just for The Elder. Nice ;)

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Ramones - End of the Century (1980)

 

The Joe Perry Project - I've Got the Rock 'n' Rolls Again (1981)

 

Stray Cats - Built For Speed (1982)

 

David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983)

 

Queen - The Works (1984)

 

Cheap Trick - Standing on the Edge (1985)

 

Stryper - To Hell With the Devil (1986)

 

Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987)

 

Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap (1988)

 

Alice Cooper - Trash (1989)

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One album per band, and in no particular order...

 

Rush -- Moving Pictures

Yes -- 90125

Jethro Tull -- Crest of a Knave

Amon Duul II -- Vortex

Deep Purple -- Perfect Strangers

Eskaton -- 4 Visions

Camel -- Nude

Blue Oyster Cult -- Fire of Unknown Origin

Aerosmith -- Permanent Vacation

Judas Priest -- Point of Entry

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RUSH - Moving Pictures

Robert Plant - Principle of Moments

Iron Maiden - Killers

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

REM - Green

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz

Men At Work - Business As Usual

AC/DC - Back In Black

Van Halen - Diver Down

 

 

Hon Mention:

 

Prince - Sign O' the Times

 

I almost put Zenyatta on mine. Really, Zenyatta, Ghost and Synchronicity are so close for me.

 

I also nearly put Purple Rain on as well.

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(Leaving New Wave, Punk/Post-Punk, etc out of it... The Gun Club might be considered a form of post punk, but they could really rock)...

 

Rush -- Permanent Waves ('70s AOR released in 1980; or more accurately maybe, it is a product of that '79-'81 transition between the '70s and the '80s which produced so much great music, like London Calling and Remain in Light, so both and/or neither a '70s or '80s album)

 

Rush -- Moving Pictures

 

The Gun Club -- Fire of Love

 

The Gun Club -- Mother Juno

 

Pixies -- Surfer Rosa

 

Pixies -- Doolittle

 

The Police -- Ghost in the Machine

 

Yes -- Drama

 

The Cult -- Love

 

Genesis -- Abacab

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Hmmm...

 

The Replacements - Let It Be

Pixies - Doolittle

Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain

R.E.M. - Murmur

Lou Reed - New Sensations

XTC - Black Sea

U2 - War

Fishbone - Truth and Soul

Neil Young - Freedom

Van Halen - Fair Warning

 

I can't fit in the two dozen or so other albums I think are deserving. I left specific genres off and I still had a difficult time making choices...

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^^ Listened to Black Sea just this last weekend, first time in years probably, though it had been one of my favorites back in the day. Holds up really well. Travels in Nihilon still gives me chills. :cheers: Edited by Rutlefan
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^^ Listened to Black Sea just this last weekend, first time in years probably, though it had been one of my favorites back in the day. Holds up really well. Travels in Nihilon still gives me chills. :cheers:

The Steve Wilson remix that was just released?

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Rush - Moving Pictures

Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations

Misfits - Walk Among Us

Danzig - Danzig

Dire Straits - Making Movies

Budgie - Power Supply

Riot - Fire Down Under

Iron Maiden - Killers

Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?

Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith

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