1981 - The YEAR - Which album is your selection from this group?

[vaportrailer]

[cygnify]

Krimson. (though I would choose Moving Pictures in a heatbeat.)

 

Fair Warning was awesome though too. I suppose my answer would depend on my mood. Allied Forces was stellar. Madien hadn't quite peaked for me yet. Actually, if you asked me in 1981, I might have said Journey Escape. But by the end of 81, it was all Rush, all decade.

[invisible airwave]

I don't see The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You on the list.

 

The 20 best albums of 1981

 

Easily their best album of the decade.

 

My personal favorite album by the PRINCE of Lake Minnetonka.

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by invisible airwave

[treeduck]

Krimson. (though I would choose Moving Pictures in a heatbeat.)

 

Fair Warning was awesome though too. I suppose my answer would depend on my mood. Allied Forces was stellar. Madien hadn't quite peaked for me yet. Actually, if you asked me in 1981, I might have said Journey Escape. But by the end of 81, it was all Rush, all decade.

Let me just explain, this is a RUSH forum so obviously RUSH will win any polls against other bands 99% of the time. There's no point in making a poll when you know who's going to win before you start is there? Same thing in the 1982 thread.

[tangy]

abagonad

 

the last great genesis record! imo

[JohnnyBlaze]

Hard to say. I could go Allied Forces or Fair Warning. On the right day I could even go with Escape or For Those About...

[treeduck]

Hard to say. I could go Allied Forces or Fair Warning. On the right day I could even go with Escape or For Those About...

I've still not made my mind up yet. I may have to do that tournament to get a winner for my vote.

[Rick N. Backer]

I don't see The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You on the list.

 

The 20 best albums of 1981

 

GREAT album

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Oh wait I didn't see Abacab...

 

Nah, for sentimental reasons I'll stick with Paradise Theater. One of a few "soundtrack" albums to a brief period of my life, in that case the summer between freshman and sophomore year of high school. Not their absolute peak, but one of my favorites.

 

Abacab is a darn close second though.

[78jazz]

I went with Discipline, but Ghost in the Machine and Diary of a Madman deserve mentions as competitors.

[goose]

The Police's Ghost in the Machine, which I love, came out that year as well.

It's weird, cuz i love the songs, but it's my least favorite Police album.

[goose]

Went with Maiden's Killers over VH Fair Warning.

 

 

A lot of the albums on the I like now but HATED in high school. I was super edgy.

[treeduck]

Oh wait I didn't see Abacab...

 

Nah, for sentimental reasons I'll stick with Paradise Theater. One of a few "soundtrack" albums to a brief period of my life, in that case the summer between freshman and sophomore year of high school. Not their absolute peak, but one of my favorites.

 

Abacab is a darn close second though.

You need to take your time and really peruse the options before you vote.

[treeduck]

It was tough choice, a bloody battle for supremacy, but in the end it went to Diary of a Madman.

[Segue Myles]

I really wanted to vote for Point Of Entry, but I had to go for Killers.

[The Cat 3]

[Stormtron]

Van Halen - Fair Warning

[ozzy85]

I didn't pick one here... '81 was such a rich year for albums. Not mentioned here was also ELO's Time, and the Heavy Metal soundtrack. I'll even include Moody Blues this year, maybe their last good release. 1981 was aan excellent year to be 15 and just getting into collecting music.

 

Oh, yeah. And the Scorps!

 

:haz: :haz: :haz: :haz: :haz: rating.

Edited April 17, 2020 by ozzy85

[custom55]

The Police

 

The band was on a roll with this album but I do prefer their previous albums.

[cygnify]

Krimson. (though I would choose Moving Pictures in a heatbeat.)

 

Fair Warning was awesome though too. I suppose my answer would depend on my mood. Allied Forces was stellar. Madien hadn't quite peaked for me yet. Actually, if you asked me in 1981, I might have said Journey Escape. But by the end of 81, it was all Rush, all decade.

Let me just explain, this is a RUSH forum so obviously RUSH will win any polls against other bands 99% of the time. There's no point in making a poll when you know who's going to win before you start is there? Same thing in the 1982 thread.

 

Oh, I get it. Not complaining. I just give my perspective in the comments and where Rush would fall. As you pointed out in the 82 thread, you're not sure Rush would have won. Personally, I would still have chosen Rush in 82. 84 would have been much much closer!

[treeduck]

I didn't pick one here... '81 was such a rich year for albums. Not mentioned here was also ELO's Time, and the Heavy Metal soundtrack. I'll even include Moody Blues this year, maybe their last good release. 1981 was aan excellent year to be 15 and just getting into collecting music.

 

Oh, yeah. And the Scorps!

 

:haz: :haz: :haz: :haz: :haz: rating.

There was no Scorpions album out in 1981!

[Todem]

Man...good year here.

 

But I went with Journey Escape. Too many amazing classics to pass this album up. Journey’s pinnacle.

[Rick N. Backer]

Krimson. (though I would choose Moving Pictures in a heatbeat.)

 

Fair Warning was awesome though too. I suppose my answer would depend on my mood. Allied Forces was stellar. Madien hadn't quite peaked for me yet. Actually, if you asked me in 1981, I might have said Journey Escape. But by the end of 81, it was all Rush, all decade.

Let me just explain, this is a RUSH forum so obviously RUSH will win any polls against other bands 99% of the time. There's no point in making a poll when you know who's going to win before you start is there? Same thing in the 1982 thread.

 

I actually wouldn't. '81 is probably Rush's best chance (or '80), but MP would not top Fair Warning.

[Todem]

Krimson. (though I would choose Moving Pictures in a heatbeat.)

 

Fair Warning was awesome though too. I suppose my answer would depend on my mood. Allied Forces was stellar. Madien hadn't quite peaked for me yet. Actually, if you asked me in 1981, I might have said Journey Escape. But by the end of 81, it was all Rush, all decade.

Let me just explain, this is a RUSH forum so obviously RUSH will win any polls against other bands 99% of the time. There's no point in making a poll when you know who's going to win before you start is there? Same thing in the 1982 thread.

 

I actually wouldn't. '81 is probably Rush's best chance (or '80), but MP would not top Fair Warning.

 

For me....Moving Pictures blows by Fair Warning. And Fair Warning is my favorite Van Halen album!!!! Moving Pictures is #3 for me from Rush.....but still is a better album front to back....all day for me.

 

Both are amazing records. And totally different.

[Rick N. Backer]

Krimson. (though I would choose Moving Pictures in a heatbeat.)

 

Fair Warning was awesome though too. I suppose my answer would depend on my mood. Allied Forces was stellar. Madien hadn't quite peaked for me yet. Actually, if you asked me in 1981, I might have said Journey Escape. But by the end of 81, it was all Rush, all decade.

Let me just explain, this is a RUSH forum so obviously RUSH will win any polls against other bands 99% of the time. There's no point in making a poll when you know who's going to win before you start is there? Same thing in the 1982 thread.

 

I actually wouldn't. '81 is probably Rush's best chance (or '80), but MP would not top Fair Warning.

 

For me....Moving Pictures blows by Fair Warning. And Fair Warning is my favorite Van Halen album!!!! Moving Pictures is #3 for me from Rush.....but still is a better album front to back....all day for me.

 

Both are amazing records. And totally different.

 

Probably matters how you feel about each band. I like DLR VH more than Rush. MP is probably my favorite Rush album, but The Camera Eye and Vital Signs are both songs that I like but don't love. There is, literally, not one note on Fair Warning I don't love. The whole vibe of FW is perfect.