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Rank the 1984 superalbums

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 26 2012 08:31 AM

Put the following albums in order, best to worst. Show your work. Police: Synchronicity Van Halen: 1984 Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 08:37 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

All derided by hardcore fans as candy-colored sellouts. I'd probably go for Van Halen, but that may be because I had less at stake with them, snob of serious music that was. If I can go off the board...

Mets – Willets Point Jul 26 2012 08:41 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Put the following albums in order, best to worst. Show your work. Police: Synchronicity Van Halen: 1984 Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA I'd just copy the good songs from all 3 on to a mixtape.

The Second Spitter Jul 26 2012 08:46 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

1. VH: 1984 2. BitUSA 3. Police:Synchronicity (Sorry, G).

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 08:50 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Synch actually was 1983, come to think of it. Number one albums of 1984: Week of… Album Artist 7-Jan Thriller Michael Jackson 14-Jan Thriller Michael Jackson 21-Jan Thriller Michael Jackson 28-Jan Thriller Michael Jackson 4-Feb Thriller Michael Jackson 11-Feb Thriller Michael Jackson 18-Feb Thriller Michael Jackson 25-Feb Thriller Michael Jackson 3-Mar Thriller Michael Jackson 10-Mar Thriller Michael Jackson 17-Mar Thriller Michael Jackson 24-Mar Thriller Michael Jackson 31-Mar Thriller Michael Jackson 7-Apr Thriller Michael Jackson 14-Apr Thriller Michael Jackson 21-Apr Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 28-Apr Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 5-May Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 12-May Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 19-May Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 26-May Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 2-Jun Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 9-Jun Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 16-Jun Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 23-Jun Footloose Soundtrack Various Artists 30-Jun Sports Huey Lewis and the News 7-Jul Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 14-Jul Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 21-Jul Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 28-Jul Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 4-Aug Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 11-Aug Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 18-Aug Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 25-Aug Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 1-Sep Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 8-Sep Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 15-Sep Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 22-Sep Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 29-Sep Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 6-Oct Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 13-Oct Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 20-Oct Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 27-Oct Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 3-Nov Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 10-Nov Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 17-Nov Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 24-Nov Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 1-Dec Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 8-Dec Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 15-Dec Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 22-Dec Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution 29-Dec Purple Rain Prince and the Revolution

Mets – Willets Point Jul 26 2012 08:53 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

That's it, I'm voting for Sports.

Vic Sage Jul 26 2012 08:57 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

lets hear it for the boy!

batmagadanleadoff Jul 26 2012 09:04 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Synch actually was 1983, come to think of it. I knew that. I'd vote here ... if I actually listened to any of the other two. http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1984/

TransMonk Jul 26 2012 09:05 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

I think Synchronicity is the best of the bunch. You could feel the tension in this album (mostly between Copeland and Sting) and I think it made the performances better. I have always admired the balls that it took for the Police to go out on top and call it quits after this mega-hit. I don't know if I would say it was their best album, but I think it was their most complete album. It is very atypical for an album to not feature a single on the first side (or within the first couple songs). The first side is very good on it's own...and that's before you flip it over to hear the hit-parade. Born in the USA was a very popular and acclaimed album, but I don't know of any true Boss fan that lists it as their favorite. Still, it's hard to pan an album that spawned seven top 10 singles. The drum sounds are dated and there are a few clunkers on it (I've never really been a fan of "Cover Me" or "Dancing in the Dark"), but there are so many songs on this one that brought the Boss to a whole new generation that were not familiar with his earlier work. 1984 was somewhat of a breakthough for Van Halen and brought their clown-rock to a much larger audience. Eddie Van Halen was the poster child for guitar heros and was easily the best fretboard gymnast of his time. It's a short album, which I think helps it out...it was very easy to listen to it a couple of times by flipping the tape over every 15 minutes. Again, I think the tension brought out some good performances, but overall, I'm not sure it's half as good as the other two.

TransMonk Jul 26 2012 09:08 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

I would also rate Purple Rain right up there with any of these. I played the Footloose soundtrack so much that the tape melted in my boombox. Sports and 1984 are on my Itunes...Born in the USA and Synchroncity are not...so maybe 1984 did stand the test of time better than the other two.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 26 2012 09:10 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

I'm gonna go. 1 Bruce 2 VH 3 Police I know Synchronicity was 83, the point was all 3 records were released within the same 12-month period. And each band sort of blew up afterward, Police and VH with ugly breakups, and Bruce with a bad Hollywood marriage. I'm trying to zero in on what bad thing happened around 1984 that led to this state of affairs and the largely crappy decade of music that followed.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 26 2012 09:19 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Huey Lewis and the News should have stuck with the theme of naming every album after a section of the newspaper. They could have followed Sports with: Business Style Comics Op-Eds Sunday Review - a gospel covers album Classifieds And then an album released after the band breaks up: Obituaries

TransMonk Jul 26 2012 09:23 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Like A Virgin should probably get a mention, too. My favorite 1984 album has to be Let It Be by The Replacements. The Cars had Heartbeat City that year. They kept it goin' 'til the sun went down. They kept it goin'.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2012 09:23 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

I also had that notion for Huey's career. Didn't come up with the obits angle, though. Nice. I'm trying to zero in on what bad thing happened around 1984 that led to this state of affairs and the largely crappy decade of music that followed. Top culprits: Madonna, rap, Reagan, Challenger disaster, Phil Collins, Live Aid, AIDS, drugs, and Howard the Duck. I'm going to guess that the tremendous platform that MTV gave music of that era infest the industry with the petty grievances of countless parasites scrambling to get theirs. I also associate that era with the number of megastars (Cyndi Lauper, ZZ Top, Tears for Fears) who took way too long to follow up and produce inferior albums. The only ones who came out of that period smelling like a rose: .38 Special.

metirish Jul 26 2012 09:25 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

I knew coming here I would see a poll regarding Synchronicity , saw on FB you were listening to it on Rdio. anyway, Stings voice grates me in the worst way.....going with Bruce here , loved the whole Americana vibe the album had, especially growing up in Ireland. This was the land of hope ,and a lot of older lads from my village were immigrating to America around this time, I would go ten years later. Bruce VH Police

soupcan Jul 26 2012 09:33 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Cyndi Lauper? 'She's So Unusual' was actually a pretty good collection. Bowie? 'Let's Dance'?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 26 2012 09:35 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

It was my first listen-through of Synchronicity in a long time and got me thinking of this. I bought the album new like everyone, but distinctly remember after a while only playing side A for "Synchronicity II" which was the last song on it, and not really needing to play Side B since the radio did that for me (Every Breath, King of Pain, Wrapped Around). "Mother" is completely unlistenable, "Oh My God" and "Walking in Your Footsteps" boring. I can see where Sting wanted to go and the playing is very good and economical but it's just never been something demanding a listen all the time. But the underlying thing this record had (as with the VH and Bruce rekkids) was that they all had a buzz around them suggesting they'd be huge no matter what shit turned up on them. I think MTV did a lot to smooth out the bumps between styles and regional tastes for better and worse and helped create an atmosphere for this.

cooby Jul 26 2012 09:38 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Purple Rain

soupcan Jul 26 2012 09:39 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Yeah, I'm with cooby and Edgy on the 'Purple Rain' grassroots campaign.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 26 2012 09:44 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Out of left field vote for the Fat Boys' debut: [youtube:1yopnhri]mHoCR7u5NzY[/youtube:1yopnhri]

Fman99 Jul 26 2012 10:18 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Out of left field vote for the Fat Boys' debut: [youtube]mHoCR7u5NzY[/youtube] The greatest track in the history of hip hop, right there. Two votes for Kool Rock Ski, Prince Markie Dee and the Human Beat Box.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 26 2012 11:01 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

I'd vote: Born in the USA The Police Van Halen There's not a bad cut on the Bruce album. At all. But Synchronicity has "Mother," which is unlistenable. I remember being at a big dorm picnic when I was at Mizzou, and someone was cranking up Synchronicity, and as soon as "Mother" came on, people started screaming "Turn it off! Turn it off!" I had every Van Halen album up to that point, but never bought that one. Don't know why, but it probably had something to do with being able to hear "Jump" and "Panama" on the radio at any given moment. "Purple Rain" was probably the soundtrack of my first year at Mizzou. Another one I didn't have to buy because someone in the dorm was playing it -- loudly -- any any given moment. Probably helped that it was a coed dorm. The "Footloose" soundtrack is a guilty pleasure of pure 80's pop. Love it. But Twisted Sister's "Stay Hungry" was my opportunity to bring some Long Island attitude to the Heartland. I could tell people that I saw them at Hammerheads the year before. They were easily impressed, or very tolerant.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 26 2012 12:12 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Fman99 wrote: Out of left field vote for the Fat Boys' debut: [youtube]mHoCR7u5NzY[/youtube] The greatest track in the history of hip hop, right there. Two votes for Kool Rock Ski, Prince Markie Dee and the Human Beat Box. I'm LWFS, and I approve this message.

HahnSolo Jul 26 2012 02:30 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

And the album that topped both Prince and Springsteen for Album of the Year was? Yup, this one: I go Police Prince VH Bruce

sharpie Jul 26 2012 02:53 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Prince Police Bruce Van Halen Though not the best record for any of them. A bad year also containing Elvis Costello's "Goodbye Cruel World" and David Bowie's "Tonight."

Vic Sage Jul 26 2012 03:00 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

while i loved the early POLICE albums, Synchronicity was better only than the entirely lame ZENYATTA MANDATTA, maybe tied for 3rd with GHOST IN THE MACHINE, but no higher. i had no interest in Van Halen, then or now. and the absolute worst Springsteen album is preferable to me than either EVH or POLICE, and BORN IN THE USA, while more pop-oriented than other of Bruce's albums, is far from his worst. So: as for the other superalbums of 1984, PURPLE RAIN is a perfect album, with Prince at his songwriting and guitar playing best, fusing R&B, pop and rock into his own unique sound. THRILLER is maybe the most successful pop album of all time, but it never spoke to me. Huey Lewis was a fun flash in the pan, and FOOTLOOSE evoked a movie i hated, and the soundtrack was so played out so quickly it made me want to stick a fork in my eye. PURPLE RAIN BORN IN THE USA THRILLER SYNCHRONICITY SPORTS EVH - 1984 FOOTLOOSE

Fman99 Jul 26 2012 06:53 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Fat Boys Thriller Purple Rain Synchronicity Van Halen 1984 Sports Footloose Sdtk Springsteen

Kong76 Jul 26 2012 07:10 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

The drumming on Born In always sounded to me like the dude was banging on an old-style garbage can top.

G-Fafif Jul 27 2012 05:25 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

This conversation in real time, 28 years ago at this moment, would have to have included, given the monstrous commercial implications inherent in its release (commercial letdown notwithstanding)... ...and for posterity's sake, because it marked such a stunning return to prominence... I recall a review in Rolling Stone that wrote off Victory and Born in the U.S.A. as "souvenirs" from the summer of 1984 while Purple Rain would stand the test of time, an assessment that struck me as unnecessarily harsh and not particularly accurate. I mean, who hasn't heard "State of Shock" lately?

Edgy MD Jul 27 2012 06:51 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Victory was a landmark in that regard, in that set-lists from the tour that shared its name included no music from the album, rendiering the LP quite lierally a souvenir. .

TransMonk Jul 27 2012 07:17 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Hi. I had 6 top 15 singles off my 1984 album. And I'm Canadian.

Vic Sage Jul 27 2012 08:03 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Kong76 wrote: The drumming on Born In always sounded to me like the dude was banging on an old-style garbage can top. and that's a BAD thing?

TransMonk Jul 27 2012 01:19 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Very much so. I'm guessing even Max Weinberg winces at the sounds (not performances) of the drums on that album.

metirish Jul 27 2012 01:25 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

This was decent!

Edgy MD Jul 27 2012 01:34 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I know Synchronicity was 83, the point was all 3 records were released within the same 12-month period. And each band sort of blew up afterward, Police and VH with ugly breakups, and Bruce with a bad Hollywood marriage. I'm trying to zero in on what bad thing happened around 1984 that led to this state of affairs and the largely crappy decade of music that followed. In a sense, Bruce's "breakup" was more than symbolic, as the next album featured a pared-down version of the E-Street Band --- with none of the tracks featuring all of the players, and in fact only through the intercession of his manager was he dissauded from Tunnel of Love not being an E Street album at all. There's drum machines, synths, no Miami Steve, some chick on vocals, and no saxes. Today, it's not really considered part of the E Street canon.

Ashie62 Jul 27 2012 04:50 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

1. Prince Purple Rain 2. REM Reckoning 3. U2 Unforgettable Fire 4. Madonna Like A Virgin 5. Replacements Let it Be

Edgy MD Jul 27 2012 08:44 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Like a Virgin over Let It Be. Rilly? That'd take a lot of torture to get me to put that ranking in place.

Gwreck Jul 28 2012 07:36 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

The Second Spitter wrote: (Sorry, G). No offense taken, I'm not putting Bruce in the top spot here myself. My ranking is: 1. Purple Rain 2. Born in the USA 3. Synchronicity 4. 1984

Edgy MD Jul 28 2012 09:04 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

[list=1]A Top Ten o' Mine [*]The Unforgettable Fire by U2[/*:m] [*]Ocean Rain by Echo & the Bunnymen[/*:m] [*]Let It Be by The Replacements[/*:m] [*]Reckoning by REM[/*:m] [*]My Ever-Changing Moods by the Style Council[/*:m] [*]How Will the Wolf Survive? by Los Lobos[/*:m] [*]Hallowed Ground by Violent Femmes[/*:m] [*]Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution[/*:m] [*]Learning to Crawl by the Prentenders[/*:m] [*]Alchemy by Dire Straits It's sort of a hybrid between what I was listening to that year and what I went nuts for in subsequent years. A Bunch More I Loaded Up on from That Year[/*:m] [*]Hyena by Siouxsie and the Banshees[/*:m] [*]Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads[/*:m] [*]Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions[/*:m] [*]Stoneage Romeos by Hoodoo Gurus[/*:m] [*]Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü[/*:m] [*]The Smiths by The Smiths[/*:m] [*]Run DMC by Run DMC[/*:m] [*]Building the Perfect Beast by Don Henley[/*:m] [*]Sparkle in the Rain by Simple Minds'[/*:m] [*]It's My Life by Talk Talk[/*:m] [*]Red Roses for Me by The Pogues[/*:m] [*]Red Sails in the Sunset by Midnight Oil[/*:m] [*]From Her to Eternity by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Things I Took Great Pains to Avoid [*]Slide it In by Whitesnake[/*:m] [*]Like a Virgin by Madonna[/*:m] [*]Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood[/*:m] [*]Animalize by Kiss[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Things I Laughed at at the Time but Gained a Grudging Respect For [*]Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen[/*:m] [*]1984 by Van Halen[/*:m] [*]Heartbeat City by The Cars[/*:m] [*]Body and Soul by Joe Jackson[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Things I Had a Grudging Respect for but Now Can't Stand [*]Red Hot Chili Peppers by Red Hot Chili Peppers[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Greatest Hits Albums I Wore a Hole In [*]Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers[/*:m][/list:o]

TransMonk Jul 28 2012 09:36 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

1984 was the height of SST Records (IMO) as they released a few classics that year in addition to Zen Arcade: Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen Slip It In - Black Flag My War - Black Flag Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets

batmagadanleadoff Jul 28 2012 09:43 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

[list=1]A Top Ten o' Mine [*]The Unforgettable Fire by U2 Totally agree. Not necessarily sayin' it's the best of '84, but my favorite. Two more good ones from '84 not yet mentioned in this thread: Mets – Willets Point wrote: That's it, I'm voting for [Huey Lewis and the News'] Sports.

The Second Spitter Jul 28 2012 10:42 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Two more good ones from '84 not yet mentioned in this thread: Holy shit. How could I forget about this album? I make love to this album every night. Batmags, I hate to say it, but you have exceeded yourself. Gwreck wrote: No offense taken, I'm not putting Bruce in the top spot here myself. No worries, mate. "I'm on Fire" is still the best song of 1985. Even a future First Lady of the United States of America agrees. (You'll see in 8 years).

Ashie62 Jul 28 2012 12:04 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

[list=1]A Top Ten o' Mine [*]The Unforgettable Fire by U2[/*:m] [*]Ocean Rain by Echo & the Bunnymen[/*:m] [*]Let It Be by The Replacements[/*:m] [*]Reckoning by REM[/*:m] [*]My Ever-Changing Moods by the Style Council[/*:m] [*]How Will the Wolf Survive? by Los Lobos[/*:m] [*]Hallowed Ground by Violent Femmes[/*:m] [*]Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution[/*:m] [*]Learning to Crawl by the Prentenders[/*:m] [*]Alchemy by Dire Straits It's sort of a hybrid between what I was listening to that year and what I went nuts for in subsequent years. A Bunch More I Loaded Up on from That Year[/*:m] [*]Hyena by Siouxsie and the Banshees[/*:m] [*]Stop Making Sense[/*:m] [*]Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions[/*:m] [*]Stoneage Romeos by Hoodoo Gurus[/*:m] [*]Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü[/*:m] [*]The Smiths by The Smiths[/*:m] [*]Run DMC by Run DMC[/*:m] [*]Building the Perfect Beast by Don Henley[/*:m] [*]Sparkle in the Rain by Simple Minds'[/*:m] [*]It's My Life by Talk Talk[/*:m] [*]Red Roses for Me by The Pogues[/*:m] [*]Red Sails in the Sunset by Midnight Oil[/*:m] [*]From Her to Eternity by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Things I Took Great Pains to Avoid [*]Slide it In by Whitesnake[/*:m] [*]Like a Virgin by Madonna[/*:m] [*]Welcome to the Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes to Hollywood[/*:m] [*]Animalize by Kiss[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Things I Laughed at at the Time but Gained a Grudging Respect For [*]Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen[/*:m] [*]1984 by Van Halen[/*:m] [*]Heartbeat City by The Cars[/*:m] [*]Body and Soul by Joe Jackson[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Things I Had a Grudging Respect for but Now Can't Stand [*]Red Hot Chili Peppers by Red Hot Chili Peppers[/*:m][/list:o] [list=1]Greatest Hits Albums I wore a Hole In [*]Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers[/*:m][/list:o] Nice call on Husker Du...I had Madonna on my list because I had a girlfriend at the time who made it very very special for me...

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2012 04:07 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

But the underlying thing this record had (as with the VH and Bruce rekkids) was that they all had a buzz around them suggesting they'd be huge no matter what shit turned up on them. I think MTV did a lot to smooth out the bumps between styles and regional tastes for better and worse and helped create an atmosphere for this. My memory of 1984 is as the year that rock radio fully slid into the singles oriented format that they were originally created to combat. And, I know that there are some who'll claim that TRUE free-format radio really only existed for about a year and a half or so and was pretty much dead soon after Woodstock (or even before) but there remained for a number of years some degree of autonomy within stations to play what their people thought was best without the constraints of market surveys and focus groups. But specifically I was listening to one DJ on WNEW (forget which one at this point) several months after the release of the Born in the USA as he was discussing one of the deeper cuts from that album (IOW, not Dancing in the Dark or the title track) and he was saying (paraphrasing): you know how when an album first comes out and you sort of dismiss some cuts as just filler - but then after a while some of those songs you've been ignoring start to grow on you? Well that's what happened to me with _______. I didn't really pay much attention to it at first but now blah, blah, blah ... at which point he proceeded to play the cut. What I realized fairly quickly - like after hearing that very song 3 or 4 more times later that day and another dozen or so before the week was out - was that his "decision" to play the song wasn't at all due to some 'hearing it again for the first time' moment but rather because it had just been released as a single and that the decision to play or not play songs was no longer in the hands of the disc jockeys despite his intro speech intended to maintain that fiction. The song was now part of the official rotation because the record company had designated it as a single and because the radio station was creating their ever-stricter play list based on those actions. Rock radio was never quite the same after that and maybe the reason the three 'super' albums that started this poll were so highly touted at the time was because of their ability to deliver hits singles over the likes of Prince or The Replacements who were never going to be as hit-friendly. Plus I blame MTV. I always blame MTV.

Edgy MD Jul 28 2012 05:00 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Hey man, I had Stop Makin' at number twelve. My friend had a busted up Toyota called "Swamp," because "What's that? Who's drivin'. Where we goin'? Nobody knows." But we knew we were going to Slipped Disc in Valley Stream to get Stop Makin' the day it came out.

Mets – Willets Point Jul 28 2012 05:31 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

All right, you didn't have to spew vomit over Huey Lewis and the News. It was a joke based on the list in the previous post showing Sports the number one album for just one week amidst all these multi-month behemoths.

Edgy MD Jul 28 2012 05:37 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

It's not like he can now un-vomit.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 29 2012 09:42 PM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

Like a Virgin is actually a really good album. 1. "Material Girl" 2. "Angel" 3. "Like a Virgin" 4. "Over and Over" 5. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" 6. "Dress You Up" 7. "Shoo-Bee-Doo" 8. "Pretender" 9. "Stay" I don't know if it's because I associate it with a good time in my life, but hearing some of the these cuts -- "Dress You Up," "Angel" and "Like a Virgin" in particular -- still bring a smile. While the Police were being crushed by the weight of their own self-importance, Madonna made a fun pop record. "Animalize" is basically Paul Stanley's second solo album. I had two roomates that year. The first introduced me to "Body and Soul" by Joe Jackson -- awesome -- and the second played the snot out of "Learning to Crawl." My favorite album of that school year actually came out in January 1985, just missing the list -- ABC's "How to Be Zillionaire" .

HahnSolo Aug 17 2012 07:11 AM Re: Rank the 1984 superalbums

TransMonk wrote: Hi. I had 6 top 15 singles off my 1984 album. And I'm Canadian. This got heavy, heavy, heavy rotation on the Solo turntable and cassette players. And still on my iPod. Saw him live twice in support of this album.