1 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
2 Doolittle Pixies
3 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul
4 Bizarro The Wedding Present
5 Technique New Order
6 Hats The Blue Nile
7 Oh, Mercy Bob Dylan
8 Disintegration The Cure
8 Club Classics Vol. 1/Keep On Movin' Soul II Soul
9 The Sensual World Kate Bush
10 Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys
11 Oranges & Lemons XTC
12 Like a Prayer Madonna
13 On Fire Galaxie 500
15 Playing with Fire Spacemen 3
16 Freedom Neil Young
17 13 Songs (Fugazi EP + Margin Walker EP) Fugazi
18 Bleach Nirvana
19 Ukrainian John Peel Sessions The Wedding Present
20 Today Galaxie 500

50 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals
49 Ride On Time Black Box
48 Too Much Kissing Senseless Things
47 Mr Disco New Order
46 Keep On Movin' Soul II Soul
45 Can't Be Sure The Sundays
44 Good Life Inner City
43 Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Marc Almond and Gene Pitney
42 Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young
41 The Mayor of Simpleton XTC
40 Just Like Heaven Dinosaur Jr.
39 Pictures of You The Cure
38 The Sensual World Kate Bush
37 Hallelujah Happy Mondays
36 Vanishing Point New Order
35 This Women's Work Kate Bush
34 Getting Away with It Electronic
33 People Hold On Coldcut
32 Orange Crush R.E.M.
31 Like a Prayer Madonna
30 Sit Down James
29 Hey Ladies Beastie Boys
28 She Bangs the Drum The Stone Roses
27 Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey
26 Isn't It A Pity Galaxie 500
25 Hey Pixies
24 So Alive Love & Rockets
23 Eye Know De La Soul
22 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses
21 Most of the Time Bob Dylan
20 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
19 Head On The Jesus and Mary Chain
18 Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears
17 Back to Life Soul II Soul
16 Lullaby The Cure
15 Into The White Pixies
14 Say No Go De La Soul
13 Fools Gold The Stone Roses
12 Monkey Gone to Heaven Pixies
11 This Is The One The Stone Roses
10 Brassneck The Wedding Present
9 Pacific State 808 State
8 About a Girl Nirvana
7 Me Myself and I De La Soul
6 Wave of Mutilation Pixies
5 Gouge Away Pixies
4 Kennedy The Wedding Present
3 Fight the Power Public Enemy
2 I Am the Resurrection The Stone Roses
1 Debaser Pixies

Do the lists have to be sent by email this month ?

Albums:

1) Pixies - Doolittle
2) Steve Reich - Kronos Quartet: Different Trains / Pat Metheny: Electronic Counterpart
3) Pere Ubu - Cloudland
4) Mano Negra - Puta's Fever
5) Alain Bashung - Novice
6) Kat Onoma - Stock Phrases
7) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8) And Also the Trees - Farewell to the Shade
9) Urban Dance Squad - Mental Floss for the Globe
10) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11) XTC - Oranges & Lemons
12) Kate Bush - The Sensual World
13) Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
14) Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
15) Public Image Ltd. - 9
16) New Order - Technique
17) The Cure - Disintegration
18) Lou Reed - New York
19) Nirvana - Bleach
20) Chris Isaak - Heart Shaped World

Songs:

1) Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
2) Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
3) Pixies - Debaser
4) Nirvana - About a Girl
5) Mano Negra - Soledad
6) Pere Ubu - Love Love Love
7) Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
8) The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
9) Pixies - No. 13 Baby
10) Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
11) Alain Bashung - Étrange été
12) Pere Ubu - Cry
13) Public Enemy - Fight the Power
14) Mano Negra - Pas Assez De Toi
15) Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
16) Love & Rockets - So Alive
17) Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
18) The B-52's - Love Shack
19) Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
20) Neneh Cherry - Manchild

ALBUMS:

1. PIXIES “Doolittle” (#26 in my all-time list)
2. DE LA SOUL “3 Feet High and Rising” (#50)
3. MADONNA “Like a Prayer” (#83)
4. LOU REED “New York”
5. THE STONE ROSES “The Stone Roses”
6. THE BLUE NILE “Hats”
7. THE CURE “Disintegration”
8. NEIL YOUNG “Freedom”
9. BOB DYLAN “Oh Mercy”
10. ROY ORBISON AND FRIENDS “A Black and White Night Live”
11. JULEE CRUISE “Floating into the Night”
12. NENEH CHERRY “Raw Like Sushi”
13. THE NEVILLE BROTHERS “Yellow Moon”
14. MANO NEGRA “Puta’s Fever”
15. NEW ORDER “Technique”
16. JAKOB HELLMAN “…och stora havet” (thanks to Henrik and to Spotify)
17. XTC “Oranges and Lemons”
18. TOM PETTY “Full Moon Fever”
19. DANIEL LANOIS “Acadie”
20. SPACEMEN 3 “Playing with Fire”
21. CAETANO VELOSO “Estrangeiro”
22. DAVID BYRNE “Rei Momo”
23. THE ROLLING STONES “Steel Wheels”
24. SOUL II SOUL “Club Classics, Vol. One”
25. INNER CITY “Paradise”


SONGS:

1. LOU REED “Dirty Blvd.” (#58 in my all-time list)
2. THE STONE ROSES “This Is the One” (#57)
3. PIXIES “Monkey Gone to Heaven” (#59)
4. PIXIES “Debaser” (#140)
5. CHRIS ISAAK “Wicked Game” (#209)
6. DE LA SOUL “Me, Myself & I” (#221)
7. PUBLIC ENEMY “Fight the Power”
8. NEIL YOUNG “Rockin’ in the Free World”
9. THE CURE “Lullaby”
10. JULEE CRUISE “Falling”
11. THE BLUE NILE “The Downtown Lights”
12. DEPECHE MODE “Personal Jesus”
13. ELVIS COSTELLO “Veronica”
14. XTC “The Major of Simpleton”
15. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS “Good Thing”
16. ROY ORBISON “You Got It”
17. BOB DYLAN “Most of the Time”
18. THE STONE ROSES “Made of Stone”
19. PIXIES “Here Comes Your Man”
20. MADONNA “Like a Prayer”
21. NENEH CHERRY “Manchild”
22. SOUL II SOUL “Back to Life”
23. INNER CITY “Good Life”
24. DE LA SOUL “The Magic Number”
25. THE NEVILLE BROTHERS “Yellow Moon”
26. NEIL YOUNG “Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part 1)”
27. BOB DYLAN “Everything Is Broken”
28. LOU REED “Romeo Had Juliette”
29. LA FRONTERA “El límite”
30. PAUL McCARTNEY “My Brave Face”
31. JAKOB HELLMAN “Vara vänner”
32. LA GRANJA “Magia en tus ojos”
33. THE CURE “Pictures of You”
34. PIXIES “Wave of Mutilation”
35. TIN MACHINE “I Can’t Read”
36. LENNY KRAVITZ “Mr. Cab Driver”
37. THE B-52’S “Love Shack”
38. MADONNA “Cherish”
39. NENEH CHERRY “Kisses on the Wind”
40. MANO NEGRA “King Kong Five”
41. DE LA SOUL “Eye Know”
42. PIXIES “Hey”
43. MADONNA “Oh Father”
44. THE BLUE NILE “Let’s Go Out Tonight”
45. THE CURE “Love Song”
46. THE STONE ROSES “I Wanna Be Adored”
47. DUNCAN DHU “Entre salitre y sudor”
48. 091 “Qué fue del siglo XX”
49. BOB DYLAN “Ring Them Bells”
50. LOU REED “Halloween Parade”


FAVOURITE COMPILATION:THE ROLLING STONES “Singles Collection : The London Years”

Classic rock. When the last sparkles of the “movida” went out and before the indie scene broke during the early 90s, the Spanish music scene of the late 80s became much less interesting (except for the new flamenco bands as Pata Negra or Ketama). Many bands (including Rubber, my band at that time) were influenced by American classic rock, coming from 80s revival bands like Smithereens or Green on Red or from true classics that experienced a kind of resurrection at the end of the decade like Bob Dylan or Neil Young. One of these Spanish-American bands were La Frontera (The Border) that dressed as if they were acting in a Sergio Leone spaghetti-western movie and played a country-rockabilly style during their first three albums. Their fourth album, “Rosa de los vientos” (“Wind Rose”), found them instead trying to achieve a more classic sound, reaching with that move a massive success in Spain at the time. The band leader Javier Andreu for Efe Eme in 2005: “The “Wind Rose” was the definitive album. It was a surprise, and although we were criticised for a more pop-oriented sound, the election of Jesús Gómez as the producer was not predetermined for that (… We didn’t expect yet that smash hit with our four album”.
The song selected is “El límite” (“The Limit” or “The Border”), a song that Andreu wrote about José Battaglio that just left the band after co-writing with Andreu almost every song from the first three albums. Andreu in 2006: “I was feeling alone and paralyzed from pure vertigo”. He took the lyrics for the chorus from a passage of the New Testament: “I always though about the Bible as a good adventure book where you can find good titles for rock songs”. And, well, that’s my selection from a not particularly good year for Spanish music.


EL LÍMITE
Composer: Javier Andreu
Performer: LA FRONTERA
First release: 1989 (“Rosa de los vientos” album)
Length: 4’38”

Escucha bien, mi viejo amigo,
no sé si recordarás
aquellos tiempos ahora perdidos
por las calles de esta ciudad.

Leímos juntos libros prohibidos,
creímos que nada nos haría cambiar,
vivimos siempre esperando una señal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

Es duro estar tan abatido,
cuando no sientes el dolor,
es como clavar un cuchillo
en lo más hondo del corazón.

Escucha bien, mi viejo amigo,
nunca olvidé nuestra amistad.
La vida es solo un juego
en el que hay que apostar
si quieres ganar.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

No es difícil encontrar
el paraíso en la oscuridad.
La fortuna viene en un barco
sin rumbo y sin capitán.

Escucha bien, mi viejo amigo,
si algún día nos volvemos a ver
solo espero que todo sea como ayer.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.

En el límite del bien (el límite del bien),
en el límite del mal (el límite del mal).
Te esperaré
en el límite del bien y del mal.


THE BORDER

Listen to me, my old friend,
I don’t know if you remember
those wasted times
down the streets of this town.

We read together forbidden books,
we thought that nothing could change us,
we always lived waiting for a sign.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

It’s hard to be so dejected,
without feeling any pain,
it’s like plunging a dagger
deeply into the heart.

Listen to me, my old friend,
I never forgot our friendship.
Life is only a game,
you must bet if you want to win.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

It’s not difficult to find
the paradise in the shadows.
Fortune comes in a ship
with no course and no captain.

Listen to me, my old friend,
if someday we meet again
I only hope that everything will be
just like yesterday.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.

At the border of good (the border of good),
at the border of evil (the border of evil).
I’ll wait for you
at the border of good and evil.


I don’t why merely two weeks ago I found the original video in you tube and now it’s removed. Anyway this is a live version from 1992 quite true to the original:

1989 :the Roy O year for me (I'm not much followed, but ...)

albums

1. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
2. Lou Reed - New York
3. Roy Orbison - A Black And White Night Live
4. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
5. Noir Désir - Veuillez rendre l'âme (à qui elle appartient)
6. Neil Young - Freedom
7. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
8. The Jayhawks - Blue Earth
9. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken, vol. 2
10. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
11. Queen Latifah - All Hail To The Queen
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
13. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
14. Philip Glass - Solo Piano
15. Caetano Veloso - Estrangeiro
16. Pixies - Doolittle
17. Fela Kuti - Beasts Of No Nation
18. Ice-T - The Iceberg - Freedom Of Speech (Just Watch What You Say)
19. The Cure - Disintegration
20. Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Rack'em Up

Songs

1. Neil Young - Rocking In The Free World
2. Roy Orbison - In The Real World
3. Roy Orbison - The Comedians
4. Lou Reed - Good Evening Mr Waldheim
5. Roy Orbison - Windsurfer
6. Lou Reed - Xmas in february
7. De La Soul - Buddy
8. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
9. The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon
10. Noir Désir - Aux sombres héros de l'amer
11. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Michael Martin Murphey - Lost River
12. The Cure - Lullaby
13. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
14. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
15. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
16. Public Enemy - Fight The Power
17. Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
18. Jayhawks - Two Angels
19. Caetano Veloso - Branquinha
20. Faith No More - Epic

Songs
1) Public Enemy – Fight the Power
2) Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World
3) Tom Petty – Free Fallin’
4) Faith No More – Epic
5) Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
6) The Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
7) Pixies – Debaser
8) De La Soul – Magic Number
9) Tom Petty – Running Down a Dream
10) Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy
11) De la Soul – Me, Myself and I
12) Lenny Kravitz – Mr. Cab Driver
13) Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
14) Lou Reed – Dirty Blvd.
15) Aerosmith – Janie’s Got a Gun
16) The Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
17) B-52’s – Love Shack
18) The Neville Brothers – My Blood
19) Bob Dylan – Everything Is Broken
20) The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored

Thanks Henrik
We have three same songs in top 4 and same #1 in albums so I can also say that your lists are fantastic too.


Great update by the way.

I hope I'm not too late. It's not yet midnight here. Can't believe I never got around to listening to Bob Mould (Workbook), Fugazi (13 Songs), New Order (Technique), and lots of other stuff quite possibly worthy of a hearing. Once again, I'll whine that ordering those that I did get around to listening to is hard, because once again I've discovered a lot of surprisingly good music. The '80s have a much undeserved reputation as a musical wasteland. A lot of good music from old lions. A lot of good music from (then) young lions, some of whom burned out much too quickly (sorry for the mixed metaphor--though if Blake can have a tiger burning bright, why can't I have a lion?).

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Nirvana - Bleach
3. Pixies - Doolittle
4. Lou Reed - New York
5. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
6. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
7. Bob Dylan - Oh, Mercy
8. Neil Young - Freedom
9. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
10. Branford Marsalis - Trio Jeepy
11. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
12. Elvis Costello - Spike
13. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
14. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
15. Aerosmith - Pump

I'm sentimental about 1989 because it is the first year that I really got into music. My top 3 albums are in my top 6 all-time, and I will always look back with rose-tinted glasses on the magical time it was for me as a fan with ears open to a wholly new world.

Albums:

1. Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814
2. The Cure- Disintegration
3. Madonna- Like a Prayer
4. Aerosmith- Pump
5. Eurythmics- We Too Are One
6. Technotronic- Pump Up the Jam
7. Prince- Batman
8. New Order- Technique
9. Motley Crue- Dr. Feelgood
10. Sugarcubes- Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!
11. B-52's- Cosmic Thing
12. Stone Roses- Stone Roses

Songs:

1. The Cure- "Lovesong"
2. Madonna- "Oh Father"
3. The Cure- "Fascination Street"
4. Depeche Mode- "Personal Jesus"
5. Aerosmith- "Janie's Got a Gun"
6. Janet Jackson- "Black Cat"
7. Eurythmics- "Don't Ask Me Why"
8. Motley Crue- "Kickstart My Heart"
9. New Order- "Vanishing Point"
10. Janet Jackson- "State of the World"
11. The Cure- "Plainsong"
12. Madonna- "Dear Jessie"
13. The Cure- "Lullaby"
14. Janet Jackson- "Miss You Much"
15. Janet Jackson- "Rhythm Nation"
16. Tom Petty- "Free Fallin'"
17. Prince- "Trust"
18. Madonna- "Cherish"
19. The Cure- "Fear of Ghosts"
20. Prince- "The Future"
21. Madonna- "Promise to Try"
22. The Cure- "Pictures of You"
23. Janet Jackson- "Someday Is Tonight"
24. Prince- "Batdance"
25. Janet Jackson- "Alright"
26. Faith No More- "Epic"
27. The Cure- "Prayers for Rain"
28. Technotronic- "Tough"
29. Tesla- "Love Song"
30. B-52's- "Topaz"

Albuns

01 - Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
02 - Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
03 - Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
04 - Atheist - Piece Of Time
05 - D.R.I. - Thrash Zone
06 - Kreator - Extreme Aggression
07 - King Diamond - Conspiracy
08 - Savatage - Gutter Ballet
09 - Terrorizer - World Downfall
10 - Sodom - Agent Orange
11 - Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind
12 - Autopsy - Severed Survival
13 - Coroner - No More Color
14 - Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
15 - Annihilator - Alice in Hell
16 - Obituary - Slowly We Rot
17 - X Japan - Blue Blood
18 - Overkill - The Years Of Decay
19 - Running Wild - Death or Glory
20 - Testament - Practice What You Preach
21 - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
22 - Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
23 - Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
24 - Candlemass - Tales of Creation
25 - Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
26 - Dark Angel - Leave Scars
27 - Lizzy Borden - Master of Disguise
28 - Extreme Noise Terror - Holocaust in Your Head
29 - Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
30 - Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care
31 - Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
32 - Rage - Secrets In A Weird World
33 - Sarcófago - Rotting
34 - Skid Row - Skid Row

And here they are, the final 10 albums and songs to go on to the next round. The next round and instructions will be posted tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Albums
1) Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
2) Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3) Pixies - Surfer Rosa
4) R.E.M. - Green
5) The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
6) Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
7) Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
9) My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
10) Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

Songs
1) Pixies - Debaser
2) The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
3) Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
4) Public Enemy - Fight The Power
5) Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
6) Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
7) The Cure - Lullaby
De La Soul - Me Myself And I
9) Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
10) The Stone Roses - Fools Gold


For the complete list, check . As always, please notify me of any mistakes.

Alright, that was stupid. Here's the albums list:

Albums
1) Pixies - Doolittle
2) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3) De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
4) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
5) The Cure - Disintegration
6) Lou Reed - New York
7) Neil Young - Freedom
Madonna - Like A Prayer
9) Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
10) New Order - Technique

Might not make a VAST difference, Stephan, but I notice Henley's END OF THE INNOCENCE album appears twice in that spreadsheet.

Thanks for the results, Stephan. All decent qualifiers, I would say.

One little correction: I did not vote for Bolt Thrower, but gave the 12 points to David Byrne's Rei Momo. But as usual without any consequences ...

Looking forward to vote for the ultimate 100!

Thanks for the results Stephan.

Four songs that I voted are in positions 11-14 and
five albums in positions 12-16.

One correction: I noticed that Sepultura's album is twice in the sheet (Vgrd and Ze voted it).

Just won '3 Feet High And Rising' in an auction yesterday - slightly too late for the '89 poll but at least I'll have it for the finale.

Did I violate some criterion for inclusion, because I don't see my votes in the final tabulation? I don't think it was that I was too late, because Moonbeam's and Ze's lists counted.

Never mind. I see that my votes are listed under "Rocky Raccoon" (who's name shows up twice).

I thought a second that Bleach would have made to top 10 (because it was Mike's #2) but no. Still my albums places are 12-16.

Another correction:
Jon Gibson's Heart and Soul have 0 points. I noticed that it was #2 at Greg Rumpffs list.

Ah, more than a few mistakes I see. Most of them are either caused by the last-minute inclusion of Ze's list (I was ready to post them when I saw his list) or because of my hurry to get this one up as soon as possible so I can start on the finale. My bad.

All changes edited.

Don't feel too bad about the mistakes. We all make them. Like my writing "who's" for "whose."

Anyway, many thanks to you for running the poll!

Do you have a spreadsheet with all 100 qualifiers for the final poll? I want to get an early jump on anything in I might not have heard that I might want to.

Luckily it doesn't make a difference to the top 10, but my songs weren't listed. "Epic" and "Personal Jesus" come really close, though.

Damn, that's a big one. Sorry Rocky. Edited the list.

BillAdama: The list will be posted shortly, I just wanted to make sure there are no more mistakes in this one first.

Great work, Stephan! Will there be any changes from the 90s poll to the scoring system in the 80s poll?

I don't think the last change (with Rocky Raccoon's songs) has been uploaded.

OK, forget about my question. I hadn't seen your new threads about this.