Top 20 albums of the 1980's

ADD · #1 02-15-2010, 09:21 PM

1. Iron Maiden - Killers
2. Black Flag - My War
3. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
4. Slayer - Show No Mercy
5. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
6. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
7. Megadeth - Peace Sells But Who's Buying
8. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
9. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
10. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
11. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
12. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
13. Venom - Welcome to Hell
14. Van Halen - Women and Children First
15. Danzig - Danzig
16. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
17. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
18. Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
19. Swans - Children of God
20. Metallica - Master of Puppets

JRA · #2 02-15-2010, 09:40 PM

Van Halen II was in 1979.

I also knew Maiden was gonna be #1. What I didn't know was that it was gonna be Killers.

Furthermore, Heaven & Hell can still suck my big black ass.

ADD · #3 02-15-2010, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JRA

Van Halen II was in 1979.

Furthermore, Heaven & Hell can still suck my big black ass.

JRA · #4 02-15-2010, 09:58 PM

Edit: Let's try this again

1. Iron Maiden- The Number of The Beast
2. Metallica- Ride The Lightning
3. Bathory- Under The Sign of The Black Mark
4. Mercyful Fate- Melissa
5. Eric B. & Rakim- Follow The Leader
6. Dark Angel- Darkness Descends
7. Sepultura- Beneath The Remains
8. Helloween- Keeper of The Seven Keys Part 2
9. AC/DC- Back In Black
10. Slayer- Hell Awaits
11. Judas Priest- Screaming For Vengeance
12. Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness
13. Van Halen- Women & Children First
14. Minor Threat- Complete Discography
15. Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation of Millions
16. Megadeth- Peace Sells, But Who's Buying
16. Exodus- Bonded By Blood
17. Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
18. Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
19. Rush- Moving Pictures
20. Death- Scream Bloody Gore

??? Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness

Maiden33 · #5 02-15-2010, 10:11 PM

I'm determined not to overthink this, at least for the time being. So, I just jotted down all the albums I thought, off the top of my head, would rightfully be considered for this list if I were to really make it. This is what I came up with, listed alphabetically:

Anthrax - Spreading the Disease (1985)
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)
Black Sabbath - The Headless Cross (1988)
Blue Murder - Blue Murder (1989)
Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988)
Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Dio - The last in line (1984)
Dio - Dream Evil (1987)
Dokken - Tooth and Nail (1984)
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry (1989)
Helloween - Keeper of the 7 Keys Part I (1987)
Helloween - Keeper of the 7 Keys Part II (1988)
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (1983)
Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time (1986)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Journey - Frontiers (1983)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1988)
Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise (1988)
Moore, Gary - Wild Frontier (1987)
Overkill - The Years of Decay (1989)
Riot - Fire Down Under (1981)
Riot - Thundersteel (1988)
Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King (1987)
Savatage - Gutter Ballet (1989)
Saxon - Strong Arm of the law (1980)
Saxon - Denim and leather (1982)
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance (1986)
Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy (1989)
Thin lizzy - Thunder and lightning (1983)
WASP - WASP (1984)
Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force - Odyssey (1988)

... more or less.

ADD · #6 02-15-2010, 10:14 PM

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Edit: FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT RAP!!

Straight Outta Compton's the new #2 everything else gets bumped down a spot

Natrlhi · #7 02-16-2010, 08:20 AM

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Straight Outta Compton's the new #2 everything else gets bumped down a spot

ATTABOY!

DethMaiden · #8 02-16-2010, 10:01 AM

Damn, I'll do this later when I have some spare time. Literally hundreds of albums deserve to be top 20.

Maiden33 · #9 02-16-2010, 10:05 AM

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Damn, I'll do this later when I have some spare time. Literally hundreds of albums deserve to be top 20.

Hundreds? Not likely. Considering I'm going to guess you've only really heard about 1,000 albums total, I highly doubt several hundred of them deserve to be top 20 in the 80s alone.

DethMaiden · #10 02-16-2010, 10:06 AM

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Hundreds? Not likely. Considering I'm going to guess you've only really heard about 1,000 albums total, I highly doubt several hundred of them deserve to be top 20 in the 80s alone.

Alright, alright, I exaggerated.

But I bet I could make a top 100 from the 80s and think every record on it was at least good.