Forgotten Albums of the 80's

Point 1: Okay remember this is my list of forgotten albums from the 80’s. These are albums that I think don’t get their fair share of credit these days or perhaps they have just fallen a bit below the critical radar.

Point 2: Don’t darken my door with comments about why isn’t The Queen is Dead or Psychocandy on the list or why isn’t your favourite Talking Heads, Public Enemy, Joy Division , Elvis Costello album on the list – these are neither forgotten or below the critical radar (see above).

Point 3: I can put in as many Monochrome Set albums as I see fit (this has been wittled down from 5)

1. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth (1980)
2. The Monochrome Set – Strange Boutique (1980)
3. Peter Gabriel - Gabriel 3 (1980)
4. Nic Jones - Penguins Eggs (1980)
5. Teardrop Explodes – Wilder (1981)
6. King Crimson – Discipline (1981)
7. Josef K - The Only Fun in Town (1981)
8. The Scars - Author! Author! (1981)
9. Bad Brains - Bad Brains (1982)
10. The Monochrome Set – Volume Contrast Brilliance (1983)
11. The Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip (1983)
12. Ben Watt - North Marine Drive (1983)
13. Brian Eno – Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983)
14. The Pale Fountains – Pacific Street (1984)
15. David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees (1984)
16. The Meat Puppets - The Meat Puppets II (1984)
17. The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
18. The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express (1986)
19. It’s Immaterial - Life's Hard and Then You Die (1986)
20. The Jungle Brothers - Done by the forces of Nature 1989)

* Note a few of these albums do suffer from rather nasty 80’s production values (strange Phil Collins style echo drums and digital keyboards with odd voicings) but they all have some great stuff on them and deserve another listen.