Sunday, February 25, 2018

Favorite Albums from the 1980s


1. Pirates--Rikkie Lee Jones
2. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins
3. Reach The Beach—The Fixx
4. Boy—U2
5. Rapture--Anita Baker
6. Brilliant Trees—David Sylvian
7. Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror--Harold Budd with Brian Eno
8. Disintegration—The Cure
9. Treasure—Cocteau Twins
10. The Dream Academy—The Dream Academy
11. Strange Kind of Love––Love and Money
12. Idlewild––Everything But The Girl
13. Night and Day—Joe Jackson
14. Pelican West—Haircut One Hundred
15. Still Life (Talking)--Pat Metheny Group
16. High Land, Hard Rain—Aztec Camera
17. Gone to Earth—David Sylvian
18. It's Better to Travel––Swing Out Sister
19. The Hurting—Tears for Fears
20. Everything But The Girl (debut album, U.S. release)—Everything But The Girl
21. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, LeGoya
22. Porcelain––Julia Fordham
23. Eden--Everything But the Girl
24. Cosmic Messenger—Jean-Luc Ponty
25. The Dreaming—Kate Bush
26. New Gold Dream—Simple Minds
27. December—George Winston
28. Songs of Robert Burns—Andy Stewart
29. Discipline—King Crimson
30. Remain in Light—Talking Heads
31. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls—Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
32. Jam on Revenge—Newcleus
33. Orchestral adaptation of music composed by Vangelis for the motion picture Blade Runner--New American Orchestra
34. Yentl--Barbra Streisand
35. Glorious Fool--John Martyn
36. Steve McQueen—Prefab Sprout
37. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia—Ryuichi Sakamoto
38. Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)--Peter Gabriel
39. Shake It Up––Boney James & Rick Braun
40. Blue Bell Knoll––Cocteau Twins
41. Autumn--George Winston
42. Ghost in the Machine—The Police
43. Tom Tom Club--Tom Tom Club
44. Barren Dream--Mr. Sirius
45. 1984—Anthony Phillips
46. 4 Visions--Eskaton
47. The Sensual World—Kate Bush
48. Ambient 3: Day of Radiance--Laraaji
49. The Moon and The Melodies—Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd
50. A Distant Shore––Tracy Thorn

51. Café Bleu––The Style Council
52. Trance Tara––Jonathan Goldman
53. No Borders Here—Jane Siberry
54. Gevecht met de Engel--Flairck
55. Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree...--Andreas Vollenweider
56. Peaceful Evening––Steve & David Gordon
57. October--U2
58. Kaleidoscope World––Swing Out Sister
59. The Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
60. Big Circumstance—Bruce Cockburn
61. Mummer––XTC
59. Vapor Drawings--Mark Isham
60. Stealing Fire—Bruce Cockburn
61. Keep on Doing—The Roches
62. Songs from The Big Chair—Tears for Fears
63. Hats--Blue Nile
64. Welcome to The Pleasure Dome--Frankie Goes to Hollywood
65. The Big Express--XTC
66. Confessions of a Pop Star--Style Council 
67. Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques--Anthony Phillips
68. In No Sense? Nonsense!--Art of Noise
69. Silent Dance--Solstice
70. Amenophis--Amenophis
71. Security”—Peter Gabriel
72. Genesis--Genesis
73. Mlah!--Les Negresses Vertes
74. Purple Rain—Prince
75. The Politics of Dancing--Re-Flex
78. A Secret Wish--Propaganda
79. Oneness--David & Steve Gordon
80. Avalon—Roxy Music
81. Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares--Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares
82. Belo Horizonte--John McLaughlin
83. First Circle--Pat Metheny Group
84. Mystery Walk--M + M
85. Into The Labyrinth--Dead Can Dance
86. Shukuru—Pharoah Sanders
87. The Hounds of Love—Kate Bush
88. Tango Hour—Astor Piazzolo
89. Fourth World Possible Musics, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya—Jon Hassell & Brian Eno
90. The Trouble with Normal—Bruce Cockburn
91. No Frontiers--Mary Black
92. Thriller—Michael Jackson
93. Painter in Sound--Juan Martín
94. Stronger than Pride--Sade
95. Human's Lib--Howard Jones
96. Change of Heart--Change
97. Gaucho--Steely Dan
98. Adventures in Modern Recording--The Buggles
99. Baby, The Lights Shine Bright--Everything But The Girl
100. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun--Dead Can Dance

101. I Cry, I Smile--Narada Michael Walden
102. Secrets from the Beehive—David Sylvian
103. Victorialand—Cocteau Twins
104. Faith--George Michael
105. Letter from Home--Pat Metheny Group
106. Film Music--Mark Isham
107. Skylarking—XTC
108. Whisper Me--Wim Mertens
109. The Lone Rhino—Adrian Belew
110. Don’t Get Weird on Me, Babe—Lloyd Cole
111. Faith--George Michael
112. Marsbéli Krónikák--Solaris
113. Bound by the Beauty--Jane Siberry
114. Sign o' the Times - Prince
115. Yr--Steve Tibbetts
116. From Langley Park to Memphis—Prefab Sprout
117. Yellow Moon--The Neville Brothers
118. Individual Choice—Jean-Luc Ponty
119. Hard--Gang of Four
120. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me—The Cure
121. Les Modernes soundtrack--Mark Isham
122. The Walking--Jane Siberry
123. Meet Danny Wilson--Meet Danny Wilson
124. The Age of Plastic--The Buggles
125. E2-E4--Manuel Göttsching
126. Obras de Violeta Parra--Los Jaivas
127. Stella--Yello
128. Raging Souls--Minimal Compact
129. Love and Money--Everything But The Girl
130. Macalla--Clannad
131. Peter Gabriel (3)—Peter Gabriel
132. Haul Ar Yr Eira--Pererin
133. Internationalists—Style Council
134. Body and Soul--Joe Jackson
135. Past Light--William Ackerman

136. Sky-skating--Annette Peacock
137. Extractions—Dif Juz
138. Hysteria--Def Leppard
139. Muttered Promises from an Ageless Pond--Galadriel
140. Pazzo Fanfano di Musica--Pazzo Fanfano di Musica
141. The Serpent's Egg--Dead Can Dance
142. The Unforgettable Fire--U2
143. Beat—King Crimson
144. Diamond Life—Sade
145. Zazu--Rosie Vela
146. About Face--David Gilmour
147. A New Flame--Simply Red
148. Vertical's Currency--Kip Hanrahan
149. Everything Could Be So Perfect--Anne Pigalle
150. Aerial Boundaries--Michael Hedges

151. Elemental--Loreena McKennitt
152. A Flock of Seagulls--A Flock of Seagulls
153. Ezekiel--Itoiz
154. Children of God--Swans
155. Offramp--Pat Metheny Group
156. Scenario—Al DiMeola
157. Back in Black--AC/DC
158. Zenyattà Mondatta--The Police
159. Peaceful Evening--David & Steve Gordon
160. War--U2
161. Introducing the Style Council--The Style Council
162. Never For Ever--Kate Bush
163. Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics--Brian Eno & Jon Hassell
164. Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem--SBB
165. Duke-Genesis
166. Promise--Sade

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