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1997 to 1978: 20 albums I appreciate

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Poll Question: If you appreciate any of these, vote for up to five
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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2 [2.53%]
2 [2.53%]
4 [5.06%]
5 [6.33%]
1 [1.27%]
7 [8.86%]
1 [1.27%]
5 [6.33%]
1 [1.27%]
5 [6.33%]
2 [2.53%]
12 [15.19%]
1 [1.27%]
1 [1.27%]
6 [7.59%]
3 [3.80%]
6 [7.59%]
2 [2.53%]
3 [3.80%]
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    Posted: December 07 2022 at 12:18
I formerly did a 2022 to 1998 albums that I appreciate poll, and this is a continuation covering twenty years. I opted not to duplicate any acts which has an album in the last poll and not to have a band/artist covered more than once in this poll. Note too that these are not necessarily my favourite albums by these acts and of course I have various albums I like for all of these years.

I made a playlist covering a favoured by me track off each album. In some cases I just went with what is available (U Totem had two others I would have gone for sooner). I also excluded albums this time where no individual tracks were on youtube (Masal is one long composition). I'm quite happy with the list even though I easily could have gone with others. In some cases I opted to go with a lesser known one (and in this case of Cos, a not generally so highly regarded album).



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IL0qbURhxV0GDnSOMivdnQ

1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1996: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1995: Björk - Post
1994: Tortoise - Tortoise
1993: Holger Czukay - Moving Pictures
1992: Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind
1991: Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
1990: U Totem - U Totem
1989: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
1988: Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite AKIRA
1987: Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
1986: Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1984: Jean-Paul Prat - Masal
1983: Zanov - In Course of Time
1982: Laurie Anderson - Big Science
1981: Eskaton - 4 Visions
1980: Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur
1979: Vortex - Les Cycles de Thanatos
1978: Cos - Babel

Feel free to vote for up to five choices if you enjoy that many if you wish. Or six..., or one, or none and you tell me something about what you like if none of these appeal, doesn't really matter. And feel free to vote based on the youtube playlist, although those might not have been your preferred tracks from the albums. And feel comfortable voting with very limited knowledge, this is about mentioning and voting for any ones, if any, that appeal to you. Hopefully some will check out the playlist, but it's also really for me to return to some of my old faves.

Edited by Logan - December 07 2022 at 12:23
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2022 at 12:38
1. Kate Bush
2. Dead Can Dance
3. Radiohead
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Manuel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2022 at 12:45
Moving Pictures by Holger Czukay. Great music on this album.
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Shub-Niggurath
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2022 at 12:59
A few I don't know, a few are not my thing. 
I will listen to those albums I don't know and get back to the poll. 


Edited by Cristi - December 07 2022 at 13:00
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mormegil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2022 at 13:32
Dead Can Dance for this round.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote suitkees Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2022 at 13:42
Hmm, in the end not that difficult to single out five or six albums from this list... My choices are:

1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1993: Holger Czukay - Moving Pictures
1987: Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
1982: Laurie Anderson - Big Science
1980: Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur

Closely followed by Kate Bush...

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Hounds of Love
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2022 at 15:10
Another outstanding collection. Let's see. Can't vote around Talk Talk, Holger Czukay, Cardiacs. Then there's Kate Bush, Radiohead, Eskaton, Art Zoyd, Bjork, Tortoise, Dead Can Dance and Yamashirogumi competing for the two remaining votes. Of those, Bjork and Tortoise currently stand at zero so I'll go for them.

Positively surprised that I'm already the fourth one voting for Holger.



Edited by Lewian - December 07 2022 at 15:11
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Rick1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2022 at 05:10
Some great choices there but I will give it the one I gave a spin to recently - that little gem by Cardiacs.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Saperlipopette! Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2022 at 05:27
These are the ten most essential for me. The three first ones are my top three, but I will have to come back to select to more.

Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur
Tortoise - Tortoise
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Zanov - In Course of Time
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Vortex - Les Cycles de Thanatos
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote King of Loss Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2022 at 13:27
Some absolutely masterpieces here, but Kate Bush's Hounds of Love is by far the best album of the 1980s. It is an absolute masterpiece of a masterpiece! Thumbs Up
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mellotron Storm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 08 2022 at 16:57
Shub Niggurath but many great albums here. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote someone_else Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2022 at 00:59
Not familiar with many of these, but Kate Bush and Radiohead at least deserve a vote.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2022 at 08:21
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Another outstanding collection. Let's see. Can't vote around Talk Talk, Holger Czukay, Cardiacs. Then there's Kate Bush, Radiohead, Eskaton, Art Zoyd, Bjork, Tortoise, Dead Can Dance and Yamashirogumi competing for the two remaining votes. Of those, Bjork and Tortoise currently stand at zero so I'll go for them.

Positively surprised that I'm already the fourth one voting for Holger.



I might have said that his Moving Pictures received so many votes so quickly was because it was confused with a certain album from a somewhat known trio from Canada whose singer reminds me of David Surkamp from Pavlov's Dog, and has been known to morph into the lead singer of Xanadu (i.e. Olivia Newton John), but we see the love for it in the thread, and I share that love. Wonderful album which I prefer to Rush's album of the same name. I also prefer the   Jeff Lynne penned Olivia Newton John Xanadu to Rudsh's despite liking the Rush considerably, which has received some incredulous reactions from various people here, but I don't think people who know Holger Czukay's Moving Pictures (let alone my tastes) would be incredulous when I say that it's my favourite Moving Pictures.

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This would be so hard for me to vote in, as expected since it's my choices:

Today I go with (in poll order):
Radiohead - OK Computer
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Holger Czukay - Moving Pictures
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur
and Cos - Babel

Not cheating, despite my poll question I did say in my OP that one could go for six, and already that is too few for me. Kate Bush (amazing album) and Tortoise and others should be there too, but then I am of course very into all of these.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2022 at 17:34
I had wanted to mention that the theme for Radiohead's Exit Music (For a Film) theme, the song is on OK Computer and is one of my very favourite songs, was used to great effect in the finale and I think most powerful part of Westworld any season (well part of it anyway).



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Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind
Tortoise - Tortoise

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Radiohead - OK Computer
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
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1981: Eskaton - 4 Visions
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