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ROCK AND ROLL! => All Them Other Guys => Topic started by: Jack the Stripper on August 16, 2018, 06:05:13 AM
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1981 - After the groundbreaking year that was 1980, 1981 proved to be decidedly weaker by comparison to the amount of quality groundbreaking releases. But of those quality albums, we did get get some absolute classics that have left an indelible mark on the history of Metal and Hard Rock.
Vote for what you consider to be the five best albums from 1981.
Once this poll is done and we have a winner we'll move onto 1982 and so on...
Then we'll put all the winners from the years 80-89 up against each other to determine the greatest metal/hard rock album from the 80's.
Poll will run for five days before closing.
Vote away :headbanger:
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The first four are easy:
ac/dc
Black Sabbath
Ozzy
Iron Maiden
Last one is the toughest:
Van Halen or Saxon
I will listen to both albums today at work and be back later to put in my vote.
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4 easy choices (Mob Rules, Diary of a Madman, Moving Pictures and Future Shock) and then it was pick 1 from 4 (AC/DC, Rainbow, Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy) I went with AC/DC, give it a few minutes and I might have chosen one of the others!
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With what I liked most, I went with
Mob Rules
Moving Pictures <-- ZERO hesitation on these two, I sought them out like a crazed shopper looks for that one popular toy the day before Christmas
Denim and Leather <-- sang this song as I clicked it, it's still running in my mind
Don't Say No <-- switched from Difficult to Cure to this one. Because awesome, monster release.
Fair Warning <-- Best VH album, the top of their game.
Honorable mentions to Future Shock, Difficult to Cure, For Those About to Rock
I loved 1981, it was when I was starting to really build out my record collection. Great year for rock.
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I went with...
Accept - Breaker
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Iron Maiden - Killers
Found it hard leaving out Welcome To Hell but the others just had a that little more of a pronounced impact on me and still get regular plays to this day. Would also like to give a nod to Renegade one of my favourite Lizzy albums and also albums by Rose Tattoo, Saxon, Kiss, Priest and VH.
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There are 4 obvious choices but the 5th one took some thinking...
The Mob Rules OBVIOUSLY it being Black Sabbath's best album and all..
Diary Of A Madman OBVIOUSLY it being Ozzy's best album and all...
Future Shock and Double Trouble from Gillan!
But then the 5th one wasn't nearly as easy anymore...
Killers is one of my least favourite Maiden albums and my least favourite of the classic 6 so there is no way I can choose that...
Point Of Entry has three or four good songs but the rest are meh at best so no...
Rainbow without Ronnie isn't even in the books...
So then it was pretty much down to AC/DC, Joan Jett and Venom...I went with Joanie, cause she is just...well...great.
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The first four are easy:
ac/dc
Black Sabbath
Ozzy
Iron Maiden
Last one is the toughest:
Van Halen or Saxon
I will listen to both albums today at work and be back later to put in my vote.
Saxon just a tiny bit over VH
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^^ What Charger said about Point of Entry. It's a disappointing album, to be sure. Not just because of the albums it's in between. It's disappointing completely on its own merits.
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Black Sabbath - Mob Rules. this album was shown to world who was # 1.
Def Leppard - High 'n Dry. if I don't take it in the list, I will be a pure hypocrite. I played this album dozens and dozens of times that year. Which explains my deep disappointment with Pyromania.
Iron Maiden - Killers. back in 1981: all these teenagers wearing Killer t-shirts without being a die-hard fan had disgusted me with the album before listening to it in its entirety. Years later, I enjoyed this monster album.
Van Halen - Fair Warning. my favorite VH album with I and WACF.
Venom - Welcome To Hell. this masterpiece is the year zero of the extreme Metal. A Wall fell heavily. Welcome to the new world.
Special Mention to :
Electric Sun - Fire Wind , a must.
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of A Madman
Riot - Fire Down Under . Thrash Metal could find some roots here.
Rose Tattoo - Assault and Battery . The real bad boys .
Future Shock/Double Trouble - Gillan . Two albums I' ve discovered very late . Excellent !
Thin Lizzy - Renegade . Angel of Death and Renegade songs are just unforgettable.
UFO - The Wild, The Willing and the Innocent. Very first album with Neil Carter and his saxophone. so underrated .
Whitesnake - Come an' Get It . The true Blues Rock of their golden era created by Moody/Marsden duet . The veritable sound of the band.
great year indeed.
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^^ What Charger said about Point of Entry. It's a disappointing album, to be sure. Not just because of the albums it's in between. It's disappointing completely on its own merits.
I personally enjoy Point of Entry. Although it has a more commercial edge to it the album still rocks. I particularly like like the great production and sound mix and love the guitar sound they got on it. Killing Machine through to Point of Entry have the best sound(production wise)and guitar tone of all the Priest albums.
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Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
Rush - Moving Pictures
Venom - Welcome To Hell
(and wait for it...)
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules! Why? Because it was my fave Dio-era album back when i was still listening to that ****. And because it's going to win this anyway... :P
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^^Give into your hate Billy >:D
:yes: Nice someone else gave Too Fast For Love a vote!
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^^^ And he didn't vote for Iron Maiden!! What's going on? I think the simplest answer is usually the correct one... that's not Billy! He's been eaten by an alien!! ;) :P
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^^^ And he didn't vote for Iron Maiden!! What's going on? I think the simplest answer is usually the correct one... that's not Billy! He's been eaten by an alien!! ;) :P
Either that or rehab has changed him in more ways than one ;)
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^^^ And he didn't vote for Iron Maiden!! What's going on? I think the simplest answer is usually the correct one... that's not Billy! He's been eaten by an alien!! ;) :P
Either that or rehab has changed him in more ways than one ;)
I must repeat, I AM NOT BILLY.
Thank you.
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Went with:
Mob Rules
Too Fast For Love
Diary of a Madman
Moving Pictures
Fair Warning
Pretty easy choices for me.
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Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
Too Fast For Love – Mötley Crüe
Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
Rock Until You Drop – Raven
Killers - Iron Maiden
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^^^ And he didn't vote for Iron Maiden!! What's going on? I think the simplest answer is usually the correct one... that's not Billy! He's been eaten by an alien!! ;) :P
Either that or rehab has changed him in more ways than one ;)
In many ways i'm more myself than i've been in a long time, so i guess it's the alien option then... :)
But i think Killers isn't even half as good as the debut, and put against the others i just couldn't bring myself to vote for it. Too Fast For Love is an essential Glam Metal/Glam Punk album.
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This one took some thought. There was so much talent in this time period that it's hard to narrow it down. My answers could have been different if I'd have voted tomorrow.
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I could listen to all of those records and have a good time. Love seeing Electric Sun on the list, but not my fave from them. So:
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin, because who doesn't love mysterious fire? Am I right?
Rose Tattoo - Assault and Battery, because who doesn't love Angry Anderson? Am I right?
Iron Maiden - Killers, because who doesn't love hard-ass rock with a punk edge to it? Am I right?
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation, because I bought this record from a guy selling them out of the trunk of his car after a show she did in New Jersey. Turned out to be her then manager. Plus, who doesn't love angry-ass punk with a hard rock edge? Am I right?
Van Halen - Fair Warning, because it sounds like hard rock and not kids trying to play hard rock. Who cares if I'm right?
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:wtf:
No Mob Rules????
:zomgwtfbbq:
:disappoint:
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13 members voted and Venom Beats AC/DC ! I Love that :headbanger:
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It's also quite heartwarming that Rush is in 3rd place, I wasn't expecting that.
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Looks like there is even more dispersion of votes here than there was on last years poll...very interesting. Naturally the top two is what is expected but after that it really gets interesting.
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Just a reminder this poll closes in a few hours for those that haven't yet voted.
Looks like Mob Rules has this one parcelled up which was kinda obvious from the start. Will get interesting from hereon as I don't think Sabbath will win another poll for the remaining years. Although, in saying that they might figure prominently in 83 with Born Again.
If I have time this evening I will get the 1982 poll underway.
Cheers!
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Moving Pictures, yeah! TOM SAYWER RULES, DUDE!