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Here it is - a mega list of the best albums from the 1980's. I have used a ratings system to compile this list. All of the 24k tracks on my ipod are rated 1-5 stars. I have listened to 400-500 albums from the eighties(a lot of these albums several times) so it's easy for me to compile a list like this. There are no compilations or greatest hits on this list. No mini albums or EP's either, an album must have at least seven tracks to feature. In my opinion, there is only one album that I have ever heard that is perfection and every single track on it gets 5 stars. That album is at number one on my list. If you have never heard "Script of the Bridge" then please check it out. You won't be disappointed!

200 The Cult - Love (1985)
199 The Damned - Anything (1986)
198 Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)
197 Immaculate Fools - Hearts Of Fortune (1985)
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Here's whom I can remember seeing over the years [M-Z]:

* = seen live multiple times
*** = seen live so many times I should get an award

M.I.A.
Magnolia Electric Co.
Man Man
Manchester Orchestra
Marc Ribot
Maria McKee
Marissa Nadler
Marnie Stern*
Martha Wainwright
Mary J. Blige
Maserati
Mates of State*
Matisyahu
Matmos*
Max Tundra
MC Lyte
Me & Mars
Melt-Banana
Metallica
Metric*
MGMT
Micachu
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Mick Hucknall
Mick Jagger
Midnight Juggernauts
migu
Mika
Milagres
Mission of Burma*
Mix Master Mike*
MM/DD/YYYY
Mogwai
Money Mark
Mono
The Morning After Girls
Morningwood
Morris Day
Morrissey
Mountain Man
múm
murals
Muse*
M. Ward
The Music
My Bloody Valentine
My Morning Jacket

Natalie Merchant*
The National
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neko Case
Nellie McKay
The Neville Brothers
New Order
The New Pornographers*
Nightmares on Wax
The Nightwatchman
No Age

Oberhofer
The Obits
OK Go
Opossum
Organized Konfusion
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Le Voyage dans la Lune
by Air
http://media.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/images/post/a/air/air-levoyage_jpg_630x640_q85.jpg


Goo
by Sonic Youth
http://oi41.tinypic.com/o0qcg4.jpg


It's Forever, Kids
by Futurecop!
http://oi41.tinypic.com/b6eyab.jpg


Velveteen
by Transvision Vamp
http://oi43.tinypic.com/690w41.jpg


Dead Air
by Mordant Music
http://www.surus.co.uk/Uploads/ShopItems/00/01/49/14/ShopItemImg1_PICT/MM013.jpg


Elemental Part Four: Iris
by Demdike Stare
http://www.experimedia.net/images/LOVE076EP_CU.jpg


The Lexicon Of Love
by ABC
http://oi43.tinypic.com/a4ck4.jpg


Clayton's Hideout
by am-boy
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gbzE_9os0ic/S5AI49QBauI/AAAAAAAAAMY/g4UDnO81tg0/s1600/amboy-clayton%27s%2Bhideout.jpeg


The Last Flowers From The Darkness
by Mark Van Hoen
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3818/68038173.jpg


Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
by Warren Zevon
http://oi40.tinypic.com/35lsv3r.jpg


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My CD collection

Most recent additions in bold...

A
1. アリス九號. - 祇園盛者の鐘が鳴る (2004)
2. アリス九號. - 華想夢想紙 (2005)
3. alice nine. - 絶景色 (2006)
4. alice nine. - Alpha (2007)

B
5. Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5, & 6
6. The Beatles - LOVE (2006)
7. Björk - Debut (1993)
8. Björk - Post (1995)
9. Björk - Homogenic (1997)
10. Björk - Selmasongs (Movie Soundtrack) (2000)
11. Björk - Vespertine (2001)
12. Björk - Medúlla (2004)
13. Björk - Volta (2007)
14. Björk - Biophilia (2011)
15. Sarah Brightman - Fly (1998)

D
16. Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
17. Dream Theater - Images & Words (1992)
18. Dream Theater - Awake (1994)
19. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (1995)
20. Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity (1997)
21. Dream Theater - Metropolis, Pt.2 - Scenes from a Memory (1999)
22. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
23. Dream Theater - Train of Thought (2003)
24. Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
25. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)
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top 50 artists:

1 Björk 4,837
2 Nosowska 1,037
3 Bon Iver 702
4 PJ Harvey 692
5 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 262
6 The Knife 243
7 Brodka 228
8 Lady Gaga 220
9 Marilyn Manson 217
10 Caribou 191
11 Mumford & Sons 185
12 Hey 184
13 How to Destroy Angels 161
14 The Bloody Beetroots 154
15 The Prodigy 144
16 M.I.A. 129
17 Coldplay 128
18 Nine Inch Nails 123
19 Crystal Fighters 120
20 James Blake 119
21 The Dresden Dolls 118
22 Bob Marley 115
23 Rihanna 113
23 The Weeknd 113
25 Czesław Śpiewa 103
26 Akron/Family 102
27 Adele 98
27 Noah and the Whale 98
29 3oda Kru 96
30 Crystal Castles 95
31 Birdy 94
32 Fever Ray 83
33 Ohgr 82
33 Borgore 82
35 Lana Del Rey 81
36 The Dø 79
37 The Analogs 77
38 tweaker 75
39 The Sugarcubes 72
40 Beyoncé 68
41 Beirut 64
42 iamamiwhoami 62
43 Tom Vek 61
44 The xx 58
44 Magnetic Man 58
46 Dillon 53
47 Is Tropical 51
48 Junior Stress 49
49 The Strange Boys 48
50 Fenech-Soler 45

best albums:

1. Björk - Biophilia
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How varied is your music taste?

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 180 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Nosowska
1.1 Hey
1.2 Pustki
1.3 Renata Przemyk
1.4 Maria Peszek
1.5 Edyta Bartosiewicz
1.6 Gaba Kulka
1.7 Brodka
1.8 Myslovitz

2. Evanescence
2.1 Amy Lee
2.2 We Are the Fallen
2.3 Within Temptation
2.4 Lacuna Coil
2.5 Epica
2.6 Ben Moody
2.7 Flyleaf
2.8 Nightwish

3.The Dresden Dolls
3.1 Amanda Palmer
3.2 Evelyn Evelyn
3.4 vermilion lies
3.5 Pretty Balanced
3.6 Jason Webley
3.7 Humanwine
3.8 Rasputina

4. Rasputina
4.1 Melora Creagger
4.2 Hannah Fury
4.3 vermilion lies
4.4 Queen Adreena
4.5 Switchblade Symphony
4.6 Amanda Palmer
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Next month will see the third LP group listening session on Twitter. This month's theme is "Written/Performed by Women."

This will involve several people listening to the same album on Twitter at the same time and discussing it whilst doing so. Voting is currently ongoing in order to work out what we are going to discuss.

Send four votes to @coleser from the list before 10pm Wednesday 16th Feb 2011. The number only will do. You are unable to vote for an album you nominated. Please send a Direct Message or a Mention.

The hastag for the group is #lpgroup

Voting has been completed for this. the winner was PJ Harvey– Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

March's listening session is 9pm Sunday March 6th 2011

Everyone is welcome!

Here is the long list.

1. Be Your Own Pet– Be Your Own Pet
2. Björk– Homogenic
3. Björk– Vespertine
4. Kate Bush– Hounds of Love
5. Kate Bush– The Kick Inside
6. Laura Cantrell– Not The Tremblin' Kind
7. Neko Case– Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
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listen

1. Little Dragon – Looking Glass
2. Afuche – Karate
3. Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better
4. The Sugarcubes – Birthday (Christmas Day)
5. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Se Tche We Doj Mon
6. Maximum Joy – Where’s Deke?
7. Health – Die Slow
8. The Jameses – Fifth Dimension
9. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Twin of Myself
10. Battles – The Line
11. PJ Harvey – Written on the Forehead
12. Mogwai – How to Be a Werewolf
13. Tobacco – Truck Sweat
14. David Lynch – Good Day Today
15. Jean Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert – Frère Jacques