Albums from 1985 that still sound good today.

[Over The Hill]

But were you a student? Every student house had to have a copy.

For me, Psychocandy is better on vinyl, I got it again on CD and it sounds a bit sanitised. The dirt, the growl and the feedback were the whole point of it.

Perhaps that is it. I was running my own business at that time (age 25) and so probably not in the right demographic.

 

[hopless500]

Four from the list, and I still have them on vinyl, and still play them
A younger friend of ours nearly wet himself with excitement when he discovered our records. We have a lot and he is very into it all and very very jealous that we have the originals

 

[cyberknight]

recently bought the anniversary edition of the Propaganda album, i had the kate bush and dire starits

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I had 3 or 4 from that list, none that I'd listen to now. This is an 85er I still listen to, in fact I played it 3 or 4 times this week - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Southern Accents.

 

[stephec]

You've got the codpiece though...

And the socks to pad it out.

 

[Dave 123]

I had the following- Dire straights, new order, the cult, the Waterboys, talking heads, Suzanne Vega, the pogues,simple minds and Prefab Sprout.

Oh it was a lovely alcohol fuelled, care free time!

 

[Fnaar]

I wasn't born then....

Rubbish, everyone was! I think.

 

[User6179]

Only bought one,
The Cult - Love

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

For me, Psychocandy is better on vinyl, I got it again on CD and it sounds a bit sanitised. The dirt, the growl and the feedback were the whole point of it.

In the mid-late 80's, there was a nightclub in Wakefield, that was split into 2
('Raffles', on Cheapside)

Ground floor was the usual 'run of the mill' place
Upstairs was the Goth/Punk/Rockabilly/Psychobilly rooms
Jesus & Mary Chain must've been one of the favourites of the DJ, as they tended to be played at almost painful volumes


I bet you can easily guess which area gave the Bouncers less trouble, as it had the same customers almost every week

There was also a pub, just a few hundred yards off the (In) famous WestGate Run, that was also home to the same eclectic mix (Friar Tucks)

 

[delb0y]

I only had one, and it's still on my iPod: Tom Waits

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Phantom, Rocker & Slick 'Men Without Shame'

As in; Slim Jim, Lee, & Earl

(2 Stray Cats, & a part -time David Bowie guitarist)

 

[subaqua]

ooooh that has just taken me back to being a 12/13 yr old hiding behind music. i wonder where my cassetttes are ?

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Propaganda - A Secret Wish
The Cult- Love
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
A-ha - Hunting High And Low
Killing Joke - Night Time
The Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always

These are the ones I have now on MP3 and CD. I think I had a few others back in the day, but I have no desire to own them again.

 

[Smurfy]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OO9PPGsZsk

 

[slowmotion]

Am I allowed to bend the rules by a year? Dreamtime, The Stranglers, 1986.
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