1. Kraftwerk - Computer World
2. Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
3. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
4. The Human League - Dare!
5. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
6. Jerry Harrison - The Red and the Black
7. Tuxedomoon - Desire
8. Japan - Tin Drum
9. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
10. The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More

Belachelijk sterk jaar dit

1 The Sound - From The Lions Mouth
2 The Cure - Faith
3 New Order - Movement
4 Modern Eon - Fiction Tales
5 Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
6 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
7 Fischer-Z - Red Skies over Paradis
8 The Human League - Dare!
9 Grauzone - Grauzone
10 The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More

Verder ben ik akkoord met de user voor mij: belachelijk sterk jaar

update voor het eerst sinds 2005, en weer is het maar nauwelijks te doen..

1 (1) Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju
2 (4) Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
3 (2) Liaisons Dangereuses - Liaisons Dangereuses
4 (3) Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna do for Me
5 (6) Toyah - Anthem
6 (5) The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
7 (-) Lime - Your love
8 (-) Véronique Sanson - Au Palais des Sports
9 (7) ABBA - The Visitors
10 (-) Fay Lovsky - Confetti

Misschien wel mijn mooiste jaar, hoewel ik ook nog nagenoot van de platen uit 1980.

1 My life in the bush of ghosts - david byren & eno
2 The Catherine wheel - david byrne
3 Deceit - This heat
4 God - rip rig & panic
5 Pirates - Ricky lee jones
6 Movement - New Order
7 My life in a hole in the ground - african head charge
8 Prayers on fire - birthday party
9 Heaven up here - echo & the bunnymen
10 Faith - the cure

de liefde voor nummer 8 kwam later.

Jaja die wil ik allebei nog eens hebben. Prachtige platen.

01 Simple minds - Sons and fascination
02 Simple minds - Sister feeling call
03 The Cure - Faith
04 Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - Architecture & Morality
05 The Sound - From the lions mouth
06 Comsat angels - Sleep no more
07 Grauzone - Grauzone
08 The Human league - Dare
09 Echo & the bunnymen - Heaven up here
10 Electric Light Orchestra - Time

Nog even terugkijkend op misschien wel mijn favoriete jaar... (vergeef me ik werd 16). In de Jaarlijst Oor 1981 staan opvallende dingen:
1. October - U2 (erg hoog, nietwaar?)
6. The Sound of the Sand - David Thomas (kende ik pas later, mooi mooi)
87. Faith - The Cure (...)
109. Closer - Joy Division (ook al in 1980 in de lijst, nu op 37 all time alhier...)
111. Movement - New Order
114. Holger Czukay - On the way to the peak of normal (helemaal vergeten, erg leuk)

1981

01. Tuxedomoon - Desire 5*
02. Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex 4.5*
03. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
04. Wipers - Youth of America
05. Scars - Author! Author!
06. Can - Delay... 1968
07. The Gun Club - Fire of Love 4*
08. Squeeze - Eastside Story
09. Orchestral Monoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
10. This Heat - Deceit

1. Wipers - Youth Of America
2. Gun Club - Fire Of Love
3. New Order - Movement
4. Medium Medium - The Glitterhouse
5. Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
6. Section 25 - Always Now
7. Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
8. The Sound - From The Lion's Mouth
9. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
10. The Cure - Faith

Wow!


5*

Fela Kuti - Coffin For Head of State
Wipers - Youth of America
Scientist - Rids The World of The Evil Curse of The Vampires
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
Tuxedomoon - Desire
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic
Eyeless in Gaza - Photographs as Memories
Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex

4,5*

Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
Blurt - In Berlin
Cabaret Voltaire - Live at The Lyceum
The Stranglers - The Meninblack
Japan - Tin Drum
Josef K - The Only Fun in Town
Virgin Prunes - A New Form of Beauty
Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in The Bush of Ghosts
Medium Medium - The Glitterhouse

4*

Scars - Author! Author!
Simple Minds - Sister Feelings Call
Rick James - Street Songs
The Lounge Lizards - Lounge Lizards
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle
Wall of Voodoo - Dark Continent
The New Age Steppers - The New Age Steppers
The Raincoats - Odyshape
New Order - Movement
A Certain Ratio - To Each…

Na dik 2 jaar een update:

1. Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
2. The Human League - Dare!
3. Scars - Author! Author!
4. New Order - Movement
5. Kraftwerk - Computer World
6. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
7. The Cure - Faith
8. Medium Medium - The Glitterhouse
9. A Certain Ratio - To Each...
10. Tuxedomoon - Desire

1.Barclay James Harvest - Turn of the Tide
2.Camel - Nude
3.Electric Light Orchestra - Time
4.Genesis - Abacab
5.Phil Collins - Face Falue
6.King Crimson - Discipline
7.Human League - Dare!
8.Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
9.The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
10.The Police - Ghost in the Machine

1. Iron Maiden - Killers
2. Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
3. Saxon - Denim and Leather
4. Van Halen - Fair Warning
5. Rush - Moving Pictures
6. Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules
7. Loudness - The Birthday Eve
8. Rainbow - Difficult to Cure
9. Vader Abraham - Vader Abraham en de Wonderlijke Wuppie Wereld
10. Judas Priest - Point of Entry

Jazeker, op de negende positie een guilty pleasure. Genoeg titels die geschrapt moesten worden of me naderhand pas te binnen schoten, maar deze mocht niet ontbreken.

1. The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth

Uren heb ik naar deze geluisterd, en ik vind 'm nog altijd een meesterwerk. De rest komt er voor mij ver achteraan, dus een lijst maken gaat niet. Misschien heb ik te weinig beluisterd dat jaar of zo.

Paul Brady - Hard Station
U2 - October
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
The Police - Ghost in the Machine

Top-20 van 1981 (43 albums):

1. U2 - October 4,5*
2. Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
3. ABBA - The Visitors
4. Kraftwerk - Computer World
5. The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
7. The Cure - Faith
8. Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
9. Mink DeVille - Coup de Grace
10. Doe Maar - Skunk

11. Willem Vermandere - Lat Mie Maar Lopen
12. T.C. Matic - T.C. Matic
13. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing 4*
14. The Human League - Dare!
15. The Pretenders - Pretenders II
16. Phil Collins - Face Value
17. Electric Light Orchestra - Time
18. The Police - Ghost in the Machine
19. Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
20. Ultravox - Rage in Eden

Geen albums met 5*, wel veel met 4,5* en 4*. Sommige albums (o.a. The Sound) mis ik nog.

01. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
02. The Stranglers - The Meninblack
03. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth

04. Human League - Dare
05. Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
06. Cure - Faith
07. Echo & Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
08. Kraftwerk - Computer World
09. Fischer-Z - Red Skies over Paradise
09. Siouxsie & Banshees - Juju

1 The Police - Ghost in the Machine
2 The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
3 Duran Duran - Duran Duran
4 Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
5 OMD - Architecture & Morality
6 Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours
7 Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
8 Kim Wilde - Kim Wilde
9 Pretenders - Pretenders II
10 Phil Collins - Face Value

1. The Cure - Faith
2. U2 - October
3. Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination
4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
5. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth
6. Simple Minds - Sister Feelings Call
7. The Psychedlic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
8. Kraftwerk - Computer World
9. Pretenders - Pretenders II
10. New order - Movement

1 Riot - Fire Down Under
2 Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
3 Rush - Exit Stage Left
4 Iron Maiden - Killers
5 Loudness - Birthday Eve
6 Van Halen Fair Warning
7 The Exploited - Punks Not Dead
8 Accept - Breaker
9 Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
10 Japan - Tin Drum

Update sinds 9 februari 2009

01 (01) Rush - Moving Pictures
02 (02) Camel - Nude
03 (03) Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
04 (08) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture and Morality
05 (04) Eloy - Planets
06 (05) Simple Minds - Sister Feelings Call
07 (---) Fischer-Z - Red Skies over Paradise
08 (---) Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
09 (07) Foreigner - 4
10 (---) U2 - October

1. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
2. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
3. Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
4. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
5. Siouxsie and the Banshees - JuJu
6. The Cure - Faith
7. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
8. Television Personalities - ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It
9. Josef K - The Only Fun in Town
10. The Teardrop Explodes - Wilder

1. Wipers - Youth of America
2. The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle
3. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
4. Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
5. Ultravox - Rage in Eden
6. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
7. The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
8. The Church - Of Skins and Heart
9. Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
10. Japan - Tin Drum

1. Black Uhuru - Red
2. T.C. Matic - T.C. Matic
3. Doe Maar - Skunk
4. The Cure - Faith
5. U2 - October
6. Gary Numan - Living Ornaments '80
7. Fischer-Z - Red Skies Over Paradise
8. UB40 - Present Arms In Dub
9. Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
10. Nazareth - 'Snaz

1. The Cure - Faith
2. U2 - October
3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
4. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth
5. Simple Minds - Sister Feelings Call
6. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
7. Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
8. Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination
9. Van Halen - Fair Warning
10. The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You

1. Black Flag - Damaged
2. Minor Threat - Minor Threat
3. Joy Division - Still
4. Sun Ra - Aurora Borealis
5. Venom - Welcome to Hell
6. Government Issue - Legless Bull
7. Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust Inc.
8. Minor Threat - In My Eyes
9. Iron Maiden - Killers
10. Black Flag - Six Pack

1. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth
2. The Cure - Faith
3. Fisher-Z - Red Skies Over Paradise
4. Duran Duran - Duran Duran
5. Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
6. Japan - Tin Drum
7. Prince - Controversy
8. Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination
9. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
10. TV21 - A Thin Red Line

01:Motörhead-No sleep 'till Hammersmith
02:Black Sabbath-Mob rules
03:Bob Dylan-Shot of love
04:Rush:Exit...stage left
05:OMD:Architecture & morality
06:Muddy Waters-King bee
07:Rainbow-Difficult to cure
08:Neil Young-Re-ac-tor
09:Stray Cats-Gonna ball
10:Humble Pie-Go for the throat

Top-30 van 1981 (update en uitbreiding, op 65 albums gestemd waarvan 41 met ten minste 4*):

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality
2. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth
3. U2 - October 4,5*
4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
5. ABBA - The Visitors
6. Kraftwerk - Computer World
7. The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
8. The Cure - Faith
9. Mink DeVille - Coup de Grace
10. Camel - Nude

11. Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination
12. Doe Maar - Skunk
13. Willem Vermandere - Lat Mie Maar Lopen
14. Electric Light Orchestra - Time
15. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Juju
16. Split Enz - Waiata
17. T.C. Matic - T.C. Matic
18. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing 4*
19. The Human League - Dare!
20. The Pretenders - Pretenders II

21. Phil Collins - Face Value
22. The Police - Ghost in the Machine
23. Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
24. Ultravox - Rage in Eden
25. Japan - Tin Drum
26. Simple Minds - Sister Feelings Call
27. Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is
28. De Kreuners - 's Nachts Kouder Dan Buiten
29. Rush - Moving Pictures
30. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules