FabSwingers.com forum: Underrated 80's artists and albums

By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

I was browsing through Spotify and came across Jimmy Barnes freight train heart, an album I had back in the day.

Apart from the single Good Times which he recorded with Inxs, he didn't really have much impact in the UK, which is a shame because it's a brilliant album.

So let's share those underrated artists and albums from back in the day, who knows, maybe it will introduce some new music to everyone

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

The two UFO albums No Place to Run (1980) and The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981) are good. Michael Schenker is not on guitar having left the band but the late Paul Chapman more than makes up for it.

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

Blue oyster Cults Secret Treaties

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"Blue oyster Cults Secret Treaties"
I saw them at monsters of rock at Donington

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By *asilyled1Man
over a year ago

ogmore valley

Standards by The Alarm. Great band and that album has some belters on it

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By *asilyled1Man
over a year ago

ogmore valley

"Standards by The Alarm. Great band and that album has some belters on it "

Damn just checked it came out in 1990!

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"Standards by The Alarm. Great band and that album has some belters on it

Damn just checked it came out in 1990!

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will let you off, it's a great album

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By *erry bull1Man
over a year ago

doncaster

Peter Gabriel , has the classic hit solsbury hill

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"Standards by The Alarm. Great band and that album has some belters on it

Damn just checked it came out in 1990!

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will let you off, it's a great album

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Misplaced Childhood - Marillion

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"Blue oyster Cults Secret TreatiesI saw them at monsters of rock at Donington"

Lucky! I’m wrong anyway Secret Treaties was 1974

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By *ershingMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Q5 steel the light. Floyd rose on guitar! Proper 80s rock

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"I was browsing through Spotify and came across Jimmy Barnes freight train heart, an album I had back in the day.

Apart from the single Good Times which he recorded with Inxs, he didn't really have much impact in the UK, which is a shame because it's a brilliant album.

So let's share those underrated artists and albums from back in the day, who knows, maybe it will introduce some new music to everyone "

I picked up a Jonny clegg cassette in the bargain bucket in the 80s...it was a great album and different to all the UK charts stuff. Never seen or heard of him since.

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"Blue oyster Cults Secret TreatiesI saw them at monsters of rock at Donington

Lucky! I’m wrong anyway Secret Treaties was 1974

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so much more to them than don't fear the reaper

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"Blue oyster Cults Secret TreatiesI saw them at monsters of rock at Donington

Lucky! I’m wrong anyway Secret Treaties was 1974

so much more to them than don't fear the reaper"

Completely agree, that’s song actually bothered me for a while when I came across their back catalogue. Thought “How is this the hit song?”

There’s so many good ones

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

How about Joe Jackson?

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"How about Joe Jackson? "
absolutely brilliant, I saw him support the stillness at roundhay park, in my opinion, he was way better than them

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Peter Gabriel , has the classic hit solsbury hill"
Yes to this, but he did set up his own record studio called Real World and Womad music festival.

As for Solsbury Hill, that's 1977. Sledgehammer was his biggest record in 1986.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

"Blue oyster Cults Secret TreatiesI saw them at monsters of rock at Donington"

Were they as bad as reported on the day? Think they followed Slade which did not help!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The pursuit of happiness debut featuring I'm an adult now

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Hazel Dean.

She had a fairly successful career but ask most folks now who she is and they’ll say, ‘Who?’ (Whereupon I shall commence singing, ‘Who’s Leaving Who.’)

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"Blue oyster Cults Secret TreatiesI saw them at monsters of rock at Donington

Were they as bad as reported on the day? Think they followed Slade which did not help!"
they had just sacked the drummer, so it was the drum tech who stood in

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By *ristolBS3Man
over a year ago

bristol

The The 'Infected' was a great album from mid/late 80s.

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"The The 'Infected' was a great album from mid/late 80s."
I preferred soul mining, that is in my vinyl collection

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By *ristolBS3Man
over a year ago

bristol

It was Infected that got me first into The The. Reminds me of great times at 6th form. Soul Mining is a great album too.

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By *estmids71Man
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

Vow Wow - V

Great album

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

If I should fall from grace with God by the pogues

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

New model army

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By *itvclaireTV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Misplaced Childhood - Marillion"

Fantastic album, but has to be played from an original, and not streamed. You loose the way the tta KS continuesly merge into the next.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Propaganda both albums 1234 & A Secret Wish, classic 80’s German Synth Pop.

Massive fan of Joe Jackson who’s already been mentioned.

But when it comes to the 80’s my taste is very eclectic, from 80’s Soul to the Teardrop Explodes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Mission - ‘Children’. A fantastic album that gave us the song Tower of Strength. The 12” version is amazing.

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By *chupforitMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Split enz very underrated. Finn brothers both exelent musicians.

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By *gent Coulson OP Man
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

"Split enz very underrated. Finn brothers both exelent musicians. "
I only know i got you, which I loved, will have to check out more of their stuff

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"The The 'Infected' was a great album from mid/late 80s."

That was indeed. I'm gonna have to get it out

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)

I’m sitting in a Spanish cafe and Mike Oldfield featuring Maggie Riley is playing. Moonlight shadow from the early eighties.

What ever happened to him?

Gbat

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By *ixiePoisonWoman
over a year ago

Darlington

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Welcome to the Pleasuredome... Great album

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Welcome to the Pleasuredome... Great album "

Two Tribes is one of the best songs of all time. It hasnt aged at all.

For me, Spear Of Destiny (one for the indie/rock crowd)

Their album 'World Service' is in my top 5

I can still play it start to finish.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Welcome to the Pleasuredome... Great album

Two Tribes is one of the best songs of all time. It hasnt aged at all.

For me, Spear Of Destiny (one for the indie/rock crowd)

Their album 'World Service' is in my top 5

I can still play it start to finish.

Spear of destiny! Great shout... Kirk Brandon was very good front man.

Gang of four probably fall in the same bracket...?

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Mark e smith and the fall?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Welcome to the Pleasuredome... Great album

Two Tribes is one of the best songs of all time. It hasnt aged at all.

For me, Spear Of Destiny (one for the indie/rock crowd)

Their album 'World Service' is in my top 5

I can still play it start to finish.

Spear of destiny! Great shout... Kirk Brandon was very good front man.

Gang of four probably fall in the same bracket...? "

SOD was the first gig i ever went to, at the Hammersmith Palais in 1985.

I even tried (and failed) to have my hair like Kirk Brandon.

They are still touring now.

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