Discovering old tracks that I haven't heard for years is enormous fun, of course, but after a while I started to wonder what I missed while I was humming along to Swansway, Icehouse or New Musik all those years ago. Back to the books I go. Here's the combined list from the 1001 Albums & the Mojo Collection, in approximately chronological order:
- AC/DC - Back In Black (1980) A M
- Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (1980) A
- Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980) A M
- Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels (1980) A
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980) A M
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy! (1980) M
- Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (1980) A
- Joy Division - Closer (1980) A
- Judas Priest - British Steel (1980) A
- Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980) A
- Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture (1980) M
- Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap (1980) M
- Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (1980) A M
- Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs (1980) M
- Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (III) (1980) A M
- Smokey Robinson - Warm Thoughts (1980) M
- Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver (1980) A
- Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980) A M
- The Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980) A
- The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us (1980) A M
- The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (1980) A
- The Jam - Sound Affects (1980) A M
- The Pretenders - The Pretenders (1980) A
- The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1980) A M
- The Specials - More Specials (1980) A
- The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro (1980) A
- The Undertones - Hypnotised (1980) A
- Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine (1980) A
- UB40 - Signing Off (1980) A
- X - Los Angeles (1980) M
- ABBA - The Visitors (1981) A
- Bauhaus - Mask (1981) A
- Black Flag - Damaged (1981) A M
- Bobby Womack - Poet (1981) A
- Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (1981) A
- Dick Gaughan - Handful Of Earth (1981) M
- Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps (1981) A
- Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement (1981) A
- Journey - Escape (1981) M
- Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981) A
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981) A
- Phil Collins - Face Value (1981) M
- Psychedelic Furs - Talk, Talk, Talk (1981) A
- Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) A
- Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju (1981) A
- Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) A
- The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire (1981) M
- The Go-Gos - Beauty And The Beat (1981) A
- The Gun Club - Fire Of Love (1981) A
- The Human League - Dare (1981) A M
- The Police - Ghost In The Machine (1981) M
- Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (1981) A
- X - Wild Gift (1981) A
- ABC - The Lexicon of Love (1982) A
- Associates - Sulk (1982) A
- Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982) A
- Dexys Midnight Runners - Too Rye Ay (1982) A
- Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) A M
- Duran Duran - Rio (1982) A
- Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom (1982) A
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (1982) A
- Haircut 100 - Pelican West (1982) A
- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982) A M
- John Cale - Music For A New Society (1982) M
- Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982) A M
- Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982) A
- Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982) M
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982) A M
- Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982) A
- Prince - 1999 (1982) A
- Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) (1982) A
- The Birthday Party - Junkyard (1982) A
- The Cure - Pornography (1982) A M
- The Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses (1982) M
- The Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now (1982) M
- Toto - IV (1982) M
- Venom - Black Metal (1982) A
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1982) A
- Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (1983) M
- Billy Bragg - Life's A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (1983) M
- Culture Club - Colour By Numbers (1983) A
- Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983) A
- Def Leppard - Pyromania (1983) A
- Echo & the Bunnymen - Porcupine (1983) A
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) A
- Hanoi Rocks - Back To Mystery City (1983) A
- King Sunny Ade - Synchro System (1983) M
- Malcolm McLaren - Duck Rock (1983) A
- Meat Puppets - II (1983) A
- Paul Simon - Hearts And Bones (1983) A
- Police - Synchronicity (1983) A
- REM - Murmur (1983) A M
- Ruben Blades - Buscando America (1983) M
- The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (1983) A
- The The - Soul Mining (1983) A
- Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983) A M
- U2 - War (1983) A M
- ZZ Top - Eliminator (1983) A
- Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (1984) A M
- Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984) A
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984) A
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984) A M
- Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (1984) M
- Julian Cope - Fried (1984) M
- Lloyd & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984) A M
- Minor Threat - Out of Step (1984) A
- Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime (1984) A
- Prince - Purple Rain (1984) A
- Run DMC - Run DMC (1984) A
- Sade - Diamond Life (1984) A
- SOS Band - Just The Way You Like It (1984) M
- The Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime (1984) M
- The Replacements - Let It Be (1984) A
- The Specials - In The Studio (1984) M
- The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984) A
- Tina Turner - Private Dancer (1984) A
- Van Halen - 1984 (1984) A
- Youssou N'Dour - Immigrés (1984) A
- A-ha - Hunting High And Low (1985) A
- Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From An Ancient Well (1985) A
- Big Black - Atomizer (1985) A
- Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down (1985) A M
- Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985) A M
- Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (1985) A M
- Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985) A M
- New Order - Low Life (1985) A
- Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash (1985) A
- Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (1985) A M
- Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985) A
- Shaun Davey & Rita Connolly - Granuaile (1985) M
- Simply Red - Picture Book (1985) A
- Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (1985) A
- Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair (1985) A
- The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (1985) A M
- The Mekons - Fear And Whiskey (1985) A
- The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1985) A
- The Waterboys - This Is The Sea (1985) M
- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) A
- Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock: The Album (1986) A
- Anita Baker - Rapture (1986) A M
- Bad Brains - I Against I (1986) A
- Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986) A M
- Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (1986) A
- Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986) A
- Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate (1986) A M
- Megadeth - Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying? (1986) A
- Metallica - Master Of Puppets (1986) A
- Nanci Griffith - Last Of The True Believers (1986) A
- Paul Simon - Graceland (1986) A M
- Peter Gabriel - So (1986) A M
- Robert Cray - Strong Persuader (1986) M
- Run DMC - Raising Hell (1986) A M
- Slayer - Reign In Blood (1986) A M
- Sonic Youth - Evol (1986) A
- Steve Earle - Guitar Town (1986) A
- Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (1986) A
- The Bulgarian National Radio & Television Chorus - Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (1986) M
- The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986) A M
- The The - Infected (1986) A M
- Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses (1986) A
- XTC - Skylarking (1986) A M
- Anthrax - Among the Living (1987) A
- Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burton - New Tango (1987) A
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love (1987) M
- Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (1987) A M
- Def Leppard - Hysteria (1987) A M
- Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses (1987) A M
- Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me (1987) A
- Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987) A
- George Michael - Faith (1987) A M
- Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987) A M
- Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs And Stories (1987) A
- Jane Siberry - The Walking (1987) M
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987) A
- Laibach - Opus Dei (1987) A
- LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer (1987) M
- Michael Jackson - Bad (1987) A
- Napalm Death - Scum (1987) A
- Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987) A
- Prince - Sign O' The Times (1987) A M
- REM - Document (1987) A
- Sonic Youth - Sister (1987) A
- Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby (1987) A
- The Cult - Electric (1987) A
- The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands (1987) A
- The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me (1987) M
- The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987) A
- The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come (1987) A M
- The Triffids - Calenture (1987) A
- U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) A M
- American Music Club - California (1988) A
- Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Session (1988) A
- Dagmar Krause - Tank Battles (1988) A
- Dinosaur Jr - Bug (1988) A
- Dwight Yoakam - Beuenas Noches From A Lonely Room (1988) A
- Everything But The Girl - Idlewild (1988) A
- Fishbone - Truth And Soul (1988) A
- Happy Mondays - Bummed (1988) A
- Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (1988) A
- k.d. lang - Shadowland (1988) A
- Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap (1988) M
- Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (1988) A M
- Living Colour - Vivid (1988) A
- Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America (1988) M
- Metallica - … And Justice for All (1988) A
- Morrissey - Viva Hate (1988) A
- Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988) A
- My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988) A M
- Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988) A
- Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) A
- REM - Green (1988) A
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988) A
- Steve Earl - Copperhead Road (1988) M
- Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (1988) A
- Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (1988) M
- The Go Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane (1988) A M
- The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988) A
- The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988) A
- Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988) A M
- 808 State - 808:90 (1989) A
- Aerosmith - Pump (1989) A M
- Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii (1989) A
- Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story (1989) A
- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989) A
- Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time (1989) A M
- Coldcut - What's That Noise? (1989) A
- De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising (1989) A M
- Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) A
- fIREHOSE - fROMOHIO (1989) A
- Fugazi - Repeater (1989) A
- Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) A
- John Lee Hooker - The Healer (1989) A
- John Zorn - Spy vs Spy: Music Of Ornette Coleman (1989) A
- Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989) A
- Lenny Kravtiz - Let Love Rule (1989) A
- Madonna - Like A Prayer (1989) A
- Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi (1989) A
- New Order - Technique (1989) A M
- NWA - Straight Outta Compton (1989) A M
- Pixies - Doolittle (1989) A
- Queen Latifah - All Hail The Queen (1989) A
- Soul II Soul - Club Classics: Vol One (1989) A
- Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire (1989) A
- The Blue Nile - Hats (1989) M
- The Cure - Disintegration (1989) A
- The Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature (1989) A M
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989) A M
- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (1989) M
- Virgo - Virgo (1989) M
- XTC - Oranges And Lemons (1989) M
- Young Gods - L'Eau Rouge (1989) A
(Key: M = Mojo Collection; A = 1001 Albums)
Unlike my attempt to listen to all the recommended albums from the Fifties (nearly done!), I'm not going to try and acquire all 251 of these - not yet, anyway - but I already own 87, and these days we have Spotify Premium so why bother? Although interestingly, at least two - De La Soul's 3 Feet High And Rising, and Prince's 1999 - are not available online, in the former's case due to short-sighted copyright clearance issues, and in the latter probably just because Prince.
Of course, I already know, and have opinions about, a good few of these albums, but I am going to try and put these to one side for a bit and listen to them with fresh(ish) ears. Should keep me going for a while ...
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