Albums from 1981 - suggestions

i also recommend the london philharmonic orchestra's 1981 recording of georg solti conducting le nozze di figaro

i've got georg solti on the brain because he was mentioned in killing commendatore

Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NSOSO3Fv3k&list=PLjIuADMrDKIb9fZwG3NABcnvUOwQ824q-

The iconic debut hit from the Divinyls was 1981.

Slowly listening to your suggestions. Recent likes:

Tom Tom Club's debut album should have been known to me since I'm a huge Talking Heads fan. I really love this album.

Yellow Magic Orchestra's BGM is good, but Technodelic is fantastic.

Savant's Stationary Dance / Sensible Music is exceptional in its modern sound. Really dig it.

Rick Wakeman - 1984

Lots of great stuff posted so far. Without repeating anything, here are some suggestions:

You might want to check out this music blog, they put out a great 10-disc mixtape of 1981 music which covers basically everything worth listening to, and then some

I'm Sure there's going to be some overlap from previous posters but here's my 1981 roundup:

Abba: The Visitors

B-52's: Mesopotamia

Cabaret Voltaire: Red Mecca

Heaven 17: Penthouse and Pavement

Modern English: Mesh and Lace

OMD: Architecture and Morality

Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk

Siouxsie & The Banshees: JuJu

Prince: Controversy

Go Gos: Beauty and the Beat

Is 1982 close enough?

  On 12/11/2018 at 12:50 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

You might want to check out this music blog, they put out a great 10-disc mixtape of 1981 music which covers basically everything worth listening to, and then some

This is cool! However, I'd rather listen to full albums than listen to mixes. I literally take suggestions given in this thread and listen to full albums or both sides of 12"s/7"s. I was never into shuffled playlists or the like.

Right now I'm still loving YMO, Nick Mason, Rush and Tom Tom Club, but I'll be listening to all new stuff tonight.

Still going through suggestions and sticking with some favorites. Thank you all again, so much great music making the grind a lot more fun! 

I had a 522k game recently which places me 135 in the world. You can watch the game here if you're curious:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/353739215?t=34m11s

The Mkwaju Ensemble, Phew and African Head Change albums are excellent. I'll probably be listening to them a lot.