Joshua Tree is an interesting call – kind of a classic but its cred value is inversely proportional to Bono’s bellendery coefficient,

When I was at school, that era U2 were about the coolest band on the planet. There was a popularity contest between U2 and Simple Minds, at the time I was a Simple Minds fan but with the benefit of hindsight I think U2 had the edge…

Theres nobody naffer than Queen

Take that back!

I’ve got a thing for post – Peter Gabriel Genesis. Which i know is basically heresy. Love those 80’s  bangers like Tonight, Tonight, Tonight and Mama.

Also got a thing for Anita Baker. And Queen obvs.

Pretty much anything by Quo, up to If You Can’t Stand The Heat.

Take that back!

I’ve got a thing for post – Peter Gabriel Genesis. Which i know is basically heresy. Love those 80’s  bangers like Tonight, Tonight, Tonight and Mama.

Also got a thing for Anita Baker. And Queen obvs.

Can I report myself for using the word ‘bangers’ in actual discourse. Cringed when I read that back.

I had the special edition of this which had some excellent covers on disc 2. I haven’t listened to it for ages.

Also, even though skate/pop punk stopped being cool in around 2010 I still absolutely love these two

No beating around the bush, both these are deeply uncool, and I love them both

Still have my original copy of this, and trot it out regularly

and the greatest of those OTT 70’s double (and treble) live albums

Dunno about cool factor, but Pop Art is an exceptional album.

Less sure about Neil Diamond’s huge invisible penis there though.

Can I report myself for using the word ‘bangers’ in actual discourse. Cringed when I read that back.

Literally the wurst word you could’ve chosen.

Peter Gabriel So

Scritti Politi Cupid & Psyche 85

Can I report myself for using the word ‘bangers’ in actual discourse. Cringed when I read that back.

Nah you’re ok – ‘Mama’ is definitely a banger. In fact I’m going to put the 12″ version on right now

definitely a banger. In fact I’m going to put the 12″ version on

Footlong?

Graceland is a classic and did somebody mention RATM earlier? Neither of those two belong in this thread. I’ve got a soft spot for ManoWar. They out Spinal Tap every band including Spinal Tap but they’re not in on the joke. Fantastic.

Stripes on a tiger don’t wash away. ManoWar’s made of steel not clay!

and

I am an outcast on the path of no return. Punisher and swordsman, I was born to burn. Black wind always follows where my black horse rides. Fire’s in my soul, steel is by my side.

Eat your hearts out Dylan, Springsteen and Isbell

Every
Single
Album
On
My
Colleagues
IPod…
Last updated, June 1970

My God. Just been enduring something which sounded like the Italian Archers this morning.
Jesus wept 😳

for my sins, I’m still a fan of Ah’a – Hunting High and Low, and I actually bought a physical copy of Crocodile Shoes by Jimmy Nail. and I quite like it.

there, I’ve said it.

I’m now of to wash myself with some fields of the neph to regain my gothism.

The beautiful south, carry on up the charts.

Scissor sisters.

Theres nobody naffer than Queen

there’s something about queen, no idea what, but once you start to like them, you kinda ‘get’ most of their stuff and it’s a slippery slope.

for the record. I am a queen fan.

this is becoming a bit of a confessional.

The beautiful south, carry on up the charts.

Nah, The Beautiful South, like The Housemartins, were superficially uncool in a very timelessly cool way.

there’s something about queen

I suspect it’s their live prowess. I was too young to see them myself but watched with my dad Live Magic in what ’86? on the telly, also Live Aid.  Absolutely thrilling. Freddie was an absolute legend of a performer.

My uncle went to see them. He said it was the loudest gig he’s ever been to.

Graceland is a work of near genius, no place for it on this thread.

Read shame Live Magic isn’t on Spotify – one of their best albums.

Nah, The Beautiful South, like The Housemartins, were superficially uncool in a very timelessly cool way.

The beautiful south made music for parents to sip wine to, they are not the anthems of rebellion and change. Keir Starmer would listen to the beautiful south, while lying to voters that he enjoys the energy of RATM.

Graceland is a work of near genius, no place for it on this thread.

I concur, it’s a laughable suggestion.

Bon Jovi up till about These Days
King’s X – Out Of the Silent Planet (a reference to Narnia creator CS Lewis there) and Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
The Quireboys – A Bit Of What You Fancy (they’re playing near me soon, I’m vaguely temted to go)
Extreme – the first 3 albums
Def Leppard – Hysteria
Fields Of The Nephilim
Goergia Sattelites
Queensryche
Van Halen / Dave Lee Roth
Fightstar
Living Colour
Take That
Coldplay
Robbie Wiliams first 2 solo albums

I DO get on well with MartynS

Theres nobody naffer than Queen, but I bloody love this album

Queen only became naff towards the end

Their best stuff is spread over too many albums for me to single out one though

Watched Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time the other night. Brilliant film and a great insight into the life of Freddy. I don’t have and probably never will have a more favoured performer. Still remember exactly where I was when I heard he passed. One of my biggest regrets never seeing Queen live

Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales

Brilliant film and a great insight into the life of Freddy

…and, to a large extent, a complete work of fiction.

Van Halen / Dave Lee Roth

DLR-era Van Halen have no place in this thread. Van Hagar certainly, and definitely DLR solo stuff, but those first few VH albums are off the charts brilliant. They laid the path for all the dross that came after, granted!

Glad to see someone’s beat me to Meatloaf and Bat Out Of Hell.

Is it still actually un-hip though? Or has he had a reappraisal since he died and everyone realised they actually loved that album?

I also have a soft spot for 1980s hair metal/rock, this is the pinnacle for me…

Yes, “Tales from Topographic Oceans”.

Don’t get me started on prog

Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth
Johnny Hates Jazz – Turn Back the Clock
Billy Joel – Stormfront
Def Leppard – Hysteria
Gloria Estefan – Cuts Both Ways

Have no fear I am leaving now…😉 I also predominantly listen to 70s and 80s rock with the odd bit of 90s dance music thrown in for good measure

The Quireboys – A Bit Of What You Fancy (they’re playing near me soon, I’m vaguely temted to go)

Do. I (finally) caught them live a couple of years ago any they were, well, exactly what you’d expect and hope.

Extreme – the first 3 albums

Pornografitti at least.

You (and chapaking) might approve of the wholly underrated Electric Boys.

Billy Joel – Stormfront

Wow, even for Billy Joel (and I’m a bit of a fan), that’s an out there choice.

Is Billy Idol cred-free?

I suspect so, but I think he’s cool AF and has some amazing tunes…

Graceland is a work of near genius, no place for it on this thread.

Graceland is a classic and did somebody mention RATM earlier? Neither of those two belong in this thread.

Now hang on, the brief in the OP was “un-hip, cred-free album that you still just love”. So unless you lot are going to tell me that Paul Simon is somehow hip and full of street cred then I think this is still on brief.

It is a great record, but it ain’t cool.

…and, to a large extent, a complete work of fiction.

Well, that’s annoying – not watched the YT vid yet

The Quireboys – A Bit Of What You Fancy (they’re playing near me soon, I’m vaguely temted to go)

I was tempted, until they booted Spike

Now hang on, the brief in the OP was “un-hip, cred-free album that you still just love”.

It is a great record, but it ain’t cool.

I’ll give you un-hip, but it’s not cred-free. It is entirely, deservedly, credible.

with the benefit of hindsight I think U2 had the edge

👏

Don’t encourage him…

Every song a stone-cold classic on this precious jewel.

Which reminds me in a roundabout memory-bank unlocking way of this post-Propaganda banger:

https://youtu.be/p9EhYtkr9QA

Ah, I had a big crush on that Teutonic twosome