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Pop album that has stood the test of time

I found a used CD copy of Sinead O’Conner’s “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” in Easy Street Records and snatched it up.  I remember liking it in the 90s when it came out and may have a lousy cassette copy somewhere, but I had not seriously listened to it with the better systems I have now.  Listening now, I am impressed by the material, the performance, and the recording quality, and it occurs to me that as an overall concept, it could have come out in 2024 and still sound poignant.  There are a few rock hangovers from the 80s, but even those are well delivered.

I am wondering what pop albums you have that you think have aged well in terms of material, performance and production.

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immatthewj
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I feel compelled to add the immortal sound track to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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slaw
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Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly"

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k.d. lang, Ingenue

Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army, Replicas

Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop

the first three Public Enemy offerings. 

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slaw
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Natalie Merchant "Tigerlily"

Freedy Johnston "Can you Fly"

Bruce Cochburn "Stealing Fire"

The Cars

mswale
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Love Easy Street! Spend most of my disposable income there. Not sure Sinead O'Conner is pop? How do we even design pop anymore? Pop to me is Britney Spears, that kind of stuff. 

Yes, Sinead has held up, anything my 14yo listens to has stood the test of time.

Cranberries, kids love them and so do I!

New Order

Depeche Mode took my kid to the concert last year

Cure, same as above, great show!

The Smiths just timeless, as long as there is teen angst, they will sell records

Trying to get my kid to like Hendricks, Zeppelin, Doors and some other classics that my Dad taught me to love as a kid. 

 

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