This started out as a twitter poll this morning: Twitterpoll – best albums of the 1980s. Let’s limit it to no more than 3 choices just to make it challenging. I got some good replies, but I had trouble with 3. After I tweeted my top 3 (Joshua Tree – U2, Back in Black – AC/DC, Up to Here – Tragically Hip), I kept thinking of others that should be up there too. No doubt about it – 3 albums is not enough. Obviously this needed to be a blog meme, and ssandifer came up with some good parameters – how about Top 5 albums and WHY? I like those terms, so here’s my list: Joshua Tree – U2 IMHO, the best album of the 80s. U2s best album. This is the only album in my life that I had … Continue reading »