The eighties was crap.... yeah right.

The list author says:
	"Obvious maybe. But when it's the best album it's the best album! Don't even mention the Stone Roses"

The list author says:
	"Kevin Rowland is a genius and in the Pop Idol world we need him all the more"

The list author says:
	"Spring Rain should have been no 1 for 16 weeks. The fact it didn't and Wet Wet Wet did is the reason I'm a cynic."

The list author says:
	"Anyone who ever mistook this group for a teeny bop band should look again"

The list author says:
	"Anyone who's taken in by the falseness of so much of today's lyrics really should listen to this record. The truth is in here."

The list author says:
	"Lloyd Cole ruined my university life. If only it was like it was painted on this record.... Will intelligent lyricists ever be given record deals again?"

The list author says:
	"A record to break your heart. And he was still in his teens, Gareth Gates couldn't understand this if he lived to 100."

The list author says:
	"Orange Juice - sublime, indie(proper indie, not the rubbish that gets called that now) yet strangely funky"

The list author says:
	"The guitar, the lyrics. My favourite dress is a masterpiece."

The list author says:
	"And a bang on the ear indeed"

The list author says:
	"Oh Hull so much to answer for. Was sheep ever more relevant?"

The list author says:
	"Don't just listen to Automatic for the People...."

The list author says:
	"I've got six things on my mind...."

The list author says:
	"Billy Bragg  - what a great voice and a nod to Kirsty Macoll"

The list author says:
	"May not have sold a lot of records recently, but he's still on Virgin, this is why..."