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Best and worst pop/rock artists of the 1980s

Best and worst pop/rock artists of the 1980s

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divegeester
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Best: Duran Duran

Worst: Depeche Mode

divegeester
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Best: Madness

Worst: Chris de Burgh

divegeester
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Best: Adam and the Ants

Worst: The Smiths

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@divegeester said
Best: Duran Duran

Worst: Depeche Mode
Best: Fleetwood Mac

Worst: Dr. Hook

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Best: REM
Worst: U2

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Impossible to decide my best.
Worst, as in my least favourite was Madonna.

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Best: David Bowie
Worst*: Coldplay

* defined as biggest Success-Quality Discrepancy

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Best: Midnight Oil
Worst: INXS

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BEST--- AC/DC

worst -- Sinead O'Connor

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@fmf said
Best: David Bowie
Worst*: Coldplay

* defined as biggest Success-Quality Discrepancy
I've just realized the thread title specifies "1980s"!

David Bowie was very poor for much of the 80s. Coldplay didn't even exist.

Best: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, The Church
Worst: Van Halen, Motorhead.

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1980s

Best: Simple Minds
Worst: Simple Minds

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The best and the worst is impossible to say. We would need objective criteria...
Especially worst is not to say, since nobody knows all the also-rans: small bands who made one CD and somehow distributed that via their concerts.

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@ponderable said
The best and the worst is impossible to say. We would need objective criteria...
Especially worst is not to say, since nobody knows all the also-rans: small bands who made one CD and somehow distributed that via their concerts.
Why on Earth would you think this thread is NOT asking for people's subjective opinions and that it's asking for objective facts instead?

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@mlb62 said
BEST--- AC/DC

worst -- Sinead O'Connor
Best: Sinead O'Connor

Worst: AC/DC

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