Saturday, May 8, 2021

Albums of the Year 1980

 These years are special years. Not just because I was coming of age then. Here is the Best Ever Albums charts for 1980:

1. Talking Heads - Remain In Light

2. Joy Division - Closer

3. AC/DC - Back In Black

4. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

5. David Bowie - Scarey Monsters (and Super Freaks)

6. Bruce Springsteen - The River

7. Peter Gabriel - III

8. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds

9. Dire Straits - Making Movies

10. Rush - Permanent Waves

and here are my 30 favourites. All in my record collection:

1. Talking Heads - Remain In Light


2. Dexys Midnights Runners - Searching For The Young Sound Rebels


3. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds


4. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It


5.  David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Freaks)


6.  The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms


7. Young Marble Giants- Colossal Youth


8. Pylon - Gyrate


9. Echo &  The Bunnymen - Crocodiles


10. The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro


11. Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap


12. Joy Division - Closer


13. Prince - Dirty Mind


14. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids


15. Tom Waits - Heartattack & Vine


16. UB40- Signing Off


17. Adam & The Ants - Kings of The Wild Frontier


18. Suicide - Alan Vega / Martin Rev


19. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight


20.  Peter Gabriel - III


21. The Clash - Sandinista


22. Simple Minds - Empires & Dance


23. XTC - Black Sea


24. Pretenders - Pretenders


25. The B-52's - Wild Planet


26. The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs


27. The Undertones - Hypnotised


28. The Specials - More Specials


29. The Monochrome Set - Strange Boutique


30. Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe



What more could you want?





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