Thursday, December 31, 2020

My Top 40 Albums of 1980


Talking Heads : Once in a Lifetime



There will never be another year for albums like 1980. So many incredible artists recorded the best albums of their careers. It has been a nice break from the reality of 2020 to musically inhabit that year. Next year I plan to post a bit less, while diving into 1971 for my Fifty Year Itch Instagram account.









1. Talking Heads Remain In Light 
2. The Jam Sound Affects 
3. Joy Division Closer 
4. Prince Dirty Mind 
5. Squeeze Argybargy 
6. Echo and the Bunnymen Crocodiles 
7. Elvis Costello & the Attractions Get Happy!! 
8. Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (Melt) 
9. Pretenders Pretenders 
10. Bruce Springsteen The River 

11. U2 Boy 
12. Dexys Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 
13. Bob Marley & The Wailers Uprising 
14,  Ultravox Vienna 
15. Magazine The Correct Use Of Soap 
16. NRBQ Tiddlywinks
17. Xtc Black Sea 
18. The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms 
19. The Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro 
20. The Sound Jeopardy 

21.  Siouxsie and The Banshees Kaleidoscope 
22.  Pete Townshend- Empty Glass 
23. The Cure 17 Seconds 
24. Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth 
25. X Los Angeles 
26. The Psychedelic Furs 
27. The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight 
28. John Lennon/Yoko Ono  Double Fantasy 
29. John Foxx Metamatic 

30.  The Undertones Hypnotised
31.  AC DC Back in Black 
32. The Clash Sandinista 
33. Roxy Music Flesh + Blood 
34. The Comsat Angels Waiting for a Miracle 
35. Defunkt 
36. Professor Longhair Crawfish Fiesta 
37. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band Doc At The Radar Station 
38. David Bowie Scary Monsters And Super Creeps 
39. Pylon Gyrate 
40. Japan Gentlemen Take Polaroids

3 comments:

  1. Now that's a list! If I put together a top 40 from '80, we would share about 30 of the same titles. Happy New Year to you. Thanks for another great year of posts.

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  2. Liked the Siouxsie so much she made the list twice?

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