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.
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
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.
ReplyDeleteLiked the Siouxsie so much she made the list twice?
ReplyDeleteGood catch : enter the Undertones
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