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Martin Popoff reviews the Top 5 Metal albums of 1980 as voted by you! (Scroll down for spoilers)
5. JUDAS PRIEST - British Steel
4. MOTÖRHEAD - Ace of Spades
3. OZZY OSBORNE - Blizzard of Ozz
2. BLACK SABBATH - Heaven and Hell
1. IRON MAIDEN - Iron Maiden
5. JUDAS PRIEST - British Steel
4. MOTÖRHEAD - Ace of Spades
3. OZZY OSBORNE - Blizzard of Ozz
2. BLACK SABBATH - Heaven and Hell
1. IRON MAIDEN - Iron Maiden
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1980 was indeed a great year for metal
It was a great year to be alive in, period. The summer of 1980 will always be one of the most special times in my life. Where I come from Van Halen "Women and Children First" and Rush "Moving Pictures" along with "Back in Black" were the big records. Oh and I know it ain't metal- but Pink Floyd (which most metal heads like) "The Wall" was probably the biggest album around as far as what the rockers were listening to.
Oh and Rush's "Permanent Waves" as well.
"Iron Maiden debut it's slightly punky sounding" just make sure Steve Harris doesn't hear you said that XD.
Ms666slayer well Paul was a punk enthusiast
That's as much a fact as saying that he is a frustrated singer.
I'm sure Steve Harris is aware...
"Slightly punky sounding?" Compared to Dickinson Maiden, It was straight up punk metal!
Early Maiden was always known as being slightly punk sounding. In '80 the genres rarely mixed like they started to just a few years later but you'd always see punks wearing Motorhead shirts or on their jackets and hear it at punk shows, the only other metal band I ever heard at one fairly regularly was Maiden.
Don't forget 'Barry' by Barry Manilow was another solid effort.
Rush's Moving Pictures came out in 1981. Permanent Waves was their 1980 release.
that's what I was thinking I can't believe they made that big a mistake unless it came out in Canada in 1980
released in Canada and US on 6th February 1981
Heaven and Hell is #1 for 1980, many great albums but the first BS with Dio is just legendary
A f****** men!
Thomas DeMonte
Truth!!
deadguy29
It's great! But "Killers" by Maiden is the best
@@walkawaycat431 Killers came out in 1981.
MosoKaiser
February 2nd is practically 1980.
Of course "Heaven and Hell" deserves infinity skulls.
Heaven and Hell and Blizzard are co #1’s in my book. Infinite skulls.
@@docvader82 Not a fan of heaven and hell but Blizzard rocks?
Mark Santucci you asking me that, or telling me?
My favorite Sabbath albums are Heaven and Hell, and Mob Rules. Although I think I like Mob rules a little better.
Rush-Moving Pictures wats 1981. Permanent Waves was 1980.
Martin how'd you forget. Permanent Waves was awesome!
Martin LITERALLY WROTE A BOOK ON RUSH ALBUMS. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!
Technically Permanent Waves was recorded in 1979 and Moving Pictures
in 1980 but they were both released in the beginning of the following year respectively and therefore might have caused some confusion.
The Band That Sucked weren’t they both released January 1st of each year
@@fissi0n470 I think one of them was january and the other was february
"Iron Maiden" is without question among my absolute top 10 most IMPORTANT debuts ever recorded. Irrefutably. Raw, unpolished, utterly buzzsaw...total necessity to better understand metal's evolution!
only top 10? shouldv put it top 3 at least.
It’s in the top 1
Well said!!!!!
Permanent Waves was released on January 1, 1980, Moving Pictures one year later. Also love the R30 T-shirt, I have a similar one myself. Great job guys!
good that Angel Witch got a nod
That would've been #1 on my list. My favorite NWOBHM record.
You also could have mentioned a very underrated album in Shark Sandwich.
yes, Tap deserves some sort of dIshonorable No-mention award...hmmm, perhaps in the form of a 6-inch-high stonehenge?
Shit Sandwich
@@Lanisteelerocks They can't print that!
Thank you for choosing "Die Young" which most certainly establishes and cements Ronnie's legacy into the heavy metal neverland \m/
Oh geez, in '80 I was just starting highschool, partying really hard, chasing girls really hard, stealing cars to "joy ride" in, plus other assorted mayhem. Rocking out on Priest, Maiden, Rush, Nugent, Budgie, April Wine, Sabbath, AC/DC, The Cure, Tubes, Rainbow, Ozzy etc, etc. Little did I know that, a couple of years later after expanding my Metal catalog, Kill em All, Peace Sells, Fistful of Metal, and everything put out by Overkill would totally change my life. Lol, wouldn't change a thing. Being fifteen years old in 1980 when the stars aligned just right, was when the world went haywire.
Always love Martin's picks! More albums to add to the Must Purchase list.
Love this vid. Going to be listening to these albums all week.
I agree that UFO's "No Place to Run" is brilliant...Phil Mogg became a stronger singer when Chapman was in the band...however, I think that their former guitarist's debut LP from the same year, the Michael Schenker Group, holds up a bit better...
With all due to respect to the illustrious Martin Popoff, it is hilarious that he is wearing a Rush t-shirt and yet mistakenly names Rush's 1981 album as an honorable mention for the best metal releases of 1980 (even funnier is that it may have received a lot of votes!)...LOL...be that as it may, I've always much preferred 1980's "Permanent Waves" anyway...
This was a really fun, nostalgic contest with a typically cool performance by the knowledgeable and entertaining Martin Popoff!!!
And "Chinatown" is a killer too!
Steeler and rapid fire are great songs
yes
Just discovered this channel very recently. I have no idea why I haven't noticed it before but it suddenly became Christmas again :-) I gotta say I love these Rewind videos - it sure does bring back some good memories of albums I'd forgotten about and used to love or simply just needed to listen to again. Excellent channel and an obvious subscription.
Welcome!
Thank God for Diamond Head, Tygers of Pantang, Iron Maiden, Motorhead etc. The first Ozzy album was great but Diary was better IMO.
Blizzard is better LOL
I agree that DOAM is better, but that didn't come out in 1980. I also think that Mob Rules and Long Live Rock n Roll are better albums than Heaven & Hell, and that Ozzy was better than Sabbath in 1980 (saw them both :)
@@mistahwolfie you're pushing, Mob Rules is a b-side from Heaven and Hell
Lightning To The Nations could have been #1.
@@l30S3UX I preferred it. Much better production and performances, imo. Although a lot of my friends at the time would have agreed with you, they loved H&H, while I was too busy waving Blizzard at them.
Also surprised Van Halen women and children first wasn’t on the honorable mentions
WHAT?! BLASPHEMY!!!!
Total Blasphemy
I approve this! That album is wicked hard!
@Foxbody Boogie I would say Diver Down was. "Everybody Wants Some" & Eddie's blistering solo is what all of us rockers were blasting at house parties, our cars, etc. in the summer of 1980 (plus a ton of other amazing albums!). What a great summer...killer bands/albums, hot chicks, beer & weed! Man, I really miss those days! Take care bros.
Yea Women and children first is a great album. IMO the only reason the first Iron Maiden album made it #1 has nothing to do with the album itself. The reason is it's the first album from a band that had a lot of great albums after 1980. Iron Maiden fan here but that first album, c'mon.
There should be a top 5 best hard rock albums of 1980, as well. AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard, etc.
I love these videos. I don't agree with the list most of the time but it's pretty entertaining to watch.
The first Iron Maiden album is easily the best from their catalog, the most variety in their song style and the raw production fits them well. Dennis Stratton is a VERY underrated guitarist on this album and I honestly wish he stayed over Adrian. That said, all the albums on this list and the mentions are great albums as well, should've mentioned the great Def Leppard "On Through The Night" as well, a NWOBHM classic to me
Haven't even watched yet but I'm going to say Maiden's debut, Ace of Spades, British Steel, Heaven and Hell, and Blizzard of Oz
1. Angel Witch
2. Heaven And Hell
3. Iron Maiden
4. Give 'Em Hell
5. Lightning to the Nations
Great List !
I think you'll find Bob Daisley is Australian...
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Def Leppard - On Through the Night
Judas Priest - British Steel
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
Crazy Train sounded "disco-e" to you? What were you smoking in 1980?
Popoff likes to low-key prove to everyone his tastes are harder then yours.
Great to see Martin give mention to Thin Lizzy’s Chinatown album. Currently reading my signed copies of Martin’s trilogy of books on the mighty Lizzy- great job Martin.
Everything Martin said about British Steel was spot on...
I prefer Bomber to Ace Of Spades...
Iron Maiden's self-titled debut was one of the best albums of the decade, and my favorite Maiden studio album...
Heaven and Hell--Sabbath's best album since Technical Ecstasy.
1980 till 1986 was some awesome metal bands
Big fan of Popoff, great installment
I love iron maidens early punk sound
Kind of surprised Ace of Spades isn't number 1, that's my favorite other than the first Iron Maiden. Still all of these are fucking solid and this is a great vid as usual!!!!
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
4. Van Halen - Women and Children First
3. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
2. AC/DC - Back in Black
1. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
I totally agree on Angelwitch's first album being the best NWOBHM album of 1980.
And on top of all these goodies, there was:
Tygers of Pan Tang - Wild Cat
MSG - MSG
Girlschool - Demolition
Krokus - Metal Rendez-vous
Saxon - Strong arm of the law (!!!)
Trust - Répression
And so on and so forth
What a year indeed.
GTL_Dominiek
SAXON!!!
Saxon yea!
Agree about your assessment on Heaven and Hell, but great shout out for Gamma!
Budgie- Power Supply was a great album that year too
Since hard rock has snuck into the conversation here, an album that should be added into the mix here is What's Next by Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush. Some of the best heavy guitar work ever put down on tape. Listen to "Something's Coming Our Way" and get your head blown off!
Fist- Turn The Hell On and Rail-Arrival are some hidden gems from that year.
This was a great video. Good top 5 picks and plenty of good honorable mentions. Only one major thing missing: The Michael Schenker Group! Top 5 album of the year for me.
Gillan's "Glory Road" was a classic album from the year (with the late, great Bernie Torme on guitar). They never did anything in the U.S. but were quite big in the UK and Europe and the period brought Ian Gillan back home to his hard rock roots.
Please do 1984, 1986 and 1990 sometime soon. A common theme for some of these years is that the 5 albums everyone knows end up making it. I feel like those years would have some serious competition going on.
What's wrong with odd numbered years?
Where is Animal Magnetism it should have been number 1 it's one of the best albums in 1980 super riffs in every song and very well written The Zoo song is my favorite from the album as well as Make it Real
Does he still not know you can have half stars?
He was told in a previous episode, but maybe he still doesn't believe in 1/2 skulls.
All the stars in the north are dead now
All the morals of wasted human debris
Popoff is not that 2.5 "OK" guy. If its good it's good.
Sadek X I think he must’ve forgotten
But notice they’re lo-poly skulls! like a 1980s video game. Thats authenticity.
Quartz....THANK YOU \m/
A little surprised to see Def Leppard's On Through The Night missing from the honorable mentions list, but maybe I'm just a big fan of that record, because it was them at their heaviest, before they hooked up with Mutt Lange and began moving toward a more commercial sound.
A NWOBHM classic, for sure. There was just too much competition this year (I still crank "Wasted" & "Answer to the Master" to this day 😀)
The drum full on "Answer To The Master" is really good. I'd love to see them go back to that heavy rock sound.
Answer to the Master, Satellite, fuck I am going to listen to those right now! Some of the other stuff isgreat as well and Money talks but I think they were better then!
Gameboy i'm 2 surprised that not even an honorable mention of On through the Night?
Ace Of Spades by a long mile.😍
Correct Bon.
No Cultosaurus Erectus? You can't be serious.
I basically had to google to see what albums were released that year. And an album caught my attention: Angel Witch. My God!!! What an awesome album, full of fantasy imagery and pure fun metal. This was an album I really enjoyed!! Especially the doomy soongs, which in IMO really stand out. Keep up the good work, love what you're doing!!!
Agreed! The Angel Witch debut was the spiritual follow-up to Priest's "Stained Class". Absolute masterpiece.
True!!
And also love/know your profile pic!.
iron maiden album 5 skulls its ground breaking and vastly underrated.. translvania ,prowler,phantom of opera,strange world,remember tomorrow the album is a classic blows everything of 1980 out of water
Phantom of the Opera is my second IM song ever, after Hallowed Be Thy Name. 3rd is Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I also love "Strange World". For sure, the most underrate Iron Maiden song. No one talks about it end they never played it live post the Dianno era. And even then it was seldom played. What a shame.
Thanks for mentioning to "Chinatown!! I voted for "Iron Maiden", but I love Thin Lizzy and really wanted to vote for it.... Thanks!
Man, Permanent Waves is such an underrated album that I guess it just doesn’t exist. I love these videos but that’s a “Come on, man” moment.
I always like these videos, Martin does a great job. Always honest in his opinions: Rapid Fire and Steeler 'Not great songs' No way! Coincidently I listened to British Steel earlier this week and realised what a great song Steeler is.
let me skip this to Poppofs personal list 14:10 - people voting on the BAND not the ALBUM kills this list
Leonardo Bandeira that's what happens when most voters are old crooks
Truth!
1980 was a great year for metal, but that Angel Witch debut was light years ahead of the rest ... almost bordering on the thrash scene just a few years ahead. Good to see it on the honorable mention list.
#1. Heaven and Hell
Wow!!! What a great year for metal.
1. Heaven and Hell
2. British Steel
3. Back in Black
4. Iron Maiden
5. Blizzard of Oz
There, I fixed it for ya.
Perfect, and correct.
In 1980, On the Black Sabbath album cover the cigarette smoking middle angel keeps her I-Phone on her leg above her knee
1994-1995 was my sophomore year of high school. While all my peers were listening to Soundgarden and STP I was cranking up BS-Heaven and Hell.
Blizzard of Oz has Crazy Train and Mr. Crowly on it, I don't think I dont know is the 2nd most famous song on that album, its not even on his compilation album.
Mr Crowly guitar solo is magic
The album would've been better if Mr. Crowley was the opening track.
Blizzard of Ozz*, Mr. Crowley*
Mr. Crowley, Suicide Solution and Goodbye to Romance would be the choices for 2nd most famous song from the album. I Don't Know is a fine song, but definitely not 2nd.
I Don't Know & Over The Mountain are great Ozzy tracks.
Please do the year 1989 next :)
I don't think I would rank "I don't Know" as the 2nd most famous song from "Blizzard of Oz". I think that spot belongs to either "Mr. Crowley" or "Suicide Solution".
Where's KISS "Unmasked"? lol, good job Martin!!
I just threw up in my mouth a little,reading your comment. I know your joking of course.......i
I remember Robb Flynn doing a accoustic version of Die Young at the Mitch Lucker Memorial show
lol
Great year for Metal & a whole new chapter, 1980 was the Year Bands Got Heavy. I like the list Im just not wild about the first Iron Maiden album, I didn't start listening to Metal until 84 - 1985
Chinatown was my first Thin Lizzy purchase. Still a fave today
1. Heaven and Hell
2. Permanent Waves
3. Animal magnetism
4. Back in Black
5. Chinatown
There’s a top 5 I can believe in.
Rush, Thin Lizzy, Scorpions and AC/DC are Rock bands not Metal bands
GrahfMetal in by that thought in 1980 there were only like 5 metal bands
I mentioned albums that are actually heavier than British Steel and Blizzard of Ozz. Get thy head out of thy ass. Metal is a lot of things.
@@damiankarras Metal is Metal. It's not about "heavier" it's about being Metal. I'm not trash talking Rock or Hard Rock or saying Metal is necessarily "better". The albums/bands you listed are great, especially Rush, one of my favorite bands. I'm simply saying Metal bands are Metal bands and Rock bands are Rock Bands. they're two distinct genres, that's all. Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Heavy Load, Venom, Manowar, Angel Witch, Anvil, Grave Digger, Picture, Sortilège, Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, Budgie are just a few examples of the metal bands around in 1980. At the end of the day, good music is good music and that's what matters, I just find it bizarre when people use the term Metal to refer to any band that's heavy and has electric guitars. That's how MTV/VH1/Apple/Spotify etc. keep getting away with re-branding hard-rock as "Hair Metal", "Grunge Metal", "Nu Metal" and "Metalcore" in their respective decades. It muddies the water and misrepresents true Metal, that's all. Sorry, I've gone off on a bit of a rant, It's all good, Rock, Metal, like what you like. I was just making an observation.
Iron Maiden is more than worthy at no.1, let's not get crazy. Those first three, Sabbath, Ozzy, Maiden, for me, are all five skull classics.
Yes POM is my fav Maiden also
I absolutely agree about Angel Witch
Gamma 2! I love that record! It feels like no one ever heard of Gamma.
Surprised that there's no mention of Cultösaurus Erectus. It's an uneven record surely but Black Blade, Monsters and Unknown Tongue are amongst my favourite BÖC tracks. Especially Monsters, which has a real proggy vibe.
Im still in the 80’s!!
A bit tight on the skulls! British Steel, Ace Of Spades & Blizzard are all 5/5 - perfect albums...
Imo no LP can displace Paranoid not only as the fav Black Sabbath LP but in general as the most important LP in rock history.Still after so many decades the subjects of the songs are still around.Wars,drugs,nuclear war fear
I waited so long and it's finally here! Loved this and I think it's great all the various comments... That's really what makes metal so great is how vastly different the styles of metal are. Other genres of music are not this rich. I voted Blizzard and yes it is very ballad oriented but ballads will become an essential part of metal after this so Blizzard is a landmark. The eighties wasn't my favorite decade of metal, I liked turning the corner into the nineties and beyond. I liked Heaven and He'll a lot but I really liked Born Again better which came a few years later. I was surprised not one soul mentioned Scream Dream, but I can already hear the Ted Nugent is not metal backlash. Anyway this was really cool and I think it's great that so many people are as interested in this music as we were in 1980. Thanks...
@ Martin Popoff
Are u gonna update your 2002 top 500 book???
Bizarre Heaven & Hell is my all time favorite, and I was just out of high school when it came out ... I've never heard one song off Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden... but loved Peace of Mind and Powerslave. How'd that happen?
I remember the day I bought that Iron Maiden cassette..(years after it's release) .I also bought a Misfits and Dead Kennedy's cassette on the same day...needless to say I got my feet wet over the next few days
Martin, any idea why they haven’t remastered or reissued “Heaven & Hell” by Black Sabbath on vinyl? I may already know but I’ve never heard or read the reason why, could you answer this for us! 🎧\m/
Always good
Rush “Moving Pictures” released in ‘81. “Permanent Waves” was released in ‘80.
Happy with Judas Priest and Iron Maiden but also surprised that Back In Black didn’t make the list.
I was 17 in 1980 ... and VERY impressed with Iron Maiden at the time ... so wheras -- for this nostalgic reason -- I don't much mind the #1 pick, I think Diamond Head has survived the test of time best. Like Martin, I'm also surprised that AC/DC didn't make the list, but okay. As for Motorhead, I was absolutely awestruck by the Overkill album ... but Ace of Spades was really just "more of the same" (however good that was) ... as you can pretty much say about every Motorhead album ever since, so they didn't come with the same surprise value as they had the year before. Ozzy? Didn't like that album. At the time, I was into the punk/metal crossover thing ... so I was kind of "whatever" in my attitude towards it, as I also was with Black Sabbath Mark II, with Dio ... I suppose we saw them as "those old guys" at the time ... and thought they had their best work behind them. (Oh well. You live, you learn.) British Steel was disappointing too ... although I feel more warmly towards it nowadays ... and I still think the four best JP albums were released in the 70s. Then there were about a hundred "lesser" bands ... half of which I've forgotten (but boy would I sit on a treasure chest if I'd kept every album I ever bought!!!).
MediaFaust Who gives a shit?
I'm the same age as you and Iron Maiden blew me away. There was nothing else like it then. It was new and really different and the artwork made you want to buy it. It was a tough time for me, but the music was so good. Metal can get you through most anything.
1. Moving Pictures came out in 81.
2. When Martin is talking about Angel Witch it still says Saxon - Wheels Of Steel on the side.
3. Wheels Of Steel has got to be no1!!!
don't put Van Halen anywhere near Maiden. Thanks Martin, keep 'em coming.
Van Halen - Women And Children First
Blackfoot - Tomcattin‘
AC/DC - Back in black
Saxon - Strong arm of the law
UFO - No Place to run
🤘i love video gems from start n' end🤘
🤘1:00 Sad wings, sin after, Stained n' Hell bent for awesome cover art🤘
Damn I missed this one
1-back in black...2-ace of spades...3-british steel...4-heaven and hell...5-iron maiden...6-lightning to the nations...7-blizzard of oz...8-wheels of steel...9-angelwitch
Great riff by Motorhead.
I'm shooketh that Lightning to the Nations wasn't even an honorable mention. "Am I Evil?" Yes, yes you all are!
For me, my list is 1) Iron Maiden
2) Heaven and Hell
3) Ace of Spades
4) Lightning to the Nations
5) British Steel
"On Through the Night" Def Leppard should be an honorable mention.
Yes, agreed🤘
Oh yeah! For sure! Their best album hands down.
Some very controversial things being said in this video:
1. Heaven and Hell is Black Sabbath's greatest album of all time, hence better than Sabbath's first 3 albums. Sorry Martin, as much as I love Heaven and Heaven, it is not Sabbath's greatest album of all time.
2. Rapid Fire not a good song. I don't agree. It was thrash before thrash was a thing.
3. Black Sabbath started in 1970. No. They started in 1968 Martin, not 1970. In fact, their first album was recorded in 1969.
4. Crazy Train is kind of disco sounding. I don't think so.
5. Rush Moving Pictures being released in 1980. No. It was released in 1981. Permanent Waves was released in 1980.
I was beginning to think I was in an alternative reality with some of those comments. Especially crazy train sounding disco. Blonde, yes. Ozzy, no.
Pretty sure ol’ Marty is basing his comment on the year of release of Sabbath’s debut, which was 1970.
Yeah, #1 is utter madness. Heaven and Hell will never be widely considered the greatest Sabbath album. PERIOD. FULL STOP.
you want to talk about a riff well grinder is all that n more
Right on, plus Randy's work, with just so little, but brilliant, has me going back to those first two albums all the time. Those two albums have easily stood the test of time. I like it at three, but those top three albums are all five skull classics, that still remain in my rotation.
Best year in metal imho. Just turned 18, NWOBHM had such a big impact on me. Very pleased with all the albums mentioned, not just the top 5. Have all of them on original vinyl! I would have loved to see 2 more: Give ‘em hell by Witchfynde and Def Leppard’s debut : On through the night. Both are undeniable masterpieces, each in their own unique way.
5. Def leopard, on thru the night. 4. Judas priest, British steel. 3. Black sabbath, heaven n hell. 2. Triumph. Progressions of power. 1. AC/DC, back in black.