Thanks for this, you have chosen many records i bought at the time and still play, The bunnymen, The Cure, Killing Joke's brutal debut, Magazine (nearly on a pair with Secondhand Daylight(, Comsat Angels (come from near where I live), JoyDivision (an even more local band to me,absolute classic, outside of time) and the magnificent Adrian Borland with his band The Sound, i have all their albums, so brilliant and melancholic.
That’s my kind of 1980 list… incredible debuts - Crocodiles, Waiting For a Miracle, Jeopardy, in the Flat Field, landmark moments such as Seventeen Seconds, and of course the extraordinary Correct Use of Soap… and then there is Closer…just wow! Love your passion, thanks for sharing.
Talking heads remain in light is not just best of 1980, But one of the greatest albums ever made. It stands on its own every song taken together in sequence as a story of life, from birth to death.
What a classic year!. i bought, and still have most of your choices. The late Adrian Borland.s band The Sound are incredible, they should have been much better known than they were.
My Top 10 of 1980!: 10. Whitesnake - Ready an' Willing 9. Billy Squier - Tale of the Tape 8. Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card 7. Journey - Departure 6. Scorpions - Animal Magnetism 5. Peter Gabriel - Melt 4. Judas Priest - British Steel 3. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 2. Queen - The Game 1. AC/DC - Back in Black
So glad this was recommended to me. The first video of yours I have seen. And it is great. You have a pretty impeccable 1980 list. The summation of Closer was powerful and well said. If this was my own 1980 list I would have most of yours, but maybe replace some of your heavy metal choices (just not a sound I have an ear for) with some possibly overlooked gems. Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners I Just Can't Stop it - The Beat Doc at the Radar Station - Captain Beefheart Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants More Specials - The Specials And the most egregious oversight - Grotesque (after the gramme) - The Fall As much as I love New Order/The Smiths/Buzzcocks/Stone Roses etc. I would nominate The Fall as the best musical act to come out of Manchester. With only Joy Division challenging them. Subscribed and looking forward to your other videos!
Wow. Thank you! Leaving Grotesque off was hard to do... but these years from 79-83 are so incredibly stacked that some great stuff got bumped. English Beat would've been top 10 in almost any year but 79 or 80. I have a feeling they'll appear eventually 😉... possibly even general public... but we'll see
Got 5 of these. 1980 was THE year for me. Bought a staggering number of albums, with at least 10 10/10s. My album of the year was Metamatic by John Foxx. He has never surpassed Underpass in my opinion. Rest of my 10 = Athletico Spizz 80 - Do a Runner The Cure - Seventeen Seconds Dalek I Love You - Compass Kumpas The Human League - Travelogue Joy Division - Closer OMD - OMD OMD - Organisation Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Visage 🎹🖤🎹🖤🎹
Yeah kinda kicking myself for not including either OMD records... or Visage... but I limited myself to 25... and it was an insane year for music. I'm going to check out the John Foxx record... I do enjoy the early Ultravox records.
These real bands: Metamatic? Thanks I'll find out , I love to get chance for music I haven't experienced yet. Internet good for this , just learned bout Big Star❤
Great to see Pretenders Ii get some love. I must be one of the few people who like it more than the debut. Totally agree, also, with your choice for Number 1. Thanks for another great video!
Our lists are even closer than '79. Stoked to see The Sound and Comsat Angels high up! I played both on my Fester's Bucket O' Nasties radio show in the late eighties alongside Beefheart, Soft Boys, Teardrop Explodes, Magazine, Siouxsie, Birthday Party, Killing Joke, and they weren't completely unknown then. But yeah, CD reissues in 00s and documentaries have helped spread the word. You're a year ahead with The Pretenders releases -- the first one was Jan '80, second August '81. Talking Heads - Remain In Light The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms Joy Division - Closer XTC - Black Sea Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station The Sound - Jeopardy Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden X - Los Angeles The Jam - Sound Affects Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kaleidoscope The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro Killing Joke - Killing Joke The Cure - Seventeen Seconds U2 - Boy King Sunny Adé and His African Beats - Eje Nlogba Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette Horace Andy - Showcase Pretenders - Pretenders The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight David Bowie - Scary Monsters
@@deadendstreetchannel Also I made a playlist to give fresh listens to the ones I mentioned in your '79 video, plus the 1980 Roxy, Adam Ants, Japan, Psych Furs and The Associates. The latter were definitely bubbling under the top 25 along with some other lost classics like: Wipers - Is This Real? The Suburbs - In Combo The Monochrome Set - Love Zombies The Distractions - Nobody's Perfect Local Heroes SW9 - Drip Dry Zone Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe ( The Passions - Michael & Miranda Fehlfarben - Monarchy and Everyday Life The Only Ones - Baby's Got A Gun The Passage - Pindrop Fingerprintz - Distinguishing Marks Along those lines, before you do 1981, here's a few you MAY not have heard. Probably not time for any to break into your top 25, but worth a listen! Modern Eon - Fiction Tales The Method Actors - Little Figures The Suburbs - Credit In Heaven Martha & The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age Opposition - Breaking The Silence This Heat - Deceit TV21 - A Thin Red Line Holly And The Italians - The Right To Be Italian The Passage - For All And None Wah! Heat - Nah=Poo, The Art Of Bluff Empire - Expensive Sound
@@deadendstreetchannel I figured you might be! I assume you got the long-anticipated deluxe reissue a couple years back? That was the top of my list in my greatest post-punk albums you never heard from 2013 which also included Breathless, Opposition, And Also the Trees, Sad Lovers and Giants, For Against, Lowlife, etc.
glad you chose Scary Monsters. I was a hug Bowie fan as a teenager, with all the LP up to Heroes. Just before the Scary Monsters LP came out, there was massive hype from the media, and we were all holding our breath for the release. I would say that the LP is uncompromising and accessible at the same time. Remain in Light and Peter Gabriel III would be up there as well. Also keep in mind, 'My Life In The Bush of Ghosts' was a great LP.
This may be a first: A best-of list I largely agree with. Peter Gabriel, Killing Joke, Japan, Rush, Comsat Angels, XTC... kudos for not rounding up the usual suspects (though the Police's "Zenyatta Mondatta," AC/DC's "Back in Black" and George Benson's "Give Me the Night" are criminal exclusions).
1 Scary Monsters - David Bowie 2 The Plateaux of Mirrors - Harold Budd & Brian Eno 3 Closer - Joy Division 4 Never For Ever - Kate Bush 5 Gentlemen Takes Polaroids - Japan 6 Visage - Visage 7 Vienna - Ultravox 8 Seventeen Seconds - The Cure 9 Organisation - OMD 10 Luminous Basement - The Tourists
The Sound Jeopardy (1980) I have this vinyl signed by Mike Dudley! I also know him! and Graham Bailey (bassist) Incredible band and great debut, From the lions mouth their second lp is even better! one of the best albums ever made by any band!
Killing Joke (1980) I was chatting to a bloke the other day and he KNOWS Jaz Coleman! he was going to introduce me to him!! sadly lives miles away from me 😢 so it never happened! but yes their debut is an utter masterpiece. I have it SIGNED by Youth (bassist), Mike Coles (sleeve designer) and Phil Harding (recording engineer). C was here in Mar '24
I think when I did my favorites from 1980 the Talking Head album was at the top, it was so different and cool. The Adam Ant record I bought on my first trip to England, it was all over the place in 1981 and I had to have it. Nice list of great albums from 1980
Love your taste in music - very soon I plan to do an 80s best of tournament style video series - difficult to find a good balance of people to come in as one of the five voters - hope you might consider joining us -
1. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 2. Blue Oyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus 3. Rush - Permanent Waves 4. Scorpions - Animal Magnetism 5. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden 6. Judas Priest - British Steel 7. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz 8. AC/DC - Back In Black 9. Van Halen - Women and Children First 10. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta 11. Saxon - Strong Arm of The Law 12. Saxon - Wheels of Steel 13. Thin Lizzy - Chinatown 14. Angel Witch - Angel Witch 15. Jethro Tull - A 16. Black Sabbath - Live at Last 17. Heart - Bebe Le Strange 18. The Cars - Panorama 19. Def Leppard - On Through The Night 20. Motorhead - Ace of Spades 21. UFO - No Place to Run 22. Accept - I'm A Rebel
1980 was one *helluva* year for music, with way more than 25 *great* albums. Feel so lucky to have been in college then. Others on my list not mentioned here include *Empty Glass,* by *Pete Townshend,* the first solo album from which he drew upon material he'd have otherwise earmarked for The Who, the incendiary *Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables,* by the *Dead Kennedys,* and *Motorhead's Ace of Spades,* which others have mentioned.
This was a great year for music...it's a shame it descended into Linn drum dominated vapidity afterwards during the decade....I would also add Empires and Dance by Simple Minds to the list
Earthstar's debut Salterbarty Tales, released in 1978, was never released on Sky, it was on a tiny American label called Moontower Records. It's also much harder to find as an original LP than their three on Sky, so it's not cheap (only three copies being sold on Discogs as of typing).
Do you feel this list reflects the absolute dominance of UK releases during this period, or do you have your thumb on the scales? Enjoyed this post either way!
Considering how many great 70s bands had taken a major nosedive by 1980, I’d say that year kicked off the whole decade with some very compelling rock releases. Glad you mentioned both Bauhaus and Echo and the Bunnymen. “ Crocodiles “ was loaded with great guitar riffs and was definitely an underrated album. And Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie is a gem in its own way. But I’d have to give a shout out to Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass. To this day, I still think it’s his strongest solo effort. However, that’s coming from a biased “ Who “ fan 😆.
Heaven And Hell-Black Sabbath is my favorite Black Sabbath & metal album & Top 5 album overall. Sorry but 70s Rush is the best Rush. My Top 10 would be 1. Heaven And Hell-Black Sabbath. 2. Iron Maiden-Iron Maiden. 3. Ace Of Spades-Motorhead. 4. Victims Of The Fury-Robin Trower. 5. Michael Schenker Group-Michael Schenker Group. 6. Wild Cat-Tygers Of Pan Tang. 7. Cultosaurus Erectus-Blue Oyster Cult. 8. Chinatown-Thin Lizzy. 9. Wheels Of Steel-Saxon. 10. Strong Arm Of The Law-Saxon.
I feel kinda jilted I wasn't aware of 3/4 of this list. The feeling, psychedelic furs, Joy division not a clue they existed and I was so bored with top 40 at the time. I went back to allman brothers , cream stuff like that. Maybe I wouldn't have been ready for post punk. I was junior in school, lived on the farm. Rush was my first concert . Loved Jackson browne and old REO Speedwagon. At least I had them oh and some Seger
I subscribed but there is an indie elitism that is smothering this site. 1980 best songs: High Fidelity - Costello Clampdown - The Clash Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division London Calling - The Clash Clampdown The Clash (a band I don't really like) Ashes to Ashes - Bowie Boys Dont Cry - The Cure the songs is a scored for the movie Possession - Costello King Horse - Costello Men Called Uncle - Costello (Costello's last great album) Ace Of Spades - Motörhead Hungry Heart Springsteen Out on the Street - Springsteen I Will Follow - U2
Excellent choices! Every pick is unassailable. Can’t say I really know much about Joy Division’s second album, though. In my mind, Comsats and the Sound are better.
I absolutely love JD, Sound and CS Angels... there's another band in the same league as CS Angels and Sound that is gonna be a huge shocker/ upset in a future episode.
Great job, for me seems like you're ignoring some of the greatest hard rock/metal albums ever made but I guess, your taste is different. Motorhead's "Ace Of Spade" and AC/DC "Back In Black" for me easily the best releases on 1980
You do an excellent job of giving quick , incisive overviews of these albums . I look forward to your next video .
Thanks !
Thank you!!!
@@deadendstreetchannel You’re welcome .
Joy Division Closer
(1980)
Another stunning album, Peter Hook proudly signed my vinyl sleeve of it!
Hooky = absolute legend.
In its own class: 1. Talking Heads: Remain in Light 2. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel III
Feel exactly the same
Thanks for this, you have chosen many records i bought at the time and still play, The bunnymen, The Cure, Killing Joke's brutal debut, Magazine (nearly on a pair with Secondhand Daylight(, Comsat Angels (come from near where I live), JoyDivision (an even more local band to me,absolute classic, outside of time) and the magnificent Adrian Borland with his band The Sound, i have all their albums, so brilliant and melancholic.
Thank you!!!
Sounds like you appreciate Japan. I’m on board with that! The first two are my favourites.
LOVE Japan!
I've got to grab me hands on kaleidoscope & killing jokes debut
That’s my kind of 1980 list… incredible debuts - Crocodiles, Waiting For a Miracle, Jeopardy, in the Flat Field, landmark moments such as Seventeen Seconds, and of course the extraordinary Correct Use of Soap… and then there is Closer…just wow! Love your passion, thanks for sharing.
Thank you!!!
I’d forgotten how many great albums 1980 threw up.
Talking heads remain in light is not just best of 1980, But one of the greatest albums ever made. It stands on its own every song taken together in sequence as a story of life, from birth to death.
I was in high school back in 80. I was a big fan of Iron Maiden's debut as well as the debut release of Los Angeles by X. Thanks for sharing.
What a classic year!. i bought, and still have most of your choices. The late Adrian Borland.s band The Sound are incredible, they should have been much better known than they were.
Thank you...Couldn't agree more!
My Top 10 of 1980!:
10. Whitesnake - Ready an' Willing
9. Billy Squier - Tale of the Tape
8. Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card
7. Journey - Departure
6. Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
5. Peter Gabriel - Melt
4. Judas Priest - British Steel
3. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
2. Queen - The Game
1. AC/DC - Back in Black
Great albums!! I love Animal Magnetism!! It's an extremely melodic heavy album!!👍👊
So glad this was recommended to me. The first video of yours I have seen. And it is great.
You have a pretty impeccable 1980 list. The summation of Closer was powerful and well said.
If this was my own 1980 list I would have most of yours, but maybe replace some of your heavy metal choices (just not a sound I have an ear for) with some possibly overlooked gems.
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners
I Just Can't Stop it - The Beat
Doc at the Radar Station - Captain Beefheart
Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants
More Specials - The Specials
And the most egregious oversight -
Grotesque (after the gramme) - The Fall
As much as I love New Order/The Smiths/Buzzcocks/Stone Roses etc. I would nominate The Fall as the best musical act to come out of Manchester. With only Joy Division challenging them.
Subscribed and looking forward to your other videos!
Wow. Thank you! Leaving Grotesque off was hard to do... but these years from 79-83 are so incredibly stacked that some great stuff got bumped. English Beat would've been top 10 in almost any year but 79 or 80. I have a feeling they'll appear eventually 😉... possibly even general public... but we'll see
Got 5 of these.
1980 was THE year for me. Bought a staggering number of albums, with at least 10 10/10s.
My album of the year was Metamatic by John Foxx. He has never surpassed Underpass in my opinion.
Rest of my 10 =
Athletico Spizz 80 - Do a Runner
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
Dalek I Love You - Compass Kumpas
The Human League - Travelogue
Joy Division - Closer
OMD - OMD
OMD - Organisation
Ultravox - Vienna
Visage - Visage
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Yeah kinda kicking myself for not including either OMD records... or Visage... but I limited myself to 25... and it was an insane year for music. I'm going to check out the John Foxx record... I do enjoy the early Ultravox records.
@@deadendstreetchannel Great! If you haven't heard Metamatic you're in for a real treat!
These real bands: Metamatic? Thanks I'll find out , I love to get chance for music I haven't experienced yet. Internet good for this , just learned bout Big Star❤
For my own research, i have listened to 22 of the albums in this list
Shedding tears over my Duke album.
Great to see Pretenders Ii get some love. I must be one of the few people who like it more than the debut. Totally agree, also, with your choice for Number 1. Thanks for another great video!
Thank you! Yeah, those first 2 pretenders records are pretty much a tie for me.
Great list! Such a fertile year for music. Scary Monsters is my favourite Bowie album.
Thank you!!!
Our lists are even closer than '79. Stoked to see The Sound and Comsat Angels high up! I played both on my Fester's Bucket O' Nasties radio show in the late eighties alongside Beefheart, Soft Boys, Teardrop Explodes, Magazine, Siouxsie, Birthday Party, Killing Joke, and they weren't completely unknown then. But yeah, CD reissues in 00s and documentaries have helped spread the word. You're a year ahead with The Pretenders releases -- the first one was Jan '80, second August '81.
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Joy Division - Closer
XTC - Black Sea
Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station
The Sound - Jeopardy
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
X - Los Angeles
The Jam - Sound Affects
Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kaleidoscope
The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle
The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party
The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
Killing Joke - Killing Joke
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
U2 - Boy
King Sunny Adé and His African Beats - Eje Nlogba
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
Horace Andy - Showcase
Pretenders - Pretenders
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Awesome list! Soft Boys almost edged out Elvis... and I now have to check out that Grace Jones record that I've not heard!
@@deadendstreetchannel Be sure to hear the reissue that includes the non-album single, her cover of JD's "She's Lost Control" plus dub version.
@@deadendstreetchannel Also I made a playlist to give fresh listens to the ones I mentioned in your '79 video, plus the 1980 Roxy, Adam Ants, Japan, Psych Furs and The Associates. The latter were definitely bubbling under the top 25 along with some other lost classics like:
Wipers - Is This Real?
The Suburbs - In Combo
The Monochrome Set - Love Zombies
The Distractions - Nobody's Perfect
Local Heroes SW9 - Drip Dry Zone
Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe (
The Passions - Michael & Miranda
Fehlfarben - Monarchy and Everyday Life
The Only Ones - Baby's Got A Gun
The Passage - Pindrop
Fingerprintz - Distinguishing Marks
Along those lines, before you do 1981, here's a few you MAY not have heard. Probably not time for any to break into your top 25, but worth a listen!
Modern Eon - Fiction Tales
The Method Actors - Little Figures
The Suburbs - Credit In Heaven
Martha & The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age
Opposition - Breaking The Silence
This Heat - Deceit
TV21 - A Thin Red Line
Holly And The Italians - The Right To Be Italian
The Passage - For All And None
Wah! Heat - Nah=Poo, The Art Of Bluff
Empire - Expensive Sound
@@Fastnbulbous1969 there's some great stuff!! Some of those I will have to check out... but a little spoiler... I'm VERY acquainted with Modern Eon! 😉
@@deadendstreetchannel I figured you might be! I assume you got the long-anticipated deluxe reissue a couple years back? That was the top of my list in my greatest post-punk albums you never heard from 2013 which also included Breathless, Opposition, And Also the Trees, Sad Lovers and Giants, For Against, Lowlife, etc.
Another great list.
Thank you!!!
Great channel
Thank you!
I like how you managed to squeeze in Get Happy!!
Looking at your guitar rack the Gibson/clone looks like it is taking a headstock left turn compared to the Fender/clones.
glad you chose Scary Monsters. I was a hug Bowie fan as a teenager, with all the LP up to Heroes. Just before the Scary Monsters LP came out, there was massive hype from the media, and we were all holding our breath for the release. I would say that the LP is uncompromising and accessible at the same time. Remain in Light and Peter Gabriel III would be up there as well. Also keep in mind, 'My Life In The Bush of Ghosts' was a great LP.
This may be a first: A best-of list I largely agree with. Peter Gabriel, Killing Joke, Japan, Rush, Comsat Angels, XTC... kudos for not rounding up the usual suspects (though the Police's "Zenyatta Mondatta," AC/DC's "Back in Black" and George Benson's "Give Me the Night" are criminal exclusions).
Thank you! Those 3 are all records I own and like! I originally did a top 50 that included 2 of them... but 50 is just crazy long to watch. 😆
A little surprised that Gary Numan’s ‘Telekon’ wasn't here. No hate, this is a great list.
Was a massive Numanoid back in the day, but strangely never warmed to Telekon. Go figure!
1 Scary Monsters - David Bowie
2 The Plateaux of Mirrors - Harold Budd & Brian Eno
3 Closer - Joy Division
4 Never For Ever - Kate Bush
5 Gentlemen Takes Polaroids - Japan
6 Visage - Visage
7 Vienna - Ultravox
8 Seventeen Seconds - The Cure
9 Organisation - OMD
10 Luminous Basement - The Tourists
Excellent list... was not easy to leave Organisation off of this list. So good.
Nice list. Thoughtful.
Thank you
The Sound Jeopardy
(1980)
I have this vinyl signed by Mike Dudley!
I also know him! and Graham Bailey (bassist)
Incredible band and great debut, From the lions mouth their second lp is even better! one of the best albums ever made by any band!
Totally agree on Lions Mouth... stay tuned for the 1981 list!
@@deadendstreetchannel Can't wait
Killing Joke (1980)
I was chatting to a bloke the other day and he KNOWS Jaz Coleman! he was going to introduce me to him!! sadly lives miles away from me 😢 so it never happened! but yes their debut is an utter masterpiece. I have it SIGNED by Youth (bassist), Mike Coles (sleeve designer) and Phil Harding (recording engineer).
C was here in Mar '24
I think when I did my favorites from 1980 the Talking Head album was at the top, it was so different and cool. The Adam Ant record I bought on my first trip to England, it was all over the place in 1981 and I had to have it. Nice list of great albums from 1980
Thank you!
Love your taste in music - very soon I plan to do an 80s best of tournament style video series - difficult to find a good balance of people to come in as one of the five voters - hope you might consider joining us -
We're actuality doing that this week!! 😅
How about Telekon by Gary Numan
1. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
2. Blue Oyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus
3. Rush - Permanent Waves
4. Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
5. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
6. Judas Priest - British Steel
7. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
8. AC/DC - Back In Black
9. Van Halen - Women and Children First
10. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
11. Saxon - Strong Arm of The Law
12. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
13. Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
14. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
15. Jethro Tull - A
16. Black Sabbath - Live at Last
17. Heart - Bebe Le Strange
18. The Cars - Panorama
19. Def Leppard - On Through The Night
20. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
21. UFO - No Place to Run
22. Accept - I'm A Rebel
Jam - Sound Affects
1980 was one *helluva* year for music, with way more than 25 *great* albums. Feel so lucky to have been in college then. Others on my list not mentioned here include *Empty Glass,* by *Pete Townshend,* the first solo album from which he drew upon material he'd have otherwise earmarked for The Who, the incendiary *Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables,* by the *Dead Kennedys,* and *Motorhead's Ace of Spades,* which others have mentioned.
All 3 great records! 1980 was amazing.
Judas Priest - British Steel!
This was a great year for music...it's a shame it descended into Linn drum dominated vapidity afterwards during the decade....I would also add Empires and Dance by Simple Minds to the list
The Clash, AC/DC, Springsteen?
Earthstar's debut Salterbarty Tales, released in 1978, was never released on Sky, it was on a tiny American label called Moontower Records. It's also much harder to find as an original LP than their three on Sky, so it's not cheap (only three copies being sold on Discogs as of typing).
Do you feel this list reflects the absolute dominance of UK releases during this period, or do you have your thumb on the scales? Enjoyed this post either way!
I think most years for me will have a majority of British bands... I'm not sure why.
Avrei aggiunto Sandinista , Beat crazy,
Considering how many great 70s bands had taken a major nosedive by 1980, I’d say that year kicked off the whole decade with some very compelling rock releases. Glad you mentioned both Bauhaus and Echo and the Bunnymen. “ Crocodiles “ was loaded with great guitar riffs and was definitely an underrated album. And Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie is a gem in its own way. But I’d have to give a shout out to Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass. To this day, I still think it’s his strongest solo effort. However, that’s coming from a biased “ Who “ fan 😆.
Empty Glass is, without a doubt, his best solo record. Agreed!
Heaven And Hell-Black Sabbath is my favorite Black Sabbath & metal album & Top 5 album overall. Sorry but 70s Rush is the best Rush. My Top 10 would be 1. Heaven And Hell-Black Sabbath. 2. Iron Maiden-Iron Maiden. 3. Ace Of Spades-Motorhead. 4. Victims Of The Fury-Robin Trower. 5. Michael Schenker Group-Michael Schenker Group. 6. Wild Cat-Tygers Of Pan Tang. 7. Cultosaurus Erectus-Blue Oyster Cult. 8. Chinatown-Thin Lizzy. 9. Wheels Of Steel-Saxon. 10. Strong Arm Of The Law-Saxon.
You forgot the B52s album
It just barely missed... 1980 could have gone top 50... and still missed some great records. Crazy year.
it was a great year for music. Not as much disco and many great hard rock and new wave albums
You get me.
I feel kinda jilted I wasn't aware of 3/4 of this list. The feeling, psychedelic furs, Joy division not a clue they existed and I was so bored with top 40 at the time. I went back to allman brothers , cream stuff like that. Maybe I wouldn't have been ready for post punk. I was junior in school, lived on the farm. Rush was my first concert . Loved Jackson browne and old REO Speedwagon. At least I had them oh and some Seger
You know its a stacked list when remain in light is only 18
Right!?
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
What was 24?
It confirms what I've always said: ''apart from a few exceptions (Bowie, Rush, Peter Gabriel) it's THE musical decade to forget.
I know Flesh and Blood gets some negative reviews, but Same Old Scene is a masterpiece.
It truly is... along with "My Only Love"... especially the live version on Heart Still Beating
1980 wonderful, one of the best years ever.😂
Pretenders II is 1981 while their first album is 1980.
I subscribed but there is an indie elitism that is smothering this site.
1980 best songs:
High Fidelity - Costello
Clampdown - The Clash
Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
London Calling - The Clash
Clampdown The Clash (a band I don't really like)
Ashes to Ashes - Bowie
Boys Dont Cry - The Cure the songs is a scored for the movie
Possession - Costello
King Horse - Costello
Men Called Uncle - Costello (Costello's last great album)
Ace Of Spades - Motörhead
Hungry Heart Springsteen
Out on the Street - Springsteen
I Will Follow - U2
Excellent choices! Every pick is unassailable. Can’t say I really know much about Joy Division’s second album, though. In my mind, Comsats and the Sound are better.
I absolutely love JD, Sound and CS Angels... there's another band in the same league as CS Angels and Sound that is gonna be a huge shocker/ upset in a future episode.
Great job, for me seems like you're ignoring some of the greatest hard rock/metal albums ever made but I guess, your taste is different. Motorhead's "Ace Of Spade" and AC/DC "Back In Black" for me easily the best releases on 1980
Thank you! I enjoy both of those records... especially Ace of Spades.... was on the short list of hard rock records to make list.
Associates Billy Mckenzie suicided :-(
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