Your Favorite Albums Of 1980

We're not looking for what you think the critics think are the best albums, this is completely subjective. This is your list of your personal favorite albums from 1980. To qualify, the album has to have a release date between Jan 1, 1980 and Dec 31, 1980. Those are the only rules. Pick rock, choose jazz, name some classical; it's all up to you. List as many or as few as you wish. This is your list. I've got a bunch so I'll list mine down there in #1. Relax, have fun, enjoy yourself and pick the music that speaks to you.

 

John Lennon - Double Fantasy
Paul McCartney - McCartney II
Queen - The Game
Andy Gibb - After Dark

 

Neil Young - Hawks & Doves

I know it's not regarded as one of his best albums but I play it very often. "The Old Homestead", "Little Wing" and "Captain Kennedy" are very strong songs.

 

Rush “Permanent Waves”

 

One Trick Pony

 

1. The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers
2. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
3. The Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy
4. The Clash - Sandinista
5. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Get Happy!
6. The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us
7. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
8. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Melty Face)
9. The J. Geils Band - Love Stinks
10. The Jam - Sound Affects
11. Joan Jett - Joan Jett
12. Joy Division - Closer
13. John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
14. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising
15. Pretenders - Pretenders
16. Prince - Dirty Mind
17. Queen - The Game
18. Ramones - End Of The Century
19. Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
20. Rush - Permanent Waves
21. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
22. Bruce Springsteen - The River
23. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
24. Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine
25. X - Los Angeles

 

Awesome album. It has my favorite Rush song on it, "Entre Nous"

 

Good one!

 

Great picks!

 

I like it. It's not a bad album at all.

 

1. Bowie - Scary Monsters
2. The Psychedelic Furs - s/t
3. Peter Gabriel - Melt
4. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
5. Dire Straits - Making Movies
6. Pretenders - s/t
7. Bruce Springsteen - The River
8. Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle
9. The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
10. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

 

Mad Love-Linda Ronstadt
The Pretenders (s/t) (KID delivers my favorite short guitar bridge of all-time)
Against the Wind-Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band
Glass Houses-Billy Joel
Just One Night-Eric Clapton
Playing for Keeps-Eddie Money
Shadows and Light-Joni Mitchell
Autoamerican-Blondie (my fave Blondie lp)
Live-Fleetwood Mac
Arc of A Diver-Steve Winwood
Turn of A Friendly Card-Alan Parsons Project

 

The year I was born.

Bowie Scary monsters
Young Marble giants Colossal youth
The Cure 17 seconds
Joy Division Closer
Tom Waits Heartattack and vine

 

Lennon and Ono - Double Fantasy
Queen - The Game
The Blues Brothers - Soundtrack
The Eagles - Eagles Live

 

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy!!
The Specials - More Specials
The Beat - Just Can't Stop It
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

 

We overlap a lot on our list, and since I think I have great taste in music, that's a really good thing. Very nice picks!

 

Good, solid choices!

 

Very good Albums!

 

Awesome selections!

 

Killer discs!

 

the police - zenyatta mondatta
ultravox - vienna
simple minds - empires and dance
u2 - boy
steely dan - gaucho

later
-1

 

Addendum:

11. Any Trouble - Where Are All the Nice Girls?

 

Journey - Departure

Bob Seger - Against the Wind

Bruce - The River

AC/DC- Back in Black - Released in the summer before my senior year in high school. It was the soundtrack to many keggers and house parties.

 

Very good picks! Pretty much all classics!