Your Favorite Albums Of 1980

Remain In Light
Back In Black
Closer
Iron Maiden
Peter Gabriel (Melt)
Heaven and Hell
Blizzard Of Ozz
Permanent Waves
Scary Monsters
Making Movies

 

Eskaton - 4 Visions (Zeuhl almost as good as Magma)

Present - Triskaidekaphobie (Belgian avant-prog)

Picchio Dal Pozzo - Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi (Italian Canterbury prog, with some Zappa influonces)

Abus Dangereux - Le Quatrieme Mouvement (French prog-fusion with some Zeuhl influence)

The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Full Force

Ragnarök - Fjärilar I Magen (a vastly underappreciated Norwegian prog band)

Peter Maxwell Davies - Symphony No. 2

Sofia Gubaidulina – Offertorium, concerto for violin and orchestra

Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 2

 

Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand - Dollar Brand at Montreux

 

Climax Blues Band - Flying the Flag

 

Krokus - Metal Rendez-vous

 

The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine
Dire Straits - Making Movies
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
Prince - Dirty Mind
Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
Van Morrison - Common One
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire
NRBQ - Tiddlywinks
Joe Ely - Live Shots
Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time But Get Out Alive
Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Sherbert
Billy Burnette - s/t

 

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Get Happy!!

 

What an awesome year to be 17 years old. Drivers license, kickass car stereo!!!!!

AC/DC ~ Back In Black
Black Sabbath ~ Heaven And Hell
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Blizzard Of Ozz
Judas Priest ~ British Steel
Iron Maiden ~ Iron Maiden (Self Titled)
Motorhead ~ Ace Of Spades
Scorpions ~ Animal Magnetism
Saxon ~ Strong Arm Of The Law
Def Leppard ~ On Through The Night
Krokus ~ Metal Rendez-Vous

 

Here's a few 1980 favorites from my pile:

The Long Riders - soundtrack, Ry Cooder
Jon & the Nightriders - Surf Beat '80
Empire Jazz - Ron Carter, Bob James, Hubert Laws, and other jazz guys adapt the "Star Wars" and "Empire Strikes Back" soundtracks
George Winston - Autumn
Riders in the Sky - The Cowboy Way

 

Ok. I scanned through 4 pages... I apologize if this was posted later.

Horrible that it wasn't in the first 4 pages

 

Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School – W Zevon
Happy Woman Blues – L Williams
Cross Talk – Pretty Things

 

Easily one of my favourite years for music - I was 10 years old and didn't realise how spoilt I was!

Madness: Absolutely (oh, what a surprise lol.)
The Selecter: Too Much Pressure
The Specials: More Specials
The Beat: I Just Can't Stop It
Ultravox: Vienna
Visage: s/t
Genesis: Duke
Iron Maiden: s/t
John Lennon/Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy
Paul McCartney: II
Kate Bush: Never Forever
Stevie Wonder: Hotter Than July
The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta
The Jam: Sound Affects
AC/DC: Back In Black
Dire Straits: Making Movies
Billy Joel: Glass Houses
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Get Happy

With loads more I like a fair amount but these are the tops for me - not in any particular order of preference. If I tried to list singles, I'd be here all week.

 

Coal Miner's Daughter - ST
Swell Maps - Jane from Occupied Europe
XTC - English Sea
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Xanadu - ST

 

Great year!

Talking Heads Remain In Light
Peter Gabriel 3
David Bowie Scary Monsters
Bruce Springsteen The River
Dire Straits Making Movies
Rockpile Seconds Of Pleasure
AC/DC Back In Black
The Feelies Crazy Rhythms
Steely Dan Gaucho
XTC Black Sea
Steve Winwood Arc Of A Diver

 

The Cars - Panorama
Devo - Freedom of Choice
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Steely Dan - Gaucho
The Beatles - Rarities

 

The Mekons - The Mekons aka Devils, Rats and Piggies: A Special Message from Godzilla

 

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
The Clash - Sandinista
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Jam - Sound Affects
Pretenders - Pretenders
Prince - Dirty Mind
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
The Cure - 17 Seconds
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

 

Jeff Beck - There & Back

 

Rory Gallagher (Stage Struck)
Jeff Beck (There and Back)
Yes (Drama)
Wishbone Ash (Just Testing)
Blue Oyster Cult (Cultösaurus Erectus)
Van Halen (Women and Children First)

 

Or even 13 and riding in the back of my best friends big brothers van. Hey, left over passes are better than no passes at 13!

 

The Knack - ...but the little girls understand

 

Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Bruce Springsteen - The River
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
XTC - Black Sea
Ry Cooder - Borderline
Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Dire Straits - Making Movies
David Bromberg - You Should See the Rest of the Band
Paul Simon - One Trick Pony

 

1 - Van Halen - Women and Children First
2 - Joy Division - Closer
3 - U2 - Boy
4 - Rush - Permanent Waves
5 - David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
6 - Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
7 - The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
8 - Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
9 - Def Leppard - On Through The Night
10 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
11 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
12 - The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
13 - Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
14 - The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
15 - Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
16 - AC/DC - Back In Black
17 - The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
18 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
19 - Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
20 - The Cars - Panorama
21 - Judas Priest - British Steel
22 - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
23 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
24 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Get Happy!!
25 - Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood

 

McCartney II

Studio album by
Paul McCartney
Released 16 May 1980

Just posting another one of my favs from BIG 80.