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Tag: 1980 albums
The English Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It: #280 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Big shot, I want the whole lot. And if you like it or not, I still control you.
Devo – Freedom of Choice: #284 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Freedom of choice is what you got. Freedom from choice is what you want.
Wipers – Is This Real? #293 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s gotta be a better place, there’s got to be, so let’s get on the move.
The Selecter – Too Much Pressure: #303 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This pressure got to stop.
X – Los Angeles: #317 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You don’t have to answer me, you don’t have to call me back. Your phone’s off the hook, but you’re not.
Madness – Absolutely: #358 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Naughty boys in nasty schools, headmaster’s breaking all the rules, having fun and playing fools, smashing up the woodwork tools.
Paul Simon – Graceland: #518 of best 1,000 albums ever!
If you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal. I can call you Betty, and Betty, when you call me, you can call me Al.
Diana Ross – Diana: #529 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Upside you’re turning me, you’re giving love instinctively. Around and round you’re turning me, I say to thee respectfully.
Prince – Dirty Mind: #667 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Raw, grimy, funked up danceable R&B pop. Also: fun.
Electric Light Orchestra & Olivia Newton-John – Xanadu: #679 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You have to believe we are magic, nothing can stand in our way.
The Clash – Sandinista! #731 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The high highs make it well worthy of being in the magnificent seven… hundreds on the best 1,000 albums ever project.
Pretenders – Pretenders: #736 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A self-assured and strong debut album from Chrissie Hynde and crew.
U2 – Boy: #850 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The first U2 album sounds as fresh and energetic and urgent as ever.
Judas Priest – British Steel: #898 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Not including it would be akin to, say… breaking the law, for example?
The Jam – Sound Affects: #920 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Driving energy and pop hooks that helps to carry the initial British punk music wave forward.
Various Artists – Wanna Buy A Bridge? #935 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A stunning collection of post-punk (but mostly leaning into the punk side, and thankfully so) artists out of the UK.