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Tag: 1981 albums
The Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat: #341 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Can you hear them? They talk about us, telling lies – well, that’s no surprise.
Duran Duran – Duran Duran: #350 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life. Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: #525 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away. I’ve got to get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me.
Black Flag – Damaged: #620 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We are tired of your excuse. Try to stop us – it’s no use!
Men at Work – Business as Usual: #810 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Who can it be now? Why, it’s the band from down under, of course.
Rush – Moving Pictures: #831 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Great hard rock with just the right touch of prog rock-y flair.
The Human League – Dare!: #910 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t you want me to tell you? Read on.
The J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame: #913 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A delicious hamburger of fun early ‘80s rock ‘n roll.
Human Switchboard – Who’s Landing in My Hangar? #961 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Early ‘80s new wave-meets-garage rock with fantastic keyboards.
Mission of Burma – Signals, Calls and Marches: #987 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smart, catchy, arty new wave-y punk that gets under your skin in the best kind of way.
The Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder: #997 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s a fun (very) old school hip hop party album, and/but “Apache” is the towering achievement here that merits best 1,000 albums ever consideration.
Agent Orange – Living in Darkness: #1,000 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s fresh, indie, passionate, and punk, all the more remarkable for an album produced some four decades ago