Songs and Albums of 1980 Poll

[Moonbeam]

In 2013, we shall peruse the depths of the greatest decade of all, the 1980s!

This month, we will start with my birth year, 1980.

So go on and post a list of your favorite songs and/or albums of 1980. Only 15 will be given points, but the more, the merrier!

Feel free to check out the recommendation thread to find out some hidden gems or share some of your own! It's a great spot for preliminary lists.

The deadline is midnight (UMT) on March 1st.

To advance to the final list, songs/albums must have a minimum of 2 votes. In case of a tie, a tie-breaker will be set up.

Please use the following format when posting your list:

Rank. Artist - Album/Song

EPs and compilations are not allowed. Quibbles about release dates will be settled by RateYourMusic.

Now get to listening and voting!

[Mindrocker]

Albums 1980
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01. TALKING HEADS - Remain In Light
02. The RESIDENTS - Commercial Album
03. U2 - Boy
04. DEAD KENNEDYS - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
05. JOY DIVISION - Closer
06. IRON MAIDEN - Iron Maiden
07. ROKY ERICKSON - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
08. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS - Colossal Youth
09. SOFT BOYS - Underwater Moonlight
10. KILLING JOKE - Killing Joke
11. DAVID BOWIE - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
12. The SOUND - Jeopardy
13. MOTÖRHEAD - Ace Of Spades
14. The BEAT - I Just Can't Stop It
15. XTC - Black Sea
16. BOBB TRIMBLE - Iron Curtain Innocence
17. The JAM - Sound Affects
18. ETOILE 2000 - Etoile 2000 Vol.1
19. The B-52's - Wild Planet
20. The TEARDROP EXPLODES - Kilimanjaro
21. PETER GABRIEL - Peter Gabriel (III)
22. GIRLSCHOOL - Demolition
23. The ASSOCIATES - The Affectionate Punch
24. UB 40 - Signing Off
25. LE NIMBA DE N' ZEREKORE - Gon Bia Bia
26. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - Doc At The Radar Station
27. SAXON - Strong Arm Of The Law
28. COLIN NEWMAN - A-Z
29. AC/DC - Back In Black
30. POISON GIRLS - Chappaquiddick Bridge
31. The CRAMPS - Songs The Lord Taught Us
32. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Uprising
33. SWELL MAPS - In "Jane From Occupied Europe"
34. JAPAN - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
35. X - Los Angeles
36. ETOILE DE DAKAR - Tolou Badou Ndiaye
37. The PRETENDERS - The Pretenders
38. MIKEY DREAD - World War III
39. SUICIDE - Suicide (second album)
40. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
41. JAMES BLOOD ULMER - Are You Glad To Be In America?
42. The FEELIES - Crazy Rhythms
43. The JACKSONS - Triumph
44. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Hicks From The Sticks
45. DIAMOND HEAD - Lightning To The Nation
46. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Crocodiles
47. The SODS - Under En Sort Sol
48. BERNARD SZAJNER - Some Deaths Take Forever
49. SIMPLE MINDS - Empires And Dance
50. MX-80 SOUND - Out Of The Tunnel
51. LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY - Black Ark In Dub
52. FEHLFARBEN - Monarchie Und Alltag
53. CIRCLE JERKS - Group Sex
54. ZAPP - Zapp
55. The CURE - Seventeen Seconds
56. ALAN VEGA - Alan Vega
57. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Nobody's Heroes
58. LYDIA LUNCH - Queen Of Siam
59. FAD GADGET - Fad Gadget
61. JOE JACKSON - Beat Crazy
60. TUXEDOMOON - Half Mute
62. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The River
63. PYLON - Gyrate
64. BOW WOW WOW - Your Cassette Pet
65. The RAMONES - End Of The Century
66. DEFUNKT - Defunkt
67. COCKNEY REJECTS - Greatest Hits Vol.1
68. ULTRAVOX - Vienna
69. The MONOCHROME SET - Love Zombies
70. BLACK UHURU - Sinsemilla
71. The FALL - Grotesque (After The Gramme)
72. PSYCHEDELIC FURS - Psychedelic Furs
73. ART ZOYD - Génération Sans Futur
74. The CLASH - Sandinista!
75. PRINCE FAR I - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapter III

[Jackson]

Albums 1980
------------------------------------------------------------

01. TALKING HEADS - Remain In Light
02. The RESIDENTS - Commercial Album
03. U2 - Boy
04. DEAD KENNEDYS - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
05. JOY DIVISION - Closer
06. IRON MAIDEN - Iron Maiden
07. ROKY ERICKSON - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
08. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS - Colossal Youth
09. SOFT BOYS - Underwater Moonlight
10. KILLING JOKE - Killing Joke

So excited to see you back! I need to listen to that Residents album ASAP.

[Greg]

Albums

1. Bruce Springsteen - The River
2. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
3. Joy Division - Closer
4. The Clash - Sandinista!
5. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
6. AC/DC - Back in Black
7. Steely Dan - Gaucho
8. Warren Zevon - Back Luck Streak in Dancing School
9. Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs
10. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
11. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
12. John Martyn - Grace and Danger
13. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
14. X - Los Angeles
15. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

16. The Jam - Sound Affects
17. Kate Bush - Never for Ever
18. Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine
19. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
20. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
21. Change - The Glow of Love
22. Pretenders - Pretenders
23. Jackson Browne - Hold Out
24. Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
25. Dire Straits - Making Movies
26. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Live
27. Smokey Robinson - Warm Thoughts
28. George Jones - I Am What I Am
29. Gary Numan - Telekon
30. The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party
31. The Blasters - American Music
32. XTC - Black Sea
33. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
34. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
35. Prince - Dirty Mind
36. Bob Marley - Uprising
37. The Damned - The Black Album
38. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
39. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
40. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
41. Lou Reed - Growing Up in Public
42. Yes - Drama
43. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
44. Yes - Yesshows
45. Judas Priest - British Steel
46. Mink Deville - Le chat bleu
47. Suicide - Suicide
48. Wipers - Is this Real?
49. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
50. Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire
51. Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood
52. Supertramp - Paris
53. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
54. Ramones - End of the Century
55. Rush - Permanent Waves
56. Fehlfarben - Monarchie und Alltag
57. Prince Far I - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III
58. ABBA - Super Trouper
59. Squeeze - Argybargy
60. U2 - Boy
61. The Jacksons - Triumph
62. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture
63. Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
64. Devo - Freedom of Choice
65. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
66. Scientist - Heavyweight Dub Champion
67. Neil Young - Hawks & Doves
68. Michael Prophet - Righteous Are the Conqueror
69. Diana Ross - Diana
70. Rockpile - Second of Pleasure
71. Lee "Scratch" Perry - The Return of Pipecock Jackxon
72. Van Morrison - Common One
73. The Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle
74. The Sound - Jeopardy
75. Emmylou Harris - Roses in the Snow

[Henrik]

Two posts of 75 albums each, that's amazing!

[Live in Phoenix]

Now watch me take it down a notch!

I hope no one minds, I’ve heard dozens of albums listed here but for some reason I am most comfortable only championing approx. 5 albums (the old Rolling Stone best-of method).

Albums:

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
3. XTC - Black Sea
4. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
5. Pretenders - Pretenders

6. John Williams – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [I saw it on Rate Your Music, does it count?]


Songs:

1. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
2. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
3. AC/DC - Back in Black
4. The Cure - A Forest
5. Joy Division - Decades
6. Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved
7. Joy Division - Dead Souls
8. The Motels - Danger
9. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
10. XTC - Generals and Majors
11. Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
12. Kate Bush - Babooshka
13. Young Marble Giants – Final Day
14. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House
15. Yes - Into the Lens

[Henrik]

Such a great year deserves a top 100!


Songs

1. Motörhead – Ace of Spades (1)
2. The Cure – A Forest (3)
3. Visage – Fade to Grey (2)
4. David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes (5)
5. Blondie – Rapture (7)
6. AC/DC – Hells Bells
7. Ebba Grön – Staten & Kapitalet
8. ABBA – Lay All Your Love On Me (20)
9. Kurtis Blow – The Breaks (18)
10. Joy Division – Atmosphere
11. Prince – Dirty Mind (10)
12. Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart (4)
13. Talking Heads – Born Under Punches
14. Orchestra Baobab – Boulmamine
15. The Cure – M (12)
16. The Cure – Play For Today
17. The Cure – In Your House
18. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Could You Be Loved (9)
19. Talking Heads – Houses In Motion
20. Orchestra Baobab – Mouhamadou Bamba
21. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Christine (17)
22. Funky 4 + 1 – That's the Joint
23. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart (15)
24. Joy Division – Heart and Soul (6)
25. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
26. Fehlfarben – Paul ist tot
27. U2 – I Will Follow (11)
28. Devo – Whip It (19)
29. Japan – Nightporter
30. Talking Heads – Crosseyed and Painless
31. Bruce Springsteen – The River
32. Judas Priest – Breaking the Law (8)
33. Prince – Uptown
34. Diana Ross – Upside Down
35. Martha & The Muffins – Echo Beach
36. Grace Jones – Private Life
37. AC/DC – Back in Black
38. The Korgis – Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
39. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Enola Gay
40. Kate Bush – Army Dreamers
41. Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers (13)
42. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Israel
43. Iron Maiden – Running Free (16)
44. Talking Heads – The Great Curve
45. Young Marble Giants – Credit in the Straight World
46. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Redemption Song (14)
47. Devo – Girl U Want
48. Prince – Head
49. Diana Ross – I'm Coming Out
50. The Feelies – Loveless Love
51. Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
52. Tom Waits – Jersey Girl
53. The Cure – Secrets
54. The Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom
55. David Bowie – Fashion
56. Iron Maiden – Phantom of the Opera
57. Peter Gabriel – Biko
58. Blondie – Call Me
59. The Cramps – I Was a Teenage Werewolf
60. Grover Washington Jr. – Just The Two Of Us
61. Kool & The Gang – Celebration
62. Madness – Embarrassment
63. Dexy's Midnight Runners – Burn It Down
64. Ultravox – Vienna
65. Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters
66. AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill
67. Motörhead – (We Are) The Roadcrew
68. Docent Död – Solglasögon
69. Pretenders – Private Life
70. Harold Budd/Brian Eno – Not Yet Remembered
71. The Gap Band – Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
72. Joy Division – The Eternal
73. Joy Division – Decades
74. Joy Division – Twenty Four Hours
75. X – Los Angeles
76. Barbra Streisand – Woman in Love
77. Yoko Ono – Kiss Kiss Kiss
78. The Feelies – The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness
79. The Jam – Going Underground
80. Peter Gabriel – I Don't Remember
81. Taxi Girl – Cherchez le garcon
82. Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
83. Lipps Inc. – Funkytown
84. Curtis Mayfield – Tripping Out
85. Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin')
86. U2 – Stories for Boys
87. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Happy House
88. Talking Heads – Listening Wind
89. Iron Maiden – Prowler
90. The Gap Band – Oops Upside Your Head
91. ABBA – The Winner Takes it All
92. The Specials – Stereotype
93. The Cure – Seventeen Seconds
94. AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
95. The Brothers Johnson – Stomp!
96. Change – A Lover's Holiday
97. John Williams – The Imperial March
98. The Jam – Start!
99. Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
100. The Cure – At Night




Albums will follow later.

[Nick]

Albums:

1. Joy Division- Closer
2. Talking Heads- Remain In Light
3. X- Los Angeles
4. AC/DC- Back In Black
5. Bruce Springsteen- The River
6. Pretenders- Pretenders
7. David Bowie- Scary Monsters
8. Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
9. The Clash- Sandinista!
10. Prince- Dirty Mind

Songs:

1. Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Talking Heads- Once In a Lifetime
3. The Jam- Going Underground
4. AC/DC- Back In Black
5. Motörhead- Ace of Spades
6. Joy Division- Atmosphere
7. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
8. The Jam- That’s Entertainment
9. Blondie- Call Me
10. U2- I Will Follow
11. David Bowie- Ashes to Ashes
12. Devo- Whip It
13. Bob Marley and The Wailers- Redemption Song
14. Talking Heads- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
15. X- Los Angeles

[Mindrocker]

Albums 1980
------------------------------------------------------------

01. TALKING HEADS - Remain In Light
02. The RESIDENTS - Commercial Album
03. U2 - Boy
04. DEAD KENNEDYS - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
05. JOY DIVISION - Closer
06. IRON MAIDEN - Iron Maiden
07. ROKY ERICKSON - Roky Erickson & The Aliens
08. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS - Colossal Youth
09. SOFT BOYS - Underwater Moonlight
10. KILLING JOKE - Killing Joke

So excited to see you back! I need to listen to that Residents album ASAP.

Thanks, Jackson. To be honest I'm still very, very busy so I'm not sure if I can keep up with the pace. But I couldn't resist an 80s poll
About the Commercial Album, yes, that's one of my favorite records by the Residents and in a way it's also one of their most accessible. But being the Residents, be still prepared for a bumpy ride when listening to it. There are no less than 40 tracks on the album, all of 'em exactly one minute long (hence the 'commercial' tag).
Another one which might be of interest is A-Z, the solo debut by Wire-frontman Colin Newman. It's on par with the first 3 classic Wire albums.

Songs list coming soon...

[Listyguy]

Moonbeam, a couple of questions:
1- Are you going to set up the main thread, or do you want me to do it?
2- In the past, haven't we had a minimum of five albums and songs on lists? I feel like that's fair.
3- Have we officially nayed the non-Anglo quota?

[Moonbeam]

Moonbeam, a couple of questions:
1- Are you going to set up the main thread, or do you want me to do it?
2- In the past, haven't we had a minimum of five albums and songs on lists? I feel like that's fair.
3- Have we officially nayed the non-Anglo quota?

1. Did we discuss this earlier? I thought you said you were doing it, but I could be wrong! Go ahead with it - I am CRAZY busy with finishing my thesis - yesterday I spent 18 straight hours on it.
2. Yeah, I guess a minimum of 5 is fair enough.
3. I left the non-Anglo bit out for now because it shouldn't be pertinent to the lists people make. I still say no, since both you and I have quibbles with it. But if there is more of a call to do it, we can still implement it.

[Rocky Raccoon]

Albums
1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
2. Prince - Dirty Mind
3. The Pretenders - The Pretenders
4. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Uprising
5. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - The River
6. Joy Division - Closer
7. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
8. English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It
9. AC/DC - Back in Black
10. X - Los Angeles
11. John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
12. The Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
13. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Get Happy!!
14. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
15. The Clash - Sandanista!

Songs
1. Bob Marley – Redemption Song
2. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
3. Prince – When You Were Mine
4. The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket
5. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. The Clash - Police on My Back
7. Bruce Springsteen – Fade Away
8. Bob Marley – Coming in From the Cold
9. The Police – Don’t Stand So Close to Me
10. The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat*
11. Bruce Springsteen – The River
12. AC/DC – Back in Black
13. Talking Heads – Crosseyed and Painless
14. John Lennon – Watching the Wheels
15. Willie Nelson – On the Road Again

[Listyguy]

1. Did we discuss this earlier? I thought you said you were doing it, but I could be wrong! Go ahead with it - I am CRAZY busy with finishing my thesis - yesterday I spent 18 straight hours on it.
2. Yeah, I guess a minimum of 5 is fair enough.
3. I left the non-Anglo bit out for now because it shouldn't be pertinent to the lists people make. I still say no, since both you and I have quibbles with it. But if there is more of a call to do it, we can still implement it.

1- Alright, I'll probably post that some time tomorrow.
3- Works for me. Hopefully if people are calling for the rule, they will be voting for the music anyway, which will negate the purpose of it.

Good luck on that thesis!

[Jirin]

1. X - Los Angeles
2. The Sound - Jeopardy
3. Prince - Dirty Mind
4. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
5. Joy Division - Closer
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
7. Talking In Heads - Remain In Light
8. The Jam - Sound Affects
9. Pretenders - Pretenders
10. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
11. U2 - Boy
12. Bruce Springsteen - The River
13. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
14. Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
15. The Cure Seventeen Seconds
16. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
17. The Clash - Sandanista!
18. The Feelies - Crazy Rythyms
19. XTC - Black Sea

[slick]

Once I started listings songs... I could not stop. I finally cut myself off at 150....

1. Prince -- When You Were Mine
2. Dexy’s Midnight Runners -- Geno
3. Black Sabbath -- Die Young
4. Joy Division -- Love Will Tear Us Apart
5. Elvis Costello -- High Fidelity
6. Kurtis Blow -- The Breaks
7. Genesis -- Turn It On Again
8. Judas Priest -- United
9. Bob Marley -- Redemption Song
10 Rush -- Freewill
11. The Go-Go’s -- We Got The Beat
12. Motorhead -- Ace Of Spades
13. Ozzy Osbourne -- Crazy Train
14. Split Enz -- I Got You
15. U2 -- I Will Follow

16. Bob Marley -- Could You Be Loved
17. Black Sabbath -- Heaven and Hell
18. The Specials -- Rat Race
19. Rush -- The Spirit Of Radio
20. AC/DC -- Back In Black
21. The Beat -- Mirror In The Bathroom
22. Ramones -- Do You Remember Rock ‘N Roll Radio
23. The Jam -- That’s Entertainment
24. Stevie Wonder -- Master Blaster (Jammin’)
25. The Cure -- A Forest
26. Bruce Springsteen -- The River
27. Peter Gabriel -- Games Without Frontiers
28. The Jam -- Start!
29. Talking Heads -- One In A Lifetime
30. AC/DC -- You Shook Me All Night Long
31. Ultravox -- Vienna
32. Squeeze -- Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
33. David Bowie -- Ashes To Ashes
34. Black Sabbath -- Neon Knights
35. Hall & Oates -- You Make My Dreams
36. Elvis Costello -- New Amsterdam
37. The Police -- Don’t Stand So Close To Me
38. The Specials -- Stereotypes
39. XTC -- Generals and Majors
40. Joy Division -- Atmosphere
41. Queen -- Play The Game
42. The Jam -- Going Underground
43. The Vapors -- Turning Japanese
44. Prince -- Dirty Mind
45. Funky 4 + 1 -- That’s The Joint
46. Journey -- Anyway You Want It
47. Curtis Mayfield -- Tripping Out
48. Genesis -- Misunderstanding
49. George Jones -- He Stopped Loving Her Today
50. OMD -- Enola Gay
51. Queen -- Need You Loving Tonight
52. Gary Numan -- We Are Glass
53. Ultravox -- All Stood Still
54. AC/DC -- Hells Bells
55. The Dead Kennedys -- Holiday In Cambodia
56. Mission Of Burma -- Academy Fight Song
57. Judas Priest -- Breaking The Law
58. Dexy’s Midnight Runners -- There, There My Dear
59. Spandau Ballet -- To Cut A Long Story Short
60. The Cars -- Touch And Go
61. Scorpions -- The Zoo
62. Blondie -- Call Me
63. Elvis Costello -- I Can’t Stand Up (For Falling Down)
64. Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three -- The New Rap Language
65. Van Halen -- And The Cradle Will Rock
66. The Kings -- The Beat Goes On / Switchin’ To Glide
67. Pretenders -- Talk Of The Town
68. Donnie Iris -- Ah! Leah!
69. Bob Marley -- Forever Lovinh Jah
70. Zapp -- More Bounce To The Ounce
71. Willie Nelson -- On The Road Again
72. Blondie -- The Tide Is High
73. Billy Joel -- Sometimes A Fantasy
74. The Treacherous Three -- The Body Rock
75. Bob Seger -- Against The Wind
76. Joy Division -- Decades
77. Devo -- Whip It
78. The Beat -- Hands Off… She’s Mine
79. Ozzy Osbourne -- Mr. Crowley
80. Prince -- Uptown
81. Steve Winwood -- Arc Of A Diver
82. Queen -- Dragon Attack
83. Visage -- Fade To Grey
84. Bruce Springsteen -- Ramrod
85. Afrika Baambaataa -- Zulu Nation Throwdown
86. The Clash -- Pressure Drop
87. The Police -- Driven To Tears
88. Pat Benetar -- Hell Is For Children
89. Spoonie Gee -- Spoonin’ Rap
90. Split Enz -- Nobody Takes Me Seriously
91. Whitesnake -- Fool For Your Lovin’
92. The S.O.S. Band -- Take Your Time And Do It Right
93. Psychedelic Furs -- Sister Europe
94. David Bowie -- Fashion
95. Frank Sinatra -- (Theme From) New York, New York
96. Siouxsie & The Banshees -- Christine
97. The Undertones -- My Perfect Cousin
98. The Cure -- Play For Today
99. Journey -- The Party’s Over (Hopelessly In Love)
100. Hall & Oates -- Kiss On My List
101. X -- Los Angeles
102. Pat Benetar -- Hit Me With Your Best Shot
103. Queen -- Another One Bites The Dust
104. Elvis Costello -- The Imposter
105. Adam & The Ants -- Physical (You’re So)
106. Joy Division -- Passover
107. Bruce Springsteen -- Hungry Heart
108. The B-52’s -- Private Idaho
109. Killing Joke -- Requiem
110. Steely Dan -- Hey Nineteen
111. Bauhaus -- Telegram Sam
112. Judas Priest -- Living After Midnight
113. Peter Gabriel -- Biko
114. Black Uhuru -- Sinsemilla
115. The Stray Cats -- Runaway Boys
116. The Korgis -- Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
117. The Soft Boys -- I Wanna Destroy You
118. Johnny Lee -- Looking For Love
119. Squeeze -- Another Nail In My Heart
120. James Brown -- Rapp Playback
121. Tom Browne -- Funkin’ For Jamaica
122. Lakeside -- Fantastic Voyage
123. Talking Heads -- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
124. Cameo -- Shake Your Pants
125. Madness -- Baggy Trousers
126. XTC -- Respectable Street
127. Elvis Costello -- 5ive Gears In Reverse
128. The Cure -- Seventeen Seconds
129. Def Leppard -- Hello America
130. Bob Marley -- Coming In From The Cold
131. U2 -- A Day Without Me
132. Ronnie Milsap -- Smokey Mountain Rain
133. Devo -- Girl U Want
134. Gary Numan -- I Die; You Die
135. Young Marble Giants -- Final Day
136. Alice Cooper -- Clones (We’re All)
137. Earth, Wind & Fire -- Let Me Talk
138. The Beat -- Best Friend / Stand Down Margaret
139. The Gap Band -- Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?)
140. Teddy Pendergrass -- Love TKO
141. J. Geils Band -- Love Stinks
142. Stevie Wonder -- I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It
143. Psychedelic Furs -- Mr. Jones
144. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five -- Super Rappin’ No. 2
145. Mickey Gilley -- Stand By Me
146. Ramones -- Chinese Rock
147. The Rolling Stones -- Emotional Rescue
148. Iron Maiden -- Prowler
149. Talking Heads -- The Great Curve
150. Japan -- Nightporter

[Bruno]

Top 50 Songs

1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Kool & The Gang - Celebration
3. Blondie - Call Me
4. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
5. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
6. AC/DC - Back In Black
7. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
8. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
9. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
10. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
11. George Benson - Give Me The Night
12. Air Supply - Lost In Love
13. Diana Ross - Upside Down
14. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
15. Olivia Newton John - Magic
16. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List
17. Love Unlimited Orchestra - I'm So Glad That I'm A Woman
18. Kool & The Gang - Cherish
19. Blondie - Rapture
20. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
21. Irene Cara - Fame
22. Alan Parsons Project - Time
23. Benny Mardones - Into The Night
24. Jacksons - This Place Hotel (Heartbreak Hotel)
25. Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
26. Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
27. Kenny Rogers - Lady
28. KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go
29. Donna Summer - On The Radio
30. Manhattans - Shinning Star
31. The Jam - That's Entertainment
32. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
33. U2 - I Will Follow
34. Air Supply - All Out Of Love
35. Gary Wright - I Really Wanna Know You
36. Roger Daltrey - Without Your Love
37. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
38. The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
39. SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)
40. Olivia Newton John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
41. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
42. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
43. Maxine Nightingale - Lead Me On
44. Ottawan - DISCO
45. Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' The Line
46. Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
47. Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
48. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
49. Stevie Wonder - All I Do
50. Boz Scaggs - JoJo

[Moonbeam]

Question for previous poll hosts re: "Brass in Pocket" by Pretenders.

The album was released in 1980, but the single seems to have been released in 1979. Ineligible?

[Listyguy]

Question for previous poll hosts re: "Brass in Pocket" by Pretenders.

The album was released in 1980, but the single seems to have been released in 1979. Ineligible?

I just took a look at the excel sheet from the poll and "Brass in Pocket" wasn't on there, so I would assume it was. On RYM the single is listed as 1979, so it should be ineligible.
We should add to the recommendation thread a list of songs that were released a before their albums, so good songs that were released earlier than the album will get proper recognition in the poll.

[Mindrocker]

1980, the first year in this poll, and it may very well the best one of the whole decade.


Individual Songs 1980
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01. ETOILE DE DAKAR-TOLOU BADOU NDIAYE (from Tolou Badou Ndiaye-World/Africa/Senegal) Listen Here
02. MOTÖRHEAD-ACE OF SPADES (from Ace Of Spades-Metal)
03. DEAD KENNEDYS-HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA (from Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables-Punk) Listen Here
04. ETOILE DE DAKAR-M' BADANE (from Tolou Badou Ndiaye-World/Africa/Senegal)
05. THIS HEAT-HEALTH & EFFICIENCY (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
06. The CURE-PLAY FOR TODAY (from Seventeen Seconds-Postpunk)
07. SOFT BOYS-I WANNA DESTROY YOU (from Underwater Moonlight-Rock/New Wave) Listen Here
08. GREGORY ISAACS-MOTHERLESS CHILDREN (from Showcase-Reggae) Listen Here
09. JOY DIVISION-LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (single-Postpunk)
10. TALKING HEADS-THE GREAT CURVE (from Remain In Light-Postpunk)

11. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN-DO IT CLEAN (single-Postpunk)
12. JAPAN-NIGHTPORTER (from Gentlemen Take Polaroids-Postpunk)
13. BAD BRAINS-PAY TO CUM (single-Punk)
14. U2-ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE (from Boy-Rock/Postpunk)
15. ROKY ERICKSON-COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS (from Roky Erickson & The Aliens-Pop/Rock) Listen Here
16. LE NIMBA DE N' ZEREKORO-GON BIA BIA (from Gon Bia Bia-World/Africa/Guinea)
17. SIOUXIE & THE BANSHEES-CHRISTINE (from Kaleidoscope-Postpunk) Listen Here
18. KILLING JOKE-WARDANCE (from Killing Joke-Postpunk)
19. The STIFFS-VOLUME CONTROL (single-Punk)
20. JOY DIVISION-ISOLATION (from Closer-Postpunk)

21. The BEAT-MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM (from I Just Can't Stop It-Ska Revival/New Wave)
22. DEPARTMENT S.-IS VIC THERE? (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
23. DAVID BOWIE-SCARY MONSTERS (from Scary Monsters-Pop/Rock)
24. TUXEDOMOON-CRASH (single-Postpunk)
25. COLIN NEWMAN-BUT NO (from A-Z - Postpunk) Wire-frontman goes solo. Listen Here
26. VISAGE-FADE TO GREY (from Visage-Synthpop)
27. TOM WAITS-HEARTATTACK AND VINE (from Heartattack And Vine-Singer/songwriter)
28. The CRAMPS-I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (from Songs The Lord Taught Us-Garage Rock)
29. IBRAHIM AOUD-Arabian title (World/Africa/Sudan)
30. WAY OF THE WEST-DON'T SAY THAT'S JUST FOR WHITE BOYS (single-Postpunk) Listen Here

31. The POLICE-DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME (from Zenyatta Mondatta-New Wave)
32. ETOILE 2000-BOUBOU N' GARY (from Etoile 2000 Vol.1-World-Africa/Senegal)
33. MIKEY DREAD-MONEY DREAD (from World War III-Reggae)
34. ULTRAVOX-VIENNA (from Vienna-Synthpop)
35. PHILLIPE DORAY-QUE DIT LE CHEF? (from Nouveaux Modes Industriels-Postpunk)
36. The JACKSONS-LOVELY ONE (from Triumph-Disco/Soul)
37. BASEMENT 5-RIOT IN AMERICA (from 1965-1980 - Postpunk) Listen Here
38. The B-52’s-DEVIL IN MY CAR (from Wild Planet-New Wave)
39. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS-COULD YOU BE LOVED? (from Uprising-Reggae)
40. FISCHER Z-LIMBO (from Going deaf For A Living-New Wave) Listen Here

41. LIL' MARKY-DIARY OF AN UNBORN CHILD (Pop/Spoken Word)
42. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-YOU CAN LOOK (from The River-Pop/Rock)
43. FEHLFARBEN-MILITÜRK (from Monarchie Und Alltag-Postpunk)
44. JAMES BLOOD ULMER-ARE YOU GLAD TO BE IN AMERICA? (from Are You Glad To Be In America?-Fusion) Listen Here
45. The JAM-THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (from Sound Affects-New Wave)
46. DOME-ROLLING UPON MY DAY (from Dome-Postpunk) project by Wire members Gilbert and Lewis. Listen Here
47. The SOUND-MISSILES (from Jeopardy-Postpunk)
48. VAN MORRISON-SUMMERTIME IN ENGLAND (from Common One-Singer/songwriter)
49. MECANO-UNTITLED (from Untitled-Dutch Postpunk)
50. SIMPLE MINDS-I TRAVEL (from Empires And Dance-Postpunk) Listen Here

51. The ASSOCIATES-PAPER HOUSE (from The Affectionate Punch-Postpunk)
52. SPLODGENESSABOUNDS-TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS, PLEASE (single-Punk)
53. The RESIDENTS-DIMPLES AND TOES (from Commercial Album-Experimental)
54. The TEARDROP EXPLODES-WENT CRAZY (from Kilimanjaro-Postpunk) Listen Here
55. ILITCH-PERIPHERIK RED COMANDO (from 10 Suicides-Experimental)
56. PETER GABRIEL-GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS (from Peter Gabriel (III)-Pop/Rock)
57. The DICKIES-GIGANTOR (single-Punk)
58. GIRLSCHOOL-DEMOLITION BOYS (from Demolition-Metal)
59. UB 40-MADAM MEDUSA (from Signing Off-Reggae)
60. The CLASH-POLICE ON MY BACK (from Sandinista!-Punk/New Wave)

61. TOY LOVE-FROGS (from Toy Love-New Zealand Wave)
62. SWELL MAPS-BLENHEIM SHOTS/A RAINCOAT'S ROOM (from In "Jane From Occupied Europe"-
63. TALKING HEADS-HOUSES IN MOTION (from Remain In Light-Postpunk)
64. BOW WOW WOW-UOMO SEX AL APACHE (from Your Cassette Pet-New Wave)
65. The HASKELS-TAKING THE CITY BY STORM (single-Punk)
66. IRON MAIDEN-PROWLER (from Iron Maiden-Metal)
67. KILLING JOKE-COMPLICATIONS (from Killing Joke-Postpunk) Listen Here
68. The AU PAIRS-IT'S OBVIOUS (single-Postpunk)
69. ABBA-THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL (from Super Trouper-Pop)
70. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK-MESSAGES (from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-Synthpop)

71. PYLON-DANGER (from Gyrate-Postpunk)
72. JOHN FOXX-NO ONE DRIVING (from Metamatic-Postpunk/Synthpop) Listen Here
73. ROBERT WYATT-AT LAST I AM FREE (single-Avantrock)
74. COCKNEY REJECTS-OI! OI! OI! (from Greatest Hits Vol. 2-Punk)
75. GRAUZONE-EISBÄR (from Swiss Wave-Postpunk) Listen Here
76. GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE-SUPER RAPPIN' No. 2 (single-Hiphop)
77. The BEAT-TWIST AND CRAWL (from I Just Can't Stop It-Ska Revival/New Wave)
78. SAXON-HEAVY METAL THUNDER (from Strong Arm Of The Law-Metal)
79. MODERN EON-CHOREOGRAPHY (from Hicks From The Sticks-Postpunk) Listen Here
80. QUEEN-ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST (from The Game-Pop/Rock)

81. PRINCE FAR I-PLANT UP (from Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III-Reggae)
82. The GO-GO's - WE GOT THE BEAT (single-Pop/New Wave)
83. LYDIA LUNCH-LADY SCARFACE (from Queen Of Siam-Postpunk)
84. RAYMOND VAN HET GROENEWOUD-JE VEUX DE L'AMOUR (single-Belgian Pop)
85. GADGETS- U.F.O. REPORT No.1 (from Gadgetree-Postpunk)
86. STEVIE WONDER-MASTER BLASTER (from Hotter Than July-Soul/Funk)
87. RHEINGOLD-DREIKLANG DIMENSIONEN (from Rheingold-Postpunk)
88. The UNCLAIMED-RUN FROM HOME (single-Garage Rock) Listen Here
89. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS-CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD (from Colossal Youth-Postpunk)
90. STANLEY CLARKE-DANGER STREET (from Rocks, Pebbles And Sand-Fusion) Listen Here

91. The FALL-NEW FACE IN HELL (from Grotesque-Postpunk)
92. SPOONIE GEE & THE TREACHEROUS THREE-THE NEW RAP LANGUAGE (single-Hiphop)
93. The SODS-ROLLER BALL (from Under En Sort Sol-Danish Postpunk)
94. XTC-GENERALS AND MAJORS (from Black Sea-New Wave)
95. BERNARD SZAJNER-WELCOME TO DEATH ROW (from Some Deaths Take Forever-Avantrock)
96. LILIPUT-DIE MATROSEN (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
97. STRAY CATS-RUNAWAY BOYS (single-Pop/Rock)
98. The RAMONES-DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO? (from End Of The Century-Punk)
99. De BRASSERS-EN TOEN WAS ER NIETS MEER (single-Belgian Postpunk)
100. A CERTAIN RATIO-SHACK UP (single-Postpunk)

101. DEAD KENNEDYS-DRUG ME (from Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables-Punk)
102. POLYROCK-YOUR DRAGGING FEET (from Polyrock-New Wave) Listen Here
103. JOHN COOPER CLARKE-EVIDENTLY CHICKENTOWN (from Snap, Crackle & Bop-Postpunk)
104. MADNESS-EMBARRASMENT (from Absolutely-Ska Revival/New Wave)
105. FIRE ENGINES-DISCORD (from Lubricate Your Living Room-Postpunk)
106. STEVE REICH-MUSIC FOR A LARGE ENSEMBLE (from Octet/Music For A Large Ensemble/Violin Phase-Experimental)
107. METABOLIST-CURLY WALL (from Hansten Klork-Postpunk)
108. AC/DC-BACK IN BLACK (from Back In Black-Metal)
109. MISSION OF BURMA-ACADEMY FIGHT SONG (single-Alt./Indie Rock)
110. BOBB TRIMBLE-NIGHT AT THE ASYLUM (from Iron Curtain Innocence-Singer/songwriter)

111. JOY DIVISION-THE ETERNAL (from Closer-Postpunk)
112. CULT FIGURES-LAURA KATE (single-New Wave)
113. SUICIDE-DIAMONDS, FUR COAT, CHAMPAGNE (from Suicide-Postpunk) Listen Here
114. DIAMOND HEAD-THE PRINCE (from Lightning To The Nations-Metal)
115. CRASS-DO THEY OWE US A LIVING? (BULLSHIT VERSION) (from The Bullshit Detector-Punk)
116. KOOL & THE GANG-CELEBRATION (from Celebrate-Soul/Funk)
117. DIRTY LOOKS-LET GO (from Dirty Looks-New Wave) Listen Here
118. LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY-LOVING (from Black Ark In Dub-Reggae)
119. X-JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE (from Los Angeles-Punk)
120. T.P. ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU - NE TE FACHES PAS (World/Africa/Benin)

121. JOHN CALE-ROSEGARDEN FUNERAL OF SORES (single-Avantrock) Listen Here
122. SNAKEFINGER-CHILDREN OF THE SEA (from Greener Postures-Postpunk)
123. LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY-LOVE SENSATION (from Love Sensation-Disco/Soul) Listen Here
124. DEVO-WHIP IT (from Freedom Of Choice-New Wave)
127. FAD GADGET-ARCH OF THE AORTA (from Fad Gadget - Postpunk)
126. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-TIN SOLDIERS (from Nobody's Heroes-Punk)
133. GLENN BRANCA-LESSON No.1 (single-Experimental)
128. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN-VILLIERS TERRACE (from Crocodiles-Postpunk) Listen Here
129. POISON GIRLS-DAUGHTERS AND SONS (from Chappaquiddick Bridge-Postpunk)
130. The LAMBRETTAS-BEAT BOYS IN THE JET AGE (from Beat Boys In The Jet Age-New Wave)

131. U2-STORIES FOR BOYS (ALBUM VERSION) (from Boy-Rock/Postpunk)
132. The NEWS-ISN'T ANYTHING SACRED ANYMORE? (from No More Running-New Wave)
133. U.K. DECAY-FOR MY COUNTRY (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
134. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK-ENOLA GAY (from Organisation-Synthpop)
135. The MEKONS-CHOPPER SQUAD (from The Mekons-Postpunk)
136. MX-80 SOUND - IT'S NOT MY FAULT (from Out Of The Tunnel-Alt./Indie Rock)
137. PRINCE-HEAD (from Dirty Mind-Soul/Funk)
138. ANY TROUBLE-PLAYING BOGART (from Where Are All The Nice Girls?-New Wave)
139. YELLO-NIGHT FLANGER (from Solid Pleasure-Postpunk/Synthpop) Listen Here
140. ADAM & THE ANTS-ANT MUSIC (from King Of The Wild Frontiers-New Wave)

141. ROBERT FRIPP-UNDER HEAVY MANNERS (from God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners-Avantrock)
142. DEFUNKT-BLUES (from Defunkt-Soul/Funk)
143. The FEELIES-EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE (from Crazy Rhythms-Alt./Indie Rock)
144. GRACE JONES-PRIVATE LIFE (from Warm Leatherette-Disco/Soul) Listen Here
145. ALAN VEGA-FIREBALL (from Alan Vega-Postpunk)
146. WAH! HEAT - HEY DISCO JOE (from Hicks From The Sticks-Postpunk)
147. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART-RUN PAINT RUN RUN (from Doc At The radar Station-Avantrock)
148. The RUTS-STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS (single-Punk)
149. JOE JACKSON-BEAT CRAZY (from Beat Crazy-New Wave)
150. JUDAS PRIEST-BREAKING THE LAW (from British Steel-Metal)

151. ZAPP-MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE (from Zapp-Soul/Funk)
152. MAGAZINE-BECAUSE YOU'RE FRIGHTENED (from The Correct Use Of Soap-Postpunk)
153. DAVID BOWIE-ASHES TO ASHES (from Scary Monsters-Pop/Rock)
154. COCKNEY REJECTS-THE NEW SONG (from Greatest Hits Vol. 1-Punk)
155. KURTIS BLOW-THE BREAKS (single-Hiphop)
156. The BLUES BROTHERS-EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE (from The Blues Brothers OST-Soundtrack)
157. ABWÄRTS-MASCHINENLAND (from Amok/Koma-Punk/Postpunk)
158. The RESIDENTS-MOISTURE (from Commercial Album-Experimental)
159. FAMILY FODDER-LOVE SONG (from Monkey Banana Kitchen-Postpunk)
160. The PRETENDERS-PRIVATE LIFE (from The Pretenders-New Wave)

161. TOM BROWNE-FUNKIN' FOR JAMAICA (from Love Approach-Soul/Funk) Listen Here
162. PERE UBU-MISERY GOAT (from The Art Of Walking-Postpunk)
163. The BARRACUDAS-I WISH IT COULD BE 1965 AGAIN (single-Indie/Alt.Rock)
164. OZZY OSBOURNE-I DON'T KNOW (from Blizzard Of Oz-Metal)
165. NEW MUSIK-ADVENTURES (from From A To B-Synthpop)
166. LINTON KWESI JOHNSON-STREET 66 (from Bass Culture-Reggae)
167. KATE BUSH-BABOOSHKA (from Never For Ever-Pop/Rock)
168. CIRCLE JERKS-I DON'T CARE (from Group Sex-Punk)
169. The MONOCHROME SET - B-I-D SPELLS BID (from Love Zombies-New Wave)
170. BAUHAUS-CROWDS (single-Postpunk) Listen Here

171. JONA LEWIE-YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES (single-New Wave)
172. DER PLAN-ADRENALIN (from Geri Reig-Postpunk)
173. TALKING HEADS-CROSSEYED AND PAINLESS (from Remain In Light-Postpunk)
174. ART ZOYD-DIVERTISSEMENT (from Génération Sans Futur-Experimental)
175. TUXEDOMOON-VOLO VIVACE (from Half Mute-Postpunk) Listen Here
176. ORANGE JUICE-BLUE BOY (single-Pop/Postpunk)
177. PSYCHEDELIC FURS-INDIA (from Psychedelic Furs-Postpunk)
178. The SELECTER-TOO MUCH PRESSURE (from Too Much Pressure-Ska Revival/New Wave)
179. The DURUTTI COLUMN-SKETCH FOR SUMMER (from The Return Of...-Postpunk)
180. PAUL McCARTNEY-COMING UP (from McCartney II-Pop/Rock) Listen Here

185. CHANGE-SEARCHING (from The Glow Of Love-Soul/Funk) Luther Vandross' first group.
182. R. STEVIE MOORE-CONFLICT OF INTEREST (from Clack!-Avantpop)
183. BLONDIE-RAPTURE (from Autoamerican-New Wave)
184. The MAKERS OF THE DEAD TRAVEL FAST-TAEL OF A SAEGHORS (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
181. BLACK UHURU-SINSEMILLA (from Sinsemilla-Reggae)
186. The UNDERTONES-MY PERFECT COUSIN (from Hypnotized-Punk/New Wave)
187. TOYAH-GHOSTS (from The Blue Meaning-New Wave)
188. LIPPS INC.-FUNKYTOWN (from Mouth To Mouth-Disco/Pop)
189. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-GENO (from Searching For The Young Soul Rebels-Pop/New Wave)
184. BROTHER D.-HOW WE GONNA MAKE THE BLACK NATION RISE? (single-Hiphop)

191. DIRE STRAITS-TUNNEL OF LOVE (from Making Movies-Pop/Rock)
192. COATI MUNDI-QUE PASA/ME NO POP I (single-Disco/Latin)
193. DEUTSCH-AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT - AUF WIEDERSEHN (from Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen-Postpunk)
194. GARY NUMAN-REMEMBER I WAS VAPOR (from Telekon-Synthpop)
195. FURIOUS PIG-JONNY SO LONG (single-Postpunk)
196. VIC GODARD & SUBWAY SECT-OUT OF TOUCH (from What's The Matter Boy?-New Wave)
197. The JAM-GOING UNDERGROUND (single-New Wave)
198. CON FUNK SHUN-LADY'S WILD (from Touch-Soul/Funk)
199. The POPGROUP-FEED THE HUNGRY (from How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?-Po
200. RUSH-NATURAL SCIENCE (from Permanent Waves-Metal/Prog)

[Gillingham]

I won't be able to vote a lot in the 80s, but I hope to find some gems because of this poll.

[Jackson]

05. THIS HEAT-HEALTH & EFFICIENCY (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
10. TALKING HEADS-THE GREAT CURVE (from Remain In Light-Postpunk)

These are great overlooked songs that will certainly feature in my top 10.

[Listyguy]

05. THIS HEAT-HEALTH & EFFICIENCY (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
10. TALKING HEADS-THE GREAT CURVE (from Remain In Light-Postpunk)

These are great overlooked songs that will certainly feature in my top 10.

I agree. "The Great Curve" is currently my #1 song from this year, it's a shame it gets overlooked because of "Once in a Lifetime" and the other great songs on that album.

[Moonbeam]

05. THIS HEAT-HEALTH & EFFICIENCY (single-Postpunk) Listen Here
10. TALKING HEADS-THE GREAT CURVE (from Remain In Light-Postpunk)

These are great overlooked songs that will certainly feature in my top 10.

I agree. "The Great Curve" is currently my #1 song from this year, it's a shame it gets overlooked because of "Once in a Lifetime" and the other great songs on that album.

"The Great Curve" easily trounces "Once in a Lifetime". I have no idea why "Once in a Lifetime" is so beloved - it's easily my least favorite on Remain in Light.

[Listyguy]

"The Great Curve" easily trounces "Once in a Lifetime". I have no idea why "Once in a Lifetime" is so beloved - it's easily my least favorite on Remain in Light.

I love both songs, but "The Great Curve" is on a different planet from anything else the Heads ever put out (in my opinion). The guitars, the bongos, the cool background vocals. It all works perfectly.

[Jackson]

"The Great Curve" easily trounces "Once in a Lifetime". I have no idea why "Once in a Lifetime" is so beloved - it's easily my least favorite on Remain in Light.

I love both songs, but "The Great Curve" is on a different planet from anything else the Heads ever put out (in my opinion). The guitars, the bongos, the cool background vocals. It all works perfectly.

Looks like "The Great Curve" will make it--it's definitely my #1 for the year too. To me it's the background vocals that make the song, especially when the various parts all come together at the end. But that's no shot at "Once in a Lifetime", which is a glorious single that's also in my all-time top 100.

[Zorg]

Here is the page from last time. Useful to find AMF endorsed albums and songs.

[stone37]

In terms of songs, which is primarily how I gauge years, I would rank 1980 as the sixth best year of the 80s.

Songs:
1. Talkng Heads- Once in a Lifetime
2. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
3. John Lennon-Watching the Wheels
4. Steve Winwood- While You See a Chance
5. Olivia Newton-John- Magic
6. John Lennon- (Just Like) Starting Over
7. Prince- When You Were Mine
8. AC/DC- Back in Black
9. Bruce Springsteen- Hungry Heart
10. Elton John- Little Jeannie

11. Climax Blues Band- I Love You
12. Hall & Oates- You Make My Dreams
13. Split Enz- I Got You
14. Romantics- What I Like About You
15. Lipps, Inc.- Funkytown
16. John Lennon- Woman
17. Steely Dan- Hey Nineteen
18. Prince- Dirty Mind
19. Neil Diamond- Love on the Rocks
20. Pete Townshend- Let My Love Open the Door

21. Robbie Dupree- Steal Away
22. Stevie Wonder- Lately
23. Squeeze- Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
24. Bruce Springsteen- The River
25. The Police- Don't Stand So Close to Me
26. Devo- Whip It
27. George Jones- He Stopped Loving Her Today
28. Bruce Springsteen- Crush on You
29. Billy Joel- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
30. Paul Simon- Late in the Evening

31. Pete Townshend- Jools and Jim
32. Diana Ross- Upside Down
33. Manhattans- Shining Star
34. Genesis- Turn It On Again
35. Prince- Uptown
36. Paul McCartney- Coming Up
37. Dolly Parton- 9 to 5
38. Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers, Just the Two of Us
39. Hall & Oates- Kiss on My List
40. Blondie- Call Me

41. Olivia Newton-John & ELO- Xanadu
42. Bruce Springsteen- Cadillac Ranch
43. Bruce Springsteen- Out on the Streets
44. Prince- Do It All Night
45. Stevie Wonder- Rocket Love
46. Bruce Springsteen- Fade Away
47. Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart
48. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb- Guilty
49. U2- I Will Follow
50. Journey- Any Way You Want It

51. Billy Joel- Sometimes a Fantasy
52. Ambrosia- Biggest Part of Me
53. Prince- Gotta Broken Heart Again
54. Queen- Another One Bites the Dust
55. Kenny Loggins- I'm Alright
56. ABBA- The Winner Takes It All
57. Kool and the Gang- Celebration
58. Elvis Costello- High Fidelty
59. Kenny Rogers- Lady
60. Prince- Head

61. REO Speedwagon- Keep on Loving You
62. Bruce Springsteen- Jackson Cage
63. Kurtis Blow- The Breaks
64. Elvis Costello- Clubland
65. Bruce Springsteen- You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
66. Pete Townshend- Rough Boys
67. Bruce Springsteen- Sherry Darling
68. Prince- Sister
69. John Lennon- Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
70. Bruce Springsteen- The Ties That Bind

71. Queen- Flash
72. Bruce Springsteen- Two Hearts
73. David Bowie- Ashes to Ashes
74. Alan Parsons Project- Time
75. AC/DC- Hells Bells
76. Squeeze- Another Nail in My Heart
77. Jim Carroll Band- People Who Died
78. Jimmy Ruffin- Hold On to My Love
79. Neil Diamond- America
80. Benny Mardones- Into the Night

81. Cliff Richard- Dreaming
82. Bruce Springsteen- Stolen Car
83. Billy Joel- Through the Long Night
84. B-52s- Private Idaho
85. Blondie- Rapture
86. Julian Cope and the Teardrop Explodes-Treason
87. Vapors- Turning Japanese
88. Bob Marley- Redemption Song
89. Billy Joel- All for Leyna
90. The Jam- That's Entertainment

91. Ultravox- Vienna
92. Neil Diamond- Hello Again
93. Prince- Party Up
94. Pete Townshend- I am an Animal
95. Irene Cara- Fame
96. Billy Joel- Don't Ask Me Why
97. The Jam- Going Underground
98. Barbra Streisand- Woman in Love
99. Bob Seger- You'll Accomp'ny Me
100. J. Geils Band- Love Stinks

Albums:
1. Prince- Dirty Mind
2. Bruce Springsteen- The River
3. Billy Joel- Glass Houses
4. Pete Townshend- Empty Glass
5. AC/DC- Back in Black
6. Talking Heads- Remain in Light
7. Stevie Wonder- Hotter than July

[Jackson]

Here is the page from last time. Useful to find AMF endorsed albums and songs.

Interesting that nj not only offered up a list, but even posted a songs list. How times have changed around here. I also miss Tremolo, he always offered up good lists.

On another note, I haven't seen this many people post long lists since we went through the 60s. Wow! I am very ignorant about the 80s but hoping to change that.

[Live in Phoenix]

I've mapped out '80s lists for the rest of the decade, but I noticed one snag, for next year (or this year). I’m not sure how this issue plays out in a year-by-year poll like this, so I thought I’d bring up 2 songs that are either 1980 or 1981 songs depending on one’s philosophy, I suppose.

Oingo Boingo’s “Only a Lad” was originally released in 1980 on the Oingo Boingo EP, which maybe hasn’t been in print since 1980. The song was then re-recorded for the 1981 Only a Lad album, and would also certainly be the most-known version.

Generation X’s “Dancing with Myself” was originally released in 1980, and then Billy Idol re-mixed a 3:19 dance version that he released solo ("with Generation X") in 1981 – this is the hit version, and the only version of the song that the general public even believes exists.

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1113147

http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Idol-And-G ... se/4197454

I would be voting for the 1981 versions, but I'm wondering if re-recordings and remixes are considered immaterial.

[Greg]

1. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Daryl Hall - The Farther Away I Am
3. Bruce Springsteen - Drive All Night
4. Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
5. The Teardrop Explodes - Treason
6. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
7. Talking Heads - Listening Wind
8. Joy Division - Decades
9. Warren Zevon - Play It All Night Long
10. John Martyn - Sweet Little Mystery
11. John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Woman
12. George Jones - If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
13. The Cure - Play for Today
14. The Comsat Angels - Independence Day
15. The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered

16. Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
17. The Jam - That's Entertainment
18. Van Halen - And the Cradle Will Rock...
19. Wipers - Return of the Rat
20. Kate Bush - The Wedding List
21. The Sound - Unwritten Law
22. AC/DC - Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
23. Change - The Glow of Love
24. Jackson Browne - Call It a Loan
25. Dexys Midnight Runners - Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
26. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Pimper's Paradise
27. Motorhead - Live to Win
28. The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You
29. Pretenders - Kid
30. Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door
31. Ramones - Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?
32. Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine
33. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Man Called Uncle
34. ABBA - Super Trouper
35. The Birthday Party - Guilt Parade
36. The Blasters - Marie Marie
37. XTC - Generals and Majors
38. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Live)
39. Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money (Live)
40. The Jacksons - Everybody
41. The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me
42. Ozzy Osbourne - Goodbye to Romance
43. Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love
44. Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember
45. Lou Reed - How Do You Speak to an Angel?
46. Japan - Methods of Dance
47. The Rolling Stones - Dance
48. Yes - Run Through the Light
49. The Beat - Best Friend
50. Prince - When You Were Mine
51. Gary Numan - Please Push No More
52. Squeeze - Wrong Side of the Moon
53. Willie Nile - It's All Over
54. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
55. Diamond Head - Sucking My Love
56. Killing Joke - Wardance
57. Suicide - Sweetheart
58. Devo - Freedom of Choice
59. Grace Jones - Private Life
60. Van Morrison - Haunts of Ancient Peace
61. Supertramp - The Logical Song (Live)
62. John Foxx - 030
63. Diana Ross - Tenderness
64. Prince Far I - Final Chapter
65. Emmylou Harris - I'll Go Stepping Too
66. Fehlfarben - Paul ist Tot
67. Roxy Music - Oh Yeah
68. Michael Prophet - Conscious Dreadlocks
69. Adam & The Ants - The Human Beings
70. X - The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss
71. Yes - The Gates of Delirium (Live)
72. The Damned - Curtain Call
73. General Echo - That's How You Get Your Love Bump
74. Scientist - One-Two
75. Ultravox - Vienna

[nicolas]

Here is my list in progress

[Listyguy]

Here's my album list. I decided to only give a top 20 because after that the albums enter "bad" territory.

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. U2 - Boy
3. Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs
4. Dire Straits - Making Movies
5. The Jam - Sound Affects
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
7. Queen - Play the Game
8. Prince - Dirty Mind
9. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
10. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
11. Bruce Springsteen - The River
12. AC/DC - Back in Black
13. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
14. X - Los Angeles
15. Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba
16. Bob Marley - Uprising
17. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
18. Pretenders - Pretenders
19. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
20. Blondie - Autoamerican

[Listyguy]

Here's my songs list. I stopped caring about the order after the top 20. The other 40 are in a rough order of mt preference.

1. Talking Heads - The Great Curve
2. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
3. Nic Jones - Canadee-I-O
4. Joy Division - Atrocity Exhibition
5. Bob Marley - Redemption Song
6. U2 - Twilight
7. Blondie - The Tide is High
8. Bruce Springsteen - The River
9. Dire Straits - Expresso Love
10. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
11. The Cure - Play For Today
12. Joy Division - Isolation
13. AC/DC - Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
14. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
15. U2 - I Will Follow
16. AC/DC - Let Me Put My Love Into You
17. Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime
18. Joy Division - Colony
19. Nic Jones - The Humpback Whale
20. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
21. Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
22. Blondie - Rapture
23. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
24. U2 - An Cat Dubh
25. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
26. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
27. Queen - Dragon Attack
28. AC/DC - Back in Black
29. Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
30. Prince - When You Were Mine
31. Queen - Need Your Loving Tonight
32. John Lennon - I'm Losing You
33. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
34. Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley
35. Devo - Whip It
36. Judas Priest - Breaking the Law
37. Elvis Costello - Black and White World
38. Bruce Springsteen - Jackson Cage
39. Nic Jones - Planxty Davis
40. Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love
41. Prince - Uptown
42. The Cure - A Forest
43. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
44. Echo and the Bunnymen - Pride
45. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
46. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
47. Talking Heads - The Overload
48. John Lennon - Watching the Wheels
49. Queen - Play the Game
50. Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch
51. U2 - Out of Control
52. The Cure - Secrets
53. Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind
54. Nic Jones - Farewell To the Gold
55. Elvis Costello - Opportunity
56. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
57. John Lennon - Cleanup Time
58. Echo and the Bunnymen - Going Up
59. U2 - Shadows and Tall Trees
60. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Seven Days Too Long

[nicolas]

Seriously no love for More Specials?
It's a great album very funny and original, starting with great reggae/ska songs and then going into unknown territories after "Stereotypes". Great influence on Blur. The last song "International Jet Set" is unlike anything I've ever heard. Pop? disco? reggae? funk?

[Nassim]

I would be voting for the 1981 versions, but I'm wondering if re-recordings and remixes are considered immaterial.

I think we usually consider remixes as a different song for the yearly poll (but as the same song for the all time polls I'd say).
Re-recordings I'm pretty sure we never take into account, the first release date is the right one.

[nicolas]

I don't agree on the re-recordings part. In the 1950-60 poll, re-recordings were allowed. I don't see why they wouldn't be eligible. They are new recordings.
Sometimes re-recordings are a completely different version of the original. I only have blues and country examples that won't be very meaningful here (like the 1954 rerecording of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe that is far superior to the original) but I'm sure there are other examples in rock and more contemporary records.
That's even the case of some live recordings.
I think we should be flexible on recordings...

[Listyguy]

I was under the impression that the polls used the same system the acclaimedmusic.net uses; all versions of a song are considered to be one under the first year they were released. For example, "Radio Free Europe" was first released in 1981, and then re-recorded for "Murmur" and released again in 1983. The song is only eligible for 1981, however.

[Henry]

Songs

1 Steve Winwood While You See A Chance
2 Genesis Behind the Lines
3 Bob Seger Against the Wind
4 Pat Benatar Hit Me With Your Best Shot
5 Billy Joel You May Be Right
6 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
7 Steely Dan Hey Nineteen
8 Utopia Caravan
9 Blondie Call Me
10 Genesis Misunderstanding
11 REO Speedwagon Keep On Loving You
12 Billy Joel It's Still Rock and Roll To Me
13 Beat Mirror In the Bathroom
14 Steely Dan Third World Man
15 Utopia The Road to Utopia
16 Steely Dan Babylon Sisters
17 Christopher Cross Ride Like the Wind
18 Frank Sinatra (Theme from) New York, New York
19 Journey Any Way You Want It
20 Linda Ronstadt / Hurt So Bad
21 Michael Jackson Rock with You
23 Pat Metheny Everyday I Thank You
22 Pat Metheny Goin Ahead
24 Pete Townshend Let My Love Open the Door
25 Squeeze Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
26 Pretenders Talk of the Town
27 The Police Don't Stand So Close to Me
28 Dire Straits Tunnel of Love
29 Kool and the Gang Celebration
30 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
31 Steely Dan Time Out of Mind
32 Utopia The Very Last Time
33 Steve Winwood Arc of A Diver
34 Beat Tears of a Clown
35 Billy Joel Sometimes a Fantasy
36 Steve Winwood Spanish Dancer
37 Christopher Cross Sailing
38 Genesis Turn It On Again
39 J. Geils Band Come Back
40 Pat Benatar Hell Is for Children
41 Pat Metheny Two Folks Songs: Part One
42 Pointer Sisters He's So Shy
43 Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love
44 Billy Joel Don't Ask Me Why
45 Genesis Please Don't Ask
46 Queen Another One Bites the Dust
47 Beat Best Friend
48 Genesis Duke's Travels
49 The Romantics What I Like About You
50 Genesis Duke's End
51 AC/DC Back in Black
52 Alan Parsons Project Games People Play
53 Ambrosia Biggest Part of Me
54 Beat Hand Off . . . She's Mine
55 Christopher Cross Never Be the Same
56 Genesis Alone Tonight
57 Grover Washington and Bill Withers Just the Two of Us
58 Hall & Oates Kiss On My List
59 John Lennon Woman
60 Kenny Rogers Lady
61 Pat Benatar We Live for Love
62 Pat Metheny The Bat
63 Pretenders Mystery Achievement
64 Queen Play the Game
65 Steely Dan Gaucho
66 The Police Driven to Tears
67 Steely Dan Glamour Profession
68 Utopia Set Me Free
69 Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart
70 Utopia Last of the New Wave Riders
71 Diana Ross I'm Coming Out
72 The Teardrop Explodes Treason (It's Just a Story)
73 Utopia Second Nature
74 Stevie Wonder Master Blaster (Jammin')
75 Donna Summer On the Radio
76 Diana Ross Upside Down
77 Squeeze Separate Beds
78 Pat Metheny Two Folks Songs: Part Two
79 Linda Ronstadt How Do I Make You
80 Journey The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love)
81 George Benson Give Me The Night
82 Genesis Cul-De-Sac
83 Dire Straits Expresso Love
84 Yes Run Through the Light
85 U2 A Day Without Me
86 Visage Fade To Grey
87 The Motels Danger
88 Police De Do Do Do, De Dah Dah Dah
89 Stevie Wonder I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
90 Yes Into the Lens
91 Pete Townshend Rough Boys
92 Pretenders Stop Your Sobbing
93 Orhestral Manoeuvres In the Dark Enola Gay
94 Michael Jackson She's Out of My Life
95 Irene Cara Fame
96 Harry Chapin Sequel
97 Air Supply Lost In Love
98 Beat Twist and Crawl
99 Barbra Striesand Woman In Love
100 Curtis Mayfield Trippin Out
101 Def Leppard Hello Americal
102 Kenny Loggins I'm Alright
103 The Manhattans Shining Star
104 The Jacksons Heartbreak Hotel
105 Rush The Spirit of Radio
106 Paul Simon Late In the Evening
107 John Lennon Watching the Wheels
108 Japan Quiet Life
109 Josef K It's Kinda Funny
110 Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train
111 The Cure A Forest
112 The Jam Start!
113 The Vapors Turning Japanese
114 U2 I Will Follow
115 Willie Nelson On the Road Again
116 Talking Heads Once In a Lifetime
117 Split Enz I Got You
118 Prince When You Were Mine
119 Peter Gabriel Games Without Frontiers
120 Lipps Inc Funkytown
121 Go-Go's We Got the Beat
122 Blondie The Tide Is High
123 Dexy's Midnight Runners There There My Dear
124 Generation X Dancing With Myself
125 Donna Summer The Wanderer
126 A Certain Ratio Shack Up
127 Bob Marley Redemption Song
128 George Jones He Stopped Loving Her Today
129 Alan Parsons Project Time
130 XTC Respectable Street
131 Barbra Striesand and Barry Gibb Guilty
132 XTC Generals and Majors
133 Boz Scaggs JoJo
134 XTC Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)
135 Hall & Oates You Make My Dreams
136 Whitesnake Fool For Your Loving
137 J. Geils Band Love Stinks
138 The Cure Play For Today
139 Joan Armatrading Me, Myself and I
140 Stevie Wonder Rocket Love
141 Joe Jackosn Beat Crazy
142 Stevie Wonder All I Do
143 Kool and the Gang Cherish
144 Stanley Clarke Danger Street
145 Paul McCartney Coming Up
146 Squeeze Someone Else's Heart
147 Pete Townshend A Little Is Enough
148 Squeeze If I Didn't Love You
149 Pete Townshend Gonna Get Ya
150 Squeeze Another Nail In My Heart
151 Pretenders The Wait
152 Scorpions The Zoo
153 The Undertones My Perfect Cousin
154 Bruce Springsteen Stolen Car
155 The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue
156 Jermaine Jackson Let's Get Serious
157 Pretenders Precious
158 Taxi Girl Cherchez le garcon
159 AC/DC Hell Bells
160 The Clash The Magnificent Seven
161 Alain Bashung Vertige de l'amour
162 The Jam That's Entertainment
163 Bob Marley Could You Be Loved
164 The Jam Going Underground
165 Bruce Springsteen The River
166 Motorhead Ace of Spades
167 David Bowie Ashes to Ashes
168 Martha and the Muffins Echo Beach
169 Devo Whip It
170 John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over
171 X Los Angeles
172 Dolly Parton 9 to 5
173 Dexy's Midnight Runners Geno
174 Ultravox Vienna
175 Steve Winwood Night Train

[Henry]

Albums

1 Steely Dan Gaucho
2 Genesis Duke
3 Steve Winwood Arc of a Diver
4 The Beat I Just Can't Stop It
5 Pretenders Pretenders
6 Utopia Adventures in Utopia
7 Pete Townsend Empty Glass
8 John Lennon Double Fantasy
9 Pat Metheny 80/81
10 The Police Zenyatta Mondatta
11 The Jam Sound Affects
12 Dire Straits Making Movies
13 Stevie Wonder Hotter Than July
14 Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion
15 AC/DC Back In Black
16 Talking Heads Remain In Light
17 Squeeze Argybargy

[Henrik]

Henry, I think you forgot Duke.

[nicolas]

I was under the impression that the polls used the same system the acclaimedmusic.net uses; all versions of a song are considered to be one under the first year they were released. For example, "Radio Free Europe" was first released in 1981, and then re-recorded for "Murmur" and released again in 1983. The song is only eligible for 1981, however.

Well, in fact it depends on the person who rules the poll. Those secondary rules are up to the poll manager.

[Optical]

Albums:

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
3. The Clash - London Calling
4. This Heat - Deceit
5. Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
6. Peter Gabriel - So
7. U2 - Boy
8. Bruce Springsteen - The River
9. X - Los Angeles
10. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
11. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
12. AC/DC - Back In Black
13. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
14. The Jam - Sound Affects
15. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

[Nick]

Albums:

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
3. The Clash - London Calling
4. This Heat - Deceit
5. Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
6. Peter Gabriel - So
7. U2 - Boy
8. Bruce Springsteen - The River
9. X - Los Angeles
10. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
11. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
12. AC/DC - Back In Black
13. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
14. The Jam - Sound Affects
15. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

Good list, but a lot of these albums aren't from 1980. "London Calling" is 1979, "Deceit" is 1981, "Appetite for Destruction" is 1987, and "So" is 1986.

[Listyguy]

Albums:

1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
3. The Clash - London Calling
4. This Heat - Deceit
5. Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
6. Peter Gabriel - So
7. U2 - Boy
8. Bruce Springsteen - The River
9. X - Los Angeles
10. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
11. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
12. AC/DC - Back In Black
13. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
14. The Jam - Sound Affects
15. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

Good list, but a lot of these albums aren't from 1980. "London Calling" is 1979, "Deceit" is 1981, "Appetite for Destruction" is 1987, and "So" is 1986.

What Nick said. We have a separate poll for each year of the decade and then a combined poll with the top songs and albums from each year.
Just as a general request, could you guys make sure your top 15 albums and songs are from the proper year on RYM? It would make Moonbeam's (and my) job much easier, and then we wouldn't have to chase you down and ask for a revised list.

[slick]

ALBUMS...

1. Queen -- The Game
2. Bruce Springsteen -- The River
3. Black Sabbath -- Heaven And Hell
4. The Cure -- Seventeen Seconds
5. Prince -- Dirty Mind
6. AC/DC -- Back In Black
7. Talking Heads -- Remain In Light
8. Elvis Costello -- Get Happy!!
9. Bob Marley -- Uprising
10. Rush -- Permanent Waves
11. Joy Division -- Closer
12. Judas Priest -- British Steel
13. The Police -- Zenyatta Mondatta
14. Split Enz -- True Colors
15. Genesis -- Duke
16. Blondie -- Autoamerican
17. Peter Gabriel -- Peter Gabriel
18. The Soft Boys -- Underwater Moonlight
19. Pretenders -- Pretenders
20. U2 -- Boy

[antonius]

Albums

1.Van Morrison - Common One
2.Talking Heads - Remain in light
3.Bob Marley - Uprising
4.Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood
5.The Sound - Jeopardy
6.Steely Dan - Gaucho
7.Steve Winwood - Arc of a diver
8.Kevin Coyne - Bursting Bubbles
9.Captain Beefheart - Doc at the radar station
10.Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine
11.Joy Division - Closer
12.Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla
13.John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
14.Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Plateau of mirror
15.Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture

Tracks

1.Joy Division - Atmosphere
2.David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
3.Talking Heads - Crosseyed and painless
4.Roxy Music - Oh Yeah
5.ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
6.Bob Seger - Against the wind
7.The Sound - Heartland
8.Van Morrison - Haunts of ancient peace
9.The Sound - I can't escape myself
10.Bob Marley - Redemption Song
11.Captain Beefheart - Ashtray Heart
12.The Jam - That's Entertainment
13.George Jones - He stopped loving her today
14.Steve Winwood - While you see a chance
15.Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free

[Listyguy]

LISTEN TO PENGUIN EGGS!

That is all.

[DaveC]

Albums

1.Talking Heads – Remain in Light
2.Joy Division – Closer
3.The Jam – Sound Affects
4.The Sound – Jeopardy
5.U2 – Boy
6.The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
7.Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody’s Heroes
8.Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Get Happy!!
9.The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
10.David Bowie – Scary Monsters
11.Orchestra Boabab – Mouhamadou Bamba
12.Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
13.Black Uhuru – Sinsemilla
14.The Cure – Seventeen Seconds
15.Bob Marley and The Wailers – Uprising

Songs
1.The Jam – Man in the Corner Shop
2.Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
3.Bob Marley and The Wailers – Redemption Song
4.The Jam - Going Underground
5.Joy Division – Decades
6.The Cure – A Forest
7.U2 - I Will Follow
8.Talking Heads – Listening Wind
9.Black Uhuru – World Is Africa
10.Japan – Nightporter
11.Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
12.The Sound – Missiles
13.Talking Heads – Born Under Punches
14.Talking Heads – Houses in Motion
15.Prince - When You Were Mine

[Charlie Driggs]

You can easily get lost, if you dig deep into this year.

1 : The Jam : That's Entertainment
2 : The Clash : The Magnificent Seven
3 : Martha and the Muffins : Echo Beach
4 : Steely Dan : Hey Nineteen
5 : The Clash : Hitsville UK
6 : Roky Erickson and the Aliens : Night Of The Vampire
7 : David Bowie : Ashes to Ashes
8 : Liliput : Die Matrosen
9 : The Clash : Rebel Waltz
10 : Kurtis Blow : The Breaks
11 : Robert Wyatt : At Last I am Free
12 : Funky 4+1 : That's the Joint
13 : Au Pairs : It's Obvious
14 : Blondie : Rapture
15 : Talking Heads : The Great Curve

16 : The Undertones : Wednesday Week
17 : The B-52's : Private Idaho
18 : Brother D : How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise
19 : The Cure : A Forest
20 : The Soft Boys : Insanely Jealous
21 : Gnonnas Pedro : Dark as a Dungeon
22 : The Korgis : Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
23 : Cabaret Voltaire : Seconds Too Late
24 : Aksak Maboul : Geistige Nacht (Rondo)
25 : Stevie Wonder : Master Blaster (Jammin')
26 : Joy Division : These Days
27 : John Lennon : Watching The Wheels
28 : Baby Buddha : Stand By Your Man
29 : Wah! Heat : Better Scream
30 : The Feelies : Crazy Rhythms
31 : Aksak Maboul : A Modern Lesson (Bo Diddley)
32 : The Durutti Column : Destroy, She Said
33 : Roxy Music : Oh Yeah
34 : Toy Love : Swimming Pool
35 : The Slits : In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
36 : Throbbing Gristle : Adrenalin
37 : Wah! Heat : Joe
38 : Eyeless In Gaza : Kodak Ghosts Run Amok
39 : Talking Heads : Once In A Lifetime
40 : The Specials : Stereotypes / Stereotypes Pt. 2
41 : Bauhaus : Terror Couple Kill Colonel
42 : Prince : Dirty Mind
43 : Herbie Hancock : Just Around The Corner
44 : Spiritual Singers : Kimia
45 : Ilitch : Peripherikredcommando
46 : Fad Gadget : Ricky's Hand
47 : Bauhaus : Telegram Sam
48 : Conrad Schnitzler : Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
49 : The Jam : Going Underground
50 : The Sound : I Can't Escape Myself
51 : Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester : Poema para el despertar de un nino
52 : Pylon : Read a Book
53 : Two Daughters : Sad Horizons
54 : Etoile de Dakar : Tolou Badou Ndiaye
55 : The Beat : Twist & Crawl
56 : Tuxedomoon : What Use?
57 : Joy Division : Atmosphere
58 : Talking Heads : Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
59 : The Feelies : The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
60 : Alan Vega : Bye Bye Bayou
61 : Nancy Sesay and the Melodaires : C'est Fab
62 : Kate Bush : December Will Be Magic Again
63 : Au Pairs : Diet
64 : Dexy's Midnight Runners : Geno
65 : Joy Division : Love Will Tear Us Apart
66 : Blurt : My Mother was a Friend of an Enemy of the People
67 : Bobby Hutcherson : Patterns
68 : Suicide : Shadazz
69 : And The Native Hipsters : There Goes Concorde Again
70 : The Stranglers : Who Wants the World?
71 : R.D. Burman : Aa Dekhen Jara
72 : Brian Briggs : Aeo (Pts 1 & 2)
73 : Kate Bush : Army Dreamers
74 : Orange Juice : Blue Boy
75 : Arrigo Barnabé : Clara Crocodilo
76 : Talking Heads : Crosseyed and Painless
77 : Joy Division : Decades
78 : Instant Music : Do Not
79 : Madness : Embarrassment
80 : Orange Juice : Falling And Laughing
81 : PVC : Galehus
82 : Peter Gabriel : Games Without Frontiers
83 : XTC : Generals And Majors
84 : Devo : Girl You Want
85 : Bobb Trimble : Glass Menagerie Fantasies
86 : This Heat : Health and Efficiency
87 : The Cure : In Your House
88 : Loose Joints : Is It All Over My Face
89 : Anne Cessna & Essendon Airport : Lost In Madagascar
90 : Grace Jones : Love Is The Drug
91 : Instant Music : My Boy
92 : UJ3RK5 : Naum Gabo
93 : The Specials : Rat Race
94 : Bernard Szajner : Ressurector
95 : Prince : Uptown
96 : Material : Discourse
97 : Siouxsie & The Banshees : Israel
98 : Gruppo Sportivo : My Favourite Song
99 : Yellow Magic Orchestra : Nice Age
100 : The Room : Waiting Room

[sonofsamiam]

Brilliant list, Charlie!