✅ Robert Christgau - best of the 80s list (1990)
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 10:31 am
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/list/decade80.php
Robert Christgau's top 10 80s albums and top 10 80s singles, a list published on 2 January 1990
Top albums:
1. The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
2. Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings
3. X: Wild Gift
4. Sonny Rollins: G-Man
5. Franco & Rochereau: Omona Wapi
6. Double Dee & Steinski: "The Payoff Mix"/"Lesson Two"/"Lesson 3" (Tommy Boy promotional EP)
7. DeBarge: In a Special Way
8. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
9. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A.
10. Replacements: Let It Be
Top singles:
1. Funky Four Plus One: "That's the Joint"
2. T.S. Monk: "Bon Bon Vie"
3. Public Enemy: "Bring the Noise"
4. Michael Jackson: "Beat It"
5. Imagination: "Just an Illusion"
6. Madonna: "Open Your Heart"
7. Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock: "It Takes Two"
8. Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force: "Looking for the Perfect Beat"
9. Taana Gardner: "Heartbeat"
10. The Beat: "Twist and Crawl"
Robert Christgau's top 10 80s albums and top 10 80s singles, a list published on 2 January 1990
Top albums:
1. The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
2. Ornette Coleman: Of Human Feelings
3. X: Wild Gift
4. Sonny Rollins: G-Man
5. Franco & Rochereau: Omona Wapi
6. Double Dee & Steinski: "The Payoff Mix"/"Lesson Two"/"Lesson 3" (Tommy Boy promotional EP)
7. DeBarge: In a Special Way
8. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
9. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A.
10. Replacements: Let It Be
Top singles:
1. Funky Four Plus One: "That's the Joint"
2. T.S. Monk: "Bon Bon Vie"
3. Public Enemy: "Bring the Noise"
4. Michael Jackson: "Beat It"
5. Imagination: "Just an Illusion"
6. Madonna: "Open Your Heart"
7. Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock: "It Takes Two"
8. Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force: "Looking for the Perfect Beat"
9. Taana Gardner: "Heartbeat"
10. The Beat: "Twist and Crawl"