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UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #302 [10] Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [26] Classic Rock's 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s: #76 [54] Wiener's 100 Best Records of the Century: #77 [80] September 1981 Deceit: This Heat: Experimental rock; post-punk; avant-prog; Rough Trade: Critical reception and legacy
Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC, dies at 33 on February 19 after a binge of heavy drinking. [2]October: Iron Maiden comp guitarist Dennis Stratton leaves and is replaced by Adrian Smith.
When an established rock artist released a new album, for example, it was not uncommon for multiple songs from the album to become popular simultaneously. [1] The song that had the longest run atop the chart during the 1980s was "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones at 13 weeks from the beginning of September through the first week of December in ...
Pat Benatar was one of the first women to achieve commercial success in hard rock, releasing four consecutive US Top Five albums between 1980 and 1983. [ 80 ] Often categorised with the new wave of British heavy metal, in 1981 Def Leppard released their second album High 'n' Dry , mixing glam-rock with heavy metal, and helping to define the ...
July 11 – Ultravox release their fourth studio album, Vienna.Their first album with new lead singer Midge Ure following the departures of frontman John Foxx and guitarist Robin Simon, Vienna marks a radical shift in Ultravox's direction and image, transforming the former post-punk band into a more sophisticatedly-oriented new wave/synthpop group.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
1980s greatest hits albums (10 C) ... Pages in category "1980s compilation albums" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1980, per the Billboard 200. Pink Floyd 's The Wall was the best-selling album of 1980, and spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one. Chart history