1980

The following 57 records from 1980 are reviewed on this site:

January

Ramones, End Of The Century [12]

February

Elvis Costello, Get Happy!! [13]

Graham Nash, Earth & Sky [10]

March

Beach Boys, Keepin' The Summer Alive [6]

April

Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell [8]

Cure, Seventeen Seconds [9]

Genesis, Duke [9]

Grateful Dead, Go To Heaven [8]

Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell [8]

Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden [11]

Lou Reed, Growing Up In Public [7]

Pete Townshend, Empty Glass [11]

May

10CC, Look Here [8]

Alice Cooper, Flush The Fashion [12]

Eric Clapton, Just One Night [11]

Paul McCartney, McCartney II [10]

Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (III) [13]

Roxy Music, Flesh + Blood [9]

June

Bob Dylan, Saved [6]

Electric Light Orchestra, Xanadu [8]

Gentle Giant, The Last Steps [10]

Jeff Beck, There And Back [9]

Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue [9]

Steve Hackett, Defector [10]

July

AC/DC, Back In Black [13]

Dave Davies, AFLI-3603 [9]

Joy Division, Closer [12]

Queen, The Game [11]

August

Cars, Panorama [11]

Gentle Giant, Civilian [10]

Jethro Tull, A [8]

Justin Hayward, Night Flight [8]

Pink Floyd, [Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live] [9]

Yes, Drama [10]

September

David Bowie, Scary Monsters [11]

Tom Waits, Heartattack And Vine [12]

October

Bruce Springsteen, The River [11]

Dire Straits, Making Movies [11]

INXS, INXS [11]

Kinks, One For The Road [12]

Police, Zenyatta Mondatta [14]

Talking Heads, Remain In Light [13]

Thin Lizzy, Chinatown [11]

November

Blondie, Autoamerican [10]

Jam, Sound Affects [13]

John Lennon, Double Fantasy [13]

Rod Stewart, Foolish Behaviour [6]

U2, Boy [11]

Yes, [Yesshows] [11]

December

ABBA, Super Trouper [11]

Clash, Sandinista! [13]

Deep Purple, In Concert 1970-1972 [13]

[Month unknown:]

Accept, I'm A Rebel [11]

Brian Eno & Harold Budd, Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror [11]

Budgie, Power Supply [8]

Fleetwood Mac, Live [11]

Gary Moore, G-Force [10]

Ian Dury, Laughter [11]

Residents, The Commercial Album [10]

Robin Trower, Victims Of The Fury [9]

Steely Dan, Gaucho [10]


The following 23 albums in MP3 from 1980 are reviewed on this site:

Alan Parsons Project: The Turn Of A Friendly Card

Brand X: Do They Hurt?

Clannad: Crann Ull

Hawkwind: Levitation

Iggy Pop: Soldier

Jam: Sound Affects

Judas Priest: British Steel

Kate Bush: Never For Ever

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Chance

Mike Oldfield: Q.E.2

Motorhead: Ace Of Spades

Nazareth: Malice In Wonderland

Nina Hagen: Unbehagen

Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard Of Ozz

Paul Simon: One-Trick Pony

Prince: Dirty Mind

Ramones: End Of The Century

Rush: Permanent Waves

Peter Hammill: A Black Box

Rory Gallagher: Stage Struck

Siouxsie & The Banshees: Kaleidoscope

Van Halen: Women And Children First

XTC: Black Sea


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