Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life”, “Hungry Eyes”, “She’s Like The Wind”, “Yes” Album MVP: “She’s Like The Wind” Why I Loved It: Is there a song ever made more closely associated with a movie than “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life” — a tune linked with Dirty … Read More
Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “Cool It Now”, “Mr. Telephone Man”, “Lost In Love”, “My Secret (Didja Gitit Yet)” Album MVP: “Cool It Now” Why I Loved It: I sort of hate myself for not having this higher — I freegin loved this album. It was well represented on my Favorite 100 Songs of the … Read More
Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “I Can’t Hold Back”, “I’m High On You”, “The Search is Over” Album MVP: “The Search is Over” Why I Loved It: This marked the first Survivor album without lead singer David Bickler, their original vocalist who made Eye of the Tiger one of the 80’s biggest hits. Vital Signs … Read More
Year Released: 1983 Notable Songs: “Legs”, “Sharp Dressed Man”, “Gimme All Your Lovin”, “Got Me Under Pressure”, “TV Dinners” Album MVP: “Gimme All Your Lovin” Why I Loved It: The peculiar combination of southern bluesy rock combined with prototypical 80s synthesized pop was fascinating to me, something I’m not sure as a 12-year old I … Read More
Year Released: 1982 Notable Songs: “1999”, “Little Red Corvette”, “Delirious”, “D.M.S.R.”, “Automatic”, “Let’s Pretend We’re Married” Album MVP: “1999” Why I Loved It: He had been making good music for a while before this, but to be honest I’d never heard or Prince before this album dropped in late 1982. 1999 put Prince dead smack … Read More
Year Released: 1989 Notable Songs: “Miss You Much”, “Rhythm Nation”, “Escapade”, “Alright”, “Come Back To Me”, “Black Cat”, “Love Will Never Do Without You” Album MVP: “Rhythm Nation” Why I Loved It: Let’s get this out of the way immediately – If I put emphasis almost exclusively the on success of an album Rhythm Nation … Read More
Year Released: 1986 Notable Songs: “Stuck With You”, “Hip To Be Square”, “Jacob’s Ladder”, “I Know What I Like”, “Doing It All For My Baby” Album MVP: “Stuck With You” Why I Loved It: In my opinion Sports established Huey Lewis And The News as the poster child for 80’s pop music. Three years later … Read More
Year Released: 1988 Notable Songs: “Bad Medicine”, “Born To Be My Baby”, “I’ll Be There For You”, “Lay Your Hands On Me”, “Living In Sin” Album MVP: “I’ll Be There For You” Why I Loved It: Oh boy. With yesterday’s inclusion of U2’s The Joshua Tree I offered a prediction that I’d get railed on … Read More
Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “With Or Without You”, “Where The Streets Have No Name”, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, “In God’s Country”, One Tree Hill” Album MVP: “Where The Streets Have No Name” Why I Loved It: I’m probably going to get killed for this placement by rabid U2 fans, who … Read More
Year Released: 1981 Notable Songs: “Stop Dragging My Heart Around”, “Leather and Lace”, “Edge of Seventeen”, “After The Glidder Fades” Album MVP: “Stop Dragging My Heart Around” Why I Loved It: Despite being barely 10 years old when this album dropped I’d already developed a little bit of an infatuation with Nicks because of her … Read More
