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
Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, “Private Dancer”, “Better Be Good To Me”, “Let’s Stay Together”, “I Can Handle The Rain”, Album MVP: “What’s Love Got To Do With It” Why I Loved It: For better or worse there’s a handful of songs that truly capsulate the 80’s, and … Read More
Year Released: 1985 Notable Songs: “Shout”, “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”, “Head Over Heels”, “Mother’s Talk” Album MVP: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” Why I Loved It: “Songs from the Big Chair” tip-toed the line connecting 80’s candy pop manufactured commercial and progressive pop that felt distinctive and new, while pulling from fundamentals … Read More
Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “I Ain’t No Joke”, “Eric B is President”, “Move The Crowd”, “I Know You Got Soul”, “Paid In Full” Album MVP: “I Ain’t No Joke” Why I Loved It: To be honest I’m confident when I go back someday and evaluate the job I did with this countdown, this will … Read More
Year Released: 1989 Notable Songs: “Like a Prayer”, “Cherish”, “Express Yourself”, “Oh Father” Album MVP: “Like a Prayer” Why I Loved It: In my humble opinion “Like a Prayer” is Madonna’s first authentic album. Hear me out now. Clearly it’s not her first album as she banged out eight before this and was literally the … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “The Best of Times”, “Too Much Time On My Hands”, “Rockin The Paradise”, “Nothing Ever Goes As Planned” ALBUM MVP: “Too Much Time On My Hands” WHY I LOVED IT: For starters this may literally be the first pop-rock album I can remember having, not a huge shock considering I … Read More
