Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#71) Top Gun – Movie Soundtrack

November 10, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1986 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Danger Zone”, “Take My Breath Away”, “Heaven In Your Eyes”, “Playing With The Boys” ALBUM MVP: “Danger Zone” WHY I LOVED IT: I feel like this is a rhetorical question, because who didn’t love the Top Gun soundtrack? It’s pretty much everything an 80’s pop music aficionado could want on … Read More

Buffalo Bills Player Power Rankings – Week 10 (Under Siege)

November 8, 2017By Patrick Moran

Each Wednesday during the NFL season I’m compiling power rankings of the best Buffalo Bills players for 2017.  The rankings are cumulative and not based solely off their last game.  Here’s my rankings after Week nine; a 34-21 Thursday night loss to the New York Jets as the Bills offense was completely under siege.  The … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#75) Run DMC – Raising Hell

November 6, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1986 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Walk With This”, “My Adidas”, “You Be Illin”, “It’s Tricky”, “Proud to be Black”, “Peter Piper” ALBUM MVP: “Walk This Way” WHY I LOVED IT:  Simply put, “Raising Hell” changed the rap game for good. Younger fans of hip hop may think I’m embellishing the significance of this album but … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#76) Billy Ocean – Suddenly

November 3, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1984 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Caribbean Queen”, “Suddenly”, “Loverboy”, “Mystery Lady” ALBUM MVP: “Caribbean Queen” WHY I LOVED IT:  There’s a handful of songs from the 80’s I love so much you could literally have the same track on an album a dozen times, call it an album and I’d sit here lauding it.  If … Read More