Year Released: 1982 Notable Songs: “Truly”, “You Are”, “My Love” Album MVP: “Truly” Why I Loved It: There’s a lot I loved about Lionel Richie in the 80’s and perhaps my favorite was his very conscious decision to focus exclusively on tender ballads and shimmery mid-tempo pop. Of course, ballads became a staple of Richie’s … Read More
Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “Rebel Without a Pause”, “Bring The Noise”, “Don’t Believe The Hype”, “Night of the Living Baseheads”, “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” Album MVP: “Black Steel in the Hour of Choas” Why I Loved It: If Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back isn’t … Read More
Year Released: 1981 Notable Songs: “Urgent”, “Waiting For a Girl Like You”, “Juke Box Hero”, “Break It Up”, “Luanne” Album MVP: “Waiting For a Girl Like You” Why I Loved It: To use a wrestling term – REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Styx, and Kansas were locked in fatal four-way to decide the early-to-mid 80’s commercial rock … Read More
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: 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: 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: 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
