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
YEAR RELEASED: 1983 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Separate Ways”, “Faithfully”, “After The Fall”, “Send Her My Love” ALBUM MVP: “Faithfully” WHY I LOVED IT: Frontiers almost identically shadows the same blueprint as their previous albums two years prior, Escape, packed with ballads built for radio along with a couple of rock out with your cock out jams, … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1985 NOTABLE TRACKS: “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”, “I Need a Beat”, “Rock The Bells”, “You’ll Rock” ALBUM MVP: “Rock The Bells” WHY I LOVED IT: I’m not sure if Radio is the first truly great hip-hop album that enjoyed commercial success but it’s certainly one of them. LL Cool J was … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1980 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Lost In Love”, “Every Woman in the World”, “All Out of Love” ALBUM MVP: “All Out of Love” WHY I LOVED IT: When i was a youngster—like really young (I was but nine when this came out), I inexplicably liked Air Supply songs from this album more than any pre-adolescent … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1986 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Higher Love”, “Freedom Oversplit”, “Split Decision”, “Take It As It Comes”, “The Finer Things”, “Back In The High Life” ALBUM MVP: “Higher Love” WHY I LOVED IT: On the surface this seems to be a run of the mill everyday 80’s pop album, with nothing standing out. Maybe to some … Read More
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
