Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#46) Richard Marx – Richard Marx

December 15, 2017By Patrick Moran

Year Released: 1987 Notable Songs: “Don’t Mean Nothing”, “Should’ve Known Better”, “Have Mercy”, “Endless Summer Nights”, “Hold On To The Nights” Album MVP: “Hold On To The Nights”  Why I Loved It:  Few artists of the era were better at selecting perfectly assembled mainstream pop radio tracks than Marx. Haters have and always will refer to Marx music … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#47) Run DMC – Run DMC

December 14, 2017By Patrick Moran

Year Released: 1984 Notable Songs: “Hard Times”, “Rock Box”, Sucker M.C.’s”, “It’s Like That” Album MVP: “It’s Like That”  Why I Loved It: I feel like Run DMC is perhaps rap music’s biggest crowning achievement of all-time. From their start with this debut studio album lasting until this very day they’re still unmistakably an influence for rap artists everywhere, … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#49) Lionel Richie – Lionel Richie

December 12, 2017By Patrick Moran

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

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#51) Foreigner – 4

December 8, 2017By Patrick Moran

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

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#54) Survivor – Vital Signs

December 5, 2017By Patrick Moran

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

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#55) ZZ Top – Eliminator

December 4, 2017By Patrick Moran

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