The 80's - My Top 100 Albums

The 1980’s – My Top 100 titles

Much easier to make this list than it was the "Top 50 Albums of the 90's" - see if your favorites are here. Tell me what I have missed. The list is Artist / title / country of origin of artist. Unless noted, all are (or were) available on CD.

A CERTAIN RATIO – Force, UK

A CERTAIN RATIO – I’d Like To See You Again, UK

JAY ALANSKI – The Price of Love, FR

ART OF NOISE – Into Battle, UK (not on CD by itself, but part of a boxed set)

ASTRAL BODIES – Astral Beat, NL

WALLY BADAROU – Echoes, FR

LUCIO BATTISTI – Don Giovanni, IT

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – Prayers On Fire, AUS

BLAM BLAM BLAM – Luxury Length (not on CD as of 9/07), NZ

PETER BLEGVAD – Downtime, UK

PETE BROWN & IAN LYNN – Party In The Rain, UK

THE BUGGLES – The Age of Plastic, UK

ROBERT CALVERT – Hype, UK

ALAIN CHAMFORT – Tendres Fievre, FR

HUGH CORNWELL – Wolf, UK

CHARLELIE COUTURE – Crocodile, FR

PINO DANIELE – Schizzechea With Love, IT

DEPARTMENT S – Sub Stance (not released until 1993), UK

DIETHELM / FAMULARI – Valleys In My Head

EUROPEANS – Vocabulary (not on CD as of 9/07), UK

FRAZIER CHORUS – Sue, UK

FREEEZ – Southern Freeez (not on CD as of 9/07), UK

SERGE GAINSBOURG – Love on the Beat, FR

GANGgajang – (self-titled debut), AUS

GILBERTO GIL – Extra, BR

GOLDEN EARRING – Keeper of the Flame, NL

HERBIE HANCOCK – The Perfect Machine, US

GEORGE HARRISON – Cloud Nine, UK

HEAVEN 17 – Penthouse and Pavement, UK

RUPERT HINE – Immunity, UK

LARS HOLLMER – Fran Natt Idag (not on CD as of 9/07), SV ( = Svensk = Swedish)

HARUOMI HOSONO – S-F-X, JPN

I’M TALKING – Bear Witness, UK

IT BITES – Big Lad in the Windmill, UK

CHAS JANKEL – Questionnaire (not on CD as of 9/07), UK

GRACE JONES – Nightclubbing, UK

PHIL JUDD – Private Lives, NZ

KEWI UNIVERSITY OF SWING – Terracotta Me Baby, NL

MIHARU KOSHI – Tutu, JPN

L’AFFAIRE LOUIS’ TRIO – Le Retour De L’Age D’Or, FR

LIO – (self-titled debut), FR

THE LODGE – Smell of a Friend, UK

THE LOUNGE LIZARDS – Big Heart (Live in Tokyo) (orig. JPN CD issue, 10 tracks), UK

LOVE AND MONEY – Strange Kind of Love, UK

FAY LOVSKY – Confetti, NL

KIRSTY MacCOLL – Kite, UK

MAGAZINE – The Correct Use of Soap, UK

MAM – Ontwik, NL

MANO NEGRA – Puta’s Fever. FR

M&M – The World is a Ball (not on CD as of 9/07), US

NICK MASON – Fictitious Sports, UK

MATERIAL – Seven Souls, US

MELON – Deep Cut, JPN

MENTAL AS ANYTHING – Fundamental, AUS

MIDNIGHT OIL – 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, AUS

MODELS – Pleasure of Your Company, AUS

MONDO ROCK – Boom Baby Boom, AUS

THE MONOCHROME SET – Eligible Bachelors, UK

MUTE BEAT – Still Echo, JPN

NIAGARA – Encore Un Dernier Baiser, FR

THE NITS – New Flat, NL

THE NITS – Omsk, NL

THE OTHER ONES – Learning to Walk, DE

HERMETO PASCOAL – Lagoa Da Canoa, BR

PHANTOMBAND – Freedom of Speech, DE

P-MODEL – Karkador, JPN

BILL PRITCHARD – Three Months, Three Weeks and Two Days, UK

RANDOM HOLD – Avalanche / The View from Here (not on CD as of 9/07), UK

THE REVILLOS – Rev Up!. UK

LES RITA MITSOUKO – The No Comprendo, FR

SADE – Daimond Life, UK

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO – Illustrated Music Encyclopedia (JPN CD, 13 tracks), JPN

IRMIN SCHMIDT – Filmmusik Vols. 3 & 4, DE

SCHNELL FENSTER – The Sound of Trees, AUS

SCRITTI POLITTI – Cupid & Psyche ’85, UK

SCRITTI POLITTI – Provision, UK

THE SPECIALS – (self-titled debut), UK

SPLIFF – The Spliff Radio Show, DE

THE STRANGLERS – Aural Sculpture, UK

STUMP – A Fierce Pancake, UK

THE SWINGERS – Practical Jokers, NZ

HAJIME TACHIBANA – H, JPN

HAJIME TACHIBANA – Mr. Techie & Miss Kipple, AUS

YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI – What, Me Worry?, JPN

TOT TAYLOR – Playtime, UK

THE THE – Infected, UK

PETE TOWNSHEND – Empty Glass, UK

TOY LOVE – (self-titled debut), NZ

UZEB – Noisy Nights, US

TOM WAITS – Swordfishtrombones, US

WATERMELON – Cool Music, JPN

WHA-HA-HA – Shinu Toki Wa Betsu, JPN

THE WHO – Face Dances, JPN

THE WONDER STUFF – Eight Legged Groove Machine, UK

XTC – Black Sea, UK

YELLO – Stella, SW

YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA – Technodelic, JPN

YES – 90125, UK

FRANK ZAPPA – Meets The Mothers of Prevention, US

FRANK ZAPPA – You Are What You Is, US

- Ron