#455 Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners‘ Searching for the Young Soul Rebels is another album I have not heard of. I thought of them as a one hit wonder, but that is not exactly true in England. Each decade has its artists and bands that are tried to that time and Dexys is one of those bands. Their music […]

#454 Adam & The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Finally the 80s are here! If there was one artist or band I did not expect to see on the list of the greatest albums you should listen to it would be Adam & The Ants. I was really surprised to see Kings Of The Wild Frontier make the list. I thought Adam & The […]

#453 The Specials – Specials

The Specials debut album Specials was produced by Elvis Costello. The album is filled with Ska, reggae, 2 Tone, and elements of punk rock. I must admit that reggae is not a favourite genre of mine. I can only handle it in small doses. Hopefully, with a mixture of different styles of music it will […]

#452 Gary Numan -The Pleasure Principle

The Pleasure Principle is the debut solo album of Gary Numan. Commercially, Numan peaked during this time period. He has continued to make albums throughout his career due to his loyal cult following. If there is one weak song on the album it would be “Observer“. I liked it better the second time I heard […]

#451 The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned released their third album Machine Gun Etiquette in 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to release a single, an album and tour the USA. This album incorporated psychedelic rock and gothic rock. “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today” is the truest words on an album ever. This is my song almost […]

#450 Michael Jackson – Off The Wall

Michael Jackson was unlike anyone else. He had a certain “Je ne sais quoi“ about him. Off The Wall was the first album from him that I bought. This is the album that turn Jackson from a child artist to a man-child artist. It was a time when he was still handsome as a regular person […]

#449 Public Image Ltd – Metal Box

Public Image Ltd‘s Metal Box album was changed to Second Edition when it was reissued in 1980. John Lydon left the Sex Pistols behind in 1978 and turned to more experimental music. Metal Box is widely regarded as a landmark of post-punk music. If you listen to it on Spotify, then it is titled Second […]

#448 Pink Floyd – The Wall

Pink Floyd already had one of the greatest albums ever. I did not think they could ever match it until I heard The Wall. More than any other album I relate to this one. I feel the isolation, the misery, the pain, the loneliness, the sadness, the rejection and it goes on and on. This […]

#447 Fleetwood Mac – Tusk

Fleetwood Mac took big risk by letting Lindsey Buckingham control the making of Tusk. He had been influenced by post-punk music and he wanted to something different than Rumours. Tusk was considered a failure, but since its release it has inspired many other artists. I could go through the album and write which songs are […]

#446 Cheap Trick – At Budokan

Cheap Trick is one of the bands that I really liked from the 80s. I saw them in concert once and it was great. Unfortunately, the album to review is the live one At Budokan from 1979. Cheap Trick enjoyed Beatlemania type of success in Japan. This is the album that put them on the […]