For our Growing Up 80s podcast & series we thought “Hey, why not go back and do the annual list that officially started in 2010 & go back to a time when there was no internet & give our fave records from our fave decade the same treatment. Enjoy!
Punk Rock
4) Butthole Surfers
3) The Minutemen/Double Nickels On The Dime
2) Nick Cave/From Her To Eternity
1) Black Flag
Hip-Hop
3) Whodini/Escape
2) The Fat Boys/S/T
1) Run-DMC/S/T
Heavy Metal
10) Yngwie Malmsteen/Rising Force
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17) Whitesnake/Slide It In
16) Fates Warning
15) Voivod
14) Mercyful Fate
13) Spinal Tap/This Is Spinal Tap
12) W.A.S.P/
11) Queensryche/The Warning
10) Anthrax/Fistful Of Metal
9) Dokken/Tooth & Nail
8) KISS/Animalize
7) Iron Maiden/Powerslave
6) Scorpions/Love At First Sting
5) Judas Priest/Defenders Of The Faith
4) Quiet Riot/Condition Critical
3) Twister Sister/Stay Hungry
2) RATT/Out Of The Cellar
1) Metallica/Ride The Lightning
25) Rockwell/Somebody’s Watching Me
24) Frankie Goes To Hollywood
23) Kool & The Gang/Emergency
22) Bananarama/S/T
21) New Edition/S/T
20) Wham!
19) Bryan Adams
18) Weird Al Yankovic/In 3-D
17 Bruce Springsteen/Born In The USA
16) The Pretenders/Learning To Crawl
15) The Cult
14) Red Hot Chili Peppers/S/T
13) Wang Chung/Points On The Curve
12) Tina Turner/Private Dancer
11) Depeche Mode/Some Great Reward
10) The Smiths/S/T
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8) Queen/The Works
7) Footloose Soundtrack
6) Violent Femmes/Hallowed Ground
5) Rush/Grace Under Pressure
4) The Go-Gos/Talk Show
3) Madonna/Like A Virgin
2) Prince/Purple Rain OST
1) Van Halen/1984
