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

5) Bad Brains/Rock For Light

 

4) Suicidal Tendencies – S/T

3) Sonic Youth/Confusion Is Sex

2)  Misfits/Earth A.D/Wolfs Blood

 

1) Minor Threat/Out Of Step

 

 

Heavy Metal

10) Pantera/Metal Magic

9) Twister Sister/You Can’t Stop Rock N Roll

8) Iron Maiden/Piece Of Mind

 

7) Motorhead/Another Perfect Day

 

6) Ozzy Osbourne/Bark At The Moon

 

5) DIO/Holy Diver

4) Slayer/Show No Mercy

 

3) Metallica/Kill Em All

 

2) Quiet Riot/Metal Health

1) Motley Crue/Shout At The Devil

 

 

 

 

30) P-Funk All Stars/Urban Dance Floor Guerillas

29) Donna Summer/She Works Hard For The Money

28) Big Country/ The Crossing

27) Kajagoogoo/White Feathers

26) Bryan Adams/Cuts Like A Knife

25) Nena – S/T

24) The Fixx/Reach The Beach

 

23) Kenny Rogers/Eyes That See In The Dark

 

22) Weird Al Yankovic – S/T

 

21) Billy Joel/An Innocent Man

 

20) STYX/Killroy Was Here

 

19) U2/War

 

18 Stevie Ray Vaughn/Texas Flood

 

17) Journey/Frontiers

 

16) Stray Cats/Rant N Rave

15) Herbie Hancock/Future Shock

14) Lionel Ritchie/Can’t Slow Down

13) Night Ranger/Midnight Madness

12) The Pointer Sisters/ Break Out

 

 

11) Eurythmics/Sweet Dreams & Touch

10) ZZ Top/Eliminator

9) Huey Lewis & The News/Sports

 

8) Madonna – S/T

 

7) Violent Femmes – S/T

 

6) Talking Heads/Speaking In Tongues

 

5) The Police Synchronicity

 

4) David Bowie/Let’s Dance

3) Duran Duran/Seven 7 & The Ragged Tiger

2) Billy Idol/Rebel Yell

 

1) Def Leppard/Pyromania