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Best of 1980

Taking another stab at catching up on the lists I've been working on. Overall rating for 1980: 4.5
100Any Trouble
Where Are All the Nice Girls?

New Wave (True #89)
99The Heats
Have an Idea

Power Pop (True #81)
98Pylon (US)
Gyrate

Post-Punk (True #75)
97Elvis Costello
Get Happy!!

New Wave
96White Spirit
White Spirit

Hard Rock
95New Musik
From A to B

Synthpop
94Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth

Post-Punk
93The Jam
Sound Affects

New Wave
92Samson
Head On

Heavy Metal
91Van Halen
Women and Children First

Hard Rock
90Methusalem
Journey Into the Unknown

Space Disco
89Osamu Kitajima
Masterless Samurai

Psychedelic Folk
88Adam and the Ants
Kings of the Wild Frontier

New Wave
87Fad Gadget
Fireside Favourites

Post-Punk
86Krokus
Metal Rendez-vous

Hard Rock
85Whitesnake
Ready An' Willing

Hard Rock
84The Vapors
New Clear Days

New Wave
83The Monochrome Set
Strange Boutique

Post-Punk
82Ultravox
Vienna

Synthpop
81Dixie Dregs
Dregs of the Earth

Jazz-Rock
80Chrome
Red Exposure

Experimental Rock
79Magazine
The Correct Use Of Soap

New Wave
78Pointed Sticks
Perfect Youth

Power Pop
77The Damned
The Black Album

Punk Rock
76Al Di Meola
Splendido Hotel

Jazz Fusion
75Dirty Looks
Dirty Looks

Power Pop
74Swell Maps
Jane From Occupied Europe

Art Punk
73Scorpions
Animal Magnetism

Hard Rock
72Zapp
Zapp

Synth Funk
71Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson And The Aliens

Psychedelic Rock
70Japan
Quiet Life

Art Pop
69The Only Ones
Baby's Got a Gun

Power Pop
68Michael Schenker Group
The Michael Schenker Group

Hard Rock
67Visage
Visage

New Romantic
66Witchfynde
Give 'em Hell

Heavy Metal
65Tuxedomoon
Half-Mute

Experimental Rock
64The Cramps
Songs the Lord Taught Us

Psychobilly
63Echo and The Bunnymen
Crocodiles

Post-Punk
62The Comsat Angels
Waiting for a Miracle

Post-Punk
61The Flying Lizards
The Flying Lizards

Experimental Rock
60Joe Jackson
Beat Crazy

New Wave
59Sarcofagus
Envoy of Death

Heavy Metal
58Outlaws
Ghost Riders

Southern Rock
57The Gordons
Future Shock

Noise Rock
56Manilla Road
Invasion

Heavy Metal
55The Teardrop Explodes
Kilimanjaro

Post-Punk
54 The Records
Crashes

Power Pop
53Prince
Dirty Mind

Synth Funk
52Japan
Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Art Pop
51Alan Vega
Alan Vega

Rockabilly
50Saxon
Strong Arm of the Law

Heavy Metal
49MX-80 Sound
Out of the Tunnel

Art Punk
48Thin Lizzy
Chinatown

Hard Rock
47Split Enz
True Colours

Pop Rock
46The Associates
The Affectionate Punch

Post-Punk
45Saxon
Wheels of Steel

Heavy Metal
44The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs

Post-Punk
43Siouxsie and the Banshees
Kaleidoscope

Post-Punk
42Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Synthpop
41Tatsuro Yamashita
Ride on Time

City Pop
40Simple Minds
Empires and Dance

Post-Punk
39Rush
Permanent Waves

Progressive Rock
38The Pop Group
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

Experimental Rock
37The Beat
I Just Can't Stop It

2 Tone
36Discharge
Fight Back

D-Beat
35Yes
Drama

Progressive Rock
34Squeeze
Argybargy

Power Pop
33Glenn Branca
Lesson No. 1

Experimental Rock
32John Foxx
Metamatic

Synthpop
31Colin Newman
A-Z

Post-Punk
30Brats
1980

Punk Rock - Heavy Metal
29Devo
Freedom of Choice

New Wave
28X
Los Angeles

Punk Rock
27Original Mirrors
Original Mirrors

New Wave
26Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz

Heavy Metal
25White Boy and the Average Rat Band
White Boy and the Average Rat Band

Heavy Psych
24Suicide
Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev

Synth Punk
23Circle Jerks
Group Sex

Hardcore Punk
22Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell

Heavy Metal
21The Cure
Seventeen Seconds

Post-Punk
20The Durutti Column
The Return of the Durutti Column

Art Rock
19The Sound
Jeopardy

Post-Punk
18The Units
Digital Stimulation

Synth Punk
17Judas Priest
British Steel

Heavy Metal
16Joy Division
Closer

Post-Punk
15Gary Numan
Telekon

Synthpop
14Motorhead
Ace of Spades

Heavy Metal
13XTC
Black Sea

New Wave
12Wipers
Is This Real?

Punk Rock
11The Soft Boys
Underwater Moonlight

Neo-Psychedelia
10Angel Witch
Angel Witch

Heavy Metal
9Harold Budd and Brian Eno
Ambient 2 - The Plateaux of Mirror

Ambient
8The Feelies
Crazy Rhythms

Post-Punk
7Bauhaus
In the Flat Field

Gothic Rock
6Dead Kennedys
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Hardcore Punk
5Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden

Heavy Metal
4Flowers
Icehouse

New Wave
3Diamond Head
Lightning to the Nations

Heavy Metal
2Talking Heads
Remain in Light

New Wave
1David Bowie
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Art Rock
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