20+20 Albums from 1980

Released fourty years ago

those I appreciate most now

1. GET HAPPY!!

Elvis Costello

2. GLASS HOUSES

Billy Joel

3. SONG OF SEVEN

Jon Anderson

4. VIENNA

Ultravox

5. THE AGE OF PLASTIC

Buggles

6. SUPER TROUPER

ABBA

7. THE RIVER

Bruce Springsteen

8. DREAM STREET ROSE

Gordon Lightfoot

9. DUKE

Genesis

10. DUMB WAITERS

Korgis

 

11. MCCARTNEY II

Paul McCartney

12. THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD

Alan Parsons Project

13. SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)

David Bowie

14. BLIZZARD OF OZZ

Ozzy Osbourne

15. PRETENDERS

The Pretenders

16. SECONDS OF PLEASURE

Rockpile [Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds]

17. GYLLENE TIDER

Gyllene Tider

18. DEN LJUSNANDE FRAMTID ÄR VÅR

Magnus Uggla

19. NEVER FOR EVER

Kate Bush

20. XANADU

Olivia Newton John + Electric Light Orchestra

21. DOUBLE FANTASY

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

22. 21 AT 33

Elton John

23. KALEIDOSCOPE

Siouxie & The Banshees

24. HYPNOTISED

The Undertones

25. SOUND AFFECTS

The Jam

26. SMALLCREEP'S DAY

Mike Rutherford

27. SILENT KNIGHT

Saga

28. SEPTEMBER

Dan Hylander & Raj Montana Band

29. LÄNGRE INÅT LANDET

Ulf Lundell

30. MITT LAND

Alf Robertson

[country covers]

 

 

31. ROSES IN THE SNOW

Emmylou Harris

32. ONE TRICK PONY

Paul Simon

33. TRAVELOGUE

Human League

34. DEPARTURE

Journey

35. THE GAME

Queen

36. DRAMA

Yes

37. LIVE AT SHEFFIELD

Jon Anderson

38. I JUST CAN'T STOP IT

The English Beat

39. REMAIN IN LIGHT

Talking Heads

40. FLESH AND BLOOD

Roxy Music

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