YEAR RELEASED: 1982 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Do You Believe In Love”, “Working For a Living”, “Giving It All Up For Love”, “Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do”. ALBUM MVP: “Do You Believe In Love” WHY I LOVED IT: There’s a handful of times throughout this rundown I need remind readers this isn’t a … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1982 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Hurts So Good”, “Jack and Diane”, Hand To Hold On To”, “Thundering Hearts” ALBUM MVP: “Jack and Diane” WHY I LOVED IT: I’d be lying if I said I was a big a fan of heartland rock of most my friends and I liked many more 80’s rockers than John … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1980 NOTABLE TRACKS: “You Better Run”, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, “Treat Me Right”, “Hell is for Children”. ALBUM MVP: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” WHY I LOVED IT: Is this one of the greatest albums in the history of rock and roll music? No, but it’s one of the biggest … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1986 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Walk With This”, “My Adidas”, “You Be Illin”, “It’s Tricky”, “Proud to be Black”, “Peter Piper” ALBUM MVP: “Walk This Way” WHY I LOVED IT: Simply put, “Raising Hell” changed the rap game for good. Younger fans of hip hop may think I’m embellishing the significance of this album but … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1984 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Caribbean Queen”, “Suddenly”, “Loverboy”, “Mystery Lady” ALBUM MVP: “Caribbean Queen” WHY I LOVED IT: There’s a handful of songs from the 80’s I love so much you could literally have the same track on an album a dozen times, call it an album and I’d sit here lauding it. If … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1982 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Rio”, “Hungry Like The Wolf”, “Save a Prayer”, “My Own Way” ALBUM MVP: “Hungry Like The Wolf” WHY I LOVED IT: Duran Duran became huge during in the infancy of the MTV video era, in no small part due to their good looks which made the group teen pop magazine … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Freeze Frame”, “Centerfold”, “Angel In Blue”, “Flamethrower” ALBUM MVP: “Centerfold” WHY I LOVED IT: Unbeknownst to me at the time the J. Geils Band has been around many years before this came out—shame on my 10-year old self for not having a more expanded musical faculty by then. Regardless, the … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Here I Am”, “The One That You Love”, “Sweet Dreams” ALBUM MVP: “Here I Am” WHY I LOVED IT: I’m not sure I ever figured out which one between Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock is Air and which is Supply, but I digress. Also, I continue to forget “Here I … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1989 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Another Day in Paradise”, “I Wish It Would Rain Down”, “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven”, “Do You Remember”, “Hang In Long Enough” ALBUM MVP: “Another Day in Paradise” WHY I LOVED IT: This was Collins’ fourth studio solo album after leaving Genesis and you can make a strong … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1980 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Woman In Love” “Guilty”, “What Kind of Fool”, “Promises” ALBUM MVP: “Woman In Love” WHY I LOVED IT: You can go suck a fat one if you’re hating on Babs or this selection. If anything I may look back with regret that I didn’t place this higher. Incredibly this was … Read More
