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Group Sex

Group Sex is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band the Circle Jerks. It was released on October 1, 1980 through Frontier Records with the catalog number FLP 002. The album consists of fourteen songs in fifteen minutes and is considered to be a landmark album in hardcore punk. It is also … Read more

Two Bit Monsters

Change of Address

“Change of Address” is the thirteenth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in 1980 through Polydor Records. It peaked at number 17 in the UK album charts

Autoamerican

Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US New Wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached number 3 in the UK charts, number 8 in Australia and number 7 in the US. The album proved to be a radical departure for the band, with opening track “Europa” setting the pace. … Read more

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel is the third album by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in May 1980. The album has been acclaimed as Gabriel’s artistic breakthrough as a solo artist and for establishing him as one of rock’s most ambitious, innovative musicians. Gabriel also explored more overtly political material with two of his most famous singles, … Read more

Never for Ever

Never for Ever is the third album by the British singer Kate Bush. Released in 1980, it was Bush’s first no.1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter … Read more

Empires and Dance

Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before each batch … Read more

I’m No Hero

I’m No Hero is a 1980 album by Cliff Richard. It featured the singles “Dreamin’” and “A Little in Love”, which were top 20 hits in both the UK and the US. Following the success of his 1979 single “We Don’t Talk Anymore” which was written and arranged by Alan Tarney, the record company were … Read more

Guilty

Guilty is the twenty-second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand released on September 23, 1980 by Columbia Records. After the success of the Bee Gees in the late of 1970s, there was some time to write songs for other artists and Streisand, one of those artists, asked Barry Gibb to write an album for … Read more