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Favorite Songs of the 1980s (Chronological)

Decade Rating: 3.75. Ranked  #4 / 7.

5 songs per year, starting from 1980.

1980

    1) Talking Heads - The Great Curve  ||  Post-Punk

    2) The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You  ||  Neo-Psychedelia, Jangle Pop

    3) Kate Bush - Babooshka  ||  Art Pop, Progressive Pop

    3) Joy Division - Decades  ||  Post-Punk

    4) Prince - When You Were Mine  ||  Synth Funk

1981

    1) Laurie Anderson - O Superman  ||  Experimental, Minimalism, Art Pop

    2) This Heat - Cenotaph  ||  Post-Punk

    3) New Order - Ceremony  ||  Post-Punk

    4) Soft Cell - Tainted Love  ||  Synthpop, Minimal Wave

    5) Glenn Branca - The Spectacular Commodity  ||  No Wave, Noise Rock

1982

    1) Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap  ||  Progressive Pop, Art Rock, Art Pop

    2) Ennio Morricone - Humanity Pt. 2  ||  Horror Synth, Movie Soundtrack

    3) The Cure - Cold  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock

    4) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean  ||  Contemporary R&B, Pop

    5) Fausto - Lembra-me um sonho lindo  ||  Progressive Folk, Portuguese Folk 

1983

    1) Daniel Johnston - Hey Joe  ||  Singer/Songwriter

    2) The Chameleons - Second Skin  ||  Post-Punk

    3) Anne Clark - Sleeper in Metropolis  ||  Poetry, Minimal Synth, Darkwave, Synthpop

    4) Dio - Holy Diver  ||  Heavy Metal

    5) Einstürzende Neubauten - Armenia  ||  Tape Music, Industrial

1984

    1) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon  ||  Post-Punk, Alternative Rock

    2) David Kauffman - Life and Times On the Beach  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter

    3) Cocteau Twins - Lorelei  ||  Ethereal Wave  

    4) Kath Bloom - What If I Found Out  ||  Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Acoustic Blues

    5) Metallica - Fade to Black  ||  Thrash Metal

1985

    1) Einstürzende Neubauten - Yü-Gung (Fütter mein Ego)  ||  Industrial

    2) Sonic Youth - Brave Men Run (In My Family)  ||  Experimental Rock, No Wave

    3) Kate Bush - Running Up the Hill (A Deal With God)  ||  Baroque Pop, Art Pop

    4) The Sisters of Mercy - Black Planet  ||  Gothic Rock

    5) Tom Waits - Clap Hands  ||  Experimental Rock

1986

    1) The Smiths - I Know It's Over  ||  Jangle Pop

    2) Coil - Slur  ||  Industrial

    3) Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt  ||  Noise Rock

    4) Patricio Rey y Sus Redonditos de Ricota - Preso en mi ciudad  ||  Post-Punk

    5) Depeche Mode - Black Celebration  ||  Synthpop

1987

    1) Dead Can Dance - Xavier  ||  Neoclassical Darkwave

    2) Depeche Mode - The Things You Said  ||  Darkwave, Synthpop

    3) Candlemass - At the Gallows End  ||  Doom Metal

    4) The Jesus and Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains  ||  Alternative Rock

    5) Swans - Like a Drug (Sha La La La)  ||  Experimental Rock, Gothic Rock

1988

    1) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat  ||  Post-Punk, Gothic Rock

    2) Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos  ||  Political Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

    3) Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim  ||  Neoclassical Darkwave

    4) Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Kaval Sviri (The Flute Plays)  ||  A Cappella, Bulgarian Folk Music

    5) Pixies - Where Is My Mind?  ||  Indie Rock, Alternative Rock

1989

    1) The Field Mice - Letting Go  ||  Jangle Pop, Dream Pop

    2) The Cure - Disintegration  ||  Gothic Rock, Post-Punk

    3) Kate Bush - This Woman's Work  ||  Art Pop

    4) Einstürzende Neubauten - Feurio!  ||  Industrial

    5) Julee Cruise - Falling  ||  Dream Pop

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