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Best 70s and 80s Albums!🎧🎸
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items My absolute favorite albums of the 70s and 80s! I'm a big fan of English rock/new wave, but there's a few genres sectioned out here and more to come. Follow the affiliate links to buy on Apple Music
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English Rock
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Great collection of songs by my favorite band of all time! The 1979 Police album includes my favorite, Message In A Bottle, Walking On The Moon, and Bring On The Night, along with one of my other personal favorites, Does Everyone Stare. Sting, Andy S...
Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003) - Album by The Police
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Classic 1982 Duran Duran album with the songs Rio and Hungry Like The Wolf. Great album to have on your phone and in your physical music collections. The vinyl outside decorative sleeve is textured, which I haven't seen on any other albums.
Rio - Album by Duran Duran
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Perhaps the most cohesive album by The Police, Synchronicity from 1983 is the band's last album that features several hits such as Every Breath You Take, Wrapped Around Your Finger, King of Pain, Synchronicity, and Synchronicity II. One of my favorit...
Synchronicity (Remastered 2003) - Album by The Police
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This 1985 album So Red The Rose is by the side project spinoff band of Duran Duran, "Arcadia". It is the only album released by Arcadia. It included the singles Election Day, The Promise, Goodbye Is Forever, and The Flame. This had the classic sound ...
So Red the Rose - Album by Arcadia
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This 1986 British indie rock alternative album is probably my favorite release by The Smiths. Morrissey's voice and Johnny Marr's guitar are unmatched and so unique and beautiful. My favorites on the album are Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy With The...
The Queen Is Dead - Album by The Smiths
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This album is from 1979 and includes my favorite David Bowie song of all time, Ashes to Ashes. In addition to that song, this album notably has the hit song Fashion. Both songs had music videos.
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [2017 Remaster] - Album by David Bowie
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Band on the Run is a 1973 Wings album featuring the title song, Jet, Let Me Roll It, Helen Wheels, and more. This is a timeless album great for Beatles and Paul McCartney fans.
Band On The Run (2010 Remaster) - Album by Paul McCartney & Wings
Folk
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1976 album Hejira by Joni Mitchell is my favorite Joni Mitchell album ever, with songs Hejira, Amelia, (a song about Amelia Earhart), and Song for Sharon being some of the most memorable tracks for me. A gorgeous album to listen to with some headphon...
Hejira - Album by Joni Mitchell
Jazz
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Half of Steely Dan, Donald Fagen went solo during the band's hiatus and put out The Nightfly in 1982, with hits like I.G.Y. and New Frontier. The jazz rock album often talks about the nostalgia of being young in the 1950s.
The Nightfly - Album by Donald Fagen
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Aja (1977) is a fantastic album by the duo Steely Dan and the additional artists they chose to work with. Peg is likely the most well-known song from the album, but Black Cow, Aja, and Deacon Blues also receive radio play, Josie is my personal favori...
Aja - Album by Steely Dan
Other Rock
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Great Boston album from 1975 that includes the song More Than A Feeling. You may also know Foreplay / Long Time (my favorite) and Peace of Mind. The album has some longer rock ballads and is one of my favorite American rock albums.
Boston - Boston
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Great new wave pop rock album from 1981! It had two Hot 100 singles: Our Lips Are Sealed and We Got The Beat. The album went RIAA-certified double platinum and was one of the most successful debut albums of all time.
Beauty and the Beat - Album by The Go-Go's