My favourite albums from 1980

1. 30

   Demolition

   Girlschool

   

   

   Heavy metal | Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Demolition Boys
   2. Not for Sale
   3. Race with the Devil
   4. Take It All Away
   5. Nothing to Lose
   6. Breakdown
   7. Midnight Ride
   8. Emergency ●
   9. Babydoll
   10. Deadline

2. 29

   Envoy of Death

   Sarcofagus

   

   

   Heavy metal | Doom metal

   Tracks:

   1. Envoy of Death ●
   2. The Deadly Game
   3. Wheels of Destruction
   4. Insane Rebels
   5. Die to Win
   6. Stolen Salvation
   7. Black Contract

3. 28

   Colours

   Eloy

   

   

   Space rock | Progressive rock

   Tracks:

   1. Horizons
   2. Illuminations
   3. Giant
   4. Impressions
   5. Child Migration
   6. Gallery
   7. Silhouette ●
   8. Sunset

4. 27

   Metal Rendez-vous

   Krokus

   

   

   Heavy metal | Hard rock

   Tracks:

   1. Heatstrokes
   2. Bedside Radio
   3. Come on
   4. Streamer
   5. Shy Kid
   6. Tokyo Nights ●
   7. Lady Double Dealer
   8. Fire
   9. No Way
   10. Back-Seat Rock 'n' Roll

5. 26

   Give 'Em Hell

   Witchfynde

   

   

   Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Ready to Roll
   2. The Divine Victim
   3. Leaving Nadir
   4. Gettin' Heavy
   5. Give 'Em Hell
   6. Unto the Ages of the Ages ●
   7. Pay Now Love Later

6. 25

   Bicicleta

   Serú Girán

   

   

   Jazz fusion | Progressive rock

   Tracks:

   1. A los jóvenes de ayer
   2. ¿Cuánto tiempo más llevará?
   3. Canción de Alicia en el país ●
   4. La luna del marzo
   5. Mientras miro las muevas olas
   6. Desarma y sangra
   7. Tema de Nayla
   8. Encuentro conel diablo

7. 24

   The Michael Schenker Group

   Michael Schenker Group

   

   

   Hard rock | Heavy metal

   Tracks:

   1. Armed and Ready
   2. Cry for the Nations ●
   3. Victim of Illusion
   4. Bijou Pleasurette
   5. Feels Like a Good Thing
   6. Into the Arena
   7. Looking out from Nowhere
   8. Tales of Mystery
   9. Lost Horizons

8. 23

   Hawks & Doves

   Neil Young

   

   

   Country rock | Folk rock

   Tracks:

   1. Little Wing
   2. The Old Homestead
   3. Lost in Space
   4. Captain Kennedy
   5. Stayin' Power
   6. Coastline
   7. Union Man
   8. Comin' Apart at Every Nail
   9. Hawks & Doves ●

9. 22

   Closer

   Joy Division

   

   

   Post-punk | Gothic rock

   Tracks:

   1. Atrocity Exhibition
   2. Isolation ●
   3. Passover
   4. Colony
   5. A Means to an End
   6. Heart and Soul
   7. Twenty Four Hours
   8. The Eternal
   9. Decades

10. 21

    In the Flat Field

    Bauhaus

    

    

    Post-punk | Gothic rock

    Tracks:

    1. Double Dare
    2. In the Flat Field
    3. A God in an Alcove ●
    4. Dive
    5. Spy in the Cab
    6. Small Talk Stinks
    7. St. Vitus Dance
    8. Stigmata Martyr
    9. Nerves

11. 20

    On Through the Night

    Def Leppard

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Rock Brigade ●
    2. Hello America
    3. Sorrow Is a Woman
    4. It Could Be You
    5. Satellite
    6. When the Walls Came Tumbling Down
    7. Wasted
    8. Rocks off
    9. It Don't Matter
    10. Answer to the Master
    11. Overture

12. 19

    Kaleidoscope

    Siouxsie and the Banshees

    

    

    Post-punk | New wave

    Tracks:

    1. Happy House
    2. Tenant
    3. Trophy
    4. Hybrid
    5. Clockface
    6. Lunar Central
    7. Christine ●
    8. Desert Kisses
    9. Red Light
    10. Paradise Place
    11. Skin

13. 18

    Cultösaurus Erectus

    Blue Öyster Cult

    

    

    Progessive rock | Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Black Blade ●
    2. Monsters
    3. Divine Wind
    4. Deadline
    5. The Marshall Plan
    6. Hungry Boys
    7. Fallen Angel
    8. Lips in the Hills
    9. Unknown Tongue

14. 17

    Lightning to the Nations

    Diamond Head

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Lightning to the Nations
    2. The Prince
    3. Sucking My Love
    4. Am I Evil? ●
    5. Sweet and Innocent
    6. It's Electric
    7. Helpless

15. 16

    Making Movies

    Dire Straits

    

    

    Roots rock

    Tracks:

    1. Tunnel of Love ●
    2. Romeo and Juliet
    3. Skateaway
    4. Expresso Love
    5. Hand in Hand
    6. Solid Rock
    7. Les Boys

16. 15

    Killing Joke

    Killing Joke

    

    

    Post-punk | Idustrial rock

    Tracks:

    1. Requiem
    2. Wardance ●
    3. Tomorrow's World
    4. Bloodsport
    5. The Wait
    6. Complications
    7. S.O.36
    8. Primitive

17. 14

    Uprising

    Bob Marley and the Wailers

    

    

    Reggae

    Tracks:

    1. Coming in from the Cold
    2. Real Situation
    3. Bad Card
    4. We and Dem
    5. Work
    6. Zion Train
    7. Pimper's Paradise
    8. Could You Be Loved
    9. Forever Loving Jah
    10. Redemption Song ●

18. 13

    Angel Witch

    Angel Witch

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Angel Witch ●
    2. Atlantis
    3. White Witch
    4. Confused
    5. Sorcerers
    6. Gorgon
    7. Sweet Danger
    8. Free Man
    9. Angel of Death
    10. Devil's Tower

19. 12

    Permanent Waves

    Rush

    

    

    Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. The Spirit of Radio
    2. Freewill ●
    3. Jacob's Ladder
    4. Entre Nous
    5. Different Strings
    6. Natural Science

20. 11

    Never for Ever

    Kate Bush

    

    

    Progressive pop | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. Babooshka
    2. Delius (Song of Summer)
    3. Blow Away (for Bill)
    4. All We Ever Look for
    5. Egypt
    6. The Wedding List
    7. Violin
    8. The Infant Kiss
    9. Night Scented Stock
    10. Army Dreamers
    11. Breathing ●

21. 10

    Remain in Light

    Talking Heads

    

    

    New wave | post-punk

    Tracks:

    1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes on) ●
    2. Crosseyed and Painless
    3. The Great Curve
    4. Once in a Lifetime
    5. Houses in Motion
    6. Seen and Not Seen
    7. Listening Wind
    8. The Overload

22. 9

    Ready an' Willing

    Whitesnake

    

    

    Blues rock | hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Fool for Your Loving ●
    2. Sweet Talker
    3. Ready an' Willing
    4. Carry Your Load
    5. Blindman
    6. Ain't Gonna Cry No More
    7. Love Man
    8. Black and Blue
    9. She's a Woman

23. 8

    British Steel

    Judas Priest

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Rapid Fire
    2. Metal Gods
    3. Breaking the Law ●
    4. Grinder
    5. United
    6. You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
    7. Living After Midnight
    8. The Rage
    9. Steeler

24. 7

    Animal Magnetism

    Scorpions

    

    

    Hard rock | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Make It Real
    2. Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)
    3. Hold Me Tight
    4. Twentieth Century Man
    5. Lady Starlight
    6. Falling in Love
    7. Only a Man
    8. The Zoo ●
    9. Animl Magnetism

25. 6

    Bébé le Strange

    Heart

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Bébé le Strange ●
    2. Down on Me
    3. Silver Wheels
    4. Break
    5. Rockin Heaven Down
    6. Even It up
    7. Strange Night
    8. Raised on You
    9. Pilot
    10. Sweet Darlin'

26. 5

    Ace of Spades

    Motörhead

    

    

    Speed metal | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Ace of Spades ●
    2. Love Me Like a Reptile
    3. Shoot You in the Back
    4. Live to Win
    5. Fast and Loose
    6. (We Are) the Road Crew
    7. Fire, Fire
    8. Jailbait
    9. Dance
    10. Bite the Bullet
    11. The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
    12. The Hammer

27. 4

    Blizzard of Ozz

    Ozzy Osbourne

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. I Don't Know
    2. Crazy Train
    3. Goodbye to Romance
    4. Dee
    5. Suiucide Solution
    6. Mr. Crowley ●
    7. No Bone Movies
    8. Relevation (MOther Earth)
    9. Steal Away (the Night)

28. 3

    Back in Black

    AC/DC

    

    

    Hard rock | heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Hells Bells ●
    2. Shoot to Thrill
    3. What Do You Do for Money Honey
    4. Givin' the Dog a Bone
    5. Let Me Pull My Love into You
    6. Back in Black
    7. You Shook Me All Night Long
    8. Have a Drink on Me
    9. Shake a Leg
    10. Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

29. 2

    Heaven and Hell

    Black Sabbath

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Neon Knights
    2. Children of the Sea
    3. Lady Evil
    4. Heaven and Hell ●
    5. Wishing Well
    6. Die Young
    7. Walk Away
    8. Lonely Is the Word

30. 1

    Iron Maiden

    Iron Maiden

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Prowler
    2. Remember Tomorrow
    3. Running Free
    4. Phantom of the Opera ●
    5. Transylvania
    6. Strange World
    7. Charlotte the Harlot
    8. Iron Maiden