AllMusic Loves 1980

1980 isn't necessarily considered one of the all-time great years in music, not in the way that 1956, 1967, 1971, or 1977 are. Once again, an initial impression proves to be misleading, as 1980 was something of a watershed year, generating a mountain of all-time classics in all manner of styles. A lot of this was reverberation from punk and not just from the movement splitting into arty post-punk and poppy new wave. Mainstream rockers like Billy Joel and Daryl Hall borrowed some of punk's sound ...

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