The 80S

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It’s tempting to suggest that the success of breakthrough single Rock You Like A Hurricane was the sole reason this album became so huge, but that would be misleading. With its iconic cover art featuring a cherub holding a cigarette, the album pioneered the synthesizer-heavy 1980s glam rock that remained popular throughout the decade. The 1987 album was released under a new producer and with new instrumentalization, which would characterize the band’s releases throughout the 1990s.

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The term was coined by Pauline Oliveros and some cohorts after they descended 14 feet below the earth (get it? Because Hi, How Are You is an album about loneliness and desolation, the feeling of sharing space with Johnston makes it ring with additional poignancy. Liam is also the founding member of Music Grotto and is passionate in disseminating editorial content to its readers.On their fourth album, the Clash combined their passion for global politics with an embrace of world music, most notably Jamaican dub and reggae. Paul Simon’s 1986 album Graceland stood out from the crowd in many ways, most notably because of its use of South African street music.

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Now, with hindsight, we’re attempting to look at the ’80s with new eyes—reassessing old favorites, rediscovering undersung gems.Ask anyone for the first 80s song that pops into their head, and there is no small chance they will say Thriller. The cathedral-like reverberance of the chamber lasted a mammoth 45 seconds, stretching the sound of voices, trombones, accordions, and more into ethereal waves. It is certainly an achievement to push Michael Jackson off the charts, but U2 managed it with their 1983 album War—at least on the UK charts. Ini Kamoze’s self-titled 1984 debut was not just the introduction of a talented new voice in reggae. His previous work throughout the decade had been poorly received by critics; Oh Mercyis widely credited with bringing him back from a career slump.