Top 55 Music Albums of the 1980s by 
Repo 
- Chart updated: 03/24/2025 23:45
- (Created: 04/22/2017 02:03).
- Chart size: 55 albums.
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'80:11 => '70s Sunshine
aka Let's Have a Pool Party!
When I got a little older, about 8 or 9, I became the family DJ. My Mom was a great dancer, and we used to have house parties. So I used to walk around the house with my pen and pad and take down requests from everybody there and I’d go to the record player and stack the records up and play the records for everyone. – Kurtis Blow on growing up on 60s & 70s R&B.
The Setting: He was a Hip Hop first. First Hip Hop artist to be signed to a major. First Hip Hop artist to have an album go Gold. First to tour. You get the drill. BUT, does it still stand up this many years later? Are we talking jumpsuits & wood paneling or lava lamps?
The Listen: Kurtis just had it. His Mom had it too. Dancing around the house and the neighborhood. That inner joy. That joy to just be alive. Watch Kurtis in an interview today, and he still has it. That joy to just be dancing and singing and living. Making other people happy. Getting everyone’s requests and being the DJ. It’s infectious. His love for 60s & 70s buoyant soul shines through on this downright lovable album. It's not a true & blue Hip Hop album. That would come later. But, it's a key transition album from 70s R&B to mid-80s Hip Hop, and, seen through that lens, it's very easy to fall for. Fun. And very, very lovable. Like Kurtis himself.
The Verdict. No. it won’t make the chart. It’s not a five star album. But HOT DAMN, this would be a fine choice for my next pool party here in Chicago as the sun beats down from the sky! Let's go dance, people! Especially all you Moms out there! Wink
Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 06/08/2021]
aka Let's Have a Pool Party!
When I got a little older, about 8 or 9, I became the family DJ. My Mom was a great dancer, and we used to have house parties. So I used to walk around the house with my pen and pad and take down requests from everybody there and I’d go to the record player and stack the records up and play the records for everyone. – Kurtis Blow on growing up on 60s & 70s R&B.
The Setting: He was a Hip Hop first. First Hip Hop artist to be signed to a major. First Hip Hop artist to have an album go Gold. First to tour. You get the drill. BUT, does it still stand up this many years later? Are we talking jumpsuits & wood paneling or lava lamps?
The Listen: Kurtis just had it. His Mom had it too. Dancing around the house and the neighborhood. That inner joy. That joy to just be alive. Watch Kurtis in an interview today, and he still has it. That joy to just be dancing and singing and living. Making other people happy. Getting everyone’s requests and being the DJ. It’s infectious. His love for 60s & 70s buoyant soul shines through on this downright lovable album. It's not a true & blue Hip Hop album. That would come later. But, it's a key transition album from 70s R&B to mid-80s Hip Hop, and, seen through that lens, it's very easy to fall for. Fun. And very, very lovable. Like Kurtis himself.
The Verdict. No. it won’t make the chart. It’s not a five star album. But HOT DAMN, this would be a fine choice for my next pool party here in Chicago as the sun beats down from the sky! Let's go dance, people! Especially all you Moms out there! Wink
Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 06/08/2021]
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Top 55 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 21 | 38% | |
| 1981 | 8 | 15% | |
| 1982 | 4 | 7% | |
| 1983 | 5 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 6 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1986 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1987 | 4 | 7% | |
| 1988 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1989 | 2 | 4% |
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| Cocteau Twins | 2 | 4% | |
| The Durutti Column | 2 | 4% | |
| Iron Maiden | 1 | 2% | |
| J.J. Cale | 1 | 2% | |
| Kurtis Blow | 1 | 2% | |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1 | 2% | |
| MC Shan | 1 | 2% | |
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