Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 by 
Repo 
Films
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1. Ordinary People
2. The Long Good Friday
3. Friday The 13th
Punk EPS
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1. The Vopo's - The Vopo's
2. Vice Squad - Last rockers
3. Angry Samoans - Inside My Brain
4. Minutemen - Paranoid Time
5. Black Flag - Jealous Again
6. The Misfits - Beware
6. Mars - EP
- Chart updated: 03/24/2025 00:15
- (Created: 06/21/2018 16:43).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Setting: The 70s were good to McCartney. Whether it was playing to the masses with "Silly Love Songs" with Wings or stealing the hearts of indie rock boys like me with McCartney and Ram. (Both Ram and McCartney would be on the short list for induction into my 1970s Chart if I did a project like this for the 70s.) With Wings calling it quits, McCartney once more retreated into the studio by his lonesome and kicked out this novel album. Can he once again conjure the magic of McCartney or Ram?
The Listen: You better believe it. Unfortunately, what we have here is a spectacular, dare I say luminescent, first side. It's the reason this album gets brought up so much and makes so many critic's top ten lists. It's fantastic hearing McCartney synthesize recent musical trends into his songs and do it so effortlessly and organically. If you haven't heard it, do yourself a favor and check out "Temporary Secretary." Hysterical and addicting. Me & my kids are hooked. BUT, the second side is more befitting to one of those bonus discs you get in those deluxe CD repackages. The ones you're all excited to delve into for your favorite album, and then (rather quickly) kind of forget about it because it's mostly a boring slog. "I already worked all day," you exclaim!
Verdict. If only the magic of the first side had been duplicated! Still a killer EP! The year's best EP, I'd say.
Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 05/03/2021]
Setting: The 70s were good to McCartney. Whether it was playing to the masses with "Silly Love Songs" with Wings or stealing the hearts of indie rock boys like me with McCartney and Ram. (Both Ram and McCartney would be on the short list for induction into my 1970s Chart if I did a project like this for the 70s.) With Wings calling it quits, McCartney once more retreated into the studio by his lonesome and kicked out this novel album. Can he once again conjure the magic of McCartney or Ram?
The Listen: You better believe it. Unfortunately, what we have here is a spectacular, dare I say luminescent, first side. It's the reason this album gets brought up so much and makes so many critic's top ten lists. It's fantastic hearing McCartney synthesize recent musical trends into his songs and do it so effortlessly and organically. If you haven't heard it, do yourself a favor and check out "Temporary Secretary." Hysterical and addicting. Me & my kids are hooked. BUT, the second side is more befitting to one of those bonus discs you get in those deluxe CD repackages. The ones you're all excited to delve into for your favorite album, and then (rather quickly) kind of forget about it because it's mostly a boring slog. "I already worked all day," you exclaim!
Verdict. If only the magic of the first side had been duplicated! Still a killer EP! The year's best EP, I'd say.
Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 05/03/2021]
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1980
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 composition
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| The Cure | 2 | 2% | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 2 | 2% | |
| The Clash | 2 | 2% | |
| Dire Straits | 1 | 1% | |
| Chrome | 1 | 1% | |
| Creation Rebel | 1 | 1% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 1% | |
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45 | 45% | |
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39 | 39% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 14 from 39th to 25thA-Z by Colin Newman |
| Up 3 from 15th to 12th Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie And The Banshees |
| Up 3 from 8th to 5th Seventeen Seconds by The Cure |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 24 from 53rd to 77th Go To Heaven by Grateful Dead |
| Down 5 from 5th to 10th Sacred Songs by Daryl Hall |
| Down 5 from 6th to 11th Voices by Daryl Hall & John Oates |
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