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Essential Albums Of The 1980s

Has lockdown let you share your record collection with the younger members of your family - are your teens tempted to a decade you go back to? Tonight we want to know the albums from the 1980s that our youngsters should know about.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 16 Jun 2020 18:00

Music Played

  • Culture Club

    It's A Miracle

    • Culture Club - Greatest Moments.
    • Virgin.
  • Pretenders

    Stop Your Sobbing

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.
  • Huey Lewis and the News & Huey Lewis

    Heart And Soul

  • The The & Jools Holland

    Uncertain Smile

    • London Town 1983-1993.
    • Epic.
    • 4.
  • INXS

    Never Tear Us Apart

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Grace Jones

    My Jamaican Guy

    • Classic Grace Jones.
    • Universal.
    • 11.
  • ABC

    All Of My Heart

    • In Touch II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
  • Simple Minds

    New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

    • Early Gold.
    • Virgin.
    • 3.
  • Sade

    Your Love Is King

    • The Greatest Love Vol.2 (Various).
    • Telstar.
    • 1.
  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    Wishing Well

    • 18 Soul Classics (Various Artists).
    • Pickwick.
  • Stray Cats

    Runaway Boys

    • Mega Rock'n'Roll.
    • Wagram Music.
    • 014.
  • Talking Heads

    Burning Down The House

    • The Best Of Talking Heads.
    • Rhino.
    • 13.
  • The Stone Roses

    This Is The One

    • Stone Roses.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 10.
  • Madonna

    True Blue

    • Madonna - True Blue.
    • Sire.
  • Martin Stephenson & Martin Stephenson and the Daintees

    Crocodile Cryer

    • Boat to Bolivia.
    • Metronome.
    • 001.
  • U2

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    • The Joshua Tree.
    • Island.
  • China Crisis

    Black Man Ray

    • China Crisis - Collection.
    • Virgin.
  • Prince

    Sign 'O' The Times

    • Prince - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

    Rattlesnakes

    • Lloyd Cole - The Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Aztec Camera

    Oblivious

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Jun 2020 18:00