To find these records, Goldmine looked to a pool of albums from 1978 to 1982, across a pile of genres, and often kicking off a genre that lasted through the ’80s, ...

501 Essential Albums of the ‘80s is publishing on May 20, 2025 by Motorbooks. The hardcover book retails for $40 US, $53 Canadian. Cover of the book: 501 Essential Albums of the '80s.© Motorbooks ...

Collecting these albums is like owning a piece of music history. Each one offers a unique window into the cultural and musical shifts of the 70s and 80s, and they continue to inspire generations ...

The ‘80s gave us certain albums that seemed to transcend everything else going on in music at the time. In this category, we’re going with the 1987 breakout of the brash, raucous, in-your-face ...

Gary Graff's "501 Essential Albums of the '80s: The Music Fan's Definitive Guide" explores every genre, year & influence from the decade of decadence ...

The boxed set features seven LPs, their material recorded in the ’80s, ’90s and beyond, that show the Boss’s surprising experiments in genres and styles.

Back in 2022, JoBoxers played their first show in over 35 years. The British new wavers saw chart success with their 1983 debut album Like Gangbusters; they recorded two albums afterwards, Skin ...

With a sound that was equal parts driving and dreamy, The Chameleons’ three original ’80s albums have influenced everything from the ’00s post-punk revival (Interpol, Editors, The Horrors ...

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 8, 2024, Section AR, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: How ’70s Rockers Burst Into the ’80s: Synths, Drum Machines and ...