1980 in music

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Albums released

A-C

• Super Trouper - ABBA
• Back in Black - AC/DC
• I'm a Rebel - Accept
• Greatest Hits - Aerosmith
• Crimes Of Passion - Pat Benatar
• The Birthday Party - The Birthday Party
• Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
• Live at Last - Black Sabbath
• Autoamerican - Blondie
• Eat to the Beat - Blondie
• Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow
• Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)- David Bowie
• Hold Out - Jackson Browne
• Keeping Our Love Warm - Captain & Tennille
• Catholic Boy - Jim Carroll Band
• Panorama - The Cars
• XIV - Chicago
• Group Sex - The Circle Jerks (debut)
• Just One Night - Eric Clapton
• London Calling - The Clash (2-record set)
• Sandinista! - The Clash (3-record set)
• Humans - Bruce Cockburn
• Flush the Fashion - Alice Cooper
• Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• Stations of the Crass - Crass
• Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross
• Seventeen Seconds - The Cure

D-I

• Gigi In Paradisco - Dalida
• Le Spectacle du Palais des Sports 1980 - Dalida
• Été 80 (Rio Do Brasil) - Dalida (compilation)
• Paul Davis - Paul Davis
• On Through the Night - Def Leppard (debut)
• Freedom of Choice - Devo
• Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
• Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexy's Midnight Runners
• Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head
• Making Movies - Dire Straits
• Neutronica - Donovan
• Live - The Eagles (2-record set)
• Crazy Rhythms - The Feelies
• The Inside Story - Robben Ford
• Head Games - Foreigner
• Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
• Duke - Genesis
• After Dark - Andy Gibb
• Never Alone - Amy Grant
• Loud N" Clear - Sammy Hagar
• Voices - Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Roses in the Snow - Emmylou Harris
• Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

J-R

• Sound Affects - The Jam
• A - Jethro Tull
• Glass Houses - Billy Joel
• 21 at 33 - Elton John
• Departure - Journey
• Dream After Dream - Journey
• Closer - Joy Division
• British Steel - Judas Priest
• Unmasked - KISS
• Metal-rendez-vous - Krokus
• Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• Uprising - Bob Marley and the Wailers
• McCartney II - Paul McCartney
• Common One - Van Morrison
• Ace of Spades - Motörhead
• Xanadu (soundtrack by Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra)
• Scream Dream - Ted Nugent
• Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne (solo debut)
• Mekons - The Mekons
• Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
• Pretenders - The Pretenders
• Dirty Mind - Prince
• The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
• Second Edition - Public Image Ltd.
• The Game - Queen
• Take What You Find - Helen Reddy
• Don't Fight It - Red Rider
• Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers
• Boxed Set Singles 1963-1969 - Rolling Stones
• The Romantics - The Romantics
• Avoid Freud - Rough Trade
• Permanent Waves - Rush

S-W

• Head On - Samson
• Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon
• Wheels of Steel - Saxon
• Animal Magnetism - Scorpions
• Longest Road - Seals & Crofts (final album)
• Jazziz- John Serry
• Specials - The Specials
• The River - Bruce Springsteen
• Argybargy - Squeeze
• Gaucho - Steely Dan
• Hanx - Stiff Little Fingers
• Nobody's Heroes - Stiff Little Fingers
• The Wanderer - Donna Summer
• Hotter than July - Stevie Wonder
• Remain in Light - Talking Heads
• Empty Glass - Pete Townshend
• Boy - U2 (debut)
• Women and Children First - Van Halen
• Ready an' Willin - Whitesnake
• Live...im the Heart of the City - Whitesnake