Well, it’s not a quiz, Percy. But Best Classic Bands has a list of the best-selling albums of 1980, and I thought I’d list them out, quiz-style for you.
The ones I own are in bold:
- Glass Houses Billy Joel
- The Wall Pink Floyd
- Against the Wind Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
- The Game Queen
- Urban Cowboy (Orig. Soundtrack) Various Artists
- The Long Run Eagles
- Diana Diana Ross
- Guilty Barbra Streisand
- Xanadu (Orig. Soundtrack) – ELO, Olivia Newton-John
- Hold Out Jackson Browne
- Damn the Torpedoes Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Mad Love Linda Ronstadt
- Emotional Rescue The Rolling Stones
- Kenny Rogers’ Greatest Hits
- Crimes of Passion Pat Benatar
- Christopher Cross Christopher Cross
- Give Me the Night George Benson
- On the Radio – Greatest Hits, Volumes I & II Donna Summer
- Back in Black AC/DC
- Women and Children First Van Halen
- Phoenix Dan Fogelberg
- Kenny Kenny Rogers
- The Whispers The Whispers
- The River Bruce Springsteen
- Cornerstone Styx
- One Step Closer Doobie Brothers
- Hotter Than July Stevie Wonder
- The Empire Strikes Back (Orig. Soundtrack)
- Go All the Way Isley Brothers
- Just One Night Eric Clapton
Well, that’s not a lot, but I turned eight in 1980. I didn’t get my first album until I picked up a second-hand copy of Huey Lewis and the News’ Sports at a yard sale in the trailer park in 1986.
Of all of the ones I don’t have now, the only ones I’ll keep my eye out for, probably on vinyl, are Linda Ronstadt’s Mad Love and maybe The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack. I won’t turn aside Back in Black, On the Radio, Christopher Cross, On the Radio, the Van Halen, and a couple of the others if I find cheap CDs of them, but it’s not likely. Funny, I don’t really seek out old albums for themselves. I pick up what’s available at book sales, garage sales, and the thrift stores, but mostly on LPs.
At any rate, your mileage may vary, especially if you’re any younger than I am.