We rank the 200 best songs of the 1980s: Madonna, Prince, Public Enemy, and more . ... So welcome to the Eighties. Put this mix tape in the boombox, pump up the volume, and hit play.

There is something about early '80s songs that have the power to transport us to a simpler, more care-free and wild time: In 1981, the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched, the Cold War was ...

Mix Tape, which is available to watch right now on BBC iPlayer, explores the magic of music, as we focus on Daniel and Alison ...

A mix of Billy Duffy’s Zep-ish guitars and Cult frontman Ian Astbury’s Lizard King bellows, “Sonic Temple” was destined to connect with late-80s listeners in a major way. The songs were ...

Tim has always been their most polarizing album, the one you can always use to start an argument in a bar.(And boy, do Replacements fans love arguing in bars.) Great songs. Lousy production. For ...

You could argue a good case for any of Maiden’s albums released in the 1980s to be amongst the best of the decade, including the self titled debut and Killers that featured Paul Di’Anno on vocals.

80s rock legends Simple Minds are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their hit album Once Upon a Time with a major reissue of the record that will ... ” — the original 7" single mix, ...

Four albums released by the Jacksons in the late 1970s and early ’80s are being reissued in expanded digital or vinyl format in February and March, as part of a campaign by the family’s ...

Back in 1988, Kurt Cobain did what all the other cool kids were doing at the time: He made a mix tape. But instead of songs like "Never Gonna Give You Up," the tape the 21-year-old put together on ...

Dave Stewart on His Dylan Covers Album, ‘Jam Sessions' With Bob in the '80s & What He Thinks of ‘A ... even though we couldn’t really mix them because the guitar and the voice are going ...

In 2015 Prog looked back to the short-lived neo-prog era, selecting five albums from the 80s that illustrate the power, energy and lasting influence of the British second-wave movement.