This was the year of MTV, or at least it was towards the end of the year as in the meantime we have some (in my opinion) truly bizarre trends to tie us over from the (supposed) death of disco to the colourful new wave era. This was a massive success over in NZ, I'm… Continue reading NZ albums of 1981
Well I think it's time to begin our journey through the popular music of NZ with the first year of my personal favourite decade in music. The 80's are often known for MTV however since that wasn't a thing until the following year and disco was apparently dead in the mainstream (spoilers it wasn't) this… Continue reading NZ hits of 1980
Well I think it's time to begin our journey through the popular music of Australia with the first year of my personal favourite decade in music. The 80's are often known for MTV however since that wasn't a thing until the following year and disco was apparently dead in the mainstream (spoilers it wasn't) this… Continue reading NZ albums of 1980
Given how chaotic the album charts were here in Australia, I've decided to make a shorter list covering albums that didn't quite make it onto one of my year end lists, be it they were caught between two years or simply failed to overcome all the compilation albums that clogged up the charts throughout most… Continue reading Bonus albums on the Australian charts
There were plenty of strange and bizarre music videos to come from the 80's that were popular in Australia, this list will rank these videos based on how big they were here, with the only criteria being how bizarre I find the imagery to be. I wish I could talk more about the song itself… Continue reading Weirdest music videos of the 80’s
This is a year I didn't particularly care for, mainly because I'm not that big a fan of the final year of a decade in general due to it being more of a recap of the biggest artists of the decade rather than elevating the fresh new talent of the moment. I also didn't care… Continue reading Australian hits of 1989
This is a year I didn't particularly care for, mainly because I'm not that big a fan of the final year of a decade in general due to it being more of a recap of the biggest artists of the decade rather than elevating the fresh new talent of the moment. I also didn't care… Continue reading Australian albums of 1989
This was another slow year in the music industry, mainly because many of the bombastic trends of the decade had since gone out of vogue in favour of many of the trends that would come to define the following decade such as singer/songwriter ballads, EDM and new jack swing. This was the biggest album of… Continue reading Australian albums of 1988
This was another slow year in the music industry, mainly because many of the bombastic trends of the decade had since gone out of vogue in favour of many of the trends that would come to define the following decade such as singer/songwriter ballads, EDM and new jack swing. Oh, rick rolling, why did you… Continue reading Australian hits of 1988
This was a bit of a slow year worldwide likely due to the continued rise in popularity with songs meant to be ad jingles rather than more respected artists of the day, however one positive I can give this year is that there was a noticeable rise in popularity with what has since become definitively… Continue reading Australian hits of 1987
Hits of Australia and NZ 