Tag: 80s

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

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. Oh, rick rolling, why did you… Continue reading Australian hits 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. This was the biggest album of… Continue reading Australian albums 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 albums of 1987

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

This feels like a bit of a step back from the previous few years as for some reason, the music industry prioritised making hits out of ad jingles rather than rising new stars, of course this was more of an issue internationally as we Aussies and kiwis largely kept scouring for fresh new talent this… Continue reading Australian albums of 1986

This feels like a bit of a step back from the previous few years as for some reason, the music industry prioritised making hits out of ad jingles rather than rising new stars, of course this was more of an issue internationally as we Aussies and kiwis largely kept scouring for fresh new talent this… Continue reading Australian hits of 1986

This is my personal favourite year in music, mainly due to how diverse the music industry had become both when it comes to the type of people allowed in the mainstream but also due to how many older artists were able to make it big this year due to the popularity of many charity events… Continue reading Australian hits of 1985