Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Personal Readers Poll of the 80s - Part 1

 

As we've been posting Reade4rs Polls from various 80s pop magazines we thought it would be fun to share our personalised votes. Rather than do an individual ones for each year this is out favourites from the whole of the decade.

Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Singles of the 80s - Numbers 10 to 1

 

1 When Doves Cry – Prince

2 Fame -Irene Cara

3 You Are - Lionel Richie

4 Love is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar

5 Broken Land -The Adventures

6 Running Up that Hill - Kate Bush

7 Martha’s Harbour - All About Eve

8 Caught Up in a Rapture - Anita Baker

 9 So Emotional - Whitney Houston

10 Hide and Seek - Howard Jones 

Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Singles of the 80s - Numbers 20 to 11

 11 Piano in the Dark - Brenda Russell

12 Time (Clock of the Heart) - Culture Club

13 Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics

14 Mary’s Prayer - Danny Wilson

15 Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson

16 In a Lifetime - Clannad & Bono

17 You Came - Kim Wilde

18 Long Hot Summer - The Style Council

19 Mated David Grant and Jaki Graham

20 Modern Love - David Bowie

Readers Poll Record Mirror 1984

 

Readers Poll Smash Hits 1986

 

Pat Benatar Record Mirror 1985

 

Readers Poll Number One Magazine 1983

 

Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Albums of the 80s - Numbers 10 to 1

 

Our Top 20 all time 80s favourite albums. Numbers 10 to 1. The criteria is albums we still play today and never tire of, where we never skip any songs or think I've heard that track too many times. Yes, we are aware that Pat Benatar's "In the Heat of the Night" was released in August 1979 in America but it never charted in the U.K. until 1985. 

Listen to some of our favourites:

Play the Number One album

Top of the Pop Culture 80s - Top 20 Albums of the 80s - Numbers 20 to 11

 Our Top 20 all time 80s favourite albums. Numbers 20 to 11. The criteria is albums we still play today and never tire of, where we never skip any songs or think I've heard that track too many times.

Listen to some of our favourites:

Readers Poll Record Mirror 1987

 

Readers Poll Smash Hits 1982

 

Readers Poll Number One Magazine 1988

 

Readers Poll Melody Maker 1981

 

Readers Poll Record Mirror 1989

 

Readers Poll Smash Hits 1985