100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #43 Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven

Released : 1989 It’s pretty pointless now, but compare and contrast as the exam question of the time requested the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #44 – Rhythim is Rhythim – Strings of Life

Released : 1987 Barely had the UK begun to get it’s head around house music when something different arrived, a … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #45 The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress

Released: 1987 For the suits the idea that any of the motley bunch contributing to the NME’s C86 compilation might … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #47 The Go Betweens – Streets of Your Town

Released: 1988 Led by introverted pop-aesthete Robert Forster and his writing foil Grant McLennan, The Go Betweens had been in … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #48 Slayer – Raining Blood

Released : 1986 Like some kind of clickbait headline from now, back in 1986 Rick Rubin had one neat trick … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #49 Kraftwerk – Tour De France

Released: 1983 The 1980’s was the decade in which everyone spent catching up with Kraftwerk: having taken much of the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #50 Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC²

Released : 1986 Joe Strummer’s fears were realised after the departure of Mick Jones holed The Clash well below the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #51 M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume

Released : 1987 The world of dance music is full of one hit wonders – ask any Northern Soul fan … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #52 Don Henley – The Boys of Summer

Released : 1984 The Boys of Summer is the second song in this rundown which Tom Petty had the option … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #53 Big Black – Bad Penny

Released : 1987 Steve Albini has become better known for working on other people’s music since the dissolution of Big … More