Thursday, June 11, 2026

Music 06-11-2026

Pitchfork the 200 Best Songs of the 1980s
77. Metallica - Master of Puppets
78. The Specials - Ghost Town
79. Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
80. Zapp - Computer Love
81. Diana Ross - Upside Down
82. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
83. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
84. Slayer - Angel Of Death
85. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
86. Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
87. Tenor Saw - Ring the Alarm
88. Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down
89. Fela Kuti - Coffin for Head of State
90. Blondie - Call Me
91. Grover Washington, Jr. - Just the Two of Us (ft. Bill Withers)
92. Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
93. U2 - With Or Without You
94. Change - The Glow of Love
95. Grace Jones - Pull up to the Bumper
96. Cherrelle - Saturday Love
97. Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
98. Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
99. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
100. The Church - Under the Milky Way
101. Eazy E - The Boyz-N-The Hood
102. Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Music 06-10-2026

Pitchfork the 200 Best Songs of the 1980s
103. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
104. AC/DC - Back in Black
105. The Cure - Pictures of You
106. Madonna - Borderline
107. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
108. Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants to Ride
109. The Smiths - This Charming Man
110. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
111. The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
112. Nirvana - About A Girl
113. The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
114. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
115. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
116. Sade - Is It a Crime
117. Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings Of Life
118. Minutemen - History Lesson Part 2
119. Soul II Soul - Back to Life
120. Rick James - Give It to Me Baby
121. Doug E. Fresh - La-Di-Da-Di
122. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
123. Run-D.M.C. - It's Like That
124. De La Soul - Eye Know
125. The Replacements - Bastards Of Young
126. Janet Jackson - Control
127. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
128. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
129. This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
130. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight
131. Yellowman - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
132. Godley & Creme - Cry
133. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
134. Queen - Under Pressure (with David Bowie)
135. Pixies - Gigantic
136. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
137. Mission of Burma - That's When I Reach For My Revolver

Monday, June 8, 2026

Music 06-08-2026

Pitchfork the 200 Best Songs of the 1980s
138. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
139. Spacemen 3 - Walkin' With Jesus
140. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
141. Beat Happening - Indian Summer
142. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
143. Anthony Red Rose - Tempo
144. Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half-Steppin'
145. Liquid Liquid - Optimo
146. David Bowie - Modern Love
147. Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
148. Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day
149. Shannon - Let The Music Play
150. Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
151. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

MUNA - Dancing On The Wall

The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind!

Cola - Cost Of Living Adjustment

Metric - Romanticize The Dive