9: Your 1980-1984 track faves. One track per album

This is the ninth topic in a series with one track per album for a set of given years (working backwards). In this it is one track per album for the years 1980 through 1984. Hope to see some of your favourite tracks from those years (a long or short list).

Here is a list of some of mine (my longest yet):

Abus Dangereux "Le quatrième mouvement" (Le quatrième mouvement, 1980, Jazz-Rock, Zeuhl)
Laurie Anderson "Big Science" (Big Science, 1982, Art Pop, Eperimental, Electronic)
Aksak Maboul "Cinema (Knokke)" (Un peu de l'âme des bandits, 1980, Rock in Opposition)
Art Bears "The Song of Investment Capital Overseas" (The World as It Is Today, 1981, RIO/ Avant Prog)
Art Zoyd "Génération sans futur" (Génération sans futur, 1980, Rock in Opposition)
Art Zoyd "Simulacres" (Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités, 1981, R.I.O.)
Art Zoyd "La Nuit" (Phase IV, 1982, R.I.O.)
Art Zoyd "Migrations" (Les espaces inquiets, 1983, R.I.O.)
Bauhaus "Stigmata Martyr" (In the Flat Field, 1980, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk)
Bauhaus "Mask" (Mask, 1981, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk)
Bauhaus "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" (The Sky's Gone Out, 1982, Goth Rock, Post-Punk)
Bauhaus "Who Killed Mr. Moonlight" (Burning From the Inside, 1983, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk)
Adrian Belew "The Lone Rhinoceros" (Lone Rhino, 1982, Art Rock)
Bobby Beausoleil and The Freedom Orchestra "Part II" (Lucifer Rising, 1980, Psych Rock)
David Bowie "Teenage Wildlife" (Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), 1980, Art Rock)
David Bowie "Criminal World" (Let's Dance, 1983, Pop Rock)
Glenn Branca "The Ascension" (The Ascension, 1981, No Wave)
Kate Bush "The Infant Kiss" (Never for Ever, 1980, Art/Progressive Pop)
Kate Bush "Night of the Swallow" (The Dreaming, 1982, Art/Progressive Pop)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band "Dirty Blue Gene" (Doc at the Radar Station, 1980, Exp./Art Rock)
Cardiacs "R.E.S." (The Seaside, 1984, Art Punk)
John Carpenter "Main Theme" (Escape From New York, 1981, Synth Film Score)
Chakura "Myun Myun" (Satekoso, 1981, Art/Progressive Pop)
The Chameleons "Second Skin" (Script of the Bridge, 1983, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock)
Cocteau Twins "The Hollow Men" (Garlands, 1982, Gothic Rock, Ethereal Wave, Post-Punk)
Cocteau Twins "Musette and Drums" (Head Over Heels, 1983, Ethereal Wave, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk)
Cocteau Twins "Ivo" (Treasure, 1984, Dream Pop, Ethereal Wave)
Codona "Malinye" (Codona 2, 1981, Jazz Fusion)
Codona "Inner Organs" (Codona 3, 1983, Jazz Fusion)
Lindsay Cooper "Horse Waltz" (The Gold Diggers, 1983, Avant Prog)
Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit "Twilight World" (Full Circle, 1982, Krautrock)
Dead Can Dance "Ocean" (Dead Can Dance, 1984, Darwave, Gothic Rock)
Dün "L'épice" (Eros, 1981, Avant-Prog)
Echo & the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon" (Ocean Rain, 1984, Post-Punk)
Eskaton "Dagon" (Ardeur, 1980, Zeuhl)
Eskaton "Attente" (4 Visions, 1981, Zeuhl)
Eskaton "La danse des feux" (Fiction, 1983, Zeuhl)
Fabio Frizzi "Suono Aperto" (L'aldilà/ The Beyond, 1981, Film Score, Horror Synth)
Fabio Frizzi "Paura E Liberazione" (Paura nella città dei morti viventi , 1982, Film Score)
Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers" 3/Melt, 1980, Art Rock)
Patrick Gauthier "Bébé Godzilla" (Bébé Godzilla, 1981, Zeuhl)
Goblin "Tenebre" (Tenebre, 1982, Film Score, Electro-Disco)
Peter Hammill "Flight" (A Black Box, 1980, Art Rock)
George Harrison "Dream Away" (Gone Troppo, 1982, Pop Rock)
Itoiz "Ezekielen ikasgaia" (Ezekiel, 1980, Prog Folk)
Joy Division "Decades" (Closer, 1980, Post-Punk, Gothic)
Kitaro "Reincarnation" (Silk Road II, 1980, Electronic)
Kraftwerk "Computer Liebe" (Computerwelt, 1981, Synth Pop, Electronic)
Kultivator "Grottekvarnen" (Barndomens Stigar, 1981, Avant Prog)
The Lounge Lizards "Au Contraire Arto" (The Lounge Lizards, 1980, Post-Bop Avant-Garde Jazz)
Magma "Theusz Hamtaahk" (Rétrospective Vol. 1 & 2, 1981, Zeuhl, Jazz-Rock)
Giorgio Moroder "Leopard Tree Dream" (Cat People, 1982, Film Score)
News From Babel "Victory" (Work Resumed on the Tower, 1984, Avant-Prog)
Gary Numan "Remind Me to Smile" (Telekon, 1980, Synthpop, New Wave)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra "Numbers 1-4" (Penguin Cafe Orchestra, 1981, Chamber Jazz)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra "Air" (Broadcasting From Home, 1984, Chamber Music)
Phew "Signal" (Phew, 1981, Experimental Rock, Post-Punk)
Picchio dal Pozzo "Mettiamo il caso" (Abbiamo tutti i suoi problemi, 1980, Avant-Prog, Canterbury Sound)
Jean-Paul Prat "Masal" (Masal, Jazz-Rock, Zeuhl, Prog)
Present "Promenade au fond d'un canal" (Triskaidékaphobie, 1980, RIO/Avant Prog)
Rahmann "Leïla" (Rahmann, 1980, Avant Prog, Jazz-Rock, Zeuhl)
The Residents "Another Land" (Mark of the Mole, 1981, Experimental)
The Residents "Serenade for Missy" (The Tunes of Two Cities, 1982, Art Pop, Experimental)
The Residents & Renaldo and The Loaf "Mahogany Wood" (Title in Limbo, 1983, Exp. Rock)
Terry Riley "Celestial Valley" (Shri Camel, 1980, Minimalism, Electronic)
Konomi Sasaki "雪虫" (Ninjin, 1983, Folk)
Siouxsie and The Banshees "Isreal" (Kaleidoscope, 1980, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock)
Siouxsie and The Banshees "Night Shift" (Juju, 1981, Gothic Rock, Post-Punk)
Siouxsie And The Banshees "Cascade" (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, 1982, Gothic Rock, Art Pop, Post-Punk)
Siouxsie and The Banshees "Swimming Horses" (Hyæna, 1984, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock)
Slapp Happy "Charlie 'n Charlie" (Slapp Happy or Slapp Happy, 1980, Art Pop)
Snakefinger "Golden Goat" (Greener Postures, 1980, Zolo, Exp. Rock)
Spinal Tap "Stonehenge" (This Is Spinal Tap, 1984, Soundtrack)
David Sylvian "Brilliant Trees" (Brilliant Trees, Art Pop, 1984)
Tangerine Dream "Tangram Set 1" (Tangram, 1980, Berlin School, Progressive Electronic)
A Thinking Plague "Possessed" (...A Thinking Plague, 1984, Avant-Prog)
This Heat "Cenotaph" (Deceit, 1981, Exp. Rock, Post-Punk)
Tuxedomoon "Fifth Column" (Half-Mute, 1980, Post-Punk, Exp. Rock)
Tuxedomoon "Holiday for Plywood" (Desire, 1980, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock)
Univers Zéro "Dense" (Ceux du dehors, 1982, Rock in Opposition)
Univers Zéro "Présage" (Uzed, 1984, R.I.O.)
Von Zamla "Temporal You Are" (Zamlaranamma, 1982, R.I.O.)
Wha-Ha-Ha "On the Floor" (Shinutokiwa Betsu, 1981, Avant Prog)
Yog Sothoth "Nekrosis" (Yog Sothoth, Avant Prog, 1984)
Zamla Mammaz Manna "Five Single Combats" (Familjesprickor, 1980, Rock in Opposition)
Zanov "In Course of Time" (In Course of Time, 1983, Progressive Electronic, Berlin School)

Again I made a playlist. I made it mostly for me but will share it in case anyone wants to check out anything from the list.



Here are the past topics:

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7: Your 1990-1994 track faves: One track per album (CLICK)
6: Your 1995-1999 track faves: One track per album (CLICK)
5- Your 2000-2004 track faves: One track per album (CLICK)
4: Your 2005-2009 track faves (one track per album) (CLICK)
3: Your 2010-2015 tracks faves (one per album) (CLICK)
2016-2019 Album tracks, one track per album (CLICK)
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My heartfelt thanks to any and all of those who have participated in any of these topics. I love to see the lists and check out various ones that I am not yet familiar with. And I hope that more will add lists to any of the topics, and/or comment on any of the choices from anyone.

Edited by Logan - November 03 2023 at 11:14