Maybe the album didn’t need to be here, but if this was songs, I’m pretty sure “My Sharona” would have to make the list. U2 and their debut Boy album are ushering in the ’80s in two ways.
And when it comes to sad songs, the '80s provided a truly incredible catalog of tear-in-your-beer ballads and evocative lyrical narratives. It was during this decade that the country genre truly ...
The reason for ’80s country music’s contagiously catchy tunes is partially because this was the start of pop country. Although, a far more watered-down version of what we know it to be today.